Try this at home!

We reviewed many of last year's expressions using games that the students enjoyed.  The "Name Change Game" helped us to review:

• "Comment t'appelles tu?"  (What is your name?")
• Je m'appelle _________./?   (My name is______./?)

We quickly brainstormed a list of boys' and girls' names.  A student was brought to the front. He/She closed eyes and another student pointed to a new name on the whiteboard for him/her.  We all asked, "Comment t'appelles-tu?" and the student had three guesses,using the full sentence, "Je m'appelle ______?  You can try this at home!

The Gr. 7/8 students reviewed a variety of expressions in a Jeopardy Game.

Other classes enjoyed playing "7-debout" or "Heads-up, Seven-up" with expressions that encourage communication.

The expressions used in this round of the game were:

• "Comment t'appelles-tu?" ("What is your name?") and its response, "Je m'appelle ________."
• "Quel est ton nom?" (another version of "What is your name?") and its response, "Mon nom est _____________."
• "Comment ça va?" ("How are you?/How's it going?") and its response, "Ça va bien/mal/comme-ci, comme-ça/très bien.", etc.)
• "Quel âge as-tu?" ("How old are you?") and its response, "J'ai _____ ans."
• "Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire?" ("What is your birthday?") and its response, "Mon anniversaire, c'est le (number) (month)."
• "Où habites-tu?" ("Where do you live?") and its response, "J'habite à _____."

There were also other expressions we had fun reviewing.  We also went over "Notre Père" (The Lord's Prayer) as we will be needing volunteers to recite the Lord's Prayer in French for Friday morning announcements for "French Friday".  Students who would like to practice can follow the link here.  It's also added to "French Videos" on the right of this page.

Notre Père (The Lord's Prayer)

I've also added a link to "O Canada" (under French Videos).

Our new expression for this week, for Grades 4-8 is "Quel est ton nom?".  

Bonne fin de semaine! À bientôt!

Mme Christensen