Self Study Update II

Last night was Back to School Night for the parents in my class which is always a huge production with so many things to get ready. Things went smoothly but I am relieved it is over! At this point the school year starts to flow a little bit smoother and I go back to feeling like I have some sort of a life outside of school. 

French:
I finished up the first chapter in my French verb book on schedule and realized that I am very rusty on anything but present tense regular -er verbs. I am not going to start the second chapter until I practice and review the other regular verb conjugations and get more comfortable with them. I started googling and found some great resources to focus on verbs:

I like this powerpoint about "boot verbs" a lot and plan to print it out to cut up as flash cards. But I am most excited about this website I found, frenchtoday.com . I want to order the French Verb Drills I and French Greetings & Politeness. I love that I could practice while I drive to work and I like that the instructor has placed the emphasis on pronunciation. Everything offered on her site looks like something I would like to try out.

More French Links:
Francais interactif

The French Workshop
This site made me so nostalgic for Madame Pantzer, my high school French teacher. I loved all the posters of Paris she had on her classroom walls and I used to think I would be a French teacher like her (that pesky issue of fluency pretty much stopped that plan!) and be decorating a French classroom someday. I do think some of these books would be helpful to me because they are so simple.

French Flash Cards

Poetry:
I haven't done much with my chosen poem other than carry it around all week in my own personal poem in your pocket celebration. But I know it's there and I'm taking baby steps. I have been pulling it out and reading it a few times throughout the day.