Lesson 3: How old are you in French?
Reading 'Amélie’s letter' and looking for clues to help decipher its meaning, the children spot information about age, and learn to ask how old someone is and respond with giving their own age.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1. As a class, count together in French up to twelve, using your fingers as visual prompts.
Count again, plus vite - faster, and then again encore plus vite ! even faster!
Ask the children who can count the fastest.
2. As a class, count again, plus bas - in a quiet voice, and then again encore plus bas - even more quietly.
3. The children listen as you clap. Clap once for each count, and silently mouth each number. When you stop, the children have to call out the next number.
Repeat a few times.
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Belinda has been a French and Spanish teacher based in Bath for more than 15 years. She has delivered a range of courses for teachers and PGCE students and is particularly passionate about weaving language, culture and global learning across the curriculum. Having previously worked in travel publishing, she is a keen explorer and nature lover with a fondness for all things South America.
Belinda has created topics on introductions through puppets, playground games, and has created a French science lesson on the circle of life.
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