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• Mercredi. Passe Compose test. 
• Jeudi – Washington Presentation – be prepared to improvise if your partner is absent!
• Jeudi – Reflections. Write your reflection in Word and email it to me by thursday. Here are some guidelines:

# 10 sentences is a reasonable length for a comment# The comment should address an area of strength and an area of challenge where progress was made# Spelling and grammar do matter. ## Here are some skills to consider in French: 

• Speaking French in class and outside class
•  Listening skills – Listening exercises and listening to me & classmates speaking
• Reading – Un ete & txtbk exercises
• Writing – Passe Compose work. Washington Project
• Grammar – verb conjugation – passe compose
• Memory skills – vocabulary learning
• Pronunciation 

• En classe – Preparation pour la presentation
• Devoirs – Mercredi. Passe Compose test. 
• Jeudi – Un ete ch 17 a,b
• Jeudi – Reflections. Write your reflection in Word and email it to me by thursday. Here are some guidelines:

# 10 sentences is a reasonable length for a comment# The comment should address an area of strength and an area of challenge where progress was made# Spelling and grammar do matter. ## Here are some skills to consider in French: 

• Speaking French in class and outside class
•  Listening skills – Listening exercises and listening to me & classmates speaking
• Reading – Un ete & txtbk exercises
• Writing – Passe Compose work. Washington Project
• Grammar – verb conjugation – passe compose
• Memory skills – vocabulary learning
• Pronunciation 

• Washington project – You will all present on Monday. Make sure that you all speak for at least one minute each. Your vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation & presentation skills will all be taken into account.
• Passe Compose test - Mercredi – Learn all the verbs on the review sheet – meanings and conjugation. Do all the review exercises at http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/

Francais – grammar – perfect tense & perfect tense II

• Washington project – You will all present on Monday. Make sure that you all speak for at least one minute each. Your vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation & presentation skills will all be taken into account.
• Passe Compose test - Mercredi – Learn all the verbs on the review sheet – meanings and conjugation. Do all the review exercises at http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/

Francais – grammar – perfect tense & perfect tense II

• Devoirs pour mercredi – Un ete Ch 16 A, B,C 
• WASHINGTON PROJECT – Present Thursday!

• En classe – Passe Compose
• Devoirs – Washington DC Passe Compose sentences – 5 per day &  Un ete ch 15 A,B +  C,D done in the Passe Compose!!!!

• En classe – passe compose
• Devoirs – Un ete ch 15 A,B +  C,D done in the Passe Compose!!!!

• En classe – Passe Compose with Etre – MRSVANDERTRAMP verbs
• Devoirs -  languagesonline Francais – Grammar- The perfect tense – exs 6-11 (as many as you can do in 1/2 hour ) 
• Milo & Dominic  - Make sure you complete the exercise on the back of the sheet. Underline the subject to make sure that you choose the correct conjugation. NB. If you are using a mrsvandertraamp verb (with etre) the subject should agree with the verb!!

• En classe – Le Passe Compose
• Devoirs – Referring to what we learned in class today, complete the exercise on the back of the sheet. Underline the subject to make sure that you choose the correct conjugation. NB. If you are using a mrsvandertraamp verb (with etre) the subject should agree with the verb!!
• Test: Boo! Not yet…BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW that the last big test of the year will be on the Passe Compose (preterite tense) so start learning it as you go along.

• En classe – Un ete ch 14 ex. a,b,c
• Devoirs – Avoir & Etre – In preparation for learning the Passe Compose on Monday you need to review & learn off by heart the verbs avoir (to have) and etre (to be) including the subject pronouns (je, tu, il etc…) This is very basic but you must know it perfectly before we can proceed. Find the verbs in the back of your txtbk or online. Practice with  http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/ Francais – Grammar – Present tense – Ex. 9 Avoir & Etre