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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
Task overviewwww.iTILT.eu
This material was designed by the iTILT project.
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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
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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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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may
be made of the information contained therein.