I have come accross this website which allows you to compile a diaporama of your favorite websites. Thank you Florence. I have put together some of my favorite websites. This will allow some of you to access them more easily, I hope. This could be a good way of revising during the Summer holidays.
Have a look at Jog the Web
Le système politique français est différent du système politique britannique. Regardez la présentation et trouvez les différences au
Ecrivez une lettre à un(e) ami(e) française. Expliquez-lui le sytème anglais et faites une comparaison avec le système français. (300 mots à peu près).
Year 9 have created some very good work after watching the film "Joyeux Noël" on the topic of the First World War in French. Here are some of the Powerpoints that they have produced:
Some good work covered here! Well done!
The First World War
Year 9 have been studying The First World War as part of their History lessons. I decided that it would be a very good idea to bring this topic into the Modern Foreign Language lesson.
One of the latest French film which depicts well the life of the soldiers during this war is "Joyeux NoëI".
This is how we worked:
-soldat
-tranchée
-guerre
-rats
-poux
-combats
-fusils
-allemand
-maladie
-mort
The work produced by the students has been very good. Some will be posted soon.
Revise the vocabulary done in class:
How many words from the weather can you recognise on this poster? Let me know your answers
How well do you know the vocabulary done so far?
Now play this game to see how well you are doing, look for the words that you do not know in the dictionary: La météo
Have a go at more games:
Watch today's weather forecast ( you will need to watch it several time- do not panic if you not understand to start with, just focus on the words) and tick the words that you recognise in the list below:
How many words have you ticked?
Write a short summary of the weather in France today.
Aujourd'hui, dans le nord ....... . La température à Paris est ...... . Dans le sud, .....
Type it and hand it in next lesson. You can also illustrate it if you want and youcan use the map on the TF1 website if you want.
This is the vocabulary from today's weather in France. How many words can you recognise?
You can make your own word puzzle by using a programme called www.wordle.net. Just type some words or paste a text. Practise your French this way.
Now read the text: les_cornichons.doc and underline the words using du, de la, des. Remember du is for masculine, de la for feminine, de l' when the word starts with a vowel and des for plural.
Practise your knowledge of food by doing the following exercise:
In order to cope with the different forms of the verbs, you need to be fully acquainted with the Infinitive. First it is important that you know what an infinitive is in English. Read the following notes and be ready to answer questions in class!!
The infinitive is the "name" or "base" of the verb before it is broken down into different parts.
You can recognise it in several ways:
Look at the following words in English. Can you underline the infinitive?
I am he eats you talk to like we drink to eat
to talk to drink you drink you like to be
How do you recognise them? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Now look at the French words and underline the infinitives!
Je suis jouer faire il fait
nous regardons regarder j'écoute elle joue
écouter
How do you recognise them? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Find the infinitives (English and French) in the following sentences
-I like to play on the computer
J'aime jouer à l'ordinateur.
-He likes to go to the cinema
Il aime aller au cinéma
Elle aime écouter de la musique
Nous allons danser à la disco.
Je déteste faire du bricolage.
What do you notice when you have a sentence with 2 verbs that follow each other?
(Thanks to Miss Hewitt for producing this post)
I have come to the end of my challenge and this week i have focused more in using the IWB with the students and as a toll for them.
With Year 7, we have carried on the topic of leisure. I have imported pictures and written sentences for them to match. It has certainly been much easier for them to move words and pictures around thanks to the "lock in place" and "allow to move functions" (right-click on the mouse). We also watched
With my Year 9, I have used Google Map to work on directions. I showed them how to prepare their work by labeling different points on their map, They are going to show the results of their work on the board. They produced some invitations for a party and had to give directions to the party.
With Year 7 we watched the BBc programme called Talk French where students have to identify which sport people liked doing. We also did the online exercises. (See previous post).
Year 11 were going on study leave so we did a lot of revision. We used Interactive websites like linguastars, and other websites that I have recommended before. I have enjoyed doing the challenge, I have used the IWB for several years now but having to look at new way to use it has certainly been enlightening. I am looking forwards exploring Notebook 10 when it becomes available in school. I will certainly check with the technician.
Do you know your vocabulary?
I have come across this website called quizrific which test your knowledge of vocabulary. It is quite fun. Year 11- it could be a good way of checking what you know.
Let's me know how well you are doing!
Bonne Chance
