Listening test was today.
Most of you did very well! Bravo :)

In groups you presented the colours (and emotions) of your chosen paintings from assigned artists.
There are a range of artists with different backgrounds and art styles.
I gave overall and individual group feedback- you should have added this to your Feedback Log

Next week we will be looking at lines and forms.

We also read an article talking about Orange Shirt Day in French.
We went over the significance of the colour and the story behind it.

Don't forget to do Duolingo!

Aujourd'hui,

We practiced the colours (include. -âtre, pâle, foncé etc.) and emotions looking at a few different paintings. You used your listening skills, listening to what your peers said about the painting and repeating it in English.

You were assigned an artist in groups and were asked to make a little write-up that you will present to the class based on a painting of your choice.

Tomorrow you will have a listening test based on what we've been practicing: the colours (include. -âtre, pâle, foncé etc.) and emotions.

Don't forget to wear ORANGE tomorrow

 

We used the same format as yesterday to talk about this painting.

“le _______ représente _________(nom)” 

 e.g. le vert représente la vie/la santé/la nature 

 “le _______ est ________ (adj)” 

e.g. le vert est calme/sain/vivant 

“la couleur verte représente la nature” 

“la couleur verte est vivante”

You completed p7 in the cahier (one symbol, one adjective) 

and compared with your partner in French 

what you chose for each colour using the above format.

Then using p. 32/33 text we started the kinesthetic vocabulary activity!
Each group was assigned a colour.
- You had to learn the adjectives/symbols for your assigned colour
- Come up with actions for each! Either a living tableau, actions that you all do... you must all be involved!
- You will say the word in French (class repeats) and after your action, tell the class the translation in English.

Demain, we will start with ROUGE and then ORANGE, JAUNE, BLEU, VIOLET, NOIR, BLANC.

Devoirs: I forgot to remind you about the reading test, so we will do that on Thursday. Please review the vocabulary from the unit so far and the reading strategies!! DUOLINGO 10XP.

Les couleurs!

>> I gave you some time to share your progress with me on Duolingo. 

Those of you who are still having trouble please come and see me this week. 

Reminder: I am starting to count Duolingo for marks this week. 

5% of your final grade will be based on your commitment and progress in Duolingo 

(this means that you advance through the levels and do it every day Mon-Fri, Saturday if you missed a day during the school-week.) You only need to complete 10XP, that's one bite-sized lesson. (and should take you 10 minutes or less!)

>> We watched this music video and in groups you came up with what you thought the colours in the video meant/represented. Minimum 2 colour descriptions. 

 “le _______ représente _________(nom)”
 e.g. le vert représente la vie/la santé/la nature
*Remember: a noun has an article!

 “le _______ est ________ (adj)”
e.g. le vert est calme/sain
*Remember: adj must agree with the noun it is modifying.
- In this case, it is "le (insert name of colour)" so the adjective should be masculine.
e.g. le vert est vivant 
- You could also say "la couleur verte est vivante"- in this case the colour name, and the word for living (vivant) are acting as adjectives to the word "la couleur" and must agree.


Some of your answers:
 Noir
 -le noir représente la tristesse
 -le noir est sérieux
 -le noir est mauvais

 Bleu
 -le bleu est calme
 -le bleu représente le ciel
 -le bleu représente la liberté
 -le bleu représente le vide

 Rouge
 -le rouge est passionné

 Blanc
 -le blanc est calme
 -le blanc représente la neige

>> You then completed pg. 6 in the cahier (toile de couleurs) and we went over the answers together. Some of you started pg. 7, we will be working on that in class tomorrow so don't worry about doing it for homework.

Please do Duolingo 10XP and bring 5$ cahier (workbook) money with you

le 15/16 septembre

- We watched two videos showing two different art techniques: le collage et la sculpture

- You completed a little quiz on what kind of artist you are (p. 3 in the cahier) and we polled the class

"Je préfère..." 

- We learned some new vocabulary (p. 4 cahier) - Quizlet

** I am counting Duolingo on Monday, please sign up to my class** 

We have looked at two famous artists: Pablo Picasso and Emily Carr. You will have a reading test on Wednesday of next week on a different famous artist (same format as we've done: questions and answers in English) Please review vocabulary learned so far, and take a look at the artist articles again.  

Questions:
1.Where is Emily Carr from?
2. Emily Carr was only a painter: True/False
3. What did most of her first paintings illustrate?
4. Why did Carr almost completely abandon painting in 1913?
5. Who inspired Carr to take up painting again? What do her later works reflect?

Answers under the cut:

Aujourd'hui we practiced all of our French skills with the intro to the new unit "Studio Créateur" (an art unit!) We read about Picasso (adapted from Encyclopédie Découverte), watched/listened to an animated video on him (see here), and then made our own Picasso drawings and described them.

Some feedback from the presentations today:
dessin**** soft s, silent n (the 'in' sound is nasal)
allongée (ah-lon-soft j)
nez****(silent z)
a (ah!)
visage (vee-z-ah-j)
oeil (euh-y)
épais(se)** (I need to hear the difference between épais (silent s) / épaisse (pronounce s)
ouvert(e) (I need to hear the difference between ouvert (silent t) / ouverte (pronounce t)
des yeux (liaison, z sound before y: day-zyeu)
Picasso (french!)*

Good job! You all pronounced bouche/lèvres correctly, and had good flow and expression (and those drawings! Formidable.)

Demain, we will finish the presentations. Please bring your drawings with you!

Devoirs: Duolingo

Picasso!