This summer we have covered reflexive verbs in present and past tenses, uses of ‘avoir’ and role plays in the post office, bank and hotel … and numbers which always catch us out.
We studied the work of Haussmann redesigning Paris and the Belle Epoque that followed. This period inspired the art Toulouse Lautrec in Montmartre.
The terrible riots and strikes in France led us to read of the unpopularity of Macron since he wanted to raise the age of retirement from 62 to 64!
Revising ‘family’ vocabulary We looked at the French ‘royal family’. Spot the mistake!!! Brigitte is 70 this year, not 80!
We read the history of the baguette which is as well known as a symbol of France as the Tour Eiffel.
We had a French visitor from Rouen and cross-examined him in French. He was 18 and had different interests to us! So, we looked at the ‘Parc des Princes’ which is the home of Paris Saint Germain.
We revised descriptions of people and played ‘Guess who’ which led to heated arguments (in English)
We ‘did’ a history of Rouen cathedral which was painted 16 times by Monet at different times of day showing how light changed the appearance of the building.