Thirsk Languages.

Just a word of advice – you MUST keep up to date with the speaking questions we are covering in class. You can also find files that will help with these in the file box on the bottom right hand side of the blog.

Remember:

1. Look at the model answer sheets for each section.

2. Adapt these to your own answers in your red books.

3. Get your draft answers corrected by me.

4. Copy up the neat versions into your speaking test booklet.

5. LEARN THEM OFF BY HEART! YES BY HEART!

Bob’s your uncle (Robert est votre oncle!).

In response to Beth’s question as to what we did in the lesson, we were looking at animals and how to talk about your pet. Look at the ppt in the folders box (bottom right hand side of the blog) for a recap on the animals covered and we also learnt the question ‘Tu as un animal?’ – Do you have a pet? Oui j’ai un/une – Yes I have a … or ‘Non je n’ai pas de…’ no I don’t have a …. Reminder to learn your animal words for a vocab test on Fri. Merci!

moglich-emma

gut-oder-doof!

Here are a couple of finished posters giving possible and impossible ways of travelling!

remember to look at the files in the folders box at the bottom of the blog (under 8b1) if you get stuck! Extra vocab is there too.

Last week and this week we are getting down to the nitty gritty and working through some speaking exam questions based on personal relationships. I have uploaded both powerpoints to the files box on the bottom right of the blog if you need to check things. Don’t forget that you must come for help if you are getting stuck. You MUST also learn these questions and answers as we are going along and we are revising the first page in the lesson on Tues with various methods eg. peer assessment, hotseating etc!! Can’t wait!!

Hello 9b4! Well this week we have been looking at transport and how to say where you have been and how you got there. If you look at the file box in the bottom right hand corner of the blog, you will be able to remind yourself of the ppt covered in the lesson.

labamba2

Wow, what an interesting week we have had! We started a new topic on leisure and we started by revising some of the key sports etc and some basic phrases. Then we started to put some of these key phrases together to form the verse of a song. Using Mrs Hampson’s marvellous laptop technology, each small group recorded a verse  to the tune of the song  ‘La Bamba’, using a midi file as a backing track and using the Audacity software to achieve this!

Then Mrs H took home the saved efforts (which had been saved in wav format) and ‘mixed’ the verses onto the backing track using Audacity. It has been saved in an MP3 format and here is the final result (click on the link at the start of this post) – a bit cheesy we know (though not as cheesy as cheesy chipmunks Jenni & Sam!) but for a very first effort it was good and fun was had by all! Seriously though, it is well known that language learning through the media of songs is a winner as phrases and vocab can be easier to remember! The only trouble is, I now have more classes queuing up for their turn! Well done 10Fr2 – Simon Cowell be afraid, be very afraid!!

Hello 8b1! Well this week we have started to look at how to talk about countries in French and we have also discussed various nationalities, including looking at the verb être (to be). Remember that you have a vocab test on the countries on Monday!! Have a look at the ppt in the bottom right hand corner of my blog to remind yourself what we did in class.

Hello 7PH! Well this week we have started to look at how to talk about countries in French and we have also discussed various nationalities. Well done in your vocab test last Friday! Have a look at the ppt in the bottom right hand corner of my blog to remind yourself what we did in class.

Hello 7AA, especially to Luke who did leave a comment. Please do not put your own e-mail in your comment as it leaves it open to spammers! Well this week, we have been finding out how you talk about different countries and nationalities in French. We have also widened our geographical knowledge too I am sure!! If you get stuck, please look at the ppt that goes with this weeks work (countries & nationalities) on this blog. Have a nice weekend 7AA!