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Fun with reading & writing from KS2 to KS3

This is the presentation of a workshop presented by Jayne Wright (Specialist Lead Teacher MFL KS2) & myself at University of Bristol Graduate School of Education on 5th May to 40 KS2 and KS3 teachers 

In this workshop we explored the progression with reading and writing from Year 3 to Year 9. We shared ways to find authentic materials and how they might be adapted and exploited to teach reading and writing in the class room. There were practical ideas for everyone to use. Examples are in French but can be easily adapted to other languages.

 

 

 

Here is a list of Websites that I have used in the past for use of authentic material and ideas.

Le poussin Piou

Il nous vient d'Italie et maintenant il fait la folie des radios françaises.  Pour tous les élèves qui m'ont demandé les détails

 

Bientôt Halloween: la sorcière de minuit

Following my previous blogs on Halloween and la veille de la Toussaint, I would like to introduce more words and a song.  Before watching the song learn the vocabulary:

Choose a Study ModeScatterLearnFlashcards

Study these flash cards

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Study these flash cards

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Study these flash cards

 

 

 

Le présent expliqué par des élèves

 

Pour se préparer au GCSE, les 9ièmes ont préparé des petites présentations sur le présent et les verbes.  J'espère que cela les aidera l'année prochaine!

 

 

Download Delilah, Harriet and Rosy- The Present tense

 

Download Emma-Jane, Nicole etc

Download Eve, Catherine, Georgia, Jess and Abz

 

 

Un voyage à Paris

Vous allez étudier un voyage à Paris prochainement.  Pour préparer nous allons rechercher des informations sur Paris.

Vous pouvez utiliser un moteur de recherche comme Google ou autre pour répondre aux questions.

Vous pouvez aussi utiliser le site France-Voyage  et Paris Info pour vous aider dans vos recherches :

1-      Où est Paris exactement?  (dans le nord, le sud, l’ouest ou l’est ?)-  Vous pouvez coller une carte pour montrer.

 

2-      Combien y-a-t’il d’habitants à Paris ?

 

3-      Comment s’appelle le fleuve qui traverse Paris ?

 

4-      Trouve cinq monuments célèbres à Paris ?

 

5-      Trouve 2 grands magasins à Paris

 

6-      Quels sont les moyens de transport à Paris ?

 

7-      Comment est-ce que je peux visiter Paris ?

 

Vocabulaire

coller	paste
habitants	inhabitants
Le fleuve	river
Moyen de transport	Means of transport
Comment	How
Quel	What
Un moteur de recherche	A search engine
prochainement	soon

 

 

 

  

Un texte sur Noel

Vous pouvez trouver des renseignements sur le Père Noël en consultant le texte suivant sur L'Internaute.

Lisez le texte.  

1. Relevez les mots transparents (comme en anglais).
2. Surligner le vocabulaire sur Noël.
3. Faites une publicité pour le village du Père Noël

 

 

 

 

C’est bientôt la rentrée!

La Rentrée-  This you will see all over France in August-  It means going back to school.  

What about you?  How prepared are you for la Rentrée?

You have bought your uniform, have a new bag, nice pencil-case and lovely pens, so you think that you are ready?  Not really!

You can forget a lot over 6 weeks and unless you have been on holidays in a French speaking country, you have not heard, read nor spoken any French since you left school.

How can you get prepared?

Have a look at my two posts :  Que faire pendant les vacances? and on recommence.

You can build your vocabulary by practising on different websites like the very good www.languagesonline.org.uk .  Have a look at the grammar as well, it is quite easy to follow and you will be well-equipped for coming back to school.

You can also download the home version of Task Magic , You will access a wealth of vocabulary and grammar resources and learn while playing. 

I have also created a few games on Quia-  This will cover most topics and are mostly vocabulary games

Look at the advice given by other teachers, this will help you getting prepared for the rest of the year.

 Remember:  Fail to prepare, prepare to fail!!

Le pique-nique

Year 8 are working on food and are planning a pique-nique:

These are the tasks that they are doing:

1. Regarde la vidéo  Les Cornichons sur le tableau et copie la liste des ingrédients pour le pique-nique
2. Clique sur Les Cornichons (here ) et fais les exercices
3. Travaille avec une partenaire et fais une liste pour un pique-nique pour toi et ta copine.  Tu dois avoir un pique-nique sain (healthy)
4. Tu as €25 à dépenser pour ton pique-nique, fais ta liste et visite le site du magasin Auchan
5.  Write your list by starting :   

           - Pour mon pique-nique, je vais acheter ,  remember to add du, de la, des in front of the words

Du=    de + masculine

De la=  de+ feminine

                           De l’=  de + l’ (word starts with a vowel

Des =  de + plural

Now, post your list on Wallwisher to show other people what you have bought.  People from all over the world can contribute so you may be interested to see what food is eaten there!!!

Thank you for your contribution

 

Ma journée au Parc Astérix

I have come across the website- Fotobabble while looking for inspiration on Russel Stannard's excellent website-Teacher Training Videos.

I thought that Fotobabble would be excellent for students to record their own work from year 7 up to year 13. You upload a photo or website and record directly on to the site.  You can then e-mail it, embed it on a website or send to a social network.

Year 8 have been writing about the activities that they did during their recent activity week. I have recorded my own experience of a trip to Parc Axtérix near Paris.

Listen to it and use it as listening comprehension or do a similar activity yourself.

You can follow the script from here:

Download Ma visite au Parc Axtérix

Le portrait de Van Gogh

Learning French is not only about learning new vocabulary but it is also learning about its culture and being able to use the language to describe items and express feelings.  Year 9 have been learning about the body and health.  Using a painting to describe a person and if that person is healthy etc, can be a way for the students to discover new vocabulary and structures for themselves. 

Have a look at the worksheet and see what you can learn about Art.  Let me know how you have found the work.

Van Gogh -