le 5 septembre, 2014

Chers Parents,
Bonjour et bienvenue au Franais Intensif. opefull! !ou an" !our #hil" are as
e$#ite" as I am to be%in this ne& !ear. I am loo'in% for&ar" to &or'in% in partnership &ith !ou to ensure
!our #hil" has a fun an" e$#itin% !ear of %ro&th an" learnin%.
Intensive French:
(urin% the first fe& "a!s, &e &ill #on#entrate on the lan%ua%e nee"e" to fun#tion in the #lassroom
an" establishin% routines. )ur first theme is *moi et ma famille+. ,he a#tivities un"erta'en in ea#h theme or
unit help the stu"ents &ith the #reation of a proje#t that #ulminates in a presentation.
-our #hil" &ill li'el! e$perien#e several emotions "urin% this first term. .t first he/she ma! be
apprehensive an" unsure, then be#ome frustrate", then "etermine" an" finall!, the! &ill %et to the *..0+
sta%e &hen the! a#1uire the lan%ua%e. ,hese e$perien#es/feelin%s ma! repeat themselves as &e #!#le
throu%h ea#h theme. 2a'in% mista'es is a hu%e part of lan%ua%e a#1uisition. ,he fastest &a! to learn is b!
jumpin% in an" tr!in% out ne& thin%s, then listenin% for #orre#tions an" tr!in% a%ain. In #lass, a positive,
safe, an" fun environment &ill be emphasi3e", so that stu"ents maintain #onfi"en#e to 'eep on tr!in%.
(ue to the fa#t that the basis of the pro%ram is oral lan%ua%e a#1uisition, it is e$tremel! important that all
stu"ents maintain %oo" atten"an#e.
Homework 4
Math4 .n! &or' not #omplete" in #lass. 5ome &ee's stu"ents ma! be %iven problems of the &ee'
6P),78. ,he! &ill be %iven out 2on"a! an" passe" in on Fri"a!.7e also have mathleti#s that ma! be
assi%ne".
French4 9as! a#tivities that serve to #onsoli"ate learnin% "one in #lass, an" proje#t &or' &ill be sent home.
7at#hin% Fren#h television pro%rams is also %reat pra#ti#e. 5tartin% late )#tober, stu"ents &ill be%in
re:rea"in% Fren#h boo's at home, &hi#h have alrea"! been rea" in s#hool. Please listen to !our #hil" re:rea"
the boo' after the! have pra#ti#e" a #ouple of times.
English: #ontinue" rea"in% in 9n%lish for about 20 minutes ea#h ni%ht. Please ensure !our #hil" has a
variet! of rea"in% material on han" at home 6or let me 'no& an" I &ill allo& them to ta'e boo's home8.
9a#h stu"ent &ill submit a &ee'l! rea"in%/&ritin% lo% on their 9n%lish rea"in% a#tivities.
Please ensure that !ou #he#' a%en"as ea#h "a!, &e &ill also be postin% important information on our &ebsite4
http4//'atie"o&.&eebl!.#om/vmes:5.html . 7e are loo'in% for&ar" to &or'in% &ith !ou an" !our #hil" this
!ear an" are e$#ite" to &at#h them learn an" %ro&. Please feel free to #all us at the s#hool 52;:5011 or email
us at an! time4 'atie."o&<nbe".nb.#a, stephen.ma#'ni%ht<nbe".nb.#a, s#ott.#ousins<nbe".nb.#a
5in#erel!,
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