City of EdinburghFrench Early Level

Feelings

Vocabulary2. Feelings Initially teacher can ask the question and start with 3 (e.g.) possible responses. This can progress to the learners using Et toi? and then adding in more responses and Ça va? as they grow more confident.

Ça va? How are you? Ça va bien I am wellÇa va I am fine Comme ci comme ça So-soÇa ne va pas I am not good Ça va mal I am badEt toi? And you?

You can also use Comment ça va? Which means How are you?

Ça va?

Ça va bien!

Ça va

Comme ci, comme ça!

Ça ne va pas!

Ça va mal!

Et toi?

Embedding the languageStart each day with asking Ça va? Around the class. Create Ça va? cards for pupils with printed off miniature copies of the smileys. Ask Ca va? at the start of the day, after break, after lunch and ask pupils to choose their answer and say it to a partner or around the class.

I am aware of and able to express my feelings and am developing the ability to talk about them.HWB 0-01a / HWB 1-01a / HWB 2-01a / HWB 3-01a / HWB 4-01a

Sample activities You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to practice the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

Activité 1

Ça va around the world!

Ça va? around the world

1. Look at the faces in the following photos, decide on how the person is feeling and then say what this is in French.

2. You can also make the face of the person in the picture!

I am aware of and able to express my feelings and am developing the ability to talk about them.HWB 0-01a / HWB 1-01a / HWB 2-01a / HWB 3-01a / HWB 4-01a

Regardez

les visages

décidez si

et

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Activité 2 Ça va feelings cards

Feelings cards1. Sitting in a circle, the teacher places

pictures of smileys into the centre e.g. happy, sad, straight line face etc.

2. All pupils then ask the teacher, “Ça va?” 3. The teacher responds with a feeling and

chooses one pupil to pick a smiley which matches that feeling from the centre.

4. This can be extended by that pupil then being the next to answer Ça va?

Activité 3 Ça va charades!

Ça va

bien!

Comme ci

comme ça

Ça ne va

pas!

Feelings cards1. Pupils sit in a circle or at front of class.2. Teacher creates a set of cards with

different feelings written on them and places them in the centre of a circle.

3. One pupil comes out to the front and chooses a card.

4. They then have to act out the feeling on that card and the rest should try and guess what the feeling is.

Activité 5Chair spin Ça va!

Chair spin Ça va!1. One pupil comes out to the front of the class

and sits on the teacher’s spinny chair! 2. The teacher turns the chair to face the wall and

so that the pupil is facing away from the class. 3. The pupil then has to put an expression of a

feeling on their face before the teacher turns them round to face the class, keeping the same expression!

4. The rest of the class then have to guess the feeling that the pupil is acting out.

5. The winner goes next!

Activité 6Situation Ça va!

Situation Ça va!1. Look at the pictures and ask pupils to say

how they would feel in these situations e.g. Ça va bien in a beach picture.

2. If they don’t know they can use: Je ne sais pas.

Regardez

les photos

décidez si

et

If you don’t know, you can say…

Je ne sais pas! (I don’t know)

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Songs!

You will find a bank of sample songs which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

Bonjour Bonjour (and Ça va) song

Ça va song

You will find a bank of sample ICT activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

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ICT Resources online

BBC Primary French Hello, how are you?

Victoria Languages OnlineHow are you?

Au revoir!