Working on a French Farm

You are going to work on an organic french farm for the summer. Read the reviews and descriptions to find one that best suits you. When you have found one, tell which region it is in as well as what they grow or raise.

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.

Le Jardin! http://www.jardinpoucevert.com/

www.jardinpoucevert.com

Les Abeilles

www.brainpop.fr/category_20/subcategory_215/subjects_1642


1. Est-ce que toutes les abeilles fabriquent du miel?

2. Dessinez le corps d'un abeille.

3. Quels sont les trois fonctions d'abeilles dans une colonie?

Les Camps!

http://www.campdevacances.com/tekakwitha.fr.html

http://www.campclaret.qc.ca/decouvrez.php?L=fr

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.france5.fr/programmes/

http://www.vancouver2010.com/mascot/fr/game_mascotquiz.php - Find out which mascot is most like you. Answer the questions to find out!

http://www.vancouver2010.com/fr/

Turning our French into Art

Today we played with Wordle at www.wordle.net. Wordle lets you take text (like new vocabulary words), and turn them into graphic art. Play around with color and font to see what interesting pictures you can create. You can create by theme (weather, clothing etc.) or grammar topic (adjectives, nouns etc.)

Here is the list of adjectives we used.

http://french.speak7.com/french_adjectives.html

French 8

An online book presented by the French education minister, to help students with their summer studies. Luckily for us, the book covers our new theme, "Le Monde Francophone".

http://hosting.fluidbook.com/1893/#16

http://www.education.gouv.fr/cid28384/cahier-de-decouverte-un-voyage-autour-de-la-mediterranee.html