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LESSON 1

VerbCast11_hi IMPERFECT

 

Having heard the verbcast, can you now tell the difference between an imperfect and a perfect tense verb?

What patterns do you spot?

Download Module 3 IMPERFECT list

LESSON 2

http://quizlet.com/2381070/french-imperfect-tense-flash-cards/

Complete the quizlet games on the IMPERFECT TENSE by clicking on the link below.  You will need to have your foreign accents sheet to hand*

When you have completed all the games and are confident that you have a good understanding of how to form the IMPERFECT tense, click on the COMMENT box and write 50+ words in French descrbing what you were doing in the video clip below. 

You may need a dictionary. 

Remember if you have a good grasp of how to form the imperfect tense, why not now have a go at trying to adapt other verbs e.g. surfer(to surf) - je surfAIS

CILT The National Centre for Languages visit All Saints

Today Thursday 25th March 2010 CILT came to All Saints to film Mrs Bewell and her two Y10 classes with a focus on how KS4 French is being taught using the latest technologies in ICT such as the blog, podcast and online flash games.

Here are some photos from today which I wanted to share with you all.

YEAR 10 , you all played a HUGE part in making it such a success so a big MERCI from me :-)

A huge thanks also goes to Joe Dale, Michael Wardle and Anthony the cameraman - you were awesome!

If you are a languages teacher interested to hear more about the day please feel free to contact me via the comments section below and all of the resources which were used are available in the Y10 section of the blog and more will be added in due course - that's what holidays are for afterall!

Year 10 - FLING THE TEACHER - Rooms (revision) and Activities (extension)

Download Fling House Rooms and Activities

 SWF

Download Fling House Rooms and Activities

HTML

TEACHER INVADERS - Y10 SPRINTERS - TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF TOWN VOCAB / GRAMMAR

Download Teacher Invaders J'habite a Grenoble

 SWF  

Download Teacher invaders j'habite a Grenoble 

HTML

 

 

Y10 - Jeu de l'oie HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR ROOMS IN THE HOUSE?

http://jeudeloie.free.fr/debutant/vocab/oie.html

Y10 French DUSTBIN Categorising game and Venn Diagram Logic puzzle

Click here for full screen version

 

http://classtools.net/widgets/dustbin_6/abgEe.htm

Click here for full screen version

http://classtools.net/widgets/venn_5/XSlkA.htm

Y10 French - Montréal et Québec (video listening comprehension)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/montreal-et-quebec/1758.html

 

Submit your answers as a comment.

 

 

1. La ville de Montréal est…

e.g. calme / bruyante

 

touristique / tranquille

commerciale / industrielle

petite / grande

moche / belle

 

2.    Il y a 2 866 000 h . . . . . . . s

 

3.    En 1535 Jacques Cartier est / a arrivé.

 

4.    En 1760 Montréal devient une colonie . . . . . . . .

 

5.    Après Paris, Montréal est la p . . .  g . . . . . ville francophone (French speaking) du monde.

 

6.    Le Québec est énorme, _ fois plus grande que la Grande Bretagne.

 

7.     . .  . . . . . . . .  est la langue officielle du Québec.

 

 

 

Total:  / 10

Y10 Perfect Podcasts - Il y a / Il n'y a pas de... (En ville)

 

Y10 Devoirs - Listening Comprehensions & Creative Task - BEDROOM IN A BOX (optional)

Year 10 Homework – Listening Comprehension

http://www.monjtquotidien.com/ 

 

Recherche (Search 17 mars Pisco / 17 mars He Ping Ping )

 

Watch the video clip(s) and answer the following questions as a comment.  If you experience any problems, please email me your answers [email protected]

Video 1 – Pisco

1 What type of animal is Pisco and where is he from? (2)

2 What place does Pisco love the best? (1)

3 How long did Domingo the trainer work with surfing dogs for? (1)

4 What is the French for a surf board? *Clue UPDS (1)

5 What other 4 animals did Domingo witness surfing when he was in Australia? (4)

6 What do his neighbours think about Pisco and his love of surfing? (1)

SPRINTERS

Video 2 – He Ping Ping

1 Who is He Ping Ping? (1)

2 What has happened to him at the age of just 21? (1)

3 Where did this happen? (1)

4 What size in centimetres was he? (1)

5 How much did he weigh at birth? (1)

Total  / 10   (SPRINTERS  /15 )

 

 

CREATIVE TASK (Optional extra)

 

See the fabulous examples below of BEDROOMS IN A (SHOE)BOX...

 

To earn extra team points and to have your work displayed on the blog for the World to see, bring along your shoebox next Thursday clearly labelled in French.  PRIZES awarded for the best attempts!

Y10 Les meubles - Jigword, Matchword and Speedword

http://www.mflresources.org.uk/games/furniture_jig.swf

http://www.mflresources.org.uk/games/furniture_match.swf

http://www.mflresources.org.uk/games/furniture_spell.swf

Submit your best scores at the end of the lesson via chat message to Madame Bewell to earn extra team points!

Y10 Challenge Mr T - Prove you aint no crazy fool!!! (REVISION rooms in the house)

 
Download Challenge Mr T rooms in house

Y10 French Où est Charlie? Where's Wally? (House and Home)

Là où j’habite - Places Il y a / Il n' y a pas de/d' and GENDER (Magic cards)

 

Download Places il y a il n' y a pas de MAGIC CARDS

 

MAGIC VERB CARDS - a fantastic resource I discovered recently!

These magic verb cards (available in German Spanish and French to my knowledge) are available from www.advancematerials.co.uk and cost less than £7 including VAT for a full set and a couple of "magic" cards.  As you can see from the photo, pupils get the card and can see the whole phrase including the correct part of the verb.  When they have had some time to study the card, they are asked to cover it with the "magic" red card which hides the orange text ie. the verb.  Awesome!  We had great fun and the pupils are all much better with verbs - result!

 

Odd one out - Cherch l'intrus (Thinking skills)

Year 10 have been studying modal verbs alongside the past tense in FRENCH.  Some of them have struggled!

We have been using these odd one out exs in class to try and get pupils to justify thier answers in groups and to peer support eachother - afterall they get fed up of hearing me going on all the time!

They were all 100% accurate with their reasons and sometimes these sorts of activities lend themselves to surprising and unpredicted answers which can be equally right bit maybe nor quite the answer the teacher was looking for.

Let me know what you think :)

 
 

Year 10 End of Module 2 Edexcel Grammar and Tenses revision

Year 10 end of term Grammar and Tenses revision

 

http://quizlet.com/947772/french-past-tense-flash-cards/

 

http://quizlet.com/410255/french-past-tense-flash-cards/

 

http://www.zut.org.uk 

 

1534

zut

 

http://www.zut.org.uk/beginner/year9/10462.html

 

Y9 Grammar

 

http://www.zut.org.uk/intermediate/year10/10819.html

 

Y10 & 11 Grammar

Past tense with AVOIR - Y11 Rosbif Radio Song

Download Y11Fr passe compose

L'histoire du poussin & La maison d'ETRE - Clever ways of recalling Past tense with ETRE

http://claweb.cla.unipd.it/home/smazurelle/dynamots/a2/m5/gr_poussin.htm

LA MAISON D'ETRE

Another clever way of remembering past tense verbs which take ETRE

 - mainly verbs of movement

 

Y10 Fling the Teacher - Perfect Tense with AVOIR

Download Y10 perfect tense mod2.3  HTML 

Download Y10 perfect tense mod2.3  SWF

Y10 French Module 2 Unit 3 Ce n'était pas mal - Opinions & Perfect Tense

Click here for full screen version

 

http://classtools.net/widgets/quiz_5/mMtQd.htm

 

Click here for full screen version

 

http://classtools.net/widgets/burger_8/jZmy2.htm

Y10 celebrate The Feast of Kings - la Fête des Rois

Le roi Jack!

 

Old King Callum!

XXX Marks Use the Past tense and Extend your French - Y10

Xxxxtra Marks Use the past tense and extend your French

View more documents from suzibewell.

Vital Verbs Past Perfect Tense

View more documents from suzibewell.

CENDRILLON - Year 10 Relay Run Starter :-)

What with all the snow - this little starter will definitely warm you up!

Year 10 will listen to the audio of CENDRILLON and run to the front of the room when they hear the next phrase.  Once the activity is completed, we will have a look at the sentences in a bit more detail as they recycle much of the vocab and grammatical structures we have been looking at lately. There is the added challenge of pronouncing the text correctly thinking in particular about liasons, -in, silent letters and the "ll" sound.

Enjoy!

CENDRILLON – run for the phrase activity.

Focus on modal verbs (devoir), “ll” sound, silent letters (inc –ent) and negatives.

Les filles de la reine ne font rien

Cendrillon doit faire la lessive

Cendrillon ne  peux pas aller à la fête.

Elle n’a pas de beaux vêtements.

Il est six heures: Cendrillon entre dans le château.

Il est neuf heures: Cendrillon boit.

“Il est tard, je dois rentrer.”

“Je vais retrouver cette mystérieuse jeune fille.”

Cendrillon aussi essaie la chaussure du prince.

Le prince et Cendrillon se marient.

 

 

http://www.coucoucircus.org/da/generique.php?id=1871

Bob le bricoleur does modal verbs too :-) Just for fun!

 

Wallwisher - Y10 Perfect Tense - Add a sticky to the Wall below :)

ROSBIF RADIO - Y10 Modal Verbs In The Jungle Remix

Year 10, you are quite something!

Thanks for entertaining me on this one - what a great and memorable way to

remember those modal verbs for arranging / declining to meet.  Bravo!

:) Madame Bewell

Non non et non! Y10 - Negatives in French.

Download Mod 2 negatives

(modified from Sutton High Website - merci beaucoup)
 

Y10 Modal Verbs & Excuses excuses!!! Pt2 - Dustbin game and more...

http://classtools.net/widgets/dustbin_5/QGIKv.htm

Click here for full screen version

 

http://classtools.net/widgets/dustbin_9/idkt0.htm

 

Click here for full screen version

 

http://classtools.net/widgets/quiz_7/vUguG.htm

 

Excuses excuses!!! Y10 Explaining why you can't do something.

See page 34 and match the following sentences in English with the French:

I can not

because

I must (I am obliged)...

to tidy my room

to stay at home

to do my homework

to wash the car (of my mum)

to go out with my parents

to go and see my grandparents

to walk the dog (of my neighbour)

to look after my little brother / sister

to come home by 10.30 pm

http://49gym-athin.att.sch.gr/gallika/pauvre__damien.htm

Pauvre Damien

Listen to the song and

a. work out which places Damien would like to go to

b. What excuses do Virginie, Maryline, Stéphanie and Dorothée give?

Y10 Modal verbs - Wordle categorizing activity

Can you categorize the Wordle above?

(Tip: think Justin Timberlake Is Extremely Old Not Very Interesting Either!!!)

How many categories are there?

Why are some sentences larger than others in your opinion?

How many silent final letters can you spot?

How do you pronounce - ent at the end of a verb?

What topic do you think they relate to?

You can download the worksheet below:

Download Mod 2 wordle modal verbs and thinking questions

Quelle heure est-il?

Quelle heure est-il

 

http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/pdimick-263960-quelle-heure-est-il-french-studies-education-ppt-powerpoint/

See more presentations by pdimick | Upload your own PowerPoint presentations

La-Haut - Up

http://www.monjtquotidien.com/video.2479.cinema-le-festival-de-cannes-commence-c-est-le-film-d-animation-la-haut-qui-sera-projete-en-premier.php

Max et les Maximonstres - film de la semaine

 

TV and Cinema in France

http://www.telez.fr/Recherche.aspx

What's on television right now in France?

http://www.telez.fr/VideoPlayer.aspx?videoId=9452&DiffId=29534637

"Cours toujours Denis"

1. Relationships are like .........
2. What does dégoutant mean?
3. What does je vais courir le marathon mean?
4. How far is quarante-deux kilomètres?
5. In FRENCH give your opinion of this film. (Think NUDE PIGS)

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

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)

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 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

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

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

View more presentations from suzibewell.

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

 

Y10 Thinking skills - categorisation ex Avoir and Être

 
Categorise the words above into the correct parts of the verbs to have and to be in French.

Think back to our beautifully tuneful (???) renditions of these verbs in class a few weeks ago :) Audio available as a podcast a few post down if you want to listen again!

la Maison d'Etre - will this help you to learn your past tense verbs which take ETRE?

Y11 2008 Past tense podcast and funky song!

 

Last year my brilliant Year 11 were struggling to get to grips with the past tense in French.  They produced this podcast and song which may help you in Y10 to make more sense of things.

Well done Lizzie, Stacey, Helen and Olivia - great work!

Madame Bewell

ROSBIF RADIO - Year 10 sing "Avoir" to the tune of Eastenders

Year 10 you rocked.  Bravo!

Listen to the beautiful pronunciation and check out those liasons!

Sing along with us:

"J'ai Tu as Il Elle On a Nous~avons Vous~avez Ils~ont et Elles~ont"

 

Y10 - Moi - iPadio podcast Richard Gasquet (focus on phonics)

Click on the PLAY button to hear Y10 attempt to present themselves

as though they were the famous French tennis star Richard Gasquet.

Un bon effort...

although you really need to brush up on those higher numbers!

O la la!!!

***WATCH THIS SPACE FOR SOME FLIP VIDEOCASTS OF PRESENTATIONS

BY OTHER FAMOUS FRENCH SPEAKING SPORTS STARS*** 

 

YEAR 10 YOU ARE GETTING BETTER BY THE DAY!

 

Year 10 French Fling the Teacher - 25 vital verbs

Download Fling The Teacher 25 Vital Verbs French

 

Click on the link above to prove to Madame Bewell that you are SO BRILLIANT at French

that you can cope fine alone and quite literally fling her away!!!

Amusez-vous bien :)

Year 10 Fantastic website

http://www.suttonhighmfl.110mb.com/gcsefrenew.htm#Help

Module 1 Moi

Activities 7, 8 and 9 for LEISURE and free time.

Activities 1-5 self and family

Also try Grammar - activities 1,2,3,4,7

Allez Year 10 au travail! :)

Y10 French Speaking Sports Personalities - Crossword Answers

Choose from the following:

Tony Parker, Brahim Asloum, Thierry Henry, Sébastien Loeb, Zinédine Zidane,

Laure Manaudou, Philippe Candeloro, Sébastien Chabal, Antoine Dénériaz,

Christine Arron, Amélie Mauresmo, Emilie Le Pennec

Bonne chance!

Here is some information about Richard Gasquet, tennis player.  Use it to help you write your own ddescription / biography imagining YOU are that person.

Je m’appelle RICHARD GASQUET

Mon nom de famille c’est GASQUET

Je joue AU TENNIS.

Je suis FRANÇAIS.

Je suis né le 18 JUIN 1986.  J’ai 23 ans.

Je mesure 1 mètre 85.

Je pèse 75 kilos.

J’ai les yeux MARRON.

J’ai les cheveux MARRON et COURTS.

J’aime JOUER AU TENNIS.  Je n’aime pas PERDRE UN MATCH!

Download Biographie French sports star IT activity