Welcome! Bienvenue! These are the calendar/ information pages for the French classes of Madame von Rosenberg at McCallum High School, Austin, Texas. (This site may also be used by LASA students in Madame's level one class there.) Use the Blend, also, for your level of French.
Melinda von Rosenberg room 165 classroom at Mac phone: 512-841-2233 googlevoice: 512-537-6970 for student recordings email: [email protected] conference periods, 4th and 8th Tutorials for McCallum: before school on B days starting at 8:00 a.m., or Wednesdays after school. Also, you can come the first 5 to 10 minutes of lunch to room 165 or look for me in the foreign language office later in case of emergency questions. As always, you may also schedule an appointment for lunch or after school another day if none of these other times will work. Tutorials for LASA: before school on A days at 7:30 a.m. or whenever Madame arrives, depending on the traffic.
See below for help with the vhlcentral.com book site...
Textbook: D'accord, by Vista Higher Learning : Click here. vhlcentral.com The district has purchased new textbooks to begin this year, and each student will be able to access the book and do activities online. Students will be frequently required to do and submit work to the teacher online. Students will be able to do these assignments with any device, but in the event they need help gaining internet access, they should come to tutorials in the French classroom, go to the library, or otherwise make plans in advance to get these assignments completed before their due dates. Some of them will be listening and speaking in French, so we will be better able to practice all aspects of the language starting with this new, exciting source.
If there is ever a need for help in completing the assignments themselves, the publisher has created support that can be accessed while on the site at the top right corner of the screen by hovering over 'help.' There are how-to videos in this spot, and if needed, students may also call to get live help via phone: Vista Higher Learning student support line : Mon.-Thurs. 7:00 a.m.--11:00 p.m. 800.248.2813 Fri. 7:00 a.m.--9:00 p.m. Sat. 10:30 a.m.--7:00 p.m. The help line by phone isn't open on Sundays, but the online chat is still open and can be accessed even on Sunday.
This book, of course, will be just one of the tools we use to learn French, not the sole source. We will do a variety of activities without the book, using other books, using current events, hands-on activities, and all sorts of other means to accomplish our goal to learn the language.