Silhouette

Using the light projected from the Smart Board and tracing our shadows, the 7th grade created beautiful  silhouettes. They were framed using adjectives that best describe the student who made them. 

Herbes de Provence

The VA plant sale is this week and I have asked that each 6th grader chose an herb from "herbes de provence", and bring one to our next class. The 7th grade will be planting lavender. herbes

La Maison - French 6

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/creuse/house/

Listen first, then read along. We will be using this in class to work on pronunciation.

What is the Rosetta Stone? What is the Rosetta Disk? 

We have been using the language software from Rosetta Stone, and many of you have asked why they chose that name. Today we will be exploring the real Rosetta Stone and the newly created Rosetta Disk. 

1. What is the Rosetta Stone?

2. Why was it so important to linguistics?

3. Where can you see the Rosetta Stone today?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone

1. What is the Rosetta Disk?

2. Why was it created?

3. Do you think it was a good idea to create this project? Why or Why not?

http://rosettaproject.org/

Please find 3 other websites that discuss the Rosetta Stone, and give a brief overview of what can be found on the website.

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/tap2.html - review
Read the page, and complete the exercise in your notebook.



http://www.quia.com/cz/9038.html - Fill in the blanks

http://www.mhcentro.com/rr/103903.html - Rags to Riches


http://www.quia.com/pop/7279.html - Avoir or Etre

http://www.quia.com/mc/10148.html

French 7

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/lj/menu.shtml

http://www.quia.com/cm/51095.html?AP_rand=424048199

http://quizlet.com/test/21634/

French 7

http://www.quia.com/quiz/311879.html?AP_rand=2068443256

A review of using inversion to form questions.

French 7

Quiz:

Using the negative

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/neg2.html - Basic explanation with a short quiz
remember....NE Verb PAS

Je danse = I dance
Je ne dance pas = I don't dance

J'ai = I have
Je n'ai pas = I don't have


Asking questions using est-ce que


Put est-ce que at the beginning of any sentence (formal and familiar)

Est-ce que tu danses ?
Do you dance?

Est-ce que tu aimes danser ?
Do you like to dance?

Bonus:

For reading my blog, I'll give you a bonus point. On the bonus section of the quiz, write the word
Danser

French 7

Tes devoirs!


Je voudrais quelque chose à manger.

J’ai faim.

Vous – avez choisi?

Just in case you forgot.

French 7

An online review activity - French speaking countries.

Remember:

en, au, aux!

http://www.quia.com/hm/148327.html