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Lisez le Musee (cinquieme lecon dans le livre Partout le Monde Francophone) and repondez a toutes les questions de comprehension.
Nous n'avons pas passe l'interro aujourd'hui sur le restaurant parce-qu'on a du finir la partie orale de l'examen AP. Donc, l'interro sur le theme du restaurant sera jeudi le 16 avril.
This Day in History, 1889, the Eiffel Tower is dedicated in Paris. To honor the centenary of the French Revolution, the French government planned an international exposition and announced a design competition for a monument to be built on the Champ-de-Mars in central Paris. Out of more than 100 designs submitted, the Centennial Committee chose Eiffel's plan. For more info (cool video)
Taken from www.history.com
March 31, 1889
On March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower is dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower's designer, and attended by French Prime Minister Pierre Tirard, a handful of other dignitaries, and 200 construction workers.
In 1889, to honor of the centenary of the French Revolution, the French government planned an international exposition and announced a design competition for a monument to be built on the Champ-de-Mars in central Paris. Out of more than 100 designs submitted, the Centennial Committee chose Eiffel's plan of an open-lattice wrought-iron tower that would reach almost 1,000 feet above Paris and be the world's tallest man-made structure. Eiffel, a noted bridge builder, was a master of metal construction and designed the framework of the Statue of Liberty that had recently been erected in New York Harbor.
Eiffel's tower was greeted with skepticism from critics who argued that it would be structurally unsound, and indignation from others who thought it would be an eyesore in the heart of Paris. Unperturbed, Eiffel completed his great tower under budget in just two years. Only one worker lost his life during construction, which at the time was a remarkably low casualty number for a project of that magnitude. The light, airy structure was by all accounts a technological wonder and within a few decades came to be regarded as an architectural masterpiece.
The Eiffel Tower is 984 feet tall and consists of an iron framework supported on four masonry piers, from which rise four columns that unite to form a single vertical tower. Platforms, each with an observation deck, are at three levels. Elevators ascend the piers on a curve, and Eiffel contracted the Otis Elevator Company of the United States to design the tower's famous glass-cage elevators.
The elevators were not completed by March 31, 1889, however, so Gustave Eiffel ascended the tower's stairs with a few hardy companions and raised an enormous French tricolor on the structure's flagpole. Fireworks were then set off from the second platform. Eiffel and his party descended, and the architect addressed the guests and about 200 workers. In early May, the Paris International Exposition opened, and the tower served as the entrance gateway to the giant fair.
The Eiffel Tower remained the world's tallest man-made structure until the completion of the Chrysler Building in New York in 1930. Incredibly, the Eiffel Tower was almost demolished when the International Exposition's 20-year lease on the land expired in 1909, but its value as an antenna for radio transmission saved it. It remains largely unchanged today and is one of the world's premier tourist attractions.
Edith Piaf:
http://www.alliance-us.org/Merlin/learnfrench/beginner_missionvirtuelle_p2_u7_st1.asp
D'autres choix (lisez et repondez aux questions qui suivent... ces questions sont sur le vocabulaire, la comprehension, etc.):
http://www.francaisfacile.com/
http://www.francaisfacile.com/
http://www.bonjourdefrance.
http://www.yle.fi/java/
http://www.appuifle.net/
http://www.appuifle.net/
http://babelnet.sbg.ac.at/
http://platea.pntic.mec.es/~
Essayez de faire au moins 5 activites. Si vous faites les activites sur Edith Piaf, il n'est pas necessaire de faire 4 de plus. Vous pouvez faire une ou deux activites supplementaires. Montrez-les-moi quand tu les finis pour recevoir de credit!
L'examen sera lundi. Etudiez:
* vocabulaire (you will have writing activities and a mini speaking section- so you will need to be able to PRODUCE vocabulary, not just recognize it)
* si clauses
* le plus-que-parfait and le passe du conditionnel
* making suggestions (Si on + imparfait... Si on allait prendre un pot...)
Voici quelques exercices qui vous aideront a pratiquer pour l'examen:
http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/french_3/page_build.htm?id=resources/jsp/online_workbook/unite8
http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/french_3/get_chapter_group.htm?cin=22&rg=online_review&at=partie_quizzes&npos=8&spos=22&var=partie_quizzes
Interactive Flashcards:
http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/french_3/get_chapter_group.htm?cin=8&rg=online_review&at=flashcards&var=flashcards
Vocabulaire
Jeux et jouets (203)
Le parc d'attractions (207)
Les passe-temps (207)
Pour votre interro vendredi, revisez l'imparfait et le passe compose. Vous aurez besoin d'ecrire en employant ces temps sur l'interro vendredi.
Livre Jaune
227-258 (y compris toutes les exercices qui se trouvent sur ces pages)
You will be spending the entire class period tomorrow working on your "Un personnage que j'admire" photo stories. I have postponed your vocabulary quiz until Monday. Remember to bring your flash drives tomorrow with your music files, pictures, etc. Also, if you have a headset at home (earphones and microphone), please bring it to class tomorrow. I plan on bringing speakers next week when we play your movies, but after thinking about it some more today, I think a headset might make the recording/sound quality better. A demain!
Mme Baker
For quick reference, dowload the pdfs below.
Atlanta Francophonie Committee
Presents
Francophonie 2009:
A celebration of the French-Speaking World
March 21st-26th, 2009
The month of March signifies the Francophonie Festival, an international festival bringing together the 200 million speakers of French living in approximately 70 countries around the world. Through a network of hundreds of cultural centers and thousands of French/Francophone Studies Departments in universities and schools, the French language as well as the diversity of the francophone cultures are celebrated on the five continents by millions of francophiles.
On this occasion, the Atlanta Francophonie Committee, represented by the Consulates of Belgium, Canada, France and Switzerland, the Québec Government Office, the Alliance Française of Atlanta and the French American Chamber of Commerce, has organized an exciting program of
cultural activities in celebration of the French language :
3/21-26 “Francofilm” Festival at Atlanta Midtown Art Cinema
3/20-22 Teacher Training/Immersion Weekend
3/22 “Phones, ‘Philes and Familles” Brunch at Hotel Intercontinental
Francofilm Festival, Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
Sat. 3/21 1:30 pm, “U”, animated film for children, France
Sun.3/22 7:00 pm, “Congo River,” documentary, Belgium
Mon. 3/23 7:00 pm, “Fragile”,drama, Switzerland
Tues.3/24 7:00 pm, “Maman est chez le coiffeur” drama, Quèbec
Wed. 3/25 7:00 pm, “Aux frontières de la nuit” (Night Shadows), drama, Switzerland
Thurs. 3/26 7:00 pm “La Graine et Le Mulet”, drama, France
931 Monroe Drive, Atlanta GA 30308
All films in French with English subtitles
$10.00 general; $7.00 Sat $7:00 senior (62+); $7.00 child (-12);
$8 student (Mon-Thurs) only)
Sat. March 21st 1:30 pm, U: la jeune fille et la licorne, The young girl and the unicorn
France, animated, director Serge Elissalde , 2005, 75 min, (Ages 8 and up)
Popular and prolific childrens’ book author Grégoire Solotareff makes his filmmaking debut (co- directed by animator Serge Elissalde) with this delightful and colorful animated fable. Mona is a lonely princess who becomes close friends U, a mysterious but playful unicorn. As years pass, U finds their precious bond threatened when the young adult Mona feels an attraction to an itinerant musician. Solotareff and Elissalde eschew CGI for hand- crafted animation, and endow their world with color, whimsy, and wonder.
Sun. March 22nd 7:00 pm, Congo River: Au-delà des ténèbres
(Congo River: beyond darkness)
Belgium, documentary, director Thierry Michel, 2006, 120 min
Thierry Michel wishes to reveal the depth of Africa's culture and traditions, its timelessness and universality. He wishes to show that, beyond the shadows and the tragic history of this continent, there is also life and happiness, that of the rituals, the songs and dances. We sail up the Congo river, the largest river basin in the world, from its mouth all the way to its source. This journey, on this majestic river, which has inexorably followed its path for centuries and centuries, will also be a personal path.
Cicae - Berlin International Film Festival 2006 Prix Humanum 2007 - Union de la Presse Cinématographique Belge Prix La Vague 2006 - Festival International du Cinéma Francophone en Acadie
www.congo-river.com
Mon. March 23rd 7:00 pm, Fragile ( Fragile)
Swiss, director Laurent Nègre, 2005, 87 min
Festival des films du monde Montréal 2005
Having deliberately lost sight of each other because they do not get along, Sam and his sister Catherine must now deal with their mother’s sudden death.
All through the night before the funeral, the two seek together a way of coming to terms with their sorrow and resolving their longstanding and bitter differences in the face of this tragedy. Because they are young and still have a whole lifetime ahead.
Mons, Festival International du Film d'Amour de Mons, Prix du Public 2006
Moncton, Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie, Prix La Vague TV5 pour le meilleur longmétrage international (fiction) 2006
Solothurn, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Prize, Best Performance in a Supporting Role 2006
Genève, Cinéma Tous Écrans, Prix TV5 du meilleur film francophone 2005
Laurent Nègre
Born in 1973 in Geneva. 2000 Studies direction of photography at CECC (Centre d'Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya) in Barcelona. 2002 Receives degree from the ESBA (École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts), Geneva, Cinema Department. 2002 Co-founder of Bord Cadre films Sàrl in Geneva.
www.realisateurs.ch/m/negre.php
Filmography
1998 La Tong bleue / Pourquoi c'est toujours les trains qui partent et jamais les gares / 2002 Schenglet (all short films) / 2005 fragile (fiction)
http://www.bordcadrefilms.com/fragile/
Tues. March 24th, 7:00 pm
Maman est chez le coiffeur ( Mommy is at the hairdresser’s)
Québec, director Léa Pool, 2008, 98 min
It's summer 1966. Time to enjoy summer vacation, total freedom, running wild in the fields, and crazy giggles with friends. But as she becomes more aware of the dreams, sorrows and lies of the people closest to her, Élise sees her mother's sudden abandonment thoroughly disrupt her family. While her brother Coco stubbornly seeks refuge in constructing a super car, the youngest, Benoît, plummets deep into his own internal world, retreating ever-further in the furnace room. As for her father, he is simply overwhelmed by the situation. Élise decides to take the helm of her drifting family in a poignant attempt to save them. With support from the living and breathing surrounding nature and the silent comfort Monsieur Mouche offers, Élise is on the verge of experiencing a summer unlike any other.
Toronto International Film Festival Official Selection 2007
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Pusan International Film Festival
Stuttgart Film Festival
Mill Valley Film Festival
Wed. March 25th 7:00 pm, Aux frontières de la nuit
(Night Shadows)
director: Nasser Bakthi (Suisse/Algérie, 2006)
A 24 hour in the lives of five characters, none of whom fit into Geneva's postcard image as a city of privilege. Linked by two cops' night patrol, the audience meets different faces of immigration and social exclusion: Adé, a young Malian who dreams of becoming a famous soccer star, but has to work illegally for now. Momo, who has abandoned his studies to become a garbage collector in order to support his relatives in Algeria, but cannot bring himself to tell them the truth about his new life. And then there is Claire, a young Swiss woman, lost and erring in the night. Claire has lost control of her life, annihilated by drugs. A harsh, yet not hopeless chronicle, where locals and foreigners' encounters with each other may transform their destinies. A reflection on fragile human relationships in our troubling and troubled times.
Muscat, Muscat Film Festival, Bester Erstlingsfilm 2008
Muscat, Muscat Film Festival, Grosser Publikumspreis 2008
Cannes, Festival International du Film Pan Africain de Cannes, Prix Dikalo du meilleur film 2008
Santiago de Compostela, Festival Internacional de Cine Euro Arabe, Best Director Award 2007
New York, Harlem International Film Festival, Brownstone Award 2007
Valencia, Mostra de Valencia / Cinema del Mediterrani, Premio del Público 2007
Rotterdam, Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, The Award for Best Actress 2007
Rotterdam, Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, The Silver Hawk Award for the second best film 2007
http://www.troubadour-films.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=51
http://www.auxfrontieresdelanuit.com/
Thurs. March 26th, 7:00pm
La graine et le mullet (The secret of the grain)
French movie, director Abdel Kechiche, 2007, 154 min
It's the story of an elderly Tunisian man living in southern France who is laid off from his job in the shipyard and decides—or is convinced by young members of his family—to open a couscous restaurant on a rundown barge. Rooted in a Maghrebi community in the port town of Sete, the movie traces Slimane's extended family, which is fragmented, like most families, by divorce, age and immigration. Winner of Best Picture and Best Director Césars, this remarkable depiction of a family of North African immigrants introduces a large group of characters you'll soon warm to as members of your own family ... except they make better couscous.
Best French Film
Best Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Best Original Screenplay: Abdellatif Kechiche
Most Promising Actress: Hafsia Herzi
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, 2007
Best Director (Eurasia Film Festival): Abdellatif Kechiche
Special Jury Prize (ex-æquo / tie, with I'm Not There)
Marcello Mastroianni Prize (for actor or actress in a début role): Hafsia Herzi
SIGNIS Award - Honorable Mention: Abdellatif Kechiche
Nominated: Golden Lion
Livre Jaune- pages 206-226
Vocabulaire- La Maison
Cette semaine, nous travaillons sur un petit projet employant Photo Story. Le theme de ce projet est "Une personne que j'admire." Aujourd'hui, vous avez fait des recherches sur vos personnes. Vous pourrez travailler avec les micro-ordinateurs demain aussi. Mercredi, il faut me donner vos "scripts." Jeudi, je vous rendrai vos "scripts" et on ira a la bibliotheque pour creer vos histoires. Il ne faut pas oublier d'apporter vos images et de la musique ce jour-la.
Un site tres interessant sur les villes francaises:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnqqJD7czts
Repondez aux questions suivantes par des phrases completes. Donnez-moi les reponses avant le 11 mars pour des points de Bonus sur un examen ou une interro de votre choix!
1. A quoi est-ce que Tchoupi compare la neige?
2. Pourquoi la mere, veut-elle que Tchoupi rentre dans la maison?
3. Tchoupi veut faire quoi?
4. Avant de partir de la maison, que doit Tchoupi faire?
5. Qu'est-ce que Tchoupi oublie de mettre sur la tete?
6. Des qu'ils sont dehors, que font Tchoupi et Doudou?
7. Pourquoi est-ce que Tchoupi donne ses gants a Doudou?
8. Pourquoi Doudou n'aime-t-il pas le bonhomme de neige?
9. Qu'est-ce qui arrive a Doudou? Ou est-ce que Tchoupi le trouve?
10. Qu'est-ce que Tchoupi fait pour que (so that) le bonhomme de neige n'ait pas froid?
11. Qui vient dehors? Pourquoi s'inquietent-ils?
12. Ou/Comment Tchoupi et Doudou, se rechauffent-ils?
13. Avec quels objets Tchoupi et Doudou jouent-ils a la fin de l'histoire?
