18.4+Distance+from+the+sun

* to listen attentively and understand more complex phrases and sentences (O5.3) • to manipulate language by changing an element in a sentence (KAL) • to look and listen for visual and aural clues (LLS) || || • Display the planet names on the board and practise their pronunciation. ( see adjacent ) (Jackie Berry's ppt's have the soundfiles embedded to help with pronunciation) || || || proximity to the sun and build very simple sentences eg. //Mercure est près du soleil. Mercure est une planète chaud. // || || of //près // //de // and //loin // //de //. ||  || eg //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Bonjour, je m’appelle le soleil //
 * **<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Learning Objectives **
 * **Possible Teaching Activities**
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">• Use <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">starter ppt adjacent <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">to arrange planets in the correct order || [[file:Les+Planetes+lesson+4 starter +with+sound+files Jackie Berry.ppt]]
 * <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: small;">• Race against the clock to place the planets in order - see online game link adjacent || @Planets in order against the clock game ||
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">• Use the <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mercure et Pluton Sentences PPT (see adjacent) <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">to intoduce the idea of
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">• Use some objects in the classroom, eg //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">la porte //, //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">le tableau //, to illustrate the concept
 * * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Invite three children to the front to take on the role of the sun, Mercury and Pluto.
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">They greet the class and introduce themselves as the planets,


 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Invite the children to stand in the appropriate position to show their distance from the sun.
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ask the class differentiated questions, eg:

//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Mercure est loin du soleil? Oui ou non? // //<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Pluton est une planète froide ou chaude? // <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Décrivez Mercure //(Describe Mercury).
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Give children time to whisper the answer to their partner before putting up their hands.
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Children portraying the planets could use gesture and drama to support meaning. || [[file:planets+flashcardsfrom Sparklebox.pdf]]

You can watch this lesson being demonstrated by teacher Kati Szeless and her class on [] || <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">eg //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Uranus est une planète froide. Saturne est une planète assez froide //. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Neptune est une planète très froide //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">.
 * * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Invite seven other children to be planets and to stand in their appropriate places in the line.
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Present the planets using the qualifiers //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">assez // (quite) and //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">très // (very),
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ask children to discuss the meanings in pairs. ||  ||
 * * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Give a simple description of a planet, eg //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Je pense à une planète qui est assez chaude //.
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Children suggest a planet.
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Encourage them to use full sentences in their replies. ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Extension: Children describe the planets for the class to guess. ||  ||