Mathis - French Course

Andrew Starr
6 days ago
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This page is for use with lessons with Mathis, who is ultimately preparing for the IGCSE in French.

The shortened link to this blog page is rebrand.ly/frasml

If the above link returns an error, ajstarr.short.gy/blog will direct you to the blog index, where you can locate your page by scrolling down.

Blue links are online. Red links are only available to my account. Purple links will require a specified Gmail account to be accessible.

General Information

Your Google Doc

Course Content for French at King Edward VI School

Dynamo 1 Listening Material

Les fêtes principales de l'année en France

An out of this world holiday...

vendredi, 21 novembre 17h45 - in person

How is your Norway presentation going? Fichiers

Last week's homework was :

To answer questions about your favourite singer(s) or band repeated below?
Can you translate the answers I have given into English? (Very good to begin building vocabulary and translation skills).
You also have Dynamo 2 rouge listening materials on your school's platform you can complete Module 1 and Module 2 Point de départ and Units 1 to 3.
Plus a reading comprehension task about "Tripes à la mode de Caen".
Two sheets with puzzles on - one about fruit and one about vegetables.
Don't forget your presentation about Norway...
Today, we can add writing the text from page 41 question 6 and page 43 question 7 in your course book, here you ought to be able to use both the near future and the future tenses, making it a higher level than the course book itself.
There is also a quiz on the formation of the two future tenses.

Here is the repeat of the questions and the model answers to translate and adapt to be about singers or groups you like...

Est-ce que tu aimes écouter de la musique?
Quelle sorte de musique ?
Quel est ton chanteur/ta chanteuse préféré(e) ?
Comment est-il/elle ?
Y-a-t-il un groupe que tu préfères ?
Comment sont ces gens ?

Moi, comme chanteur j'aime bien la musique de Peter Gabriel.

Peter Gabriel est un homme de taille moyenne, avec des cheveux gris et courts. Il a souvent un look simple mais élégant. Il est connu pour son style original et ses vidéos créatives. Peter est une personne calme et réfléchie. Il aime l’art, la musique du monde et la technologie. Il est aussi engagé pour les droits humains. Il pense beaucoup avant d’agir et préfère les solutions logiques et justes.

Ma chanteuse préférée s'appelle Annie Lennox.

Annie Lennox est une chanteuse britannique. Elle a les cheveux courts et blonds, et les yeux bleus. Elle est grande et a un style unique, souvent un peu masculin. Elle est connue pour être très créative et indépendante. Annie est aussi une personne engagée : elle défend les droits des femmes et aide les gens. Elle est calme, sérieuse et sensible, mais aussi très forte. Sa musique montre beaucoup d’émotion.

En tant que groupe j'ai toujours aimé Abba...

ABBA est un groupe suédois composé de quatre membres : Agnetha, blonde aux yeux bleus, est douce et réservée. Frida, aux cheveux foncés, est élégante et expressive. Björn, blond et souriant, est calme et réfléchi. Benny, avec sa barbe et ses cheveux bruns, est créatif et discret. Ensemble, ils ont créé une musique joyeuse et entraînante. Les deux femmes sont de très bonnes chanteuses, et les deux hommes écrivent et composent les chansons. Ils étaient deux couples mariés, mais leurs relations ont changé avec le temps. Malgré cela, ils ont continué à travailler ensemble. Tous les quatre sont passionnés par la musique et ont marqué l’histoire de la pop avec des chansons comme Dancing Queen et Mamma Mia.

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Today, we will be looking at Module 2 Unit 4 and possibly 5.

Firstly we will look at the formation of the near future tense in French. Quiz

Then, we can add the formation of the future tense itself, which is also not that difficult to form, but does have some irregular verbs...

We will refer to my verb formation blog. ajstarr.short.gy/frverb

Continuing on the theme of Festivals, the book's next section is about New Year. This particular section involves mixing the present and the future tenses together (here this is aiming at Grades 5/6 of the GCSE syallabus).

This section includes a reading task, which is very much like those in the GCSE papers.

vendredi, 14 novembre 17h45 - in person

How is your Norway presentation going? Fichiers

Last week's homework was :

A reading comprehension task about la fête de la musique in France.
Can you complete the reading comprehension questions?
What about the questions about your favourite singer(s) or band?
Can you prepare answers to the questions asked below?
Can you translate the answers I have given into English?
You also have Dynamo 2 rouge listening materials on your school's platform you can complete Module 1 and Module 2 Point de départ and Unit 1.

Today, we will study byuing food at a market in prpearation for a festival/party and using transactional language.

Dynamo 2 rouge pp36-37.

We can attempt to use predictive skills to help with understanding more difficult language.

pp38 & 39.

This part looks at typical dishes from regions of France.

Such as: Quiche Lorraine and Bouillabaisse.

A speciality form Portsmouth's twin city of Caen

Info in English on Vannes, Brittany

For homework this week:

Anything that is still incomplete from above. Plus:

You also have Dynamo 2 rouge listening materials on your school's platform you can now complete Module 2 Units 2 and 3.
Two sheets with puzzles on - one about fruit and one about vegetables.
A more challenging reading comprehension about the speciality from Caen
Don't forget your presentation about Norway...

vendredi, 7 novembre 17h00 - in person

Have you written about your visit to Norway in French, so it can be corrected and presented at a future date?

Module 1 - Vocabulary & Spelling Test

Module 2 - Les fêtes - Quelle est ta fête préférée ? Calendrier des Fêtes

Dromadaire - C'est quelle fête aujourd'hui ? Calendrier des fêtes jour par jour

La fête de la musique p 34 & 35.

There is some practice for translation and describing images... both GCSE examination skills.

Est-ce que tu aimes écouter de la musique?
Quelle sorte de musique ?
Quel est ton chanteur/ta chanteuse préféré(e) ?
Comment est-il/elle ?
Y-a-t-il un groupe que tu préfères ?
Comment sont ces gens ?

Moi, comme chanteur j'aime bien la musique de Peter Gabriel.

Ma chanteuse préférée s'appelle Annie Lennox.

En tant que groupe j'ai toujours aimé Abba...

Homework - Lots to do here - maybe enough for a few weeks.

You were given a reading comprehension task about la fête de la musique in France.
Can you complete the reading comprehension questions?
What about the questions about your favourite singer(s) or band?
Can you prepare answers?
Can you translate the texts into English?
You also have Dynamo 2 rouge listening materials on your school's platform you can complete Module 1 and Module 2 Point de départ and Unit 1.

vendredi, 31 octobre 14h30 - in person

How is your presentation about Norway going as we have neared the end of the chapter.

Today, we can look a little into Halloween vocabulary in French.

We will also begin our second module, this is all about festivals in France and the French speaking world throughout the year.

In France, Halloween is not that widely celebrated now, the main event is November 1st known as Toussaint.

Une fête is a festival or celebration. In some countries around the world people celebrate their Saint's Day.

Mine is November 30th - St Andrew's Day.

Children in particular are given gifts and cards. Adults maybe cards

La fête de saint Matthias est célébrée le 14 mai, jour de son choix pour remplacer Judas parmi les apôtres. L'orthographe "Mathis" peut également se référer à saint Matthieu, dont la fête est le 21 septembre.

Saint Matthias : Sa fête est célébrée le 14 mai en l'honneur de l'apôtre choisi pour remplacer Judas Iscariote.
Saint Matthieu : Si le prénom "Mathis" est utilisé, il peut également se référer à saint Matthieu, dont la fête est le 21 septembre.
Saint Matthieu était l'un des douze apôtres et est l'auteur du premier Évangile.
Saint Matthias est le saint patron des personnes portant le prénom de Matthias.

Les fêtes pendant l'année en France

Les fêtes principales célébrées en France incluent les jours fériés légaux tels que le Jour de l'An (1er janvier), le Lundi de Pâques, la Fête du Travail (1er mai), le 8 mai (Victoire 1945), l'Ascension, le Lundi de Pentecôte, le 14 juillet (Fête Nationale), l'Assomption (15 août), la Toussaint (1er novembre), le 11 novembre (Armistice de 1918) et Noël (25 décembre). D'autres fêtes importantes incluent la Fête des Rois, la Saint-Valentin, la Journée du Patrimoine et le marché du Beaujolais Nouveau.

Jours fériés

1er janvier : Jour de l'An
Lundi de Pâques : Fête religieuse datant d'entre le 22 mars et le 25 avril
1er mai : Fête du Travail
8 mai : Victoire de 1945
Ascension : Jeudi religieux fêtant l'Ascension de Jésus, environ 40 jours après Pâques
Lundi de Pentecôte : Fête religieuse, 50 jours après Pâques
14 juillet : Fête Nationale, commémorant la prise de la Bastille et la Fête de la Fédération
15 août : Assomption, une fête catholique
1er novembre : Toussaint, fête de tous les saints
11 novembre : Armistice de 1918
25 décembre : Noël

Autres fêtes importantes

Fête des Rois : Le premier dimanche de janvier, traditionnellement célébrée avec une galette des rois.
La Chandeleur - le 2 février
Le mardi gras (février/mars) 40 jours avant le dimanche de Pâques
Saint-Valentin : Le 14 février, une fête célébrant l'amour.
Journées du Patrimoine : Le troisième week-end de septembre, des sites historiques et culturels ouvrent leurs portes gratuitement.
Beaujolais Nouveau : Le troisième jeudi de novembre, une fête célébrant le vin nouveau.

Homework:

There are some grammar sheets about le passé composé that I gave to you, plus the vocabulary knowledge organiser I gave to you.

Vocabulaire d'Halloween

La Toussaint

Halloween

Extra:

De quelle région les crêpes sont-elles la spécialité ?
Combien de jours fériés sont liés à la religion en France ?
Qu'est ce que le muguet ?
Quand a été signée la fin de la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale ?
Comment s'appelle la course de vélo la plus connue du monde ?
Quelle est la date de la fête nationale en France ?
Quel jour de l'année célèbre-t-on l'armistice mettant fin en 1918 à la Première Guerre mondiale ?
Le Beaujolais est-il un vin ou une recette de cuisine très connue ?

vendredi, 24 octobre 17h45 - in person

Today, we finish chapter one and go over the grammar about the perfect tense as you did not really get much right on the perfect tense with être sheet.

For homework,

Check avoir & this tense

être and this tense

This link shows another way of thinking ('la maison du bien être'). Some prefer this image to help them remember the verbs that take 'être' in the perfect tense.

aller monter entrer arriver naître

venir descendre sortir partir mourir

tomber, rester and retourner

(If these verbs have added prefixes, they will usually also take être as an auxiliary. e.g. revenir, remonter, repartir, renaître...)

You should also check pages 20 & 21.

Adapt the poem on p.25 to create your own.

Q 2 on p 26 about irregular verbs.

P 27 Q4 Fill in the blanks

Revise the vocab on p.28 and 29.

Knowledge Organiser with QR codes to help revise the whole chapter

Plus the worksheets I have marked.

vendredi, 17 octobre 17h45 - in person

Today, we will look at how to form negative sentences using the perfect tense. Fichiers

P 16 & 17 Negatives in the Perfect Tense - disasters on holiday

These are for you to look at between now and next time.

Quizlet

Wordwall Quiz

vendredi, 10 octobre 17h45 - in person

Today, the formation of the Perfect Tense with être and how this is different for French (German, Spanish and Italian also do this).

La maison du bien être

Practice Task

P13 Futuroscope.

P14 & 15 Tu es allé où?

vendredi, 26 septembre 18h15 - in person

A vocabulary test on all modules of Dynamo 1.

Some assessment papers from a Year 7 French course to complete and prepare for homework.

Including this one (printed out)

Studio Assessments. These are linked in your Google Doc (link in burgundy above).

Dynamo 2 First theme is holidays.

Module 1 - « Tu as passé de bonnes vacances ? »

This module will discuss what happened during the holidays.

You were going to prepare a few sentences about your holiday in Norway, using some pictures as a presentation.

We will use my verb formation blog to revise the formation of regular present tense verbs in all three families, and then we will look at how to form the perfect tense. This is the tense widely used to talk about the past in French, particularly events which have happened and are now concluded.

Practice Task

Suppose you have grasped the formation of the perfect tense with avoir for regular verbs. In that case, we can introduce the formation of the perfect tense with être - something that does not happen in the English language (but does in French, German, Italian and Spanish, plus others).

Practice Task

An overview of the formation of the Perfect Tense (Passé composé).

jeudi, 4 septembre 15h30 - in person

All of Book 1 is now complete, so the homework set (below) and the booklet and sheets given on July 25th could have been completed by today. (if not there is a lot to do!)

Possible - Métro 1 revision and assessment tasks - (if they cover the main themes in Dynamo).

A vocabulary test on all modules of Dynamo 1 is possibly in order?

We can begin to look at the contents and themes of Dynamo 2.

Homework:

You went to Oslo, so you were going to choose five photos from your trip to Oslo, and you were going to describe what you are doing in each image. This will help form a set of pictures for you to discuss in the past, as well, once we have covered the formation of the Perfect Tense.

You were also issued two Year 7 vocabulary revision sets - Next time I see you, we will do a minimum 50-word spelling test based on these sheets.

vendredi, 25 juillet 16h15 - in person

We can look at Module 5 - Ordering food and drink in a café - P112 and 113 - particularly looking at describing a photo (a GCSE Speaking exam skill).

Looking at speaking about the simple (near) future - What are you going to do in Paris? P114 and 115.

Contrasting what you normally do at the weekend with what you are going to do in Paris. (Mixing two time frames together).

For the homework between now and August 29th:

You should be able to complete your written document as a recap of the Year 7 course:

It should include (among anything else)

An Introduction to you with your name and age. Information about your family and their ages.
A description of things you like and dislike.
Describe your personality and that of your family members and friends.
Please state your birthday and those of your family members.
Talk about school subjects you like and dislike, and say why this is so.
Discuss what you wear to school and share your thoughts on it.
Describe what you do on a typical school day and specify the time you do it.
Discuss the seasons and typical weather conditions, and describe the activities you engage in during different types of weather.
Describe how sporty you are and what activities you enjoy, specifying how often you participate in them.
Discuss how you use (or might use) a mobile phone.
State whether you have pets or not, and describe them and your family in more detail, including their hair and eye colours and styles.
Describe your home, including its rooms, furnishings, and your bedroom.
Say what you eat for breakfast and how healthy it is.
Discuss what there is to see and do in your town and some things that your town does not have. Stating your opinion about where you live.
State where you usually go and what you usually do at the weekend.
State where you are going to go and what you are going to do at a time in the future.
Discuss what you are going to do on a trip to... (Paris).

Speaking

You should aim to record yourself reading out what you wrote for pronunciation practice.

Use the website Natural Reader to help get it all correct.

Listening

You should also aim to complete all the listening activities that the school has given you access to. You need to sort out the issue with accents, as I imagine you will be set Spanish/German homework on the same system.

Reading

You should revise all 5 vocabulary sections of the book, including spellings.

Reading

Please complete the Year 7 revision booklet I have printed for you.

vendredi, 18 juillet 14h30 - in person

We can look at Module 5 - En ville - P108 - Talking about things in the present tense - What you are doing (this weekend). We will also add an idea of the simple future. e.g. 'What you are going to do this weekend...'

You may also be able to say what you are going to do during the school holidays...

The very first thing to get to grips with is the verb «aller»

Je vais I go/I am going/I do go

Tu vas You go/You are going/You do go

Il va

Elle va

On va

Nous allons

Vous allez

Ils vont

Elles vont

A simple way of talking about the future in English is to say "I am going" then add the infinitive form of the verb e.g. "to play".

I am going to play... It is the same idea in French - Je vais jouer

To talk about what is going to happen.

This one is the direct translation of the same tense in English.

You use the verb 'aller' - 'to go' as an auxiliary verb and the verb you are using is in its infinitive form.

Let's use 'jouer' as an example to use any other verb, just replace 'jouer' with the verb you wish to use in its infinitive.

je vais jouer I am going to play

tu vas jouer You are going to play

il va jouer He is going to play

elle va jouer She is going to play

on va jouer One is going to play

nous allons jouer We are going to play

vous allez jouer You are going to play

ils vont jouer They are going to play

elles vont jouer They are going to play

You could use 'donner', 'choisir' and 'rendre' for any practising here. Although all verbs follow this pattern even 'être' ...

Now to say where you are going...

Here you must think about the gender of each place you are going and change the definite article (that is the word for 'the'), either «le», «la», «l'», or «les» and change it to the equivalent of 'to the' or 'at the'... So this is how it works:

masculine (le) à + le = au

feminine (la) à + la = à la

vowel or silent 'h' (l') à l' = à l'

plural (les) à + les = aux

Examples from your book

Je vais au bowling

Je vais à la plage

Je vais à l'église

Je vais aux magasins

Possibly inviting people to go somewhere...

«Tu veux aller...»

For homework:

You should be able to add to your writing anything you can say about what you usually do at the weekend, and then write something you are going to do this week.

Normalement, le weekend je...

Ce weekend je vais....

You should be able to invite someone to do something at the weekend in French...

You should aim to be completing all but the very final exercises from the school's online activities to which you have been given access.

(We have not yet done Module 5 units 3, 4, 5, but all others have been done, so you should aim to complete those exercises - perhaps logging in to a computer?)

vendredi, 4 juillet 16h15 - in person

We can look at Module 5 - En ville - P104 to 107.

Looking at Paris.

We can try to identify some places in Caen.

For homework, you may have all of the things below to complete.

If you gave me a new piece of writing to correct, then you can add it the next time I see you.

You should aim to complete up to Module 4 of the tasks from the school's folder. Dynamo 1 Listening Material

What French foods and drinks have you tried already? You could write about French foods and drinks you have tried and liked.

vendredi, 27 juin 16h15 - in person

We can look at - « Une drôle de famille » from your coursebook Dynamo 1

p. 92 & 93. Qs 4, 5, 6 on page 97

We can try to play a few rounds of Qui est-ce?

Il/Elle a les cheveux noirs?

Il/Elle a les yeux bruns?

Il est chauve?

Il/Elle porte des lunettes?

For homework:

You should now be able to complete all the online exercises to which you have been given access from the school, right up to the end of Module 4.
You can answer the email in Q7 on p. 97.
You can complete p. 98, Q 1, p. 99, Qs 4, 5, and 8.
You could also write up the corrections I gave you today.
You should also complete the bilan and revise all vocabulary from the end of the module, on pages 102 and 103.

vendredi 20 juin - no lesson as I am in France.

However, these videos should all be understandable and review the themes we have covered so far. There may be some new ideas too, but the idea is to watch, follow and see how much can be understood. Make a note of new vocabulary and consider adapting some phrases for your own presentation document.

Quinze Minutes Plus

vendredi, 13 juin 16h15 - online

For homework, you should aim to add to your written document about your house and room, along with some things you have for breakfast and comment on how healthy you try to be at breakfast time.

Then, aim to add detail about what you would do on a memorable summer day out somewhere. (Use the p. 90 details to help).

TODAY:

We will cover breakfast habits and touch on healthy eating.

We will examine a festival that takes place every July in France and discuss the associated days off.

La fête nationale

One to watch in your own time.

vendredi, 6 juin 16h15 - in person

We will begin with a big vocabulary test on Modules 1 to 3

We will examine describing people (with reference to family and friends), and we will also explore describing a house. Using Dynamo 1, Chapter 4, pp. 86-89.

vendredi, 23 mai 16h15 - in person

For your homework, you could add a more detailed description of your family and friends and any pets to your written record.

Do not forget the hair, eye colour, height and personality traits.

Is there someone you admire? Could you describe them?

Today, we will look into Module 4, « Ma vie de famille ». PPT

PPT

Les bruits des animaux

vendredi, 16 mai 16h15 - in person

We will examine pages 66- 69 of the course book, Dynamo, and the revision and reinforcement section. (Up to p.79 if we have time). Once this is done, you will be complete up to the February half term of Year 7 work.

Talking about wider hobbies you may like and not like to do. Looking at formulating questions in French and preparing answers.

For your homework:

You may already have done the following...

What do you wear in Autumn? What do you wear in Winter? What do you wear in Spring? What do you wear in Summer?

What do you do in Autumn? What do you do in Winter? What do you do in Spring? What do you do in the Summer?

What is your opinion on each season (use p59 to help you)?

From p60 to 63 - What other activities and how often? What about your friends and family?

- Use the examples on p. 63. What activities are there in your town and your region? (du ski nautique... de l'escalade... )

Add the questions and answers to the questions at the bottom of p.69, question 3.

Check that you can do the 'Bilan', p.70 & 71.

vendredi, 9 mai 16h15 - in person

We will look at pages 60- 66 of the course book Dynamo - « Tu es sportif? » & « Qu'est-ce que tu fais? » « Le sport dans les pays francophones »

Talking about sports and other pastimes.

I will give you many sheets relevant to what we have been doing over the last few lessons.

See below for videos on hobbies and pastimes.

Homework:

Including any worksheets you were given, which can be completed separately.

You should now aim to create your best copy of the work I corrected in this Google Doc.

Remember that you can have completed the first two chapters and up to part 1 of Module 3 from the Dynamo 1 Listening Material as well.

You may have already completed much of this for your draft document.

These were the newer questions to add to your document... (write in draft form first).

What is your school life like? - (You may need to imagine life at KES for this section.)

What sort of school holidays do you have? p42

What is the school canteen like?

What do you wear in Autumn?

What do you wear in Winter?

What do you wear in Spring?

What do you wear in Summer?

What do you do in Autumn?

What do you do in Winter?

What do you do in Spring?

What do you do in Summer?

What is your opinion on each season (use p59 to help you)?

From p60 to 63 - What other activities and how often ? What about your friends and family?

- use the examples on p63. What activities are there in your town and your region? (du ski nautique... de l'escalade... )

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vendredi, 2 mai 18h30 - online

We will keep the first section in last week's notes for the next time you are here in person.

We completed chapter 2 last week.

We would be at Christmas of Year 7 if this were completed in school. By now, there would have been some class testing. Mathis's online self-marking exercises should be a suitable alternative to these.

So, today we begin Chapter 3 from Dynamo.

P56 and 57 Hobbies in the French-speaking World.

P58 and 59 - The weather, the seasons and activities in various weather conditions.

This chapter discusses hobbies and other pastimes. It begins by introducing the idea of « La Francophonie, " which refers to the countries where French is the main or a significant language.

Fichiers

Le temps 1 Les saisons

Homework:

If you haven't already, you should now be able to add some of your hobbies to your written document.

A little reinforcement on hobbies...

Reinforcement on the weather

Further information on la Francophonie

La Francophonie - What do you know about La Francophonie?

Carte de la Francophonie How much of this video can you understand?

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vendredi, 25 avril 15h00 - online

You may have answered the questions below for me to check. After your next in-person visit, you should be able to start writing the best copy of your work in your Google Doc.

You have given me a fairly successful written document as a first draft of these questions.

What you like and do not like.

What do members of your family like and do not like?

Can you give some reasons why?

Describe yourself and members of your family. What do you/they look like? What sort of personality traits do they have?

What sort of activities do you and they do?

These were the newer questions to add to your document...

What do you learn at school? What is your favourite thing about school?

What do you wear to school?

What do you do on an average school day?

What sort of sports do you do/play?

What about your friends and family?

Newer questions after today's session to write about

What is your school life like? - What sort of holidays do you have? What is the school canteen like? What is your favourite day? What is on your timetable? What are your favourite subjects? (You might need to imagine life at KES, as that is where you will be; you can always adapt it later if need be.)

Today, we will look at: French schools

We will base it on the course currently used in the school. Dynamo 1.

C'est comment un collège français?

Les écoles en France

vendredi, 4 avril 16h15

Today, we will look at: Uniforms, a typical school day, French schools, sports.

We will base it on the course currently used in the school. Dynamo 1.

This will likely be a few lessons' worth of themes, but we will see...

Mon uniforme scolaire...

Au collège, je porte ...

un pullover brun. une chemise blanche, un pantalon brun, une veste brune et une cravate rayée marron et jaune avec des chassures noires et des chausettes noires.

La routine journalière

1. À quelle heure tu te lèves?

2. À quelle heure tu te douches?

3. À quelle heure tu te brosses les dents?

4. À quelle heure tu t’habilles?

5. À quelle heure tu prends ton petit déjeuner?

6. À quelle heure tu vas au collège?

7. Tu aimes le collège? Pourquoi?

You may have already completed a description of your family as outlined below...

You should consider writing a text for a presentation about yourself and your family.

Include:

What you like and do not like.

What do members of your family like and do not like?

Can you give some reasons why?

Describe yourself and members of your family. What do you/they look like? What sort of personality traits do they have?

What sort of activities do you and they do?

Newer Questions

What do you learn at school? What is your favourite thing about school?

What do you wear to school?

What do you do on an average school day?

What sort of sports do you do/play?

What about your friends and family?

Dynamo 1 Listening Material

vendredi, 21 mars 16h15

Today, after reviewing the first term of year 7 at King Edward VI School, we found a few gaps that need to be filled from that section.

Let's look at:

Numbers and Alphabet. - Have you looked at the sheets I gave you last week?

What do you like and not like (p 14 Dynamo 1).

Hair and eye colour and more in-depth descriptions. (p16 Dynamo)

Talking about the family in more detail.

For homework:

You should consider writing a text for a presentation about yourself and your family.

Include:

What you like and do not like.

What do members of your family like and do not like?

Can you give some reasons why?

Describe yourself and members of your family. What do you/they look like? What sort of personality traits do they have?

What sort of activities do you and they do?

These videos have some helpful language to help extend your presentations.

This one for introductory purposes:

This one for family descriptions

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vendredi, 14 mars 16h30

Today, as it is essential to ensure that Mathis has the solid grounding in French required to embark on a GCSE course, we will begin by checking his knowledge of what should have been covered had he studied the French Key Stage 3 course at the King Edward School.

Term 1: Family, likes and dislikes, describing oneself and others, school subjects and around the classroom.

Today, what you need in school, what is in the classroom,

J'ai un/une...

Je n'ai pas de/d'...

J'ai besoin de/d'...

Les chiffres

L'Alphabet

Les jours de la semaine

Les mois de l'année

Comment écrire la date en français

Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire? (Song below)

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