Le Grand Meaulnes
This is one of my favourite novels. It is very well known in France and is about a boy who finds a lost domain and falls in love with a girl he meets there. Have a look at the trailer of the film to find out more.
Y11 tasks Tuesday 16 October
Task 1: visit the Safety Online link and do the quiz. How savvy are you when it comes to protecting yourself online?
Task 2: now visit the Safety – en francais – link. Can you get the gist of most of it? To look up words you don’t know visit the French dictionary site under resources.
Task 3: practise your perfect tense using the following link, then click on French link and select perferct tense exercises. http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/HotPotatoes/index.htm
Task 4: visit another school’s site – click on the Northgate link.
Task 5: Send a comment to THIS posting with your ideas how we can improve this site.
Mme Carruthers
Other schools’ language blogs
Check out the link to Northgate School’s Language blog under blogroll. For some cool French music visit the YouTube links on that site.
Year 12s, have a look at the piece about family life. (”Êtes-vous plus proche de vos amis ou de votre famille?”) If you want, post a comment. Remember, comments should always be constructive – find two points about the piece that you particularly like, and one thing that you might change.
Mme Carruthers
Typing French accents is easy!
- To type accent grave (à, è, etc) press control with ` then the vowel you want to type.
- Accent aigu (é), press control with ‘ (single quote) then e.
- Cédille (ç) press control with , then c.
- Circonflexe (ê), press control with ^ (shift with 6) then e.
Podcasting for pupils at PPS
Soon we will be working with some of you to create your own podcasts and radio shows to share your fantastic French speaking skills with other pupils and, for older students, to practise for your GCSE orals! See the podcasting link under Blogroll!
Year 11s, go to your own site and listen to a good example of a pupil talking about “Self, family and friends” in her oral exam.
Asterix comics in the library
Don’t forget, we have great French stuff to read in our new library!
Mme Carruthers
Bienvenue à notre blog!
Bienvenue! This blog is to help you with your French. In addition to being given in class your homework will be posted here, with deadlines. Simply click on your year group (right hand column) to check it.
Also there is access to useful resources and revision links. For example – forgotten how to pronounce some of the letters in the French alphabet? Click on the pronunciation guide under Resources on the right hand side, select ”l’alphabet”, and listen!
We will also be running COMPETITIONS for your year group so you will be able to win prizes or merits. More details to follow on this.
Finally, I will also be posting some of your own work on this site. So if you’ve done a piece of work to be proud of your family and friends from anywhere in the world will be able to view it or listen to it.
Mme Carruthers
