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Mrs. Mary Perrot - French and Spanish ENCORE  (Send e-mail) Welcome to French 1 and Spanish ENCORE. This year marks the first time SHJH will offer French as a full year course for students who qualify. Successful completion of French 1 may lead to placement in Level 2 in high school. Spanish ENCORE is a 7 week class in which your child will discover Spanish and the various countries where it is spoken. During this exposure course, students will develop basic communication skills that include vocabulary, listening, speaking, and reading in the target language.

This week in class Monday Spanish Practice midterm debrief More dot to dot # practice "Madrid" intro HW: Bring DVD chart we started today. French 8: #s 1-100 Counting activity HW: Number page from class. Count 1-100 forward and backward IN FRENCH :) French 7 Welcome to Unit Conversation Culturelle Dot to dot # practice HW: TB exercises TBA Tuesday Espanol "Madrid" DVD Chart debrief HW: Bring chart back so we can finish manana. French 8 Flashcard WU with #s 1-100 Number notes/exceptions Euro practice HW: TB pp. 84-85, Ex. 2-5 Read p. 86 about definite articles. Bring TB and WB to class tomorrow. French 7 Greetings practice Conversation culturelle Unit 3, A HW: Bring TB and WB to class tomorrow. Wednesday *****Mrs. Perrot will be out this p.m.***** Espanol "Madrid" DVD Chart debrief HW: Bring chart back so we can finish manana. French 8 HW: Euro and number exercises Definite article notes French 7 Time notes Greetings practice HW: TBA in class A demain :) Thursday Spanish Group write about Madrid French 8 Definite articles v. Indefinite articles Debrief yesterday's homework HW: French 7 Time practice cafe vocab practice HW: Downloads List gender notes.doc [11/10/2008] Cool Links "Parlez-vous francais?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5hrUGFhsXo A comprehensive site for beginners in French. http://www.francais-extra.co.uk/gateway/listening/listeningindex.htm A good FAQ page on France http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france_159/discovering-france_2005/index.html A good site with flashcards, sound, and other treats for Spanish expo students. http://www.classzone.com/books/en_espanol_1a/index.cfm A great place to spend a few hours surfing for all things Spanish. http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/spanish.htm Another Spanish alphabet practice site http://www.spanishspanish.com/alfabeto_ipower.html Everything you'd like to know about the Spanish speaking world. http://www.espanole.org/pais Frenchies: Try this link at both speeds. Substitute some of your Unit 3 vocab for extra practice. http://www.learnfrenchinboston.com/freeLessons/convbeg5.cfm Get to know the Spanish speaking world with these map games. http://www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx?nav=FF# Greetings practice http://www.frenchrevision.co.uk/ks3/introductions/index.htm Listen to the numbers 1-20 by a native speaker. http://www.kameleo.com/french/JEU-Ch0-Chiffres0a20.html LOTS of food vocabulary games, drills, etc. for French. http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/HotPotatoes/index.htm Lots of number practice here for 1-10. http://www.frenchrevision.co.uk/ks3/numbers_1to10/index.htm Lots of practice here for Spanish colors http://www.spanishspanish.com/colors/color_menu.html Practice your alphabet with a native speaker here. http://www.alphabetpage.com/french/alphabet_for_english_speakers/ Practice your days of the week and months en espanol. http://www.spanish.bz/days.htm Practice your South American geography here. http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/south%20americaJigsaw/default.htm Some interesting facts about the global role of French. http://french.about.com/library/bl-whatisfrench.htm Spanish Alfabeto with Mexican jumping bean http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQIKajBQcC4&NR=1 Spanish cognates http://spanish.about.com/cs/historyofspanish/a/spanishloanword.htm State of Illinois Foreign Language Learning Standards http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/foreign_languages/standards.htm The "Bonjour" Song. WARNING! You won't be able to get it out of your head:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyUnL34CFRI The best way to learn a foreign language is to live/study abroad. Check out this program. I'm thinking of going myself. http://www.frenchamericanexchange.com The case for studying French http://nosferatu.cas.usf.edu/languages/whystudy/whyfrench.htm The Spanish Alphabet http://www.hello-world.com/children/Spanish/alphabet.php Try these number games for fun. http://www.quia.com/jg/66096.html