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This week is National French Week

 

What will you do to celebrate?

Add your comments to the Wallwisher below for the chance

to win a French-themed prize.

Thierry Henry - "Il y avait main"

Picture take from www.lequipe.fr/  

http://www.lequipe.fr/

http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20091119_024158_henry-il-y-avait-main.html

YAHOO headlines online said "Beaten by the hand of frog!" - ohh harsh!

Follow the 2 links to find out why Henry is possibly the most unpopular guy in Ireland after last night's match!

Expressions of time - Past - Present - Future // Still - Forwards - Backwards

 

 Which of these expressions signifies past, present or future?

Stand up in the aisle and when you hear each one respond accordingly -

If you hear a present tense, stay still.

If you hear a past tense, move one step backwards.

If you hear a future tense, move one step forwards.

 

Sounds simple - here we go!

• Le week-end dernier

Demain

Ce soir

Le week-end

Hier

Le week-end prochain

Normalement

D'habitude

Samedi dernier

L'été dernier

 

Y10 The near future - What are you going to do?

What are you going to do?

THE NEAR FUTURE TENSE

Game 1: Choose any 5 sentences from the 12 below and then listen out for them IN FRENCH.  When you have all 5 shout "Loto"!

For the second game, you will need to copy down 5 more from the second list of 12 and listen out for them IN ENGLISH.

Credits and Mini Chupa Chups for the winners!!! 

1. I am going to go to the cinema

2. He is going to do some shopping

3. It will be sensational

4. She is going to play (at the) cards

5. It will be great

6. I am going to stay at home

7. You are going to dance at the disco

8. I am going to stay at home

9. You are going to travel to France

10.We are going to eat a pizza

11.You are going to buy a jumper

12.I am going to go out with my mates

1. Je vais aller au cinéma

2. Je vais rester à la maison

3. Je vais sortir avec mes amis

4. Je vais danser à la disco

5. Tu vas acheter un pull

6. Tu vas voyager en France

7. Tu vas chanter

8. Il va faire du shopping

9. Elle va jouer aux cartes

10.On va manger une pizza

11.Ce sera sensass

12.Ce sera génial

Year 10 - The Tiger Who Came to Tea

Ma maison - Gorseville

Rosbif Radio - Y7 Pink Panther Techno - être

Here is a short song made by Y7 today to help them to remember one of

THE most important verbs in French - être.

Please leave us a comment and let us know what you make of our songsmith experiment!

 

 

Brain of Britain - Brain of France

Can you come up with a similar postcard in FRENCH which shows the Brain of France?

Prizes for the best French work and most original ideas.

Make them colourful and check your accuracy carefully before handing in next Friday (27th November).

Source: http://www.lgpcards.com/catalog.html

Mon argent de poche - higher numbers help!

Download L’argent de poche

Foux Da Fa Fa - bonkers French video - well worth a watch!!!

La Famille Fantôme - Family and Adjectives

La Famille Fantome - Family and adjectives (FRENCH)

View more presentations from suzibewell.

L'argent de poche - Teacher Invaders Game

Download L'argent de poche

 

Year 7 French - J'ai un copain - Using adjectives to describe your friends

The verb "to be" in French - chocolate and flowers and spiders!!!

Imagine a verb is like a bar of chocolate - made up of different pieces / parts.

Or like a flower with lots of different petals:

...or even a spider with eight legs!

 

 

Y10 Collective memory task & cartoon teasers - Family and Jobs

Download Collective memory family and jobs

 

Discuss the following images in pairs.

What is your understanding of the 2 cartoons and do you agree / disagree?

 

 

 

 

 Download La famille de Madame Bewell

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/frau-holle-french/5809.html

(5 min video clip to watch)

On joue au foot :)

Both teams start in the centre.

Each team needs to get 3 questions right to score a goal. 

If you answer incorrectly the ball goes to the other team

The other team must answer as many questions as it takes for them to get back to the other goal. 

Madame Bewell is ref and will give out YELLOW and RED cards

These will be given to anyone who is cheating or not playing by the rules.

Y5 PRIMARY St Wilfreds sing the alphabet in French

Bravo Year 5 - you rock!

Just for fun! - la danse des canards

 

There will be a prize for the first pupil to comment (see tiny comment button below) and tell me what the song is in English.

NAME THAT TUNE!!!

 

Year 9 1FL Consequences - Holidays

Year 9 have been assessed on their speaking this week (you were awesome!) and as a group we recently played consequences as a fun way of getting them to speak lots of nice French on the topic of holidays.  They each wrote a word or sentence (eg where, when, how travelled etc) and then passed on to a friend.  At the end they had to come up with a nice mini presentation which they tried out in pairs.  Brilliant fun and quite entertaining too!

You could do this in preparation for a speaking test with anyone in your family.  Give it a try (even if their French isn't that great!)

 

Y9 Mes vacances - Active listening! (Languages Show 2009) - WATCH NOW!!!

Last weekend I saw a lovely man called Nick Bilbrough from www.horizonlanguagetraining.co.uk speak at the Languages Show 2009 at Olympia.  The man is a genius! I saw him speak last year and came away with masses of brilliant ideas for livening up my lessons and this year was no different.

Below you will find 3 videos from my first lesson back after the show with Y9 who are getting ready for their AfL speaking tasks on Friday.  (Video 3 still converting!!!) In the hope of showing them that revision can be fun, we had a go at some active listening.  Firstly as a whole calss and then in pairs.  They had fun.  I had fun.  I even pretended to be a kangaroo.  It's worth watching the clips for that shot alone!!!  Everyone was engaged and I knew that they had understood the French as they were miming the correct mimes.  Result.

Have a watch and please comment below - we'd love to know what you think.

Email me if you want copies of any of the resources I used suzibewell@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks again Nick - you got my first day back off to a lovely, lively start.

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Y10 Le monde du travail - places of work millionaire game

 
If you score less than 7/10 you get 0pts

If you score between 8 and 11 you get 1pt

If you score 12 or more you get 2p and a credit!

 
 

When Madame Bewell met Tony Buzan: Y10 Mindmaps Leisure

Here is a photo of me from Sunday 1st November 2009 at the Languages Show 2009 at Olympia in London with none other than Tony Buzan.  (Thanks, Amanda!)

Yes, I am sad - this is how I choose to spend my half term holidays! And what an amazing 3 days it was - a chance to meet some of my lovely Twitter language teacher friends, learn lots of new stuff to try out on you lot in lessons...and a once in a life time encounter with Tony Buzan.

Tony Buzan is the author of over 100 books worldwide about mindmapping and memory techniques.  He uses his technique to help make language learning easier.  His presentation which lasted 45 mins was really informative, funny and thought provoking - what a lovely gentleman.

Below are some brilliant examples of mindmapping from last term created by my Y10 classes - a nice colourful representation of vocabulary and a fantastic alternative to a boring list.  The brain doesn't work in lists - you heard it here first!

Bravo Year 10.

 

   

 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

Year 7 French Fling the Teacher - Moi et ma famille game

Download Y7 moi et ma famille

or if this doesn't work try

Download Y7 moi et ma famille

Y9 1FL Les vacances - 50/50 Speaking game - AfL

• In pairs you will play this speaking game
• The aim is to choose a pair of sentences eg A4 (keep this a secret)
• Your partner has to keep saying pairs of sentences until he / she guesses correctly
• If your partner gets half of the answer correct you may say "cinquante pourcent" (50%)
• When your partner has guessed correctly for all 5 games, swap roles.

 

Amusez-vous bien!

 

50/50 Game - Y9 Les Vacances AfL

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Year 9 French 1FL - Teacher Invaders - les vacances

Click on the link below to play Teacher Invaders. 

Give yourself some extra help when preparing for your AfL speaking task.

Download Les vacances y9

 

Year 10 online pupil voice survey (surveymonkey)

Please complete the online survey with clear, full answers.

I will use this information to try and make future lessons more relevant and motivating.

This is your chance to have your say! Don't waste it.

Madame Bewell

 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=MGsHkP3lwUWf09c8tiVMow_3d_3d

Astérix le petit mais fort Gaulois qui aujourd’hui le 29 octobre 2009, fête son 50ème. anniversaire

Year 10 Jobs and Places of Work - comprehension and thinking skills ex.

Que font-ils dans la vie? JOBS AND PLACES OF WORK

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Y10 Le sport et les loisirs - Le Français Sébastien Loeb est le meilleur pilote de rallye de tous les temps.

http://www.monjtquotidien.com/  Search for Sébastien Loeb or by date 26 octobre 2009

The tricky -in sound in French - Boursin du tracteur advert. V funny!

Mark's Holidays Goanimate

GoAnimate.com: Holidays by Mark67

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Camille's Holidays Goanimate

GoAnimate.com: The day I met Katy Perry by CamilleC

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Dan Ps Holidays Goanimate

GoAnimate.com: les vacenes-ish by DanP

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Sam Mcs Holidays Goanimate

GoAnimate.com: Sam Kick bottom by Sam Mckeown

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Alice Ws Holidays Goanimate

GoAnimate.com: les vacances by AliceW

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Katy Bs Holidays Goanimate

GoAnimate.com: French what did you do last weeknd by Katy B

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Ruby S Holidays Goanimate

GoAnimate.com: Bernard's Story by RubyS

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Clare's Holidays Goanimate

GoAnimate.com: my holiday by Clare 2

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Liam H Holidays Goanimate

GoAnimate.com: My Holiday by LiamHe

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Year 10 - le travail - MonJTQuotidien - le meilleur job du monde

Le meilleur job du monde

 

www.tinyurl.com/travail3   www.tinyurl.com/travail1

 

·     Watch the 2 video clips using the links provided

·     Answer the comprehension questions below IN ENGLISH. 

·     You may listen as many times as you like. 

·     Provide full answers.

 

1. What nationality is Ben Southall?

 

2.    How old is he?

 

3.    Where is “I’île d’Hamilton” situated?

 

4.    How long will the job last?

 

5.    How many applicants were there for the job?

 

6.    What does “Le meilleur job du monde” mean?

 

7.    When does the job start?

 

8.    What will the job involve?

 

9.    How much will he be paid?

 

10.    Who will he go there with?

 

 

Now click on “recherche” (search) and enter the keyword “travail” (work) and work through any other videos that look interesting.

 

J Madame Bewell

 

Year 7 - AfL Personal Information speaking task - Madame Bewell's Toondoo

by sue2276 | Create your own Cartoon at www.toondoo.com

Year 7 if you are struggling over the hols to put together your AfL presentation, please use this to help you and feel free to email me suzibewell@yahoo.co.uk and I will get back to you asap.

Bon courage - you are all going to do me proud!

Madame Bewell :)

Listen to the podcast below if you need help with your pronunciation.

Madame Bewell est Richard Gasquet

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Matt (Y10 French) est Thierry Henri

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Bravo Matt! Great work.

Tom Gs Goanimate cartoon - les vacances

GoAnimate.com: il trouve King Kong! by tom george

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Jessie Ds Goanimate cartoon - les vacances

GoAnimate.com: The Teacher Died.. French! by jessie2139

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Olivia Ts Goanimate cartoon - les vacances

GoAnimate.com: holiday by livvirox

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Drew's Gooanimate cartoon - les vacances

GoAnimate.com: French hw by Bob234

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Emily S Goonanimate cartoon - les vacances

GoAnimate.com: A visit like no other by ylimetwelve

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Holly S Goanimate cartoon - les vacances

b>GoAnimate.com: Le week-end dernier avec Paris Hilton et mes amis by shoesmad

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Jonny Wilkinson speaks French - check this video out!

Independent Newspaper - Learn a second language and be richer, happier and sexier!

Britons who learn a foreign language are richer, happier and are regarded as sexier than those who can only speak English, according to a new study.

Learning a second language can boost an average worker's lifetime earnings by as much as £145,000, according to the report commissioned by Michael Thomas, the Hollywood language teacher who has taught celebrities including Doris Day and Emma Thompson (who learned Spanish), and Woody Allen.

Foreign language speakers are also more attractive to the opposite sex, a survey of 270 dating agencies for the study found. Britons who speak a foreign language were rated more highly by dating agencies who know from experience that linguists are easier to match with partners as they are considered to be more intelligent and sexier.

Mr Thomas, whose language centre commissioned the report and who sells audio courses in the UK, said: "When I opened my language centre in Beverly Hills in 1947, I was convinced that learning another language could change your life for the better. Now, in the form of this report, we finally have concrete proof that this is the case. It shows that now, more than ever, is the right time to start learning a new language."

As part of the report, human resources managers of 2,700 companies across 10 industries were questioned about their perceptions of language skills.More than half (54 per cent) said they were more likely to hire a person who speaks more than one language and, more significantly, pay them more.

The numbers reveal that companies were prepared to pay workers earning the national average of £25,818 as much as 12 per cent more for a second language. That amounts to an extra £3,000 a year, or almost £145,000 extra over a career.

For higher earners, the numbers were even more startling. Employees earning £45,000 were likely to receive a cash boost of 20 per cent, meaning an extra £9,000 per year or £423,000 over a lifetime. The languages most needed were French, German, Spanish and Italian.

 

From the very happy, sexy and well paid(!) Madame Bewell

:-D