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Welcome to Mme. Chenu's Grade 8 French class webpage. Please come back often for announcements, links to fun games and study tips.
Announcements:
Please continue to review conjugations of the regular and irregular verbs of present, future and past tense.
Visit the links below for more information and on-line resources.
Resources of Units:
Expo 1900 - This unit looks at famous people and their accomplishments in the 19th century. At the end of the unit, students will give an interesting and creative presentation of a famous person they've researched.
Fêtes et Mardi gras - This unit explores numerous cultural festivals and celebrations in North America, providing the liveliness of the Francophone presence. Students may have an opportunity to prepare and present a festival of their choice.
Ado monde - Students will read a photo story about relationships between a group of teenagers. At the end of the unit, students will create a summary of the story in past tense, as well as role-playing a new ending to the story.
Vagabonds de l'espace - This unit presents a fictional story of aliens and planets in the form of a comic strip. Students will be given the opportunity to create their own comics in relation to this story.
Le tour du monde francophone - This unit presents a game of solving riddles by travelling all over Europe, exploring into the culture and history of the francophone world.
Common sentence starters:
Expressing opinion - long list of sentence starters when giving opinions, in French and English
Opinion expressions - short list of sentence starters for expressing opinions
Giving Opinions - a simple list of sentence starters in French and English
Phrases and adjectives - list of adjectives and phrases used with adjectives
Talking about school - list of phrases related to talking about school
School subjects - list of school subjects and phrases
Les adjectifs:
· Les adjectifs video: Watch a video that describes the rules of formulating adjectives
- Les adjectifs: Read about the rules to formulating adjectives
ER Verbs Games:
· Millionaire : See if you can be a millionaire by answering questions related to ER verbs
· Matching : Match verbs with English translations
· Jumbled Words : See how many verbs you can unscramble
· Hangman
· Battleship : Answer questions to sink the enemy's ship
· ER verbs pronunciation : Click on this link to listen to common ER verbs, tips on conjugations, and quizes for more practice
RE/ IR Verbs Games:
· Millionaire : See if you can be a millionaire by answering questions related to RE/IR verbs
· Matching : Click on "solve" for a matching challenge
Avoir/ être Games:
· Millionaire : See if you can be a millionaire by answering questions related to "avoir" and "être"
· Quiz : Choose the right verbs
Games:
· Quia.com : search for games related to this unit by typing in key words (i.e. vouloir/ pouvoir)
· AMDSB : Games and resources of basic vocabulary
Reading:
· Short stories : Practice reading comprehension with pictures
Oral Resources:
Listen to Anything you want! : Type in any French words or phrases, and listen to how it's pronounced by several French speakers.