7.3+Weather

Weather map & poem online || Some children may need reminding that words have to end in the same sound in order for them to rhyme. || || // Quel temps fait-il à Bordeaux? A Bordeaux, il fait chaud // and so on. Invite children to place appropriate weather symbols on the map. || || Children produce combinations of sentences such as // En France, il fait froid, il pleut. // || || Say what the weather is like in some francophone countries || Zoomable [|worldmap of French-speaking countries](La Francophonie) || // Orchard Junior school invited Georgie Palmer to come and do the weather at their school - in French! // // Well, she did and you can see the results of their day here on the BBC video clip. // // This unit links to weather around the world - Geography - click here for video clip //
 * [[image:r_181.jpg width="60" height="60" align="left"]] Introduce the question Quel temps fait-il?  & the weather phrases with pictures, flashcards and actions to help memorise them. You say a phrase & children mime the action; build to showing a flashcard & children say phrase & mime the action.  || [[file:weather+flashcards.doc]] ||
 * Ask class to listen carefully to the weather phrases and see if they can hear two that rhyme // (beau & chaud). // || [[file:Weather+in+French.ppt]] ||
 * Show children map of France on which you have marked the following places. These have been chosen because they rhyme with weather phrases: // Bordeaux (beau); Pau (chaud); Troyes (froid); Beauvais (mauvais); Le Mans (vent); Lisieux (pleut); Marseille (soleil). // || [[file:weather poem match phrases to places.doc]]
 * Ask children to work in pairs or small groups, and give them a few minutes to see if they can work out what the weather is like in each place. (Explain that the weather phrase rhymes with the town’s name.)
 * Do a clapping rhyme to practise asking and answering, eg;
 * Revise countries where French is spoken. Children discuss in pairs and feed back. ||  ||
 * Play the // Je vais en … // game from Section 2 to revise the countries. ||  ||
 * Look at some images of the francophone countries on the interactive whiteboard. Comment on what the weather is like, eg //En Belgique, il pleut.// || [[file:Francophonie_le temps.ppt]] ||
 * Distribute cards containing the name of a country and a picture of the weather, eg // En Guyane, il fait chaud //.
 * Extension: Children cut out pictures from travel brochures and make collages of one of the four francophone countries.