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.