8.5+Expressing+Preferences


 * =8.5 Expressing Preferences= ||  ||
 * * On the board, draw a large television screen with on/off buttons.
 * Ask a child to ‘turn on’ the television by pressing the button.
 * Act out an advertisement for one of the toys from the previous sessions. For example, hold up a series of items, saying //C’est nul!// and looking disappointed.
 * Then hold up a football and sing the //C’est magnifique// song.
 * Alternatively, have a pre-prepared advertisement on the board that you read out to children. || [] or [] or [] ||
 * * Play a drama game.
 * Introduce phrases for opinions to children by holding an object and saying, for example, //C’est super!//
 * Children echo and practise saying these phrases.
 * Hold ‘auditions’ to find children who can express their opinions with feeling.
 * Extension: Children make up their own advertisements in groups. || click here for a selection of games to practise/learn toys ||
 * * Set up a ‘shop’, either on the board or a table, with items and prices.
 * Model vocabulary by saying //Je n’ai pas de poupée//. //Je voudrais une poupée// (I don’t have a doll. I would like a doll).
 * Children listen and repeat each time.
 * Extension: Children create role-plays by using the question //C’est combien?// and answering with //C’est ... euros//. ||   ||
 * * Display the phrase //Je voudrais// on the board.
 * Invite the class to chant //Je voudrais// and, on each repetition, rub out a letter in //Je voudrais//.
 * Repeat.
 * Play //Le Pendu// (Hangman) to see if children can spell the word correctly. ||  ||
 * * Play //Cadeau Musical// (Pass the Parcel) by passing a bag containing six toys around a circle to music.
 * When the music stops, the child holding the bag says //Je n’ai pas de ...// //Je voudrais// + one of the items and finds that toy in the bag.
 * Some children can hold up an appropriate picture card when they say //Je voudrais//. ||   ||
 * * Play Kim’s Game by giving children one minute to look at a range of toys or pictures displayed, eg two //footballs//, three //peluches// , etc.
 * Cover the objects and ask children to say what they remember, saying //Je voudrais// + the toy.
 * Hand out the items to some children and get them back by saying //Je voudrais// + the toy. ||  ||
 * * Play a variation of Grandmother Went to Market. Pour Noel je voudrais... (for Christmas I would like...):
 * The first child says, for example, //Je voudrais une peluche//, the second says //Je voudrais une peluche et un football// and so on.
 * Some children may need picture clues to support them with this game. ||