L'école des Youngsters

LE COURS DE FRANÇAIS : MERCREDI 17 SEPTEMBRE 2014.

Bonjour à tous,
Hello,

A welcome back to the last year students, and a welcome to the new students.

Wednesday we made a "Fiche de renseignements" d’élève '/student information document, each student wrote on his card his personal info, and we'll put a picture on it next week.
Then we reviewed the days, months, numbers (1-100), the verbs " ÊTRE"/ , "AVOIR".

Homework for Wednesday, September 24 : know by heart the verbs ÊTRE et AVOIR, study the list of the animals and learn the names of those animals (Do what you can). Go to the link Livres pour enfants : santacruzpl, and read : 'Un grand-papa en or", we'll discuss the story in class.

Bonne semaine,
Chéryfa

LE COURS DE FRANCAIS : MERCREDI 4 JUIN 2014.

I wish you all an excellent summer !

We had our last French class of 2013/14 school year, we finished the exercises 4A, 4B, and 4C p.41 Unité 10 of Alex et Zoé Cahier.
We had our end of the year party, the children performed a song, read a poem, and told "devinettes/riddles", and we all ate colorful fruits, and delicious cup cakes.

Thank you,

Chéryfa

LE COURS DE FRANCAIS : MERCREDI 28 MAI 2014.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4 WILL BE OUR LAST FRENCH CLASS FOR 2013/14, WE'LL HAVE OUR ANNUAL END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR PARTY, PARENTS PLEASE ARRIVE, IF POSSIBLE, A LITTLE EARLIER AS THE CHILDREN WILL START THEIR PERFORMANCE AT 4:45 PM, THANK YOU, AND SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

Wednesday we reviewed the homework, then did the exercise 2B p.39 of Alex et Zoé 3 Cahier. We finished Unité 10 Leçon3,4 p. 46, 47 of Alex et Zoé 3 Méthode, Unité 10 was our last lesson of Alex et Zoé 3 for this year. Afterward we did the exercise 3B p.40 of Alex et Zoé 3 Cahier.
The last 10 minutes of the class we played (The 3 groups) "Le pendu/The hangman", the children really love to play this game.

Homework for Wednesday, June 4: do exercise 3A p. 40 Alex et Zoé 3 Cahier, review "Le passé composé" of the verbs "du 1er groupe" action verbs like "manger, jouer, chercher....", practice "Hé ! La vieille dame", and don't forget "Les devinettes".

À mercredi prochain,

Chéryfa

LE COURS DE FRANCAIS : MERCREDI 21 MAI 2014

The school year is almost over with, we only have two more classes before you all go enjoy the summer break.
Wednesday we did the following exercises Unité 9 of Alex et Zoé 3 Cahier d’activités : leçon 2 2A, 2B p. 35, leçon 3 3A, 3B p. 36, leçon 4 4A, 4B, 4C p.37. We put in practice what we've learned last week, especially "Qu'est que tu veux être plus tard ?"/ What do you want to be later ? (When you grow up)
"Plus tard je veux être...peintre...."/Later I want to be... a painter.... - Pourquoi ?/Why ? - Parce que j'aime peindre et dessiner/because I like to paint and to draw, and so on.
Then we pursued with a new Unité , we worked on Unité 10, leçon 1 and 2 of Alex et Zoé 3 Méthode p. 44, 45. We introduce the past tense in the conversation, "Hier j'ai mangé des frites.."/Yesterday I ate French fries....This past tense is : Le passé composé, we use the verb AVOIR + a verb (we used action verbs like manger, danser...) that ends in " é " : J'ai mangé, tu as mangé, il/elle a mangé, nous avons mangé, vous avez mangé, ils/elles ont mangé.
We also reviewed the different moment of the day : matin/morning, midi/noon, après-midi/afternoon, soir/evening, nuit/night.
The last 10 minutes we played a game "Le jeu de l'oie" a summery of Unité 9.

Homework for Wednesday, May 28: do exercises 1A, 1B p. 38, and 2A p.39 of Alex et Zoé 3 Cahier d’activités, also read and try to be comfortable reading the "Devinettes/Jokes" assigned to you (In the binder).

Agréable semaine à toutes et tous,

Chéryfa

LE COURS DE FRANCAIS : MERCREDI 7 MAI 2014.

The class started with our weekly correction/review of the homework, then we reviewed, yes again, the verbs ETRE/AVOIR, the students had a quiz, and they did extremely well.
We started Unité 9 Leçon 1 of Alex et Zoé 3 Méthode p. 38, the lesson incorporated information on places or people, and what we want to be later.....(occupation, trade).

Next we studied "Je lis une histoire à suivre" Violette (3), comprehension of the text and answering the questions about the story.
The last 10 minutes of the class, we all rehearsed a song "HE ! LA VIEILLE DAME.

Homework for Wednesday, May 14: Do exercices A1, B1 of Alex et Zoé 3 Cahier p. 34, and rehearse the song, look up, or write down the words you don't know for next class.

Pleasant week to you all,
Agréable semaine à tous,

Chéryfa

LE COURS DE FRANCAIS : MERCREDI 30 AVRIL 2014.

This week we started the French class with the correction of the homework, I returned the graded quizzes (On s'entraîne pour le DELF Unités 1 à 5 , and Test Unités 1 à 4) the students did remarkably well, I was very pleased with them, BRAVO LES ENFANTS !
Then we studied : L'adjectif interrogatif : quel....., quelle...., quels....., quelles...? Alex et Zoé 3 Cahier d'activité p. 31, 2B, 3B, as well as Les ordinaux : le premier (la première), le (la) deuxième, le (la) troisième, etc.... Alex et Zoé 3 Cahier d'activité p. 32 3B, we closed Unité 8 with the execises 4A, 4B, 4C of Alex et Zoé 3 Cahier d'activité p. 33.
We reviewed the verbs ETRE and AVOIR.
The last 10 minutes, we played a game: LE JEU DE L'OIE DU TOUR DE FRANCE.

Homework for Wednesday, May 7: Review the verbs ETRE (to be) AVOIR (to have), we'll have a little quizz, also I would like you next week, to tell me in a couple of sentences how your week was (use the vocabulary we already know, use the verbs ETRE et AVOIR and other verbs like MANGER, JOUER, AIMER, FAIRE....

Have a pleasant week,
Agréable semaine à tous,

Chéryfa

LE COURS DE FRANCAIS : MERCREDI 23 AVRIL 2014

The class started with a little test of comprehension resuming the "Unités 4 à 6", the test consisted of oral and written parts.
Afterward, we reviewed some verbs in the indicative present , plus the verb "ALLER"/to go, we also reviewed the verbs ETRE, AVOIR supported by some exercises (never enough to review).
We studied "Unités 8, Leçons 2, 3,4 p. 35,36,37 of Alex et Zoé 3 Méthode, by using the map of France p. 56,57 to help us.

Homework for Wednesday, April 30 : do exercises 2A p. 31, of Alex et Zoé 3 Cahier d’activités, as well as "LE PRESENT DE L"INDICATIF 1er GROUPE" only part 1 (2 pages in the binder), and LE VERBE AVOIR AU PRESENT DE L'INDICATIF (Parts 1,2,3), LE VERBE ETRE AU PRESENT DE L'INDICATIF (Parts 1,2) both pages are in the binder.

Bonne semaine à tous,

Chéryfa

learn about what we will celebrate on Monday

Galette des rois

Après toute l'excitation de Noël et du Nouvel An, il reste une dernière tradition française intéressante : le tirage des rois. Cette célébration a lieu à l'Épiphanie, dont la date n'est pas figée - elle peut être soit le 6 janvier, soit le premier dimanche de ce mois.

Plus intéressant encore, il y a la galette des rois. Ce gâteau particulier se mange généralement tout au long du mois de janvier. Selon la région, la galette des rois se fait de plusieurs façons : elle peut être feuilletée ou briochée, certaines sont fourrées à la frangipane, et d'autres décorées de fruits confits. Mais ce qui distingue la galette des rois des autres gâteaux, c'est la fève à l'intérieur, voire deux : une vraie fève, et souvent aussi une figurine ou un petit bibelot.

Pendant le tirage des rois (la découpe de la galette), la personne qui tire la fève (c'est-à-dire, qui la trouve dans sa part de galette) devient roi ou reine, reçoit une couronne en carton (fournie par la boulangerie) et choisit son compagnon. J'ai tant aimé les fèves que j'ai trouvées dans ma première galette (chez une amie) et ma deuxième galette (chez moi) que j'en ai acheté une troisième - mais ils avaient oublié d'y mettre la fève. Quelle déception !

Three Kings' Cake

After all the excitement of Christmas and the new year, there's still one more interesting French tradition: the "pulling of the kings." This celebration takes place at Epiphany, which has a variable date - it can either be 6 January or the first Sunday of the month.

Even more interesting is the galette des rois (literally, kings' cake). This special cake is generally eaten throughout the month of January. Depending on the region, the cake comes in different varieties: it can be made of puff pastry or like a brioche, some are filled with almond paste, and others are decorated with candied fruits. But what sets the galette des rois apart from other cakes is the fève inside, or even two: a real fava bean, and often a figurine or small knickknack as well.

During the tirage des rois (the cutting of the cake), the person who pulls the fève (that is, who finds it in his/her slice of cake) becomes king or queen, receives a paper crown (provided by the bakery), and chooses a partner. I liked the fèves that I found in my first galette (at a friend's house) and second galette (at home) that I bought a third - but they'd forgotten to put the fève inside. What a disappointment!