Results and " prize giving"

Your assignments have been of a high standard.

You are invited to come along to Woodstock on Wednesday 18 June at 4pm to get your marks, feedback and lesson plans returned to you.

We appreciate the work put into achieving this qualification. Well done everyone!

Fou de fa fa by Flight of the Conchords

Just for fun!

MDR Clip : Foux_Du_Fafa MDR
Uploaded by Cockney

Video of activity

An American teacher Madame Thomas has pupils do an activity with "baby boxes" on subject of mal à la etc
Quite interesting!

Exams & Laure's night out.

I have taken the assessments to Craigie for moderation. I am delighted to say thatt he standard is very high! So you can all breathe a sigh of relief!

The "prize giving" is Wed 18th June when you can collect your plans etc.

Are you up for a night out with Laure on Thursday 29th May?
Email me or comment if you can come.

Module 1 Assignment due this week

Tracey reminds me that you don't have the anonymous cover sheets. I was waiting to get the new ones from UWS but they haven't materialised.
I will leave some of the old ones at reception. You need to sign them. If anyone wants me to post one eg Liz, I will get on to that on Monday.

The assignment is to be 1000 words.

Ann's powerpoint is is "my teaching files"

Bonne chance!

Module 1 Assignment (updated)

I have uploaded Ann's powerpoint on Current issues to my teaching files
blackboard log in page
I have also uploaded the 4 .pdf files that are on blackboard for those who can't get in.
Citizens of a multilingual world (Mulgrew report)
Other useful links
good rationale in 5-14 Guidelines published 2000
the MFLE
CILT and NACELL English bodies but lots of useful stuff
Scottish CILT

PS I have also uploaded 2 docs Writing tips and Referencing your writing which emanated from the university.

Clothes topic - Dorothy la valise song

This link seems to work in school!

Laure

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ideas

Lots of simple ideas on this site http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/mfl/mfl.htm

Writing

I have been marking the writing.
Here is a summary of typical mistakes, corrected
mon anniversaire est le cinq mai (formula for date : le + cardinal number (except premier) then month, no “of” no “c’est)
j’aime les chats et les chiens mais je n’aime pas les souris (plural –s which you don’t pronounce, use of the definite article (the) after likes, dislikes)
use of avoir (have) with age il a 20 ans / ils ont 5 et 7 ans
elle est petite et a 3 ans (you need the a as the verb has changed)
je ne suis pas + adjective = I am not tall/ happy/ married etc
je regarde la télévision / j’aime regarder la télévision
j’aime le théâtre / j’aime aller au théâtre (j’aime followed by the infininitive –er)
du vin / beaucoup de vin / un verre de vin use of “de” after beaucoup and amounts
l’école / une école difficulty with l'
et = and
the ability to spell some basic voc eg soeur frère deux

Rather belatedly, I found some quia exercises to help practise
http://www.quia.com/cz/126852.html family description etre or avoir
http://www.quia.com/cz/4057.html family description
http://www.quia.com/pop/40912.html questions about the Simpsons
http://www.quia.com/cz/3536.html family information the Simpsons


http://www.quia.com/cz/132271.html food du or de
http://www.quia.com/pop/194466.html food du, de la
http://www.quia.com/pop/194465.html food likes

http://www.quia.com/jg/1331211.html match numbers 1-20
http://www.quia.com/rd/6820.html number order
http://www.quia.com/jg/523758.html quel and quelle

Pâques

The main difference in customs is that the Easter eggs are dropped from the bells returning from Rome on Easter morning.

fetes-enfants poems etc

Easter story for whiteboard

song about chocolate for whiteboard

http://www.vive-paques.com songs and rhymes

To the tune of Frère Jacques

Jour de Pâques (x2)
Dormez-vous? (x2)
Ecoutez les cloches (x2)
Ding, dang, dong (x2)

Jour de Pâques (x2)
Dormez-vous? (x2)
Regardez les oeufs (x2)
Ding, dang, dong (x2)

How cool is this?

but will it work in school?

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Dans la salle de classe

Tomorrow we'll do classroom objects -CAN YOU BRING PROPS like rubber, ruler jotter?
Your requests for revision
EASTER too
Time to prepare and practise Micro teaching
A demain!

Visite à Beauvais

Samedi je suis allée à Beauvais en Picardie avec des amis de la classe. Nous avions l'intention de passer une véritable journée française. Aussi c'était l'anniversaire de Marie qui s'est bien amusée. Nous avons pris le petit déjeuner dans un café puis nous sommes allés au marché où nous avons fait des achats. Nous avons visité la cathédrale et d'autres monuments de la ville. Nous sommes entrés dans tous les magasins du centre-ville. Nous avons pris beaucoup de photos et acheté des livres pour l'enseignement. Du vrai CPD!

Marie prend le petit déj


Caption competition ..........


Le dîner - Christine se concentre sur ses moules!

Sound files

I have put the latest recordings in a file called AUDIO in My Teaching Files. They are animals and team games from last week plus 2 files on personal information. You could try doing them as a dictation in preparation for theModule 1 writing on Tuesday!

Am stram gram and other counting out rhyme

Am stram gram (nonsense rhyme & Nicola's favourite!))
Am stram gram
Pic et pic et colégram
Bourre et bourre et ratatam
Am stram gram pic dam


Pomme de reinette
Pomme de reinette et pomme d'api (small apples!)
d'api d'api rouge
pomme de reinette et pomme d'api
d'api d'api gris

music

Writing

Hobbies
Dans mes moments de libre j'aime la lecture. Mon auteur préféré est Jane Austen. En ce moment je suis en train de lire Pride and Prejudice. J'aime aussi faire la cuisine en particulier la cuisine indienne.
Quand il fait beau je fais du cyclisme ou je fais des promenades. (see sheet on verb faire for others)
Le samedi j'aime aller à Glasgow avec une amie faire des achats. Nous déjeunons dans un restaurant et bavardons beaucoup.
Le soir je regarde un DVD avec mon mari et nous prenons un verre de vin.

Explaining your lesson in French

Using aller + INF is a really easy way of explaining what you are going to do.
(see the Nicolas' game )
eg Je vais cacher … I'm going to hide sth
Vous allez fermer les yeux. you're going to shut your eyes
Aujourd'hui on va apprendre les parties du corps. Today we're going to learn the parts of the body
Maintenant vous allez desssiner…. now you're going to draw …

Only gets complicated with reflexive verbs or when using pronouns
eg
Vous allez vous asseoir you are going to sit - better to say asseyez-vous
Vous allez me montrer you are going to show me - better to say montrez-moi

Beauvais preparation

What region of France is Beauvais in?
What département?

What is the weather forecast?
BBC 5 day
http://www.meteofrance.com

Have a look at the menu at the Zinc bleu brasserie
http://www.zinc-bleu.com

Tourist info

Web check in (if you ordered that) can be done at home up to 2 days before flight. Remember to check in for the return flight too!
Go straight through the security and we'll meet up in the departure lounge.
Check out the weather forecast - it was bitterly cold when I was there in October.
You won't be able to buy liquids until the "duty free".

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!