Apprendre en Faisant

On Tuesday, April 21, the grade 9 French class had the opportunity to attend "Apprendre en Faisant" (Learning by Doing) hosted by MATF (Manitoba Association of Teachers of French). Students chose four activities and participated in them while using their additional language, French. The facilitators spoke only French to the students and encouraged them to do the same. Most of the students were really nervous about speaking French, but all students did a fantastic job trying to use French as much as possible and listening carefully to understand all the instructions. The activities the students participated in included yoga, hip hop dancing, magic, karate, chocolate making, African drumming, art activity (making their own bags and wallets out of duct tape!). Tout le monde dit que c'était une journée amusante et valable! Ils ont hâte de participer l'année prochaine.