Meet your French Teachers

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UPCOMING EVENTS
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1-8 Les Jeux Olympiques
29 – Open House
Students – check out this
webpage for French name
ideas! We’ll be picking names
next week!
www.frenchabout.com
Isabelle
Bruno
Jacques
Adèle
Gabriell
e
Guy
SEPTEMBRE
4 – La Rentrée (Back to school!)
17 – French Club (3:15-4:15 Rm107)
17 & 18 – SKYPE with people in
France
OCTOBRE
1 – French Club (3:15-4:15) Rm107
23 & 24 – French food day
**parents invited to send food &
join us for the celebration—more
information to follow
Du bureau de
Madame Sparapani – AM Classes
Madame Burant - PM Classes
Chers amis :
Please look for these newsletters
every month to keep you up to date
on what’s going on in our French
program at Lineville!
Chanson d’Automne
SUMMER
EXPERIENCES
Makes ~12 crêpes.
Les sanglots longs call for volunteers)
(alternately,
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Le sais-tu?
(Do you know?)
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Aside from English, French
is the only language spoken
on 5 continents
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French is the 2nd most
studied language in the
world (www.diplomatie.gouv.fr)
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In 2010, the United States
was the leading destination
for French investments
abroad.
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Crêpes à la française
They freeze really well stacked, wrapped in wax
paper and placed inside a plastic bag. A double recipe will fit in a
Des violons
standard blender.
De l’automne
Blessent
mon cœur attended French
Suzy Smith
In a blender or with a mixer or whisk, combine:
D’une langueur
·
1 cup milk
language
Monotone. camp at Concordia
Language
Village in ··July 21 eggs
Tablespoon melted butter
Tout suffocant
1 cup flour
blême, quand
 Et
Bobby
Jones traveled· to France,
Sonne l’heure,
1/4 teaspoon salt
Italy,
and Spain with· his family
Je me souviens
Refrigerate for ≥ 2 hours before cooking to let the flour absorb the liquid.
Des
jours anciens
in August
Et je pleure;
Heat an 8" skillet on medium until hot and coat with oil. Pour about 1/4
 Kerry Brown has been
cup of batter into the pan and *quickly* roll it around until it covers the
Et je m’en vais
exchanging
letters with
herIf pen
bottom.
the pan is too hot, the batter may be difficult to spread out.
Au vent mauvais
This may take a few tries until you get the hang of it.
Qui Claudette,
m’emporte
pal,
and looks
Deçà, delà,
When with
the crêpe starts looking dry, use the butter knife to gently lift the
forward
Pareil
à la to sharing them
to check if it is getting golden brown on the bottom (it should take
Feuille
morte.
the
class
in August edge
about 1-2 minutes). When it looks nice, use the knife to flip the crêpe
-Paul VERLAINE
(Translation on reverse)
over and cook the other side for another minute. The first crêpe rarely
turns out right, no matter what you do, but the rest should turn out
perfectly.
Meet your FrenchMake
Teachers
a stack and cover them so that they stay
Madame Sparapani
Email: [email protected]
Match de football:
Nice-Marseille
Bonjour, this is my 2nd year of teaching. I
work at Bay Port & Lineville, morning
classes only. I studied in northern France
and I miss it every day! I organize the
Lineville French club - Hope to see you
there! I can’t wait to share my love of
French with you all!
warm while you
make the
rest. You can
Madame
Burant
refrigerate them
for later
use and warm them in
Email:
[email protected]
the oven, stacked
and
wrapped
Bonjour, This is my 14inth foil.
year of teaching. I
work both at Lineville afternoon classes only &
Bay View I love to travel to France. I’ve been
there 10 different times & I will be taking Bay
Port students to France next summer! I look
forward to sharing my experiences and love of
French with you!
Study Strategies for French
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Make flashcards for vocabulary
Find a study partner or group
Study out loud (try in the car or shower!)
Practice the songs taught in class
Rent a movie, listen to music, or watch
French TV online
Ask for help as soon as you get behind
Study in small chunks (10-15 min)
Color-code your notes
Sing or chant the words
Use gestures with words
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes!
Check out our webpage for more helpful
tips, recipes, fun activities, pictures and
more!!
N’oublie pas!
(Don’t Forget!)
Each student should have the
following materials for class:
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1” binder
#2 pencil
Blue/black pen
Dry erase marker
(optional)
COGNATES OF THE MONTH
Cognate: a word that looks and means the
same in 2 languages.
Télévision, téléphone, boulevard, portable,
éléphant, chocolat, le bowling, le
hamburger, le steak, la table, la bicyclette,
Song of Autumn
The long sobs
Of the violins
Of autumn
Wound my heart
With a languor
Monotonous.
LES COULEURS
All suffocating
And pale, when
Rings the hour,
I remember
Days past
And I cry;
And I leave
On the ill wind
That carries me
Here, there,
Just like a
Dead leaf.
-Paul VERLAINE
This poem has great historical significance for the
United States in World War II. The first half-stanza
was transmitted over BBC (British Broadcasting
Corporation) Radio regularly in the weeks leading up to
the invasion of Normandy. On June 5, 1944, the second
half-stanza was read, signaling to the Resistance that the
invasion of Normandy was about to occur. It was the
sign for French Resistance members to begin sabotaging
communication and transportation lines to help prevent
the Germans from thwarting the invasion. Although
Nazi commanders noticed the unusual transmission,
Hitler failed to take it seriously enough to send more
troops to the front and the D-Day invasion was
successful.
HORIZONTALEMENT
3 La neige (snow)
6 Le drapeau français est bleu,
blanc, et __. (The French flag
is blue, white & _____)
8 Le rouge et le blanc font le __.
(Red & white make ______)
9 Une orange (an orange)
Puzzle made at www.varietygames.com/CW/
VERTICALEMENT
1 un bureau (a desk)
2 Le soleil (the sun)
3 Le ciel quand il fait beau
(the sky when it is nice out)
4 Le contraire de blanc
(opposite of white)
5 Les raisins (grapes)
7 Une plante vivante (a
living plant)
Clé (key): bleu, blanc, rouge, marron, rose, orange, vert,
violet, jaune, noir,