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Virtual French Class: Week of April 6-10

 

Hello!

Welcome to French Class! French Class will have a different focus every day and we will also have a movement break included in the middle of the lesson. This week we are going to integrate Science in French class by learning about the Swarm Of Locusts. The complete assignent is available on MyBlue Print. Please go have a look at the activity before you go over the suggested schedule otherwise what you will read below will not make sense.

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Using the example of the Swarm Of Locusts, we will go over the following science content:

  • organisms have evolved over time
    survival needs
    natural selection

In French, you will work on:

  • Reading Strategies
  • Viewing strategies
  • Summarizing Ideas
  • To formulate an opinion based on facts
  • To write a short blog entry

Monday, April 6th

10 min: Go over the assignment. Download the document to read. Print it if you want to.

15 min: Read the document once. Underline the words you don’t know.

5 min. Mouvement break. Do the following activity:

15 min: Go over the vocabulary you do not understand by watching additionnel videos or by using an online dictionary

Here’s a link to additional videos on the topic:

  1. Visionne la vidéo de BBC Planet Earth « Swarm Of Locusts DEVOUR Everything In Their Path » [un essaim de criquets dévore tout ce qui se trouve sur son chemin] à
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bx5JUGVahk [en anglais] [3:44].
  2. Lis un article sur l’invasion de criquets en Afrique de l’Est à
    https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/de-la-somalie-au-soudan-du-sud-les-essaims-de-criquets-pelerins-ravagent-l-afrique-de-l-est-20200227
  3. Lis un article de Jeune Afrique sur l’invasion de criquets pèlerins à
    https://www.jeuneafrique.com/902907/societe/la-rdc-a-son-tour-touchee-par-linvasion-de-criquets-pelerins/
  4. Visionne des vidéos sur l’invasion de criquets à
    https://www.lci.fr/planete/video-invasion-de-criquets-en-afrique-de-l-est-l-impossible-lutte-notre-reportage-au-kenya-2145683.html
    https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/environnement/202001/24/01-5258092-les-criquets-derniere-plaie-dune-afrique-de-lest-accablee-par-des-variations-climatiques-extremes.php
  5. Suis le progrès des essaims de criquets pèlerins sur le site web de l’Organisation des Nations unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture à
    http://www.fao.org/ag/locusts/fr/info/info/index.html
  6. Apprends-en davantage sur les criquets pèlerins, les sauterelles et les grillons à
    http://www.seq.qc.ca/mdi/ficheGrillon.html

Tuesday, April 7

20 min Answer the questions on the text you read yesterday on Swarm Of Locusts. Oli will send an answer key to your parents.

5 min movement break:

http://https://youtu.be/W2CBKiKA9b4

15 min: Verb Games

Play computer games to review verbs. I recommend the following site for you today: https://www.logicieleducatif.fr/index_conjugaison_grammaire.php

You can also opt for worksheets that I have submitted on the blog last week

Wednesday, April 8th

30- 40 min – Work on your sociogram. When you’re done, add it to your blog entry

Take a movement break when you need it with this video:

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=mI0vrbE5_GQ&feature=emb_logo

Thursday, April 9th

30-40 min Work on your blog entry

Write a first draft.

Take a movement break

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya7iJ4b9o78

Read your blog entry

Go over conventions and grammar.

Read it one last time.

Publish your blog entry.

 

I will add additional recommendations for novels you can read and more online games this week on your own time at home.

Have a great week!

Oli

 

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Oli

Grade 6/7 French Immersion teacher @ VSB and MEd student at UBC.

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