Please check this web site frequently. I will be posting homework daily under the
assignments page. Due dates for projects, tests and quizzes will also be included.
Bonne chance and Bienvenue à la classe de français!!!
October news!!!!!!
The Eiffel Tower Contest NEW DUE DATE: WED OCT 21/09 for MADAME
The French Embassy in partnership with the American Association of Teachers of French, host a
series of school contests to celebrate Eiffel Tower’s 120th anniversary. All tri-state students from
grade K to 12 are eligible to participate. 50 winners will be chosen and great prizes will be offered:
the first super-winner will win a trip to Paris! And the following 4 winners will receive a scholarship
valued at $500 each.
Who is eligible?
This contest is created for Tri-State (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut) area students.
All students of private and public schools, from grade K to 12 are eligible to participate, francophone
or non-francophone.
How do students participate ?
- Design/Paint/Sculpt the Eiffel Tower:
- Sculptures: the medium may be “paper mache”, plaster, clay, wire, etc. The dimensions of the
works should not exceed 12 x 6 x 6 inches.
- Paintings shouldn’t exceed 12 x 18 inches.
- Create a Video or song about the Eiffel Tower This work shouldn’t last more than five minutes
- Create a web page for the Eiffel Tower.
- Write a speech, a poem, an ode, a dialogue or a movie scenario that is set on or about the Eiffel
Tower (4 pages maximum).
- Draw a four-page comic about the Eiffel Tower.
- Build a small model of the Eiffel Tower. Dimensions should not exceed 12 x 6 x 6 inches.
Each participating teacher can select up to five of the best works in every class (if, for example,
he/she teaches 2 classes he/she can select up to 10 students). Teachers must also tell the French
Embassy the number of students in their classes. Teachers do not need to be French teachers to
enroll their classes in this contest.
All entries must be mailed to
The Eiffel Tower Contest | French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue | New York, NY 10075
The contest deadline to send your artwork is October 30, 2009 to the French Embassy. You must
submit work to Madame Emanuel by October 19, 2009. Projects will then be displayed in media
center to be judged by Terrill teachers. Then 5 works per class will be submitted to contest in New
York.
Awards
Are there prizes to be won?
Bien sûr! An awards ceremony for all prize winners will take place during the first two weeks of
November. Winners will be notified of the date and location. Prizes include:
- One super prize: One trip to Paris for the winner and the person of his choice
- Four grand prizes: One scholarship valued at $500
- 45 third prizes: A luxury ‘souvenir bag’ of French gifts
A committee including members of the French Embassy will choose the best entries in each category
by November 2, 2009. The committee will be composed of people from different backgrounds (visual
arts, fashion, music,…) so take this opportunity for your work to be noticed, it may lead to a new
career! Winners and teachers will be notified immediately after they have been selected.
All results will be announced on the education pages of Frenchculture.org and on New York in French
on the first day of national French week: November 4th, 2009.
The contest winners, their families and their school teacher will be invited to the award ceremony on
November.
Crepe Day!!!!
We will be celebrating National French Week this year during the week of November 2ndth. Our
French classes will be involved in a few fun and educational activities celebrating the French
language and francophone cultures.
To help celebrate, the owner of Bonjour Montclair, a crêperie in Montclair, has agreed to, once again,
set up his crêpe stand in Terrill and make delicious fruit crêpes for all of my French students.
If your child would like to participate in this activity, please have him or her bring in $7.00 in cash or
a check made to Terrill Middle School by October 30st.
