by Franciose CERDAN | Jan 29, 2015 | Grade 12, Secondary French, The Grades
It’s time to act! Grade 12 students are discussing ways of saving the planet and raising awareness among young people. This week, our French lessons focused on identifying the causes of climate change and finding solutions to reduce our negative impact on the...
by Franciose CERDAN | Jan 15, 2015 | Grade 11, Secondary French, The Grades
Grade 11 dared to try the Free hugs experience en français. As part of the Social Relationship module, students learned about the free hugs movement (câlins gratuits) and how it spread in France. Hugs (or accolades) are new in France and seem to be bringing strangers...
by Celine ROWLANDS | Jan 15, 2015 | Grade 7, Secondary French, The Grades
As part of the unit on clothes, colours and fashion, grade 7 students have designed outfits and showed a great sense of style. Colours and themes such as the crazy sporty girl (la fana de sport) were preferred by girls. Boys chose classic colours and patterns to show...
by Franciose CERDAN | Jan 8, 2015 | Grade 11, Secondary French, The Grades
Students have started to read the French novel from Philippe Claudel, La petite file de Monsieur Linh. The story? An old man stands on a boat carrying a small suitcase and holding his grand daughter in his arms. He arrives in France after a six weeks journey. Alone in...
by Franciose CERDAN | Dec 18, 2014 | Secondary French, The Grades
In Grade 8, students have explored their creativity reading extracts from French novels and poems and illustrating them. The enthusiastic young artists produced very inspired drawings that reflect their understanding and appreciation of literature en français .
by Franciose CERDAN | Dec 11, 2014 | Grade 7, Secondary French, The Grades
Where can you admire the beautiful Joconde? What do you call the French fast train? Who is François Hollande? If you can’t answer these questions, ask Grade 7 students. This week, they designed a board game to learn about French culture and history. They created...
