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• Chocolat chaud et crepes demain! Bring money 5-10 in change

• Reflections – due today!
• Test – ON WEDNESDAY 5TH JUNE. REVIEW  LEÇON 16 ONLY P. 227-233. YOU NEED TO KNOW:

1. POSSESSION “DE” P. 228
2. FAMILLE P. 229
3. ADJECTIFS POSSESSIFS P. 230- 232
4. NOMBRES ORDINAUX P. 233

• En classe – La famille p. 229, mon ton son p. 230
• Devoirs – Learn today’s work in preparation for the Unit 5 Lesson 15 Test next Wed. Stat reviewing  from p. 216
• Reflections are due this week. See last post for details

• En classe – Numbers 1-100
• Devoirs 1 – Read p. 226. Answer questions p. 227 in full sentences
• Devoirs – Write your French reflection and email to me at dlee@lrei.org. You should include STRENGTHS, CHALLENGES, GOALS & STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS. The main skill areas of French are LISTENING, SPEAKING, READING & WRITING. Here is a reminder of the main work  this year:
• Talking about your house and town – describing using adjectives – Model project
• Giving Directions – video project
• Conjugation – The present tense of regular and irregular verbs. The past tense – Passé Composé
• French town project
• & much more – look through the textbook - 

More SKILLS:

• Vocab learning – memory, study skills
• Focus, participation, 
• time-management, 
• speaking french outside the lesson

STRATEGIES

• How exactly will you meet your challenges? You need to be realistic – dont just say “study harder” – say exactly what you will do – like “make flashcards, have someone test me, go to IWP etc…”

• En classe – presentations & number 1-100 review
• Devoirs – Learn thirty more numbers than you know so far – so if you don’t know any then start at Zero – Trente. See Page R14 in the textbook! 

• En classe – French project
• Devoirs – MOnday is the deadline for the project. You should be ready to present your website or pamphlet. You should present in French – talk about each of the aspects you wrote about – you only need to mention 1 point for each i.e one thing about the weather, one monument, 1 historical fact, 1 hotel you like, 1 thing you can do there etc… 

• En classe – French project – due date Monday 18th – tomorrow’s class will be spent practicing pronunciation so you should come in prepared to read  your corrected sentences.

• En classe – Project writing
• Devoirs – You should be finishing off the writing & having me check  your sentences. Make sure you make the changes I suggest. Due date thursday 13th. NB. You will need to present in French! Wednesday’s lesson will be dedicated to pronunciation!

• En classe – We worked on the town project. 
• Project due date – thurs. 13th may
• Devoirs – Continue working on your project. You should be AT LEAST  TO THE HOTELS SECTION of  the written sentences by tomorrow. Make sure that  you  have them checked by me. Remember to use short, simple sentences. Check conjugation & adjective agreements. Use wordreference.com as a dictionary but make sure that you find the correct definition – words tend to have many different meanings. Remember that you will be presenting this project with the class – you will need to save time for checking pronunciation with me. 

• En classe – We worked on the town project. 
• Project due date – wed. 12th may
• Devoirs – Continue working on your project. You should finish the written sentences by Thursday and have them checked by me. Remember to use short, simple sentences. Check conjugation & adjective agreements. Use wordreference.com as a dictionary but make sure that you find the correct definition – words tend to have many different meanings. Remember that you will be presenting this project with the class – you will need to save time for checking pronunciation with me.