8e Année

L'Héroïsme, l'Identité et la Communauté

Bravo ! It is hard to imagine that you are now in your third year of French at Diamond. You have already come a long way since taking your first baby steps with the simple, but yet powerful first word, "Bonjour!" This year you will focus on solidifying your understandings from 6th and 7th grade and will gain even greater confidence to communicate more effectively and thoroughly. This year you will again participate in Le Grand Concours by taking the Level 1 contest. Identité. Since beginning your journey in 6th, you have embarked down a road of self-discovery. You have discovered your own identity and those of French speakers. Communauté. You have been able to better understand your own community and various communities of French speakers. Perspective. You have learned to look at the world through another person's lenses. Amitié. You have explored the meaning of friendship. Now, you are ready to further explore les communautés we call Chez moi (Home) and Le collège Diamond. Who are Diamond's students and what brings us together? Identité. We will explore hobbies and how they shape us. We will discuss our routine and self-expression through fashion. We will travel to Paris to discover the symbols and identify of a People. Moralité. We will read traditional fairy tales to discuss our hopes, dreams and beauty. Héroïsme. We will define heroism and create tributes to our personal heros. We will discover cultural heros and see how we are all someone's hero. Finally, we will visit our neighbor to the north, Le Québec, to discover the identity of les Québécois and the community that has shaped one founded on the motto of "Je me souviens" (I remember). When we finally board the coach bus you will be ready to experience la culture québécoise firsthand with all your classmates and teachers during a memorable four-day trip. By the end of 8th grade you, too, will have the motto of "Je me souviens" engrained in your heart with many memories of your time as a French student at Diamond. You will be able to take all that you have learned and head off to high school with a strong sense of self and others, the rich diversity of le monde francophone, and the French language. Bon courage ! Bravo ! Félicitations !