12.4+The+Wind+&+The+Sun

Check the day’s temperature and weather in Paris on the internet - click here (or in a French speaking country - click here for Canada) || || Ask them to guess what the title might be in English and what they think the story might be about.
 * Revise the temperature and weather phrases from previous sessions.
 * Explain to children that they are going to hear Aesop’s fable //Le Vent et le Soleil// (The Wind and the Sun).

(Use this ppt or copy the story into an electronic presentation or the interactive whiteboard to make an electronic big book. If possible, add a recording of the text so that children can hear the story as they read it. To make cross-curricular links to IT, you could ask children to illustrate sections of the story, scan the illustrations & incorporate them into their own ppt presentations.) || PPT version of story made by Liz Lord, Hampshire PL Consultant with embedded sound by Jo Rhys-Jones || Focus on the sound //en/an// using the words //vent// and //manteau//. Model the sound and children repeat. Read out a list of words from the story, including those containing the //en/an// sound: //vent, manteau, enlever//. When children hear this sound, ask them to give a physical response. If using an electronic version of the story, let children come to the board and highlight graphemes representing the sounds you are practising. Re-read the story and, when children hear their phrase or sentence, they wave it in the air. ||  ||
 * Read the story. Ask children to join in with an action when they recognise the words //le vent// and //le soleil// . ||  ||
 * Read the story again and ask children to join in with //Je suis plus fort que toi// (I am stronger than you).
 * Distribute to pairs of children phrases or sentences from the story cut into strips.
 * Distribute to pairs of children phrases or sentences from the story cut into strips.
 * Narrate the story and children act it out. ||  ||
 * Extension: Children include some dialogue as they act out the story. ||  ||