The Week Ahead...

Week 4: Sept 17 - Sept 21 /2023     *reminder - please have a set of headphones with you in class every day*

Year 7: This week, students will be learning how to talk about themselves and family members. Students will also be learning possessive adjectives, reinforcing articles and learning the verbs avoir (to have) and etre (to be).

Year 8: This week, students will have their chapter 1 assessments: Sunday - revision, Monday - reading, Tuesday - writing, Wednesday - listening, Thursday - speaking.

Year 9: This week, students will have their chapter 1 assessments: Sunday - revision, Monday - reading, Tuesday - writing, Wednesday - listening, Thursday - speaking.

Year 10: This week, students will be completing and revising the vocabulary and grammatical structures from chapter 1 in preparation for their first assessments next week. Students are encouraged to use extra time in the evenings to practise their reading and writing skills by completing their class assignments if they have not already been done.

Year 11: This week, students will continue working on describing homes and rooms, using prepositions of place, and talking about household chores. Reminder to students to complete all of your google classroom assignments and turn them in on time.

Week 5: Sept 24 - Sept 28/2023     *reminder - please have a set of headphones with you in class every day*

Year 7: This week, students will be learning to talk about their home and their family. They will be learning prepositions and practising with the verbs etre and avoir.

Year 8: This week, students will be learning about Europe, and prepositions for cities, countries and continents. They will also be learning vocabulary for tourism and working on their reading and listening skills.

Year 9: This week, students will be learning about Paris, tourism, transportation and the perfect tense. This week's focus will be primarily on vocabulary and grammar.

Year 10: This week, students will have their first set of short assessments in class. Sunday: reading, Monday: writing, Tuesday: listening. On Thursday we will conduct a practise exercise with a past paper to introduce students to the format of IGCSE examination-style questions.

Year 11: This week, students will be discussing leisure activities, hobbies, and sports. Students will focus on speaking activities in small groups and whole-class discussions.

Week 6: Oct 01 - Oct 05/2023     *reminder - please have a set of headphones with you in class every day*

Year 7: Students will have two short quizzes in class. We will be using class time to review and revise key skills, vocabulary and grammar. 

Year 8: This week, students will continue working on their writing rubric development. Students will have the opportunity in class to catch up on late work. Students will then continue working on chapter 2 skills, using the future tense and talking about upcoming plans and events. 

Year 9: This week, students will complete chapter 2 and revise the perfect tense using etre and avoir. Students will have time to review key topics, vocabulary and grammar structures in preparation for their upcoming assessments in the next week. 

Year 10: This week, students will begin working on chapter 2 activities and discussing travel and tourism in and around Paris and France. Students will also create a tourist travel brochure project in French for visitors to Qatar. Please be reminded that the term 1 assessment schedule has been shared on google classroom.

Year 11: This week, students will complete unit 1 of study by talking about and discussing sports and leisure activities. Students will have a short reading assessment in class. 

Week 7: Oct 8 - Oct 12/203     *reminder - please have a set of headphones with you in class every day*

Year 7: Students will have a short listening quiz.  Throughout the week students will be working on chapter 4, learning about animals and pets, and learning to use adjectives to describe things around them. 

Year 8: This week, students will have a short writing assessment. We will have class time this week to revise and review the major vocabulary and grammar related to using the future tense. Students will also be working on writing strategies and evaluating writing using the rubric we collectively designed last week.

Year 9: This week, students will have two short chapter quizzes: writing and listening. Students will have time to revise the chapter 2 content and review study strategies.

Year 10: This week, students will have their term 1 short writing assessment.

Year 11: Students will have their term 1 short speaking assessment in class. Students will have this assessment one-on-one. The other classes this week will focus on discussing and speaking with each other to make plans for going out and planning activities.

Week 8: Oct 15 & Oct 19/2023     *reminder - please have a set of headphones with you in class every day*

This week, all student groups will be completing mid-term reflections on learning to share with parents. 

Week 9: Oct 29 - Nov 2/2023     *reminder - please have a set of headphones with you in class every day*

Year 7: This week students will be focusing on verb conjugation and grammar. Students will learn how to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense from all three verb groups. 

Year 8: This week students will complete their essay writing from before the break and learn about school in France, school subjects and work on expressing opinions about school.

Year 9: This week students will continue to revise the use of the perfect and imperfect past tenses and learn how to make comparisons between the past and the present.

Year 10: This week students will be learning about making visits with French families, vocabulary for things to pack and working on correcting grammar exercises completed before the break.

Year 11: This week, students will be learning about pronominal verbs and talking about daily routines and daily life in the present and past tenses.

Week 10: Nov 5 - Oct 9/2023     *reminder - please have a set of headphones with you in class every day*

Year 7: This week students will be finishing their unit about animals and adjectives. Students will be working on using masculine and feminine adjectives, revising vocabulary and creating an imaginary zoo project.

Year 8: This week students will be learning about school life in France, reflexive verbs and talking about their daily routines.

Year 9: This week students will be creating class presentations about their favourite book, movie, or tv show. They will also be working on their writing skills by writing a short biography about a famous person.

Year 10: Students will be finishing up chapter 3 this week and continuing to work on using past, present and future tenses. 

Year 11: This week, students will be working on vocabulary for food and drink as well as partitive articles to express "some". 

Week 35: June 4 - June 8/2023

Year 7: This week, students will be completing chapter 10 about sports, hobbies, music and other leisure activities. Students will be focusing on their reading and writing skills to understand an write about their free time activities and things that they would like to do or have done recently. Students are reminded to bring their copy books and textbooks to class every day.

Year 8: This week students will be reviewing and completing revision work for units 3 & 4, students will need to bring their copy books and text books to class every day. Please make sure that chromebooks are charged when coming to class.

Year 9: This week students will be reviewing and completing revision work for units 3 & 4, students will need to bring their copy books and text books to class every day. Please make sure that chromebooks are charged when coming to class.

Year 10:  Exam Leave.

Week 33: May 21 - May 25/2023    *Reminder: please bring your grammar exercise book & headphones to every class.

Year 7: This week students will have lessons for revision and their chapter 9 short in-class quizzes.

Year 8: This week students will be revising basic vocabulary and skills and work on revision of this year's work.

Year 9: This week students will begin reviewing vocabulary, grammar and skills from this year.

Year 10:  This week students will be working on their writing skills using past paper essay questions. They will have their term 3 short writing assessment in class on Wednesday, May 24th.

Year 11: Study Leave.

Week 31: May 7 - May 11/2023    *Reminder: please bring your grammar exercise book & headphones to every class.

Year 7: This week students will continue working on chapter 9 and practise using French vocabulary and grammar related to French food and culture.

Year 8: This week students will continue working on unit 8, using the comparative and making plans to go out and do various activities around town. Next week, students will have their end-of-unit short assessments in class.

Year 9: This week students will complete chapter 8 and have their end-of-unit speaking assessment in class. Next week students will have their unit 8 assessments for reading, writing, and listening.

Year 10:  This week students will be working on their listening comprehension skills through past paper exercises. They will have their term 3 short listening assessment in class on Wednesday, May 10th.

Year 11: Study Leave.

Week 29: Apr 16 - Apr 20/2023    *Reminder: please bring your grammar exercise book & headphones to every class.

Year 7: This week students will work on learning new grammatical structures and completing practise exercises in their workbooks and online. Students are encouraged to bring their copy books to take notes in class.

Year 8: This week students will work on learning new grammatical structures and completing practise exercises in their workbooks and online. Students are encouraged to bring their copy books to take notes in class.

Year 9: This week students will work on learning new grammatical structures and completing practise exercises in their workbooks and online. Students are encouraged to bring their copy books to take notes in class.

Year 10:  This week students will continue working on their writing skills by using past papers to compose essays and will further develop their grammar with practise exercises from the workbook.

Year 11: Students will begin their study leave this week. Over the leave students are strongly encouraged to review the learner guide and course syllabus (for vocabulary and grammar), which are posted on our Google classroom. I will be available to respond to students' questions by email up to the exam date.

Week 27: Apr 2 - Apr 6/2023    *Reminder: please bring your grammar exercise book & headphones to every class.

Year 7: This week, students will be learning more about school, practise describing and giving opinions about their school and the classes they take and will be preparing and giving a presentation about EMS.

Year 8: This week, students will be learning more about how to express when they are not feeling well, visiting doctors and revising chapter 7 in preparation for their short assessments next week.

Year 9: Students will be learning about and discussing healthy lifestyles and medical concerns. They will be completing the work for chapter 7 and will have class time to revise and prepare for their short assessments next week.

Year 10:  This week, students will be working on responding to past paper essay prompts to improve their writing skills. They will also continue working on grammatical structures in the future tenses.

Year 11: This week, students will be working on developing their writing skills by using past paper essay prompts and preparing responses. Students will also continue working on grammar skills using the past and future tenses in French.

Week 25: Mar 19  - Mar 23/2023    *Reminder: please bring your grammar exercise book to every class.

Year 7: This week, students will be working on grammar, listening, and speaking exercises to learn how to tell the time and use possessive adjectives.

Year 8: This week, students will be working on grammar, listening, and reading exercises in class to learn how to use adjective agreement, expressions with "avoir" to describe physical conditions, and the imperative form.

Year 9: Students will be learning about how to use adverbs to add detail to their writing, as well as the imperative form to give instructions, the perfect tense with reflexive verbs to say what they have done, revise expressions with "avoir" and using expressions of time. The focus will be on grammar and sentence structure this week.

Year 10: & Year 11: This week, students will be working on developing their grammar skills through exercises and online activities. The foci for this week are on asking and answering questions, using the present tense of regular and irregular verbs, using reflexive verbs in the present tense, and understanding and using the imperative form.

Week 24: Mar 5  - Mar 9/2023    

This week, all students will be working on French projects and presentations. Students will be presenting their final work at the end of the week.

Year 7: Topic: My favourite holiday / activity - using adjectives and the present tense of verbs. Poster project

Year 8: Topic: My favourite holiday / activity - using adjectives, adverbs, the present and perfect tenses of verbs. Poster project

Year 9: Topic: French musical artists - mini biography writing and album cover art.

Year 10: Topic: Healthy eating & lifestyles / French cuisine - video or poster project. Using imperative statements.

Year 11: Topic: Advertisements for French brands - using adjectives, present and future tenses, and imperative statements.

This is the last week of term 2, next week will be off for term break. Classes will resume on Sunday, March 19th.

Week 22: Feb 19 - Feb 23/2023     *reminder - please have a set of headphones with you in class every day*

Year 7: This week, students will be learning about activities in town and work on describing their city and things to do. Students will also be learning how to make plans and talk about where they are going. We will be completing chapter 7 this week, so students are encouraged to begin revising vocabulary, verbs and sentence structure in preparation for assessments next week. Students are reminded to bring their textbook and their grammar exercise book to class every day in order to complete classwork while at school.

Year 8: Students will continue learning about the perfect tense and using both etre and avoir together to describe past events.  Students are reminded to bring their textbook and grammar workbook to class every day to ensure that they are prepared to learn. Next week students will have short assessments in class and should begin to revise the vocabulary and grammar from chapter 6.

Year 9: This week, students will be learning to talk about the natural environment, protecting the environment and sustainability. Students will be working in groups this week on presentations about environmental protection which will be presented next week. We are also completing chapter 6 this week and will have short in-class quizzes next week. Students should begin revising the vocabulary and grammar from chapter 6 well in advance so that they will be prepared for the assessments. Students are also reminded to be prepared for learning every day by having their chromebooks, textbooks and exercise books with them.

Year 10: Study leave / mock exams.

Year 11: Study leave / mock exams.

Week 20: Feb 5 - Feb 9/2023    *reminder - please have a set of headphones with you in class every day*

Year 7: This week, students will be having 2 end of chapter assessments in class and will have other lesson time for revision and practise. Sunday, Feb 5: chapter 6 reading test, Tuesday, Feb 7th: chapter 6 speaking test.

Year 8: This week, students will be having 2 end of chapter assessments in class and will have other lesson time for revision and practise. Monday, Feb 6: chapter 5 writing test, Wednesday, Feb 8th: chapter 5 reading test.

Year 9: This week, students will be having 2 end of chapter assessments in class and will have other lesson time for revision and practise. Sunday: presentations, Monday: chapter 5 writing test, Tuesday: presentations, Wednesday & Thursday: chapter 5 speaking tests.

Year 10: This week, students will be continuing to learn about food and cafes. We will be discussing healthy eating and using direct and indirect object pronouns. Work will be posted daily on google classroom.

Year 11: Students have their term 2 listening assessment in class on Sunday, February 5th. The rest of the week students will be learning about countries, nationalities and the weather. Work will be posted daily on google classroom.

Week 18: Jan 22 - Jan 26/2023     *reminder - please have a set of headphones with you in class every day*

Year 7: This week students will be learning about seasons, the weather and climate. Students will also build their grammar skills by working with singular and plural verbs.

Year 8: Students will be learning about food, cafes, restaurant interactions and more about using the perfect tense this week. Students are reminded to have their computers, textbooks, grammar books and headphones with them for each class.

Year 9: This week students will begin chapter 5 and be learning about travel and tourism around France. Students will develop their communications skills through topics related to staying in hotels, touring and visiting attractions. Students will also be working more with the future tense. 

Year 10: The focus for this week is on grammatical structures, specifically pronouns and articles. Students will also have their term 2 listening assessment on Tuesday, January 24th.

Year 11: Students have their term 2 writing assessment in class on Sunday, January 22nd. The rest of the week students will continue learning about careers, part-time work and pocket money, and making plans for the future.

Week 16: Jan 8 - Jan 12/2023     *reminder - please have a set of headphones with you in class every day*

Year 7: This week's focus will be on learning about festivals, clothing and students will work on using singular and plural nouns and adjectives. Please make sure to bring your textbook and your grammar exercise book to class every day. This will be the last week of unit work. Students are strongly encouraged to begin revising the chapter 5 vocabulary and grammar from the textbook and workbook in preparation for their assessments taking place next week. 

Year 8: Students will continue working on chapter 4 this week. Students will be working on grammar skills to express the past using the perfect tense of regular verbs from all three groups. Please make sure to bring your textbook and your grammar exercise book to class every day.  This will be the last week of unit work. Students are strongly encouraged to begin revising the chapter 4 vocabulary and grammar from the textbook and workbook in preparation for their assessments taking place next week. 

Year 9: This week students will continue discussing different aspects of school life, expressing opinions and discussing preferences. Students will also be learning about a variety of careers and the gender of nouns. Please make sure to bring your textbook and your grammar exercise book to class every day.  This will be the last week of unit work. Students are strongly encouraged to begin revising the chapter 4 vocabulary and grammar from the textbook and workbook in preparation for their assessments taking place next week. 

Year 10: Students will continue discussing school this week by comparing school systems, discussing rules using expressions of obligation and discussing technology and the internet. A reminder to students: you will be having short assessments in class beginning next week (see the assessment schedule posted on google classroom), small study guides will be provided this week to use for revision. The revision guide for your mock exam is available on the school website on the "Examinations" page.

Year 11: This week, students will be using their previous discussions about school to talk about their studies and their plans for the future including post-secondary studies and careers. A reminder to students: you will be having short assessments in class beginning next week (see the assessment schedule posted on google classroom), small study guides will be provided this week to use for revision. The revision guide for your mock exam is available on the school website on the "Examinations" page.

Week 14: Nov 13 - Nov 17/ 2022

This week, all students will be presenting their completed projects in class. Students will focus on their speaking and presenting skills and work on being able to answer questions spontaneously.

A reminder that this is the last week of school before our extended break. I would like to thank all families for their ongoing support this term and encourage students to keep up their studies over the break. Enjoy the holidays!

Week 11: Oct 23 - Oct 27/2022     *reminder - please have a set of headphones with you in class every day*

Year 7: This week students will have two assessments: Chapter 4 reading, Sunday, October 23rd, and speaking on Tuesday, October 25th. Around those dates, students will be revising vocabulary and grammar as well as reviewing the topics taught so far in term 1. 

Year 8: Students will have two assessments this week: Chapter 3 reading on Tuesday, October 25th and speaking on Wednesday, October 26th. Prior to their assessments, students will have revision activities and study time allowed to prepare for the tests.

Year 9: This week students will be completing class presentations and preparing for their chapter assessments. They will have their chapter 3 reading assessment on Monday, October 24th and their speaking assessment, which will take place over two lessons on Wednesday, October 26th and Thursday, October 27th.

Year 10: Students will be revising chapter 3 vocabulary and grammar this week. They will also have activities to practise their listening skills in preparation for their term 1 listening assessment on Wednesday, October 26th.

Year 11: Students have their term 1 reading/writing final on Sunday, October 23rd. Following the assessment, students will work on learning about healthy eating habits and healthy lifestyles.