TOPIC 5 Mon Collège
Learning Objectives
In this unit you will learn how to
give opinions about school subjects, teachers and classes
give reasons for liking or disliking school subjects, teachers or classes
tell the time
ask and answer questions about the school timetable
say what is eaten at the school cantine
Culture
Learn about the French school system
Read French to Go 1 p32 and take bullet point notes about the names of each class in secondary school and the holidays during the year.
Tasks
Make your own Voki to talk about the subjects you study at school and what you think of them
See an example one here
Create a video presentation of your school to send to our sister school in France
Les Matières / School Subjects
Learn how to say your school subjects in French. Go to Linguascope and atantôt KS3
French to Go 1 p44 - practise your spelling of school subjects
Quizlet - try the speller and test sections in particular to see how well you have learnt the subjects
Revise the verb AVOIR to say which subjects you have. Check out the Justin Bieber version à la Étienne!
Learn the verb ÉTUDIER - to study. Work in pairs to say which subjects you study
Studio 1 p28 Listening Ex 1 - Match the subjects with the pictures you see
J'aime - Je n'aime pas / Likes - Dislikes
Revise how to say you like or dislike something
Likes and Dislikes
j'adore - I love
j'aime beaucoup - I like a lot
j'aime bien - I really like
j'aime assez - I quite like
j'aime - I like
je n'aime pas - I don't like
je déteste - I hate
To ask a person if s/he likes a subject, you say: Est-ce que tu aimes les sciences? Or you can simply say: Tu aimes les sciences? (and make your voice go up). Practise asking and answering these questions about your school subjects
Here are some more things you can say about your subjects - atantot KS3. A particularly good phrase to remember is: Ma matière préférée est ...(my favourite subject is)
French to Go 1 p45-6 Ex 1 Reading comprehension, p46 Ex 2 Fill in the gaps (focus on spelling), Ex 3 and 4 Write about your subjects, p47 Ex 5 Write about what you like BUT mais, what you don't like, p47-8 Ex 6 Vocabulary practice
Studio 1 p29 Ex 5 Reading comprehension, Ex 6 Writing, Ex 7 Do a class survey on six subjects
Have a look at some Voki presentations a class studying this topic did, about their likes and dislikes of school subjects
Donner des Opinions avec des Raisons / Giving Opinions with Reasons
Go to atantot KS3 to learn some adjectives to describe how you find your subjects / teachers / classes
Quizlet - learn how to give your opinions with reasons
Do this conversation in pairs:
Conversation
Tu aimes ... (school subject)?
Oui j'aime beaucoup (les maths)
Pourquoi? (Why?)
Parce que / car (because) c'est marrant!
Studio 1 p30 Listening Ex 1 - positive or negative opinions?
Studio 1 p30 Ex 2 Who say's what? Reading comprehension. Ex 3 Pair conversation
Studio 1 p31 Ex 4 Listening Ex 4. Draw up a table and fill in the subject, opinion and reason, Ex 5 Reading comprehension - understanding a chat session, Ex 6 Writing, Ex 7 Find the words which mean ..., Ex 8 Write a comment on the chat session
Make your own Vokis to give your opinions about school
Use PADLET to find out what everyone in the class thinks about their subjects
L'Heure / Telling the Time
Revise your numbers 0-60 (See Topic 2 under Giving your address)
Use Linguascope to help you learn to tell the time in French (La Vie au Quotidien - L'Heure)
To ask the time you say: Quelle heure est-il? Find out how to give the time by going to French to Go 1 p48-51. Do Ex 1-5 to practise recognising and writing the times
Studio 1 p32 Listening Ex 1, Ex 2. Pair conversation Ex 3.
Bingo - play this game as a class with the boards for telling the time
Domino game - J'apprends l'heure
Quizlet - Quelle heure est-il?
L'Emploi du Temps / School Timetable
Studio 1 p32 Listening Exercises 1 and 2. Pair conversation Ex 3
Now you can use the times to say when you have classes. Make sure you change from il est... heures (it is ... o'clock) to à ...heures (at ... o'clock) -eg) J'ai un cours de maths à 2h30.
French to Go 1 p51 Ex 6 Fill in the blanks on the timetable in French
Write out your own timetable in French by copying this Google slide and saving it into your Google drive
Go to atantôt KS3 to talk about your school timetable in French
Studio 1 p33 Ex 4 Reading comprehension and making cultural comparisons between our school day and French school day
Studio 1 p33 Ex 5 Fill in gaps. Ex 6 Work in pairs to talk about the timetable. Ex 7 - Listening comprehension - What is Thomas' problem?
Write the English translations of the vocab on this sheet, to prepare you to talk about the structure of our school day. Then practise this with Quizlet
Listen and watch the Studio 1 video. Here is the transcript to read at home for revision. Worksheet - work on this in groups while watching the video
Studio 1 p34 Ex 1 Listening and Reading - learn about the structure of the school day in France. Ex 2 Fill in the gaps
Studio 1 Page 35 Ex 4 In pairs discuss the times of the school day at Rosehill College. Extension work - Ex 5-6 Reading comprehension
Puzzle - Read this information, copy and paste the timetable into your own Google doc and then fill in the timetable with the missing subjects
Studio 1 p35 Ex 7 - Write a blog entry about Rosehill College
Use this presentation to help you ask and answer questions about a school day
A la Cantine / At the Canteen
Accès Studio p24 Learn how to say what people eat in French schools
Studio 1 p36 Presentation of food eaten at the canteen
Studio 1 p36 Listening Ex 1 Match the pictures with the captions about food
Studio 1 p36 Ex 2 Pair memory game
Quizlet - A la Cantine
Revision
Studio 1 p39
Studio 1 p46 Vocab
Studio 1 p120-1
Summative Test
Writing - Task sheet
Spoken Presentation - Task sheet
Instructions for using WeVideo to record your spoken presentation