Le Grand Concours/National French Exam

All students in 7th and 8th grade French took Le Grand Concours, or the National French Contest, in late March. National results were revealed last week and Vivi S. scored at the Silver Level, or in the 85th percentile compared with over 20,000 students taking the test! Vicki L. scored at the Bronze level, in the 75th percentile. Amy G, and Hannah O. received the Mention d'Honneur, scoring in the 65th percentile. The test was taken in an online format with listening comprehension, reading comprehension, vocabulary and grammar sections. Félicitations à tous!!

Commands Using l'impératif

8th grade French students are learning to give commands in French using l'impératif (the imperative). Today we acted out different commands in class and they tried to guess what command their classmate was giving.

Attendons nos amis ((Let's)Wait for our friends)
Vicki L and Hannah O

Ouvre la porte (Open the door)
Claire B

Descendez les escaliers (Go down the stairs)
Amy G

Mangeons un croque-monsieur ((Let's) Eat a grilled ham and cheese)
Amy G and Hannah O

And a very dramatic--Tombons les escaliers
Carson J

(Let's) Fall down the stairs  ;)

Passé Composé Rap

7th grade French is learning about the past tense of verbs in the tense of passé composé, using the helping verb être(to be). This is a rap video we have watched in class to help them remember which verbs use être for the passé composé, and the different past participles. It is fun and a bit silly, but helps with memorization!

Joyeux Noël à tous! Merry Christmas to all!

Hooray for Foreign Language!!

8th Grade Artistic Interpretations

8th grade French students just finished studying about activities dealing with the arts, such as museums, movies, ballet and the theater. They learned the direct object pronouns le, la and les and how to use them, as well as the verbs savoir and connaître =telling whom and what you know. We wrapped up our chapter by creating artistic interpretations of different famous artists and artworks, such as Van Gogh, Picasso and Matisse. Here are the artists at work...

Hannah's "Starry Night"and
Vicki's Matisse collage

Amy's "Starry Night"

Carson's Matisse collage

Claire's Picasso portrait

The finished products! Each one creative and unique in its own way. Bon travail!! 

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