Welcome to Madame Glynn’s Webpage!
Bonjour!! Comment ca va?
In the school year of
2007 - 2008 I am teaching French I to our 7th
graders. We are learning French with the
Parisian accent and using a textbook that
lines up with Pinkerton Academy’s French
program. We are using the Discovering French
Bleu book and will continue in the same book
next year in French II. This is a high school
level textbook.
At the end of 8th
grade and the successful completion of French
II, my students will take a placement test from
Pinkerton Academy to determine whether they will
take first or second year French at Pinkerton.
During the year we will
occasionally have guest speakers and volunteers
come to visit our class in order to tell of
their travels to French speaking countries and
to share elements of French culture. We also
play learning games to practice grammar and
vocabulary.
In general my grading
for each quarter of 2006-2007 will break out as
follows: Quizzes- 50%, Tests- 25%, French Art
Projects- 5% and Homework- 20%. In 2005-2006 we
are bringing art instruction to our 7th
graders through foreign language classes.
Monthly, my French I students receive direct
instruction from Mrs. Krassowki, our Middle
School Art Teacher.
How You Can Help Your Child to Study a
Foreign Language
Each year many parents
ask me how they can help their sons or daughters
to study a foreign language that they as parents
may not know. Here are my tested suggestions:
Each evening ask your child to tell you what he
or she learned in French class that day. He or
she will be pleased to demonstrate this new
knowledge and will enjoy showing off with Mom
and Dad serving as the students. Also, as a
quiz or test approaches (Always announced and
also posted on HomeworkNOW), work through the
student’s notebook or textbook and ask your
child for the French translations of the English
words. You may not know whether they are being
pronounced correctly, but you will know whether
he or she knows the word. You can also ask your
child to spell the French word and to tell you
if there are any written accents on it. Enjoy
this sharing opportunity!
I also teach Spanish II
and French II to our 8th graders.
