Week 18 / 18ème semaine ♥ Jan 31th & Feb 2nd ♥ 2nd semester 1st class

Wednesday Feb. 2^nd ☼ Happy Ground Hog Day!

Saam, one of the birthday boys - Thomas, Daphné & Alessio showing up for cupcakes!

Basil, the other birthday boy, and Daphné, Alessio & Fauve

Basil, Zackary, Daphné, Thomas, Fauve, & Alessio

Fauve, post cupcake!

 

Only crumbs left!

Today was sunny, so the groundhog saw his shadow, so we should have 6 more weeks of winter!  We looked for shadows in the sunshine too: There was a little birthday party for Saam and Basil (from the other group) on the table outside,  and they had cupcakes. Thank you, Cheryfa, for the photos!

Class activities: 

Penpal project: they wrote postcards to an English class in Chartres, France – to students close to their ages. Hopefully they will find a penpal!

Cahier : p. 31

Methode: p. 35-36, listening exercise. They all seem to understand well. Roleplay: Qu’est ce que tu sais faire? Je sais faire/jouer…+ activity.

Explanation about how sometimes we say faire (make/do) or jouer (play) and sometimes we just say “Je sais + activity”

Examples: Je sais faire de la cuisine, (I know how to cook) je sais jouer de la flûte, (I know how to play flute) je sais jongler (I know how to juggle)

Negative:  ne + verb + pas  

Example: Alex ne sait pas jongler.

Homework for Monday: Cahier: We did p. 31 in class, finish if not finished. Then p. 32 & 33, all except ex. 3A. They can also do their dictionary for Unit 8 from p. 67. This vocabulary will help with their homework.

Monday Jan 31^st

Today they all got an envelope with their “report card” and the EFBA survey inside, in case you haven’t had a chance to do it. Please turn in the survey to me or Valérie as soon as possible. They also all now have in their notebook or binder the complete schedule for the spring semester, as well as information about the library, la bibliotèque. Many thanks to Mathilde for classifying all the books, and to Valérie and to Cheryfa for their help in this area!

I corrected les cahiers for the homework due today. I still haven’t corrected what they did last week. :( We also did an exercise on the definite article the: le, la, les, l’  from Unit 6 p. 76 in their cahier. They did a revision worksheet on classroom materials.

There is no homework.

Wednesday about 5:45 we can meet, outside if the weather permits, to discuss your expectations for the 2^nd semester. If the weather isn’t suitable, and if it isn’t suitable to stay in the classroom, we could go to Peet’s café next to Nob Hill on Bay Avenue.