1. Vous avez eu une discussion basée sur vos devoirs: les Impressionnistes. These types of discussions will be a part of our normal class as the year progresses. Madame will NOT participate in these conversations. How they run will be entirely based on VOUS, pas moi. My role will be as an observer, and note-taker. I will be taking notes on grammar issues for later discussion and your individual participation level: your efforts to actively engage in conversation and your efforts both to maintain and advance the conversation with questions and commentary will influence your grade. Unless I indicate that I am listening for the use of a certain grammar point, I am not (initially) grading you on the correctness of your grammar. Prepare yourselves to ‘be’ your artist in a café scene for this Impressionist unit. We will work collaboratively to refine a rubric for this and other such conversations.
2. We did some gargling and kkkkkkkk-ing to work on our French “Rs”. This sound feels unnatural for us to make, but the more effort you put into practicing it, the better it will sound. This is one of the top two sounds to master as an English speaker to sound more “French”. (The other is the French “u”.) Répétez! Répétez! Répétez! http://french.about.com/cs/pronunciation/a/mistakes.htm and a humorous but helpful http://www.wikihow.com/Fake-a-Convincing-French-Accent-- note the “ummm” info: It’s TRUE!
3. Madame’s PowerPoint tried again NOT to appear, but thankfully her daughter was home and resent it. I presented the major ways that Impressionist art differs from that which preceded it. You should have taken notes supplementing those you already took from the article. I will post this PowerPoint once my presentation is complete.
Les devoirs:
Start thinking about which artist you would like to “be”. Degas and Berthe Morisot have been “dibbed”. LUNDI: Guest speaker: Madame Ennis. Come prepared to be attentive, take notes and ask questions!!!
NOTE: I forgot to RE-collect your answers to the Impressionist reading. HAND THEM BACK INTO ME ON MONDAY!
2. We did some gargling and kkkkkkkk-ing to work on our French “Rs”. This sound feels unnatural for us to make, but the more effort you put into practicing it, the better it will sound. This is one of the top two sounds to master as an English speaker to sound more “French”. (The other is the French “u”.) Répétez! Répétez! Répétez! http://french.about.com/cs/pronunciation/a/mistakes.htm and a humorous but helpful http://www.wikihow.com/Fake-a-Convincing-French-Accent-- note the “ummm” info: It’s TRUE!
3. Madame’s PowerPoint tried again NOT to appear, but thankfully her daughter was home and resent it. I presented the major ways that Impressionist art differs from that which preceded it. You should have taken notes supplementing those you already took from the article. I will post this PowerPoint once my presentation is complete.
Les devoirs:
Start thinking about which artist you would like to “be”. Degas and Berthe Morisot have been “dibbed”. LUNDI: Guest speaker: Madame Ennis. Come prepared to be attentive, take notes and ask questions!!!
NOTE: I forgot to RE-collect your answers to the Impressionist reading. HAND THEM BACK INTO ME ON MONDAY!