18.1+Planets

|| already know about French phonemes and graphemes.
 * **This is the first in a series of lessons where children will learn to name and describe the planets in French (designed to complement and make cross-curricular links with their work in Science!)** || [[image:inner-planets.jpg width="115" height="115" align="right"]] ||
 * * Use flashcards or images on IWB to introduce the planets (PPT made by Jackie Berry with sound files adjacent).
 * How similar/different do they sound to the English names?
 * Try to think of a gesture for each planet to help remember them - see this demo lesson || [[file:Les+Planetes+lesson+1+with+sound+files Jackie Berry.ppt]] ||
 * * - Practise pronunciation and saying them aloud
 * - use some of the activities from the files adjacent.
 * Video clip of demonstration of this lesson with a yr 5 class || [[file:les planetes flashcards.pdf]]
 * * Try spelling some of the names of the planets on whiteboards by asking the children to think about what they
 * Discuss and compare with actual spellings. || @Planets pronounciation ||
 * * Remind children of //le// //soleil//
 * and introduce //la// //lune// (the moon). || see flashcards (above)

@Au clair de la lune song || ||
 * * Compare names of planets with days of the week (see PPT adjacent )
 * To help children associate the sun with //dimanche//, ask them to think of its English translation. || see Jackie Berry's PPt above also
 * * Play Ping-Pong to end the lesson. You ‘bat’ a planet, the moon or the sun and children ‘bat’ back a day of the week. || or try this @song to remember planets ||
 * * Feeling creative - try printing out these instructions from the French 'tete-a-modeler' website and see if groups can follow them (there are clear picture clues!) to make and build their own paper models of the solar system. || Make a solar system on tete a modeler ||