On Friday 16th March the Higher German class went to the Bavarian Brauhaus in Glasgow for a German lunch, after finishing their Speaking exams and working hard all year. Pupils had to order in German from a real German waitress, and sampled a typical German menu – some items were enjoyed, others less so, but at least they all had a go!

Change to the Directed Writing Homework

Complete booklet on Directed Writing Employability – all the find the French for and find the English for.

Please also do the Directed Writing on page 1 called:

J’ai travaillé dans un hôtel en France

Watch this Walk and Talk French video for further listening and grammar practice.

Enjoy! Amusez-vous bien!

Here is a video to help with pronunciation. Good luck with the preparation!

Higher French- those studying French and Spanish please be prepared to sit your Speaking exam on Monday.  We will conduct the other exams on Tuesday during your periods of French.

Bonne chance!

I’m sure you were all so disappointed to see the school closed today when you were to be sitting your Speaking exams!

Dont panic – weather dependant of course, please be prepared for your Speaking exam tomorrow, beginning period 2.

Good luck with the preparation!

Miss McNally

Paris

Match the following pictures with their descriptions below.

Each sentence describes one of these attractions in Paris – write down which attraction it is  describing.

1. C’est le monument le plus célèbre de la France et il mésure environ 324 mètres.
2. C’est une cathédrale et on connait cette cathédrale d’un dessin animé de Disney.
3. C’est un musée d’art où on peut voir la Joconde et la grande pyramide.  C’est un ancien palais et le musée le plus visité du monde.
4. C’est un parc d’attractions qui se trouve à environ trente km de Paris
5. On peut faire les magasins et manger aux restaurants chics. C’est une des plus belles avenues du monde.
6. Construit à l’initiative de Napoleon et c’est un souvenir des soldats disparus à la guerre.

A.                                                                                       B.

C.                                                                                 D. 

E.                                                                                    F.

Watch the following video for a little extra help and to see more of Paris!

European Day of Languages

This year’s European Day of Languages took place on Tuesday 26^th September, the Modern Languages department organised various fun, educational activities for pupils to take part in.

S1 pupils enjoyed filling in European passports and defining foreign phrases.

S2 pupils got competitive in the European quiz with questions relating to sports, music, and culture among many other things.

Winners : Charles Simpson, Evan MacLanachan, Chloe Moss, Caitlin Richards, Emma Porterfield

Pupils in S3 were given the task of choosing a word or phrase and translating it into any European languages as possible.

Winner : Susie Macguire

Teachers around the school also celebrated the day with many saying a few phrases in a European language in their class including, French, German, Spanish, Finnish, Czech, Italian, Icelandic and Danish.

At lunch there was an amazing food tasting in the department that both pupils and staff were more than happy to attend with a variety of cheeses, meats, breads and pizza. Many were also entertained by Mr. McDonald’s dancing to European music. During the food tasting some brave pupils attempted our Bushtucker trial where they sampled different foods whilst blindfolded and had to try to identify what the food was and where it came from.

Watch the following video and answer the questions below in your homework jotters

1. How many years do pupils spend in le collège?
2. How many foreign languages do pupils have to study?
3. What is the exam called at the end of le collège?
4. What is the name of the school they go to after le collège?
5. What are the 3 options they can pick?
6. What is the final exam called?
7. Find the following words in french – foreign languages
   Pupils/students
   Studies
   Last year of high school

Bonne chance!

Copy and paste the following link into google to test yourself on classroom language that we have been looking at in class.

Bonne chance

https://quizlet.com/_3mqn9q

Miss McNally