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Pre-task listening Noticing activities Final speaking task

Task overview

Vocabulary

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Learning objective:

Vocabulary for retelling a story by choosing and combining elements from La Surprise de Handa (Eileen Browne), a simple, repetitive story involving African animals and fruit, with a surprise ending.

Subject(s): French as a foreign language (MFL French)

Level/Age/CEF: Primary French, 6-10 years, A1

Task sequences/activities

listening to the story

learning vocabulary, noticing gender, practicing sentence structures

Final task: design own version of story, illustrate it and narrate

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activity

Teacher asks: "Qui peut trouver ..." (who

aim

Pre-teach transparent words for animals design

Drag images into page from internet

potential

This activity combines vocabulary teaching

background picture can be unlocked and magnified for further discussion (in native

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potential

This activity allows learners to associate images and sounds to create form-meaning connections

reorganise the words as they need to, giving them some control over the pace of learning. The hidden answer key also allows groups to work independently and then check their work.

design

columns and two rows. The images automatically

Record audio with digital software such as Audacity, attach mp3 files to IWB file, then link these files to objects (individual letters) on the page using the link

Make the answer key by placing the letters in the correct cells, then clone the entire table and hide under a rectangle. Scatter the letters from the second table to

aim

Learners associate the sound of the new words with the picture, forming

Learners can listen as often as they

activity

Click on any letter to hear an animal

Drag the letter to the box below the Ecouter : les animaux

é

l E

p h

a n

t

E l é p h a n tvérifier les réponses

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Ecouter : les fruits

S

upr

i se

r

S u r p r i s evérifier les réponses

activity

Click on any letter to hear the name of

aim

Learners associate the sound of the

Learners can listen as often as they need to identify the fruit and memorise

design

Clone the previous page, then change the images by dragging new pictures on

Add audio to the new letters as before.

potential

This activity allows learners to associate images and sounds to create form-meaning connections

reorganise the words as they need to, giving them some control over the pace of learning. The hidden answer key also allows groups to work independently and then check their work.

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j'aime

j'aime pas

potential

Open and dynamic potential of activity allows learners freedom to express their own likes and dislikes, with space for different learners to come to the

design

Fruit images are dragged onto page and re-sized. For extension work, the teacher could clone images selected by several pupils and write their names. The learners can then produce "Peter aime la mange, aime pas l'ananas."

aimPractice vocabulary while involving

more exotic fruit which may not be familiar. Teacher can also provide

activity

appropriate icon to show which they like (j'aime l'orange, j'aime la banane) and

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Chercher les animaux de l'histoire

Oui, je vois Non, je ne vois pas

potential

online resources with visual support from

The page can be cloned to create space for different groups of learners to try the task one after the other and leave their answers for later correction by the teacher or the

design

Make a table as before, and drag or copy in the animal photos. The check mark, cross, and magnifying glass are

The magnifying glass is linked to the website by adding the link to the object

aimMore vocabulary practice associating sound and meanings, with an additional

remembering which animals appear in

activity

search the webpage for the animals in the story, then place the animal pictures in the correct column: "oui, je vois le zèbre" (yes, I

singe" (no, I don't see monkey" [Purists will want "je ne vois pas DE singe," for young

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Je prends ....

Ecouter et dire

potential

media and maintain visual support for

Learners demonstrate comprehension

speaking in context by saying what they are doing as they do it, reinforcing the

aimReinforce new vocabulary by picking it

names of the fruit in a sentence similar

design

To play the video, you can choose to link to it online, as for previous websites. To do this, take a screenshot of the video using the camera tool and add the weblink.

Or you can choose to download the video and embed it

heavier, but allows you to play the video without going

activity

Handa's basket. Then drag the pictures of

basket. "Je prends l'ananas." (I take the pineapple). Play again to check answers, then play without sound: learners say "Je sais, l'ananas" or "je ne sais pas" (I know,

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Au voleur ! Quel animal prend quel fruit ?

prendpotential

activity more fun, but also promotes spontaneous production: the learners cannot rehearse their

The single row in the table means that only one sentence is visible at a time, reducing cognitive load while reinforcing the pattern being practised:

design

Use layers to hide animals behind the tree, making sure to lock the tree

aim

This activity allows learners to begin constructing sentences in a familiar

vocabulary, but now making sentences: first from the story, then as they choose.

activity

take the fruit. Learners drag an animal

story, then allow learners to make their

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l'autruche

l'antilope

la chèvre

la girafe

Je suis LE lion. Je prends les animaux en "le."

l'éléphant

le perroquetle singe

le zèbrepotential

The board allows a standard grammar point to be tackled in a memorable way, with

different classes of words. The pen tool can be used to annotate the page, and text

designlayer, the masculine nouns which remain visible are brought further forward, while the feminine nouns which are hidden have been sent

aim

This noticing activity prompts learners to pay attention to "le" and "la" - the definite articles for masculine and

The apostrophe represents a missing "e" or "a," which disappears before a word beginning with a vowel. L'

activity

This is the grammar lion. He only allows some animals on his team. Drag each animal word onto the lion's

Learners find that some animal words remain visible, while others disappear. Pull out the animals which disappeared and compare them with the ones which

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le fruit de la passion

la goyave

l'avocat (m)

l'ananas (m)

l'

la bananel'orange (f)

la manguela mandarine

le la

potential

words, and movement of each helps understanding and memorisation of words and their gender in an accessible

designaim

After the previous activity, learners are more sensitive to gender. They call on aural memory to decide whether words

consider their decisions, are more likely

activity

Learners choose a fruit from the tree to

masculine nouns go on the left ("le")

Once everyone agrees on the choices, pull the written words out from behind

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potential

revision as well as meaningful practice of a new sentence pattern. The images and their manipulation functions as

design

All the images and design elements on

shortcuts for copying and pasting from page to page, or clone a previous page

aim

language into a meaningful context. It also prepares for the final task, where

activity

Building on the previous activity, learners choose an animal to bump the tree and make a piece of fruit fall.

Increase the size of the chosen animal and move it to the tree, then allow the learner to drag a piece of fruit into the correct basket. Another learner says the sentence which has been illustrated: le zèbre fait tomber la mangue. This learner then comes to the

lela

fait tomber

l'

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Handa prend 3 fruits :

1 2 3

prend

prend

prend

fait tomber

Akeyo aime

activity

surprise de Handa by selecting three fruit and three animals for the first part, then one more animal to knock

They draw their story, either in cartoon format or using the table on this page, rehearsing the French as they

Volunteers share their work with the class by showing

aim

This final task allows learners to practice

during the teaching unit in a communicative situation which also gives them elements of choice. The images on the board and on design

potential

This page can be used to support drawing

It can also be used for writing practice, if learners are comfortable enough with their

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Copyright and links to other websitesSTORYBOOKLa surprise de Handa (Handa's Surprise) in French and English, Eileen Browne

IMAGESAnimal and fruit photographs from http://photographicdictionary.com/ CC-NC-SA

CLIPARThttp://openclipart.org/detail/47221/giraffe--by-papapishuhttp://openclipart.org/detail/124153/zebra-by-papapishuhttp://openclipart.org/detail/23244/elephant-by-papapishu-23244http://openclipart.org/detail/23372/antelope-2-by-papapishu-23372http://openclipart.org/detail/124249/goat-1-by-papapishuhttp://openclipart.org/detail/26484/capuchin-monkey-02-by-papapishuhttp://openclipart.org/detail/121087/ostrich-by-papapishuhttp://openclipart.org/detail/121105/parrot-by-papapishuhttp://openclipart.org/detail/131155/passion-fruit-by-gnokiihttp://openclipart.org/detail/131485/mango-fruit-by-netalloyhttp://openclipart.org/detail/2475/banana3-by-machovkahttp://openclipart.org/detail/134341/guava-by-netalloyhttp://openclipart.org/detail/4359/avocado-by-pipohttp://openclipart.org/detail/12995/pineapple-by-nicubunuhttp://openclipart.org/detail/12991/orange-by-nicubunuhttp://openclipart.org/detail/88147/mandarin-by-pawelfhttp://openclipart.org/detail/80/tree-by-petermhttp://openclipart.org/detail/60841/calebasse-01-by-anonymous

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Copyright and links to other websites

FURTHER RESOURCESHanda's Surprise French story packhttp://www.sparklebox.co.uk/2261-2265/sb2263.html#.Tx0n7SNzn1s, Copyright SparkleBox (Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-Alike)

https://frenchatfairfieldbury.wikispaces.com/La+Surprise+de+Handa CC-BY-SA

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