Blackboard log on

I now have a default log on you can all use. I will email it out as I don't want to post it on a public forum!

the Nicolas' game

Team race to find animals. You need to hide (cacher) cuddly toys in the room. You could have enough cats for example for one per team , or you could have just 1.

Alors, formez deux équipes de 5 personnes. (point to) numéro un, numéro deux etc
Moi je vais cacher des animaux et vous allez trouver les animaux (à tour de rôle).
Si je dis "trouvez le singe" la première personne dans chaque équipe va chercher le singe.
La première personne à trouver le singe gagne un point pour son équipe.

Maintenant je vais cacher les animaux. Fermez les yeux. Ne trichez pas!

Bravo, cette équipe-ci a gagné! Félicitations! On essaie encore?

(Note to the Nicolas, start with alors not d'accord. Since d'accord means OK I'm in agreement it doesn't make sense to start with it. You could say Vous allez chercher des animaux, d'accord?)

animals

We learnt animal vocab using some really cute finger puppets of jungle animals I got from Puppets by post (amongst other suppliers)
Started with flashcard-type showing and guessing.
Then we passed them round and included some duplicates that the teachers had brought.
Practice saying the animal and the class hold up the roght animal. Vary by passing them around pass the parcel style.
class says J'ai un …
increase what they can say eg
j'ai un lion qui s'appelle Max
Then work with partner . Puppets can talk to each other using personal language.
We looked at how the words were written. All but le singe were cognates. How will we remember singe means monkey. Picture a monkey sitting by a fire and singeing his fur!
Worked in pairs with further words of vocab from the .pdf file pets.
We brainstormed activities with animals and worked on pairs on the language to explain.

I have posted 2 files in ANIMALS folder
Also posted succes criteria for microteaching.

We also did language for organising team games which I haven't posted yet but will do from home.

audio tracks

These are the tracks in the CD I gave out today. More next week!
1 01 Sound System
2 numbers 1-10 Laure
3 Numbers 11- 22
4 polite
5 name
6 Age
7 an en NASAL
8 in NASAL
9 la famille
10 numbers 0 -100
11 on NASAL
12 UN nasal
13 Colour1
14 colour2
15 Alphabet
16 happy families game
17 Commands (vous)
18 être
19 avoir
20 aller
21 faire
22 les snacks
23 Food
24 drinks
25 Question forms
26 les glaces
27 les fruits
28 les aliments
29 j'aime les frites
30 fast food
31 foods that rhyme
32 veggies
33 meals
34 more food
35 semi cons A
36 B Fille
37 D detals
38 C soleil
39 G juillet
40 F ecureil
41 E brouiillard
42 H moyen

Tuesday 26 Feb

After viewing some micro teaching I think we should practise some classroom language and instructions. Have a look over the sheet (commands - vous)
We'll also do some instructions for organising team games and active games.

I am working on the success criteria for the microteaching. Have asked tutor Margaret to add her suggestions and we should have it ready for Tuesday.

I thought we ought to do animals too - that is a good topic for microteaching I think!
Can you bring along some animal toys cuddly ones or plastic farm or zoo animals?
Much more fun than flashcards!

LOGGING ON TO BLACKBOARD

I have spoken to Ann and she says all you need to log on is your BOO number and the password is you date of birth.
Blackboard log in page

Also she said they have sent out another form to Graeme and agsin to Liz!! Please fill in and return.
Email me if you don't have a BOO number!!

Using word cards for active learning

Have words of a phrase or sentence on pieces of card
Leave sets on the table when class comes in
They have to take a word card each and physically form themselves into the phrase
Good for revision and for getting started as soon as they come in. Points could be fiven to the quickest table etc

This is also very good for showing patterns eg question forms

Can be made easier if more than one word is on the card eg
une pomme rather than une pomme

Or give each member a card as they come in
Teacher says a sentence in French and they have to run to the front to form a sentence. Can make it harder by saying the sentence in English.

semi consonants

Pronunciation Practice semi consonants - the “Y” effect [j]

I have uploaded Appleworks doc of notes below plus mp3 audio files to the Pronunciation folder

A -i.., ..y.. (followed by a stressed vowel) [j]
le pied, le chien (foot, dog)
le yaourt, le crayon (yogurt, pencil)

B -ill.. [ij]
la fille girl
la famille family
gentille kind
la chenille caterpillar
le papillon butterfly
l’aiguille needle
le soleil brille the sun is shining
(exceptions ville [vil] mille, village, million, tranquille
town, 1000, village, 1,000,000 quiet)

C -eil -eille [Ej]
le soleil, le réveil, un appareil, avoir sommeil (sun, alarm, camera, to be sleepy)
une bouteille, se réveiller, la veille de Noël, l’oreille (bottle, to wake up, Xmas eve,ear)
vieil, (before vowel,otherwise vieux) vieille old
pareil, pareille same
Mireille

Read:-
Quand Mireille s’est réveillée, le soleil brillait. Elle avait toujours sommeil. Elle a bu une vieille bouteille de vin rouge la veille.

compare -
D -ail les détails, l’ail, le rail, le vitrail, (details, garlic, rail, stained glass window)

-aille [aj ] la taille, le taille-crayon, le maillot, la bataille
(size or height, pencil sharpener, vest or shirt, battle)

E -ouill.. [uj]
le brouillard fog
la grenouille frog
la ratatouille
mouillé soaking wet

Read:-
Dans le brouillard, une grenouille mouillée mange de la ratatouille

F -euil -euille, -œil, -œille [œj]
un écureuil squirrel
la feuille leaf
un œil eye
un œillet carnation
cueillir to pick (flowers)

Read:-
Elle a vu un oeil d’écureuil derrière une feuille
Elle a cueilli des œillets.

G -uill
- uy + stressed vowel [yj]
juillet July
la cuillère spoon
bruyant noisy
la bruyère heath

H -oy + stressed vowel [waj]
moyen average M
moyenne average F
la voyelle vowel

les pays francophones

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:French-speaking_countries
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pays_francophone in French

French Government site on DOM TOM http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/outremer/front?id=outremer/decouvrir_outre_mer
You can download (télécharger) a nice map on the right hand site

Webquest
http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/hintz/webquest2/sdhindex.html#resources

You tube songs

I found lovely videos of nursery rhymes on youtube

Including j'aime la galette the song for la fête des rois

Beauvais

The big day trip to Beauvais is on Saturday 8 March. Ryanair prices are at 1p each way. Total cost if paying by credit card … £16 that is no bagage and online check in. Last week it was £60 no rhyme nor reason to the prices. You just have to be ready to go for it.
See previous posts here
and here

Mardi Gras

Here is the transcription of what i said yesterday about Mardi Gras:

Mardi Gras est une fête que tous les enfants français attendent avec impatience car pendant ce jour ils ont le droit de se déguiser!
Vous en avez peut être entendu parler car on célèbre cette fête à la Nouvelle Orléans aux Etats Unis. Là bas, cette fête est célébrée un peu différement d'en France puisqu'ils organisent un grand Carnaval dans les rues de la ville et que les adultes eux aussi y participent.
A l'origine Mardi Gras était aussi célébré comme ça en France. Historiquement c'était une fête importante car elle permettait d'apaiser les tensions sociales. A cette occasion le peuple pouvait se déguiser en Roi et le Roi en gens du peuple!

Aujourd'hui en France, seuls les enfants se déguisent. Parfois ils peuvent même le faire dès le matin et aller a l'école avec leurs déguisements. Dans certaines écoles des concours du meilleur déguisement ont lieux.
Après l'école, les enfants vont en groupes ramasser des bonbons chez les gens.
Quand j'étais petite j'adorais cette fête. Pas seulement parce que je pouvais me déguiser mais aussi parce que je pouvais aller dans les rues de mon village avec mes amis et rentrer après que la nuit soit tombée!
Si historiquement cette fête servait à apaiser les tensions sociales, aujourd'hui elle a encore un rôle pour la société. Pour ce jour précis, les enfants ont le droits d'être qui ils veulent (princesses, chats, pompiers,...) et de ne pas suivre la règle habituelle du "rentre avant qu'il fasse nuit" prononcée par les parents!

FRENCH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

Apart from France and the European countries of Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg Monaco and Quebec Province in Canada there are many French speaking countries (pays francophones) in Africa, the Caribbean and French Polynesia which offer great opportunities for studying wider world issues with International Education and Citizenship themes in line with CfE guidelines.

Task:
Find a French speaking third world country and find out what you can about their daily life and in particular their food. Note any good resources eg websites or books

Deadlines

Module 1 Essay assignment on Current Issues in MLPS 1 May
Module 1 French writing to be done in Class on 11 March

Module 1 and 2 Microteaching to be done in class - some on 18 some on 25 March

Module 2 lesson plans to be handed in to Woodstock by 1 April

Am writing this from memory, correct me if I am wrong!!

Food activities (results of homework)

• bingo from Chelsea using SparkleBox flashcards

• Kim’s game from Nicola C using real or play food Use real life or play food and introduce or revise vocabulary using the food as flashcards. Eg regardez et écoutez - la pomme, la pomme de terre etc. Get the children to repeat after you. Ecoutez et répétez. On va faire un jeu qui s’appelle… Explain rules of game in French by saying you will close your eyes - fermez les yeux. open your eyes - ouvrez les yeux. then ask what is missing - qu'est qu'il manque? Children guess using the French vocab. Limit the amount of tries. with more able children have more examples and take more of them away (differentiate according to your class). This is an activity that can be adapted to any French vocabulary.

• Shopping list: writing, dictionary list ingredients for an omelet or a crêpe

• Dictation or test vocab: using mini whiteboards

• Nicola M Listen and draw on a plate template

• Tracey H crossword

• Français Français has a song Vous désirez, madame? and their resources cd has FCs

• Liz; ELC magnetic Shopping Game or Orchard Toys Les courses à faire or critical skills task – make your own

Any more I missed?

I'll post the relevant files in My Teaching Files which is on a different webspace. (Password needed related to where I live, in the … email me if you don't know)

Mardi Gras

Aujourd'hui c'est mardi gras le dernier jour avant le Carême. Nous devons manger des crêpes!
Il y a des activités et une recette pour des crêpes chez fête-enfants