Can you believe September is almost over!? The grade 8's are moving along splendidly! They can be a talkative group but when the work comes out they are busy completing their assignments. Since my last post, we've had two pop quizzes on the verbs avoir and être in their present form. A lot of the students did poorly (there wasn't much emphasize in learning verbs in the younger grades). Since the students need to learn the present of these two irregular verbs to learn the passé composé, it's essential that they know it. Sometime this week they will have another pop quiz on the same two verbs. I have been doing different types of exercises with them for them to remember.
We have also been working on sentence structure, increasing their vocabulary, text comprehension, and how nouns, adjectives and articles agree with one another (I think that's how you say it in English). In the next few weeks, I would like the students to do a small presentation in front of the class about themselves. It doesn't have to be long. Three to five minutes long. I'm looking for quality over quantity. The presentation can be pre-recorded and watched in class or it can be done "live". As long as I hear them speak for that amount of time, I'm easy. I understand that some students have anxiety with public speaking. They should come to me and let me know so that we can come up with a solution. The students and I have discussed about their future geography tests and we have agreed to have small but numerous tests instead of large and less tests. On that note, the first geography test will be after Thanksgiving. It will cover: what is geography, the article we read about Ebola (I may omit this depending on length of test), basic questions about Canada which we covered in class, what is human geography, what is physical geography, urbanization and the future of cities, definitions of certain words (urbain, rural, banlieue, un établissement, démographiques, migration), three different types of population organisation and density (linéaire, dispersé, groupé, faible, modérée and forte).
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Picture day and Meet the teacher!! What a great first week of school! Everything ran smoothly! Both French Immersion classes have surpassed my first week expectations... but there are a few students who speak too much English in class... Please remind your children to make an effort in speaking French in class. It's very important for them to immerse themselves in the language in class since the classroom setting may be their only chance for such an opportunity.
On another note, picture day and Meet the Teacher are this Wednesday, September 12th. In regards to picture day, students are advised NOT to wear green (they will blend into the background if they wear green). Meet the Teacher is from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. I'm looking forward to meeting each and every one of you. If you can't make it but wish to speak or meet with me for various reasons, please send me an email or call the office and I will get back to you as soon as possible so we can set something up. This week is also a four day week. Friday, September 14th is a P.A. day. |
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