VCU French Film Festival Field Trip - March 28

Chers élèves,

Every year Madame Reeves and I take students to the Festival. It is a great opportunity to watch very good French films and to meet actors and directors. This festival is the best French film festival in the country, so we are very lucky! The festival will be on Saturday, March 28. The cost is $45 per student and this includes a pass for all the movies both on Saturday and Sunday. I am exploring the option of an overnight stay in Richmond and will let you know if it is indeed possible.

Check out the festival here: http://www.frenchfilm.vcu.edu/

In order to make this outing possible, we need to order the passes and send the money next week. This is a very well attended event and if we wait until March 16 the event will be sold out. If you want to participate, please bring a check or cash to the Upper School by Thursday next week.

Merci beaucoup! I hope we can make this happen again this year.

Mme. Johns & Mme. Reeves

Examen du 2e trimestre

Tout le monde va passer la partie orale de l'examen mardi.
Les dates et fiche de révision (review sheet) pour l'examen sont postées à droite (on the right).

Bon long week-end!

Les Crêpes au Flat de Charlottesville

Miam, miam, les crêpes délicieuses!

Tapez (type) les accents en français!

Dans Microsoft Word:

Accent aigu (é) - Type CTRL+' then letter (été)
Accent grave (è, ù) - Type CTRL+` then letter (père, où)

* On some computers the accents are the opposite direction.

Accent circonflexe (ê) - Type CTRL+SHFT+6 then letter (forêt)
Tréma (ë) - Type CTRL+SHFT+; then letter (Noël)
Cédille (ç) - Type CTRL+, then letter (français)

Aussi: http://french.typeit.org/

Projet francophone - Introduction

1. Choose two French-speaking countries and fill out the chart on p. 11 of your workbook.
   
2. Don't forget to say why each country is interesting for you.
   
   Useful links:
   The CIA site: www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index
   The textbook site: www.mhhe.com/debuts2 (No password necessary. Click “Student Edition”. In pull down menu at left, choose “Chapitre préliminaire” on the bottom of the list. Under “More Resources” choose “Dossier culturel”.)

Prénoms francophones

Choose a francophone first name (prénom) to be your identity in French class. Bring your name and its country of origin into class by Monday to introduce your new identity. The following sites have lists of names. Read the explanation of French names on the first site, then search the lists of names from France and other French-speaking countries on that and the following sites.

1. prénoms français
   
2. prénoms sénégalais
   
3. prénoms algériens
4. prénoms antillais
5. sites divers de prénoms francophones (québecois, etc.)
   

Sound document project

1. Find a French-speaking (or singing) sound document on the Internet using the following websites. Email me the url for the document you have chosen along with your analysis of the sound document using the questions from class (written below).
• Songs : hover your mouse over the green menu to the left and choose one of the many songs available.
• Poems : click on the grey links
• Fables
• Speeches
• Letters
• Others

Questions:
• What type of document?
• What adjectives describe it?
• Who is speaking or singing? To whom?
• What nationality?
• What type of message?
• What is the message?
• Do you like it? Why or why not?


Optional 1: If you want to listen to the dialogue from which you will memorize one part, go to "Voisins" (Neighbors).

Optional 2: Listen to numbers from 0-59 on the textbook website.