Today was a solemn day of remembrance. We did an amazing job with our "land acknowledgment" at the assembly, but for anyone who didn't get a chance to see it in the gym, here it is as performed in our classroom (where Madame could get a better sound recording). After our assembly today, we walked over to the cenotaph in Spirit Square and had our own moment of "silence", with all of us standing around it while Madame read out the French version of "In Flanders Fields". This French version of the poem also appeared on our art this week. Our big buddies helped us with a classic paper-glueing poppy craft that we affixed to a world map with the poem (copy-pasted many times) as an overlay. If "a poppy is for peace", this art helps us to remember how we wish for peace across the world. And did you know that "Indigenous Remembrance Day" is on November 8th? Their contributions are significant because, despite the fact that this land was stripped from their ancestors by explorers and later accorded the name "Canada", these brave Indigenous soldiers fought to protect this country as their own. We learned about a special monument in Ottawa to commemorate their contributions and were able to do a replica colouring page of the monument. Another holiday that is fast approaching is Christmas! We decided to write our own class play for the occasion! First, we analyzed another play, looking for characters (les personnages), setting (le cadre), and the plot/problem (le problème). Once we had a good idea of what to look for with these story elements, we were ready to create our own! And Madame says that she's actually really impressed with the plot line that we created! She took all of our ideas and typed them up into a 2-page play that we have begun practicing. There are a LOT of words to learn, which is amazing for our vocabulary (or so says Madame!), but is a complex learning curve for us. We are working hard, though, and are excited to see how it all comes together! We continue to practice new French sounds each week and review old ones. This week we have landed on the sound "é", and we're just going to hang out here for a couple of weeks. Why? ... because this seems to be THE favourite sound of the French! There are so many ways to make "é" with two letters. We are learning about when to use each version and are practicing listening to one-syllable and multi-syllable words that Madame dictates as we transcribe them onto our individual whiteboards. We like assigning ourselves points for each one we get correct, even though the points count for nothing. ;-) Extra photos...
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