Some students have yet to upload the description of their “Estate agent”. Please do so today.
Find some props for tomorrow’s class so you can better impersonate your role as an estate agent. Make it fun (ie. funny hat, fake mustach, your assistant teddy bear, etc.)!
Mercredi & Jeudi (online lesson):
La vente aux enchères:
La maison des sept nains – Patrick (Michael)
La maison de bob l’éponge – Ciara & Juliet (Aaron)
La maison de cendrillon – Barra (Patrick)
La maison blanche – Lochlan (Hugo)
La maison de Fortnite – Fionnuala (Yubo)
La maison du président irlandais – Sadbh
La maison de James Joyce – George (Andrew)
La maison de Taylor Swift – Ava (Aaron)
La maison du Président français – Michael & Aaron (Ciara)
La maison de Minecraft – Cillian & Hugo (Michael)
La maison de Bilbo le Hobbit – Alannah (Cillian)
La maison d’Ironman – Ellie (Lochlan)
La maison de Dark vador – Ali & Yubo (Alanah)
La maison d’Astérix et Obélix – Andrew & Francesca (Barra)
La maison de Gaudi – Rachel (Juliet)
DM: copy and learn the two new irregular verbs page 122 & p212 + blue box p170 + get acquainted with the sports p171 + start your summer exam revisions
So here we are, second week back to school. Here are some info for you all:
All assignments are du by Monday the 4th of May. Best is if you do them during your assigned French class. However feel free to organise your work differently if it fits better with your schedule.
Here is the “top 5” of last week’s Kahoot on the theme of “Pâques”. Well done to he 50 students who took part in it!
DM (to be done during Thursday’s French timetabled class) : Réviser les préposition de lieu + corriger les questions de l’oral + apprendre par cœur les verbes en -IR + any 3 exercises of your choosing from :https://www.languagesonline.org.uk/French/ET2/IR_Verbs/Index.htm
Mardi:
Watch the following video to learn a little about the 1st of May which is a holiday in France.
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Try your best to answer the following questions linked to the video. It’s ok if you don’t get everything. Just try your best. The answers to the questions can be found at the very bottom of this post.
What were american workers asking for during a protest on the 1st of May 1886?
What happened in the city of chicago?
What was the 1st of May until recently?
What happened in 1919?
What was the consequences of the law of 1947?
Finally, what is also the meaning of the 1st of May?
Révision: “Il y a” + pièces de la maison (p142 + p138)
Il y a (= there is / there are) une entrée, une salle à manger, une cuisine, un salon, une chambre, des toilettes, une salle de bain et une buanderie.
Description de l’activité “vente (vendre = to sell) aux enchères” (description d’un élève, € 100, vente aux enchères, acheter la maison où un trésor est caché…)
Choix de votre maison (ordre aléatoire).
La maison des sept nains – Patrick
La maison de bob l’éponge – Ciara & Juliet
La maison de cendrillon – Barra
La maison blanche – Lochlan
La maison de Fortnite – Fionnuala
La maison du président irlandais – Sadbh
La maison de James Joyce – George
La maison de Taylor Swift – Ava
La maison du Président français – Michael & Aaron
La maison de Minecraft – Cillian & Hugo
La maison de Bilbo le Hobbit – Alannah
La maison d’Ironman – Ellie
La maison de Dark vador – Ali & Yubo
La maison d’Astérix et Obélix – Andrew & Francesca
La maison de Gaudi – Rachel
Exemple de description d’une maison (la maison des septs nains).
Brick: “La maison est confortable et chaleureuse. Il y a un grand jardin et il y aussi une belle vue. La maison est un petit cottage dans le bois (the wood). Dans la maison il y a une grande chambre, il y (there) fait (for temperature) chaud, il ya un joli petit chat et aussi une grande cave avec beaucoup de jeux vidéo.”
DM: Write your ID card in a google doc in the appropriate section on Google classroom + Write a description of the house you have chosen (no need to upload it, will be used next class). Feel free to use online tools such as dictionaries, translators, etc. However if you use translators try not to translate whole sentences but rather words. You still have to make the effort of creating the sentence using your current knowledge of the French language.
Jeudi:
Do the assigned homework during the last two online lessons (Monday’s and Wednesday’s class).
2nd years:
Lundi:
Watch the following video to learn a little about the 1st of May which is a holiday in France.
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Try your best to answer the following questions linked to the video. It’s ok if you don’t get everything. Just try your best. The answers to the questions can be found at the very bottom of this post.
What were american workers asking for during a protest on the 1st of May 1886?
What happened in the city of chicago?
What was the 1st of May until recently?
What happened in 1919?
What was the consequences of the law of 1947?
Finally, what is also the meaning of the 1st of May?
Luke: put the mange into its infinitive (manger) then use to go (in present tense) into it (dylan va + manger)
Futur proche = aller in the present tense + add the infinitive of the verb
Olivia parle à Evie. -> Olivia va parler à Evie.
Danny finit ses devoirs. -> Danny va finir ses devoirs.
Andrew va au supermarché. -> Andrew va aller au supermarché.
Le futur simple!
Take the infinitive of the verb (manger, partir, vendre, etc.). Careful -RE verbs drop the E
Add the endings of the futur simple: ai, as, a, onz, ez, ont (which look very similar tothe verb avoir in the present tense: J’ai, Tu as, Il a, Nous avons, Vous avez, Ils ont)
Do the homework from yesterday’s class. If you have some time left, feel free to do one of the “Extra” activities of the week (you can find them in the introduction section of this post).
Thursday:
Correction orange box p43
Il lira. Elles danseront. Tu boiras. Nous attendrons. Elle tombera. Vous saisirez. Je mettrai. IL écrira. Tu prendras. Ils joueront. Vous partirez.
Tu écouteras. Nous partirons. Vous voyagerez. Ils travailleront. Elle écrira.
Watch the following video to learn a little about the 1st of May which is a holiday in France.
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Try your best to answer the following questions linked to the video. It’s ok if you don’t get everything. Just try your best. The answers to the questions can be found at the very bottom of this post.
What were american workers asking for during a protest on the 1st of May 1886?
What happened in the city of chicago?
What was the 1st of May until recently?
What happened in 1919?
What was the consequences of the law of 1947?
Finally, what is also the meaning of the 1st of May?
better / worse than = meilleur que / pire que (+ adjectif) Les chaussures d’Obélix sont meilleures que celle d’Astérix. OR mieux que ( + verbes): -> Idéfix saute mieux qu’ Obélix / Idéfix court moins bien qu’ Astérix.
Start working on you past paper Sample E. Type in Google doc and upload in the “Papiers d’examen” section on Google classroom your answer to the following written question (“JC 2016” instead of question 18):
You are on a school exchange in France, and are staying with a French family. Write a letter in
French to your penpal Annette who lives in another part of France. In your letter
– apologise for not writing sooner and give an excuse
– describe the family with whom you are staying
– tell her about some things you like/dislike about France
– say that you are going to spend a few days in Paris next week
– invite her to come to Ireland during the summer holidays.
Use the French period on Thursday to try and finish the past paper. If you are not finished by then, finish it for Monday the 4th of May.
Thursday:
Use this period to finish your Past paper sample E and the written question “JC 2016.
3rd years (group 2):
Mardi:
Watch the following video to learn a little about the 1st of May which is a holiday in France.
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Try your best to answer the following questions linked to the video. It’s ok if you don’t get everything. Just try your best. The answers to the questions can be found at the very bottom of this post.
What were american workers asking for during a protest on the 1st of May 1886?
What happened in the city of chicago?
What was the 1st of May until recently?
What happened in 1919?
What was the consequences of the law of 1947?
Finally, what is also the meaning of the 1st of May?
Start working on you past paper Sample E. Type in Google doc and upload in the “Papiers d’examen” section on Google classroom your answer to the following written question (“JC 2016” instead of question 18):
You are on a school exchange in France, and are staying with a French family. Write a letter in
French to your penpal Annette who lives in another part of France. In your letter
– apologise for not writing sooner and give an excuse
– describe the family with whom you are staying
– tell her about some things you like/dislike about France
– say that you are going to spend a few days in Paris next week
– invite her to come to Ireland during the summer holidays.
Don’t forget to sign off.
If you are not finished today, finish the past paper for Monday the 4th of May.
Vendredi:
Correction orange box p267
Comparatif (2/2):
better / worse than: meilleur que / pire que (noun)
“Bonne rentrée!” I hope you had a lovely Easter break. I would love to hear from you all and to know if any of you have attempted the Easter activities I posted on the website. I am therefore inviting you to join our weekly live classe via the Zoom platform. I have sent you the details (day, time and link to the meeting) via Hangouts and it is also posted in your google classroom.
So as I mentioned to your parents in an email yesterday, the work I am assigning you is to be done for the Monday of each week. I would however advise to do your assignment following your school timetable. I have therefore organised the assignment under each day of the week where you have a French class. At the moment you have the work for today and tomorrow, the rest of the week will come very soon. If this does not suit, feel free to pick another time as long as it does not interfere with your other timetabled classes and as long as the work is finished before next Monday.
Make also sure to come on Hangouts at least once every day to get up to date info about the French lessons/assignments, to ask your questions or even to just say “Bonjour!”.
I wish you all the very best for this last straight line before the Summer holidays and “A bientôt!”
In our current unit we have started to learn vocabulary about the house. So here is our Question 11. Copy it into your French copy.
Question 11 : Décris ta maison – Describe your house.
Réponse 11 : Ma maison est petite/ de taille moyenne/ grande. Elle est en ville / à la campagne / au bord de la mer. Il y a trois chambres, une salle de bain, une cuisine et une salle de séjour. – My house is small/ average size / big. It is situated in the city / in the countryside / by the sea side. There are three bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen and a sitting room.
So now it’s your turn, can you create your own answers ? Go onto google classroom in the « Questions pour l’oral » assignment. This assignment contains a file with all the Oral questions we have seen so far (Question 1 to question 11). Your job (for today and to be finished by nex week) is to fill up the « Ma réponse (first draft) » column with your own answer to each question. I will then be able to help you and give you some pointers to help you do your own correction.
DM: Copy “-IR” verbs page 168 in class copy (with negative and interrogative form) + two orange boxes p169 + finish the online exercises
Jeudi:
Copy the vocab p143 + listening p143 + blue box p144 + listening p144
Extra:
Practice Duolingo for 10 minutes everyday or for 20 minutes every two days. Remember you can do so with the Duolingo App or from any laptop/computer.
Do the following activity (or activities). A1 level activities are for beginners, A2 are a little harder . There are four exercises per activity, explanations are at the top and the correction of each exercise is given to you once you click “Ok” at the end. This exercise is a good opportunity to widen your vocabulary by adding some words you find useful in your copy.
Check the correction I have made of your Postcard (blue box p90) from before the Easter break. Some of you have not done it so please do it instead. You will however have to make sure the personal reflection work is done for next week.
Once you have gone through it I will ask you to pick 5 mistakes you have made, write the mistake, the correction and the why of the mistake or how you can improve. Your personal reflection work should be added to the « Personal reflection work on your postcard (blue box p90) » assignment on google classroom before next Monday.
Mercredi:
Copy and learn the new irregular verb « devoir » p79 + do the following exercises : red boxes p87 (listening) + blue box p88 + pink box p89
Jeudi (online lesson):
Page 94
Grande, jolie, belle, favorite
Cherché, pensé, puni, attendu
Tu as parlé, Nous avons mangé, Il a rempli, Ils ont vendu
Je dois, tu dois, il doit, nous devons, vous devez, ils doivent
Me voici à Paris. Il fait beau. Hier j’ai visité Disneyland. Je vais visiter le musée.
Practice Duolingo for 10 minutes everyday or for 20 minutes every two days. Remember you can do so with the Duolingo App or from any laptop/computer.
Do the following activity (or activities). A1 level activities are for beginners, A2 are a little harder . There are four exercises per activity, explanations are at the top and the correction of each exercise is given to you once you click “Ok” at the end. This exercise is a good opportunity to widen your vocabulary by adding some words you find useful in your copy.
Start working on you past paper Sample D. Type in Google doc and upload in the “Papiers d’examen” section on Google classroom your answer to the following written question (“JC 2017” instead of question 18):
It is the month of September and you have just returned to school. Write a letter in French to
your penpal, Benjamin. In your letter
‐ thank him for the two weeks you spent at his house in Rouen
‐ give him some news about your family
– say something about your teachers and your school subjects
– tell him about your plans for mid‐term in October
– ask him if he has gone to the cinema recently
Use the French period on Thursday to try and finis the past paper. If you are not finished by then, finish it for Monday the 27th of April.
Jeudi:
Try and finis the past paper Sample D and the written questions. If you are not finished by then, finish it for Monday the 27th of April.
Extra:
Practice Duolingo for 10 minutes everyday or for 20 minutes every two days. Remember you can do so with the Duolingo App or from any laptop/computer.
Choose one of the following online activity. A2 is elementary level, B1 is intermediate level and B2 is advanced level. There are four exercises per activity, explanations are at the top and the correction of each exercise is given to you once you click “Ok” at the end. This exercise is a good opportunity to widen your vocabulary by adding some words you find useful in your copy.
Today you need to work on your Sample paper D. Type in Google doc and upload in the “Papiers d’examen” section on Google classroom your answer to the following written question (“JC 2017” instead of question 18):
It is the month of September and you have just returned to school. Write a letter in French to
your penpal, Benjamin. In your letter
‐ thank him for the two weeks you spent at his house in Rouen
‐ give him some news about your family
– say something about your teachers and your school subjects
– tell him about your plans for mid‐term in October
– ask him if he has gone to the cinema recently
If the sample paper is not finished today make sure to finish it for Monday.
Vendredi:
Online lesson (Zoom link shared with you via hangouts and google classroom).
Extra:
Practice Duolingo for 10 minutes everyday or for 20 minutes every two days. Remember you can do so with the Duolingo App or from any laptop/computer.
Choose one of the following online activity. A2 is elementary level, B1 is intermediate level and B2 is advanced level. There are four exercises per activity, explanations are at the top and the correction of each exercise is given to you once you click “Ok” at the end. This exercise is a good opportunity to widen your vocabulary by adding some words you find useful in your copy.
Bravo à vous tous pour le travail effectué à la maison. J’imagine que ce n’était pas très facile mais vous y êtes arrivés!
Voici donc deux semaines de vacances qui s’offrent à vous. Alors ne vous inquiétez pas, les activités suivantes sont tout à fait optionnelles. Mais pour ceux qui sont motivés, en voici, en voilà!
Bonnes vacances et reposez-vous bien.
Mr Porzadny
(Well done to you all for the workd done from hoe. I imagine it wasn’t easy but you made it! So here are two well deserved weeks of holidays for you. Do not worry, the following activities are optional. But for those who are motivated: here you go! Enjoy your holidays and have a good rest.)
Pick and choose amongst the following activities:
Comment faire un lapin de Pâques en Origami?
Quelques jeux de Pâques… mais aussi des histoires, des recettes et du bricolage.
Recette du gâteau au chocolat “Nid de Pâques”
Pourquoi mange-t-on du chocolat à Pâques?
Questions sur la vidéo:
Fill in the blank: “Des oeufs, des lapin et des ______ en chocolat font rêver les gourmands”.
What were people giving each other for Easter before the 19th century?
What does the “egg” symbolise?
During the antiquity, which civilisation celebrated the arrival of Spring by giving each others eggs?
What did Christians not eat during Lent?
When were chocolate eggs first created?
In the end, what’s the most important thing?
Si c’est trop difficile voici la transcription pour vous aider à répondre aux questions:
Tous les ans, au moment de Pâques, des œufs, des lapins et des cloches en chocolat font rêver les gourmands ! Et quand vient le weekend, la chasse aux œufs en chocolat est officiellement ouverte ! Pourtant, avant les années 1800, on ne s’offrait pas des œufs en chocolat mais de véritables œufs de poules.
Alors d’où vient cette tradition des œufs de Pâques ?Il faut savoir que l’œuf symbolise l’origine du monde, le renouveau.
Pendant l’antiquité, les Perses s’offraient des œufs de poule au printemps, pour marquer la fin de l’hiver et la renaissance de la nature.
En Europe, la fête de Pâques commémore la résurrection du Jésus Christ et la fin du Carême. Autrefois très respecté, le Carême est une période où les chrétiens se privent volontairement de certains plaisirs dont celui de manger des œufs. Pour fêter la fin de ces privations, ils s’offraient les œufs pondus durant cette période.
Au milieu du XIXe siècle, les chocolatiers mélangent du sucre, du beurre et du chocolat en poudre, et obtiennent une pâte qu’on peut verser dans des moules. Et c’est ainsi que naît l’œuf en chocolat et plus tard, les cloches, les lapins, la friture. Selon les régions, c’est soit les Cloches, soit le Lapin de Pâques, qui déposent les œufs un peu partout dans les jardins.
Au final, peu importe qui cache les œufs, l’important c’est de se régaler !
Réponses aux questions:
Fill in the blank: “Des oeufs, des lapin et des ______ en chocolat font rêver les gourmands”. cloches (bells)
What were people giving each other for Easter before the 19th century? Real chicken eggs.
What does the “egg” symbolise? The orgin of the world
During the antiquity, which civilisation celebrated the arrival of Spring by giving each others eggs? Persians
What did Christians not eat during Lent? Eggs
When were chocolate eggs first created? In the middle of the 19th century
In the end, what’s the most important thing? To enjoy the chocolate
First of all: Well done to you all! I can imagine that with the recent changes that happened your routine may have been a little challenging. However I hope you are enjoying spending time with your family, hopefully enjoying the sun too and especially loving some French!
On this note, here is this week’s assignments. Youpi! (as French people say). And to start this second week of remote learning fun I am adding a new feature “Hangouts”.
“Hangouts” is the messaging platform from Google suite that teachers are using to correspond with their class. I have created a new conversation called “Français 2025” (since you will be graduating in 2025) where you can ask any questions you may have regarding the assignments or anything related to French. I would greatly appreciate if you could please keep this platform for anything related to our French classes.
I have also created a Google classroom for you that we will be using in the near future. At the moment all I am asking you to do is to join it using the Class code I have sent to your parents and that I am sending you over Hangouts.
A reminder, FOLENS, the publishers of your French textbook are making the ebook available to all, in case you don’t have it. Here are the instructions:
Go to FolensOnline.ie and click register
Select Teacher
Fill in a username, email and password
For Roll Number use the code: Sec20
Bon courage et à très vite,
Mr Porzadny
Ecoute:
Do the following activity (or activities). A1 level activities are for beginners, A2 are a little harder . There are four exercises per activity, explanations are at the top and the correction of each exercise is given to you once you click “Ok” at the end. This exercise is a good opportunity to widen your vocabulary by adding some words you find useful in your copy.
Make sure that you have added yourself to the online duolingo classroom of 1st years by clicking here: https://www.duolingo.com/o/knywmw
Once this is done, practice Duolingo for 10 minutes everyday or for 20 minutes every two days. Remember you can do so with the Duolingo App or from any laptop/computer.
Bienvenue en France 1:
Watch the following video about “les prépositions”:
Copy the vocab from p148 + do the listenings (red boxes) p140, 148 & 149 + comprehension (blue box) p149 + pink boxes p141 & p152.
Correction of last week’s homework:
Vocabulaire:
This week again, some more vocabulary and expressions about the house as well as some preposition. To learn and practice at your own pace…
This week I would like you to find an easy French recipe you will be making for your family! It could be a simple dish for lunch, dinner or breakfast or a cake some pastries, etc. Knowing that next week you will have an activity to do about your experience of “being a French chef” make sure you keep track of your sources (Youtube video, name of website where you found the recipe, etc.).
Bonjour tout le monde.
Bonjour tout le monde!
Chers élèves,
Bonjour chers élèves,
Chers élèves,
