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Inside this issue:
Spanish Club 2
French Club cont’d 2
Maestro for a Day 2
Las Clases de Español 3
The ESL Classroom 3
Chinese Club 4
Deutsch Klassen! 4
ing took place in
the food lab, where
one team of stu-
dents whipped up
some delicious
madeleines (little
seashell-shaped
sponge cakes) while
another flipped crêpes
Guided by a dedi-
cated and talented
group of upperclass-
men, this year’s
French Club has been
reinvigorated by our
enthusiastic first year
students. A record
crowd attended the
showing of Persepolis,
an animated film in
French about the ex-
periences of an Ira-
nian girl during the
Iranian Revolution.
The following meet-
A Renaissance for French Club
This year the
Latin students have
been busy learning
mythology, history,
and grammar. Re-
cently in class we
worked on a Hallow-
een project in
which they had to
find information
about a mythologi-
cal beast and then
draw pictures of
the beast they
chose. They then
had to label all of
the body parts of
the beast in Latin
and write a de-
scription of why
that figure is his-
torically significant.
Also this year,
Latin club has been
pretty active. We
have met every
Thursday since the
beginning of school
and we are planning
to do many
exciting things to
spread the word
about the ancient
world. Currently we
are discussing hav-
ing a bake sale to
raise funds for our
future projects.
Foreign Language at
CCHS
Latin I & II
Car b o n d a l e Co m m u n i t y
H i g h Sch o o l
November 2008
Volume 4, Issue 1
Cont’d on p..2
Clues for this chasse au trésor
(treasure hunt), which led par-
ticipants all over the high school
building, were created and writ-
ten in French by Allison White,
Jeremiah Monk, Jourdin
Batchelor and Michael Dennis.
Travel plans are in the works
for this spring and summer. A
trip to Chicago is scheduled for
the first weekend in April. As of
this writing, we have
Mr. Taylor’s Honors III stu-
dents are learning advanced
grammar lessons from each other
by creating a powerpoint on a
given grammar point, then pre-
senting it to the class. One day of
research in the Computer Lab is
given to the students to prepare
for their topic. They enjoy the
fresh, creative and interesting
ways of presenting the material
from their peers. After each pres-
entation, the topic is summarized
and questions are answered. Eve-
ryone gets a turn to be El Maes-
tro or La Maestra (the teacher)
for a day.
5 students and 4 adults regis-
tered for the 8-day trip to Paris in
June through EF Tours.
and then filled them with straw-
berries, bananas and Nutella. At
the Halloween-themed program,
our young
gourmads further demonstrated
their appreciation of
culinary treats by hunting for
prize baskets that included Le
Petit Ecolier ( a popular French
cookie known as The Little
Schoolboy) and bonbons saveur
de café (coffee-flavored candies).
The Spanish Club started off
the year by helping at the conces-
sion stand during football season
as planned at their initial meet-
ing.
In September they hosted an
authentic dessert-tasting meeting
which was well attended by the
busy members. There were sev-
eral dishes represented by many
Spanish-speaking countries rang-
ing from arroz con leche (rice
with milk) to empanadas (a pas-
try similar to a turnover).
In early
October they
decided to
make maracas
out of gords.
The process is
lengthy, but
easy: cut off the
end, carve, let
dry, fill with
rice, beans, or corn, and shake.
Other activities in the plan-
ning stage include a Christmas
fiesta, a piñata-making lesson for
the International Festival in
February, a yard sale in November,
and a sampling of some Mexican
cuisine at a date to be announced.
Spanish Club
Maestro for a Day
French Club cont’d.
Foreign Language at CCHS Page 2
Quizzing your friends with
picture dictionary is a fun way to
learn.
Mrs. Taylors’ students work
diligently to finish their in class
activities reinforcing the lesson of
the day. .
Spanish I students work
individually and in groups to
learn their new vocabulary.
They are using the internet to assist in learning, listening, and comprehension .
They have learned to make power points for their content classes.
Students in this classroom have many challenges to overcome but the first one is the language and to that end, they are making a good use of technology.
They are writing short essays.
Las Clases de Español
The ESL Classroom
Page 3 Volume 4, Issue 1
My name is Miguel and I
come to United States of
America 2 years ago. My
first days in the school
were boring because learn-
ing my new words with the
teacher who taught English.
We learned some words by
using them. Also, I have a
friend whose name is Travis
who helped a lot with my as-
signments as well as the
language. Now I understand
much of what I speak.
German II students have been learn-
ing about the geography of Germany
and popular vacation spots. For prac-
tice with “praeterium”, simple past
tense, they wrote letters telling about
their vacations. German III/IV stu-
dents have, been writing weekly journal
entries. One student per week must
write his or her entry about the adven-
tures of Bernhard, der deutsche Bär,
the German teddy bear. That student
takes Bernhard home over the week-
end and to whatever activities he par-
ticipates in, and writes about them.
German Club held an Octoberfest
picnic to which students brought Ger-
man style food, and a Halloween party,
which included a prize for the best
costume. The next event will be a St.
Deutsch Klassen!
Nicholas Eve party on December 5th .
The club also sponsored a contest for a
new t-shirt design. The designs of
both Sarah Bartholomew and Amy
Young were chosen and will be used on
the new shirts.
German I students have learned to
describe their families, among other
things. Each student made a
“Stammbaum”, family tree, and pre-
sented it to the class. They were
graded on both their written and oral
work.
Our Chinese Club is in its second year bringing together students interested in
Chinese culture.
Chinese club offers activities such as
Culture, "Zhongguo diany-
ing" (Chinese movies),
"Shufa" (Chinese calligraphy),
Chinese snacks, and Chinese holidays
such as celebrating the Moon Festival.
Some fundraising activities also occur.
The club has had a steady turn out of
enthusiastic students, many from Chi-
nese one, two and three classes. Cur-
rently, the Chinese Club is busy rais-
ing funds and getting ready for the
International Festival and "Xin-Nian-
Hao" (Chinese New Year) which is not
far off.
Travis Soliday (Ta-Wei) Vice President of Chinese Club
Chinese Club — "Ni Hao!"
C a rb o n d a l e Co m m u n i t y H i g h S c h o o l
Second year students: Learning how to make
"Char fan" (fried rice), Cantonese style.
Students showing their Moon Festival lanterns.
Students celebrated the festival by tasting Moon
Cake and drinking "Cha” (Chinese tea).
Learning "shufa" (Chinese
calligraphy). One has to sit
up straight, hold the pen in a
vertical position and have a
clear mind to do calligraphy.