16.5+Class+Poem

• to make simple sentences and short texts (L5.2) • to notice different text types (KAL) ||  || Follow on ppt with games to practise the vocabulary for Unit 16 including 'le morpion' (noughts and crosses) and spelling games to revise alphabet and reinforce masculine/feminine || Use this powerpoint to encourage class to work out the meaning of a poem in French - so they do the thinking and do NOT ask you to translate! || Copy of poem to print out to give to pairs and small groups. || phoneme eau/au/o for La plage vocabulary ||
 * Learning Objectives • to re-read frequently a variety of short texts (L5.1)
 * * Revise vocab and phrases used so far in this unit (see adjacent) || [[file:Games to practise the new vocabulary Unit16LaPlage.ppt]]
 * * Show the class ppt 3c Language Investigators la Plage Poem (see adjacent) || [[file:part 3c Language investigators la plage.ppt]]
 * * Give pairs of children their own copies of the poem //La plage// (see adjacent)
 * Read the poem aloud as children listen and look for words containing the grapheme //au/eau//, which they then circle. || [[file:La mer calme est aussi brillante que le soleil.rtf]]
 * * Repeat the above activity, this time putting a box around the grapheme -//ill.// || phoneme -ill from last session
 * * Children work on the text in pairs.
 * They read it to themselves and underline in colour, words that they either know or can guess the meaning of.
 * They underline adjectives in a different colour.
 * As a class discuss strategies for working out the meaning of unfamiliar language. ||  ||