Le blog de Français 7

The final project of the year involved creating a commercial for a French-speaking country using the Adobe Voice iPad app.  Here are some excellent examples! La Suisse, Période 1 (de Gustave, Nicolas, et Serge F.): La France, Période 2 (de Sylvie, Jacques M, et Sophie) La Polynésie française, Période 2 (de Charles, Astride Br., et Julie S.) Le Québec, Période 3 (de Claude, Bernard, Nicolas F.) La Suisse, Période 3 (de Dominique, Raoul, et Charles) La Suisse, Période 5 (de Catherine, Adèle et Zaïna) Le Madagascar, Période 6 (de Sophie S., Nicole, et Catherine T.) Le Senegal, Période 6 (de Sophie L. et Jeanne) La Suisse, Période 6 (de Léon, Marie, et Pierre) La France, Période (de Marguerite M., Adèle F., Alix) Le Maroc, Période 9 (de Renée, Claude, et Gwendoline) Le Senegal, Période 9 (de Rose, Madeleine et Olive)

We've been very busy in French class lately! Here are some photos of our recent goings on: Students received their third pen pal from France and wrote a response.  Some students received small gifts with their letters, such as the bracelet pictured above. We've been doing all sorts of activities on the iPads.  Here, students are practicing their adverbs.   French Club has been visiting second and third grade classrooms at Lake Avenue Elementary School to teach French lessons.  The French Club students did a fantastic job, and the younger students enjoyed learning from them.  Thank you for all your hard work!  

NOTE : This post contains a YouTube playlist. I have approved the videos in the playlist for the blog, but if you choose to click out and leave the blog, you will be viewing content that I have not pre-approved. Directions: With your group, watch the first minute (no more, please!) of each French song.  After a minute has gone by, pause the video and discuss your opinions (in French) on the music using the vocabulary you just learned.  Then skip ahead to the next video until you have watched and discussed them all. After you have finished watching and discussing, leave one comment on the wall with an opinion about one of the singers. Songs: Leslie et Ivyrise - Je te donne ( I Give to You ) ZAZ - Paris sera toujours Paris ( Paris Will Always Be Paris ) Olympe et Joyce Jonathan - Ce rêve bleu ( This Blue Dream - French version of "A Whole New World" ) TAL - Marcher au soleil ( To Walk Under the Sun ) Anaïs Delva - Libérée délivrée ( Free, Released - ...

On Tuesday, May 5th, students were treated to a performance by Alex Torres and his Latin Orchestra.  Although their music was in Spanish, French and Spanish live side by side in the Caribbean, so many of their songs and instruments were relevant to Francophone culture.

We will use the following files in class Friday in the "M & M Lite" app on the iPads: Les adverbes Les adverbes 1 Les adverbes 2

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Here are some of the projects you made with Keynote on the iPads.  Great creativity and use of French!  Bravo!

NOTE : This post contains YouTube videos. I have approved these videos for the blog, but if you choose to click out and leave the blog, you will be viewing content that I have not pre-approved. Le Poussin Piou is the French version of an Italian song.  Some classes got an opportunity to sing this song and a remix in class, but if you were not in one of those classes, you can still watch it right here:

Today we learned about a fun French tradition on April Fools Day!

Here are some more photos of the iPads in action! Students drawing pictures in Jot for other groups to caption in French (check them all out here ).     Groups who finish tasks early have the opportunity to play on the DuoLingo app (above). Shown above, students play review activities on the iPads in stations before a quiz.   Most recently, students have been using the iPads to write stories about the daily lives of their favorite characters.  They are currently working on these in Keynote.  I can't wait to see the finished results!    Before using the iPads, students planned out their stories on paper.  

Play the following games (as many as you can) in order today during your stations activity with the iPads: (Start with the easiest ones, the top ones, first!) ER Verbs in French Silent Verb Endings C'est une boum Les verbes qui finissent en ER ER Verb Forms

Les activité des périodes 1, 2 et 3 Les activités des périodes 5, 6, et 9

The day finally arrived when we got to use the iPads for the first time!  Excitement abounded in room E142 today! Gustave would like to keep his! Using the Jot app to practice verbs Playing Kahoot!  Everyone got it right! Pierre reenacting his reaction to accidentally pushing the wrong answer. Kahoot choices match up to words on the board Writing with the Jot app Look at the concentration on these students' faces as they contemplate the answer!  They are not just going to pick any random choice. After all is said and done, let's not forget where these iPads came from:  a generous grant from the Saratoga Foundation for Innovative Learning (SFIL)!  Thank you, SFIL, for helping bring new levels of engagement and excitement to the language classroom!