7.5+Travel+Arrangements

Follow this link to the BBC Primary Frenchwebsite for a flash animation with the days of the week in French followed by a simple song. || PPT presentation with days of the week, with word origins, actions and a song to the tune of Fr�re Jacques. || // (Which sound can they hear at the end of each word but the beginning of // dimanche // ? ) // ||  || (such as voici, six, dix, d﻿imanche, chien and Fifi ). ||  || click here for Three-part sentence from last lesson ||
 * * Introduce the days of the week  by putting these to a simple tune that children can echo and then sing with you.
 * * Ask children to listen carefully to the days and decide which is the odd one out and why?
 * Create a page for //** i **// in your class word bank and add the days of the week in French, il (from the weather phrases), Ivoire and other words the children think of..
 * * Give children a jumbled-up list of the days of the week. They rearrange them in pairs, on mini-whiteboards. || jumbled up days of the week activity ||
 * * Refer back to the sentences created in the previous session, eg Je vais en Guyane en avion.
 * With their talk partners, children whisper to each other as many sentences as they can.
 * Take some in feedback and build them on the board using word cards. || click here for making sentences activity from last lesson
 * * Insert days of the week into these sentences and read them aloud,
 * //eg// Lundi, je vais en Guyane en bateau . (On Monday I am going to Guyana by boat.)
 * Ask children to help you translate them. || click here for making LONGER sentences activity ||
 * * Build more sentences on the board, with the day missing.
 * Children come to the front, add a day and read aloud the sentence. ||  ||
 * * Children work in groups to build their own sentences.
 * They can use pre-prepared word cards or write on post-it notes.
 * Some children will need picture and word cards to help them. || [[file:wordcards for extended je vais sentences.doc]] ||
 * * Each group reads back to the class a sentence they have produced.
 * Children can work in mixed-ability groups and create a �voice-over�, with some children using gestures and others saying words.
 * Display sentences on the board or graffiti wall.
 * Extension: Set a challenge to see how many sentences children can build.
 * They record these, using word-processing software if appropriate. ||  ||
 * * Split the class into teams. Invite a child from each team to come to the board and build a sentence using word cards, in a timed challenge. ||  ||