Our second week of online classes is almost behind us. Please remember to check your agenda: you have some exercises to complete in the book before next Tuesday. If you are still having problems accessing the book, please reference last week's blog post and watch the short tutorial videos. This blog post I'll be covering:
Accessing Your GradesToday and tomorrow I will be entering your first grades. I just wanted to make sure that everyone knew how to access your grades. As if this year wasn't enough of an adventure, we are all getting used to the new Power something grading technology that has replaced Gradespeed. If you haven't accessed your gradebook yet, please go to the Belliare High School website and click the HISD Connect button located on the right side as circled in the picture below. If you have a zero entered in the gradebook for my class, please complete your assignment and send me an email or a Remind so that I can update your grade. Next Wednesday's Content HourNext Wednesday for the foreign language content hour, we will be continuing the computer tutorials that I held this afternoon. Originally, I had thought the second round of tutorials could be tomorrow afternoon at 3:10, but it turns out that there is a faculty meeting scheduled then. Just a heads-up: we've been having some tech issues with Teams, and I know that most of you have communicated with me through Teams up until now. Just to be sure I received your messages, I think it's a better idea to email or Remind me until everything gets ironed out. My French AdventuresMany students in the question part of the beginning of the year form have asked me questions about my experiences with French: how long it took me before I became fluent, if I've ever been to France, if I have French ancestry. Here's my story, the short and sweet version. I began studying French my freshman year of high school, and I continued taking French classes in college. I chose my university (the University of Southern Mississippi) in part because I knew they had a lot of study abroad opportunities. I spent a semester learning at L'Université d'Orléans. As far as I know, I don't have any French ancestry, but I was born in New Orleans, and I lived for a short period of time in Old Orléans. It wasn't until I lived in France and spoke French every day and studied and watched TV and read and listened to music all in French that I finally became fluent. The truth is, it takes a lot of work and time to learn another language, but I truly believe the investment is worth it. My life has been so much richer because I studied French. Song of the WeekWe've been greeting each other a lot in class, and so many times this song has gotten stuck in my head. I always hear the opening lines: "Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour!" for some reason. Below is the French version of the song with subtitles. I have to say, the landscape and the architecture make me think that maybe the Beauty and the Beast artists went to Orléans to create the world of the movie. Just compare the photo above to some of the buildings in the clip below. Have a restful weekend. I'll see you all on Monday in Teams! Comments are closed.
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AuthorI'm a Houston high school teacher during the Covid19 pandemic. Welcome to my adapted, socially-distanced, quarantined French 1 classroom. Archives
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