Francais

Monday, February 6
Taken from the booklet Guide d'enseignement efficace de la lecture, here are some question cards to use before, during, and after reading. There are fiction and non-fiction questions. 

We are studying fairy tales for the next month or so to tie in with our unit on medieval times. There are so many online e-stories to choose from, it was difficult to choose just a few sites. Here is a brief list of online stories, interactive stories, and stories which can be listened to online as well: 1. Le cours des contes 2. Le point du FLE (Français langue étrangère) 3. Contemania 4. Contes, fables, mythes, et romains 5. Il était une histoire Students are to choose a fairy tale from one of these sites to do their CD book report. When choosing a fairy tale, please note the website!

Monday, January 30
In addition to the links below, students can pratise synonyms here: Le français facile - synonymes

Monday, November 28
We are currently wrapping up our study on types of text and the author's purpose. The Ontario Educational Resource Bank has a couple of fantastic interactive games for students to review these reading concepts:

Les types de textes formidables

Les merveilleux types de textes

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The OERB website requires a password which the students will be getting this week.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In grammar, we have been using the model for //-er// verbs and using a Bescherelle dictionary to help conjugate unfamiliar verbs. There are many websites out there to practise conjugating. Here are a few examples that are easy to navigate: 2Learn.ca - FSL - Verbes <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Le français en ligne - exercises interactives et autocorrectives <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Les signets de Diane - verbes <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Exercises.free.fr - Français

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In December we will be doing a fiction genre study, including elements such as character, setting, plot, and theme. Students will be completing their first book report, in which they will design a video game based on their novel. For reading support at home, the best <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">online resource for French children's ebooks that I have seen is [|Tumblebooks - Livres électroniques]. It is easier to go through the city of Ottawa library website for easier access (Le club de lecture), otherwise you need to set up a Tumblebooks account. My next posting will include reading strategies you can do at home with your child for fiction and non-fiction books.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We have only three more MYSTERY READERS! This has probably been the students' favourite part of the literacy program in portable 2. Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy schedules to read to the class. We love your visits!