High School French: L'art d'écrire
I am excited to announce that Nallenart’s program for first year high school, L’art d’écrire, has gone to press. L’art d’écrire follows the Ontario curriculum guidelines for FSF1D, grade 9 advanced French. More than just grammar lessons, vocabulary, and exercises,…
Bon Voyage 5: Jules Verne
Jules Verne was a writer ahead of his time. In 1865, over one hundred years before the first man landed on the moon, Jules Verne imagined such a trip in his novel De la Terre à la Lune, From the…
Bon Voyage 4: Around the World in 80 Days
Just for fun, watch one of these film adaptations of Around the World in Eighty Days by French author Jules Verne. 1956 with David Niven, Cantinflas and Shirley MacLaine (Oscar for best film) 1989with Pierce Brosnan, Eric Idle and Peter…
Bon Voyage 3: Around the World in 80 Days
In 1872, French author Jules Verne (1828-1905) wrote a fantastic novel that described the adventures of Phileas Fogg, a man who bet his colleagues that he could successfully travel all the way around the world in just eighty days. In…