C'est lundi, le trente-et-un octobre

* Recipe for Blood Sausage Candy!
* Extra credit Word Finds.

Trivia: This 2006 French horror film "Them" or "Ils"has a similar story to the American movie made in 2008, "The Strangers." Who was the director of the French version?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFTbcDRkG1o&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=activeHow is Halloween celebrated in France?

Halloween in France is usually celebrated by costumed people of all ages going to parties at friends' homes, restaurants, bars, or clubs. The costumes themselves tend to be traditionally "scary" - mummies, ghosts, goblins, witches, and vampires - rather than the cute costumes like princesses, superheroes, and the cartoon character of the day which are popular in the US. Some recreation centers encourage kids to make their own costumes.

Trick-or-treating is getting to be more common. It started out store-to-store, rather than house-to-house, but the latter is picking up. However, Halloween occurs during the mid-season school break, which slows it down a bit.Stores, malls, restaurants, offices, and homes decorate their windows; pastry and candy shops make up special desserts and candies; and many different kinds of companies use Halloween in their ads. Supermarkets sell pumpkins for jack-o'-lanterns and candy companies are now marketing candy in the traditional Halloween format: one big bag filled with lots of little packages, which may encourage trick-or-treating.

The growing demand for jack-o'-lanterns during Halloween has been a boon for pumpkin growers. There is even a pumpkin patch at a farm outside of Paris where people can pick their own. Halloween in France is rather controversial, due to the perception of corporate and cultural influence, as well as the fact that it is not a typical French holiday and some people still don't understand what is being celebrated. Because Halloween is seen as an American celebration, some French people refuse to enjoy it, having decided to include it in their anti-American boycott. It's too early to tell whether Halloween will develop into a long-term tradition; once the novelty wears off, it may turn out to be just a fad. And yet, interestingly, the French have been celebrating the ideas at the very heart of Halloween (respect for the dead) for centuries. 31 October to 2 November have traditionally been spent, especially by older generations, visiting cemeteries, honoring saints, and attending religious services.

*LOTTO d'Halloween!!

*No cheating! Cards will be verified :)

C'est jeudi, le vingt-sept octobre

Je doute, parce que je crois que l'avenir saura mieux.
Elsa TRIOLET, Le Grand Jamais
I doubt, because I believe that the future will know better.

Trivia: France was occupied by the Germans until 1944 during WWII. June 6 of that year was D-Day, where a massive Allied force invaded the beaches of which area of France???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZgKo46X8CI&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

• Good Lord, finish those vocabulary sheets.
• 5 minute conversation using yesterday's photo.
• Vocabulary Beeeee??? Let's look at some of Les Professions first.

DEVOIRS: Leçon 1 Packet

C'est mercredi, le vingt-six octobre

'L'amour est le miracle de la civilisation.
'Marie-Henri Beyle, dit STENDHAL, De L'Amour

'Love is the miracle of civilization. '

MRS MANLEY: BRING BACK WHITEBOARDS TO MILLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• 5 minute conversation
• What do these questions mean?? Hmmm...a little quiz???
• Finish Vocabulary Sheets...

À bien dire, ce qu'il y a de meilleur dans l'homme, c'est le chien.
Nicolas CHARLET, Légende d'une lithographie

To be blunt, the best thing about man is the dog.

• Presentez un/une camarade
• Activity 5 Page 35 Lire/ Écrire
• Feuilles de vocabulaire - this is only the first half!

C'est lundi, le vingt-quatre octobre

I have long loved the web-site freerice.com!
Now they have a French component that helps you practice French vocabulary AND help world hunger. For each answer you get right the UN World Food Organization will donate 10 grains of rice.Go to:

http://freerice.com/#/french/13781

On the right hand side, click "Change subjects." Then click "French."

Some questions you will have to guess on, or use common sense since they have many cognates.

• Les questions por vos camarades de classe - use your books
• Presentez
• La grande feuille de vocabulaire

C'est vendredi, le vingt-et-un octobre

La femme se détermine et se différencie par rapport à l'homme et non celui-ci par rapport à elle ; elle est l'inessentiel en face de l'essentiel. Il est le sujet, il est l'Absolu : elle est l'Autre.
Simone de BEAUVOIR, Le Deuxième Sexe

Woman is defined and differenciated in relation to man and not he in relation to her; she is the inessential in front of the essential. He is the subject, he is the Absolute: she is the Other.

Trivia: Many consider the First French Indochina War ( 1946-1954) to be the pre-cursor to this war that resulted in over 50,000 American casualties.

• Friday Writing
• Return IR Verbie quizzes
• Give out all 3 types of verb sheet
• Give out Les Nationalités Sheet
• Pair up/ Three up- Interviews (Use textbooks- Page 31- to make sure your answers are written correctly)

C'est jeudi le vingt octobre

Il faut que le monde soit clair. Si les coeurs étaient clairs, le monde serait clair.
Jacques AUDIBERTI, Le Mal court, acte III

The world has to be clear. If hearts were clear, the world would be clear.

• 5 minute conversation
• Super speedy RE Verbies
• Give out sheet with all verbie endings
• Commencez Unité 1- QUI SUIS-JE??? Oh, the eternal question, who am I???
• Ouvrez vos livres à la page 31 et nous allon lire un peu...
• INTERVIEWS- Let's be nosy, shall we? Pairs or groups of 3.