Week 3 already! Time flies when you keep busy.
I have enjoyed getting to know the French 3 students a little more, and challenging them to think twice about what they are writing or saying. Year three should be a year where there are less careless mistakes.. We have been busy with reviews and getting comfortable again with French after a summer off. Next week, we start with our first Unit for the French 3 book. We have also already read a tale from the Ile Maurice and are working through some creole and french versions of the text, to expand our word connections between languages.
We jumped feet first into French 4 materials - this group again will find itself being challenged to think critically, to increase their knowledge of language, to speak more fluently and fluidly. We are reading Saint-Exupery's book Le Petit Prince, and having some light and deep conversations about the content, the symbolism, the literal and figurative meanings of the story. The students have also had some time to be creative in drawings and music (pictures of a sheep and the baobab trees, and writing lyrics to a song titled "Dessine-moi un mouton" after reading and listening to the song with the same title by Mylene Farmer.
I have enjoyed getting to know the French 3 students a little more, and challenging them to think twice about what they are writing or saying. Year three should be a year where there are less careless mistakes.. We have been busy with reviews and getting comfortable again with French after a summer off. Next week, we start with our first Unit for the French 3 book. We have also already read a tale from the Ile Maurice and are working through some creole and french versions of the text, to expand our word connections between languages.
We jumped feet first into French 4 materials - this group again will find itself being challenged to think critically, to increase their knowledge of language, to speak more fluently and fluidly. We are reading Saint-Exupery's book Le Petit Prince, and having some light and deep conversations about the content, the symbolism, the literal and figurative meanings of the story. The students have also had some time to be creative in drawings and music (pictures of a sheep and the baobab trees, and writing lyrics to a song titled "Dessine-moi un mouton" after reading and listening to the song with the same title by Mylene Farmer.