Lesson 4: The temperature in France
Learning numbers to 100 in multiples of ten, using language detective skills; making statements about the weather, referring to the temperature, compass points and French cities.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Allocate the cardinal compass points to each side of the classroom and explain the children which is:
le nord - the north
l'est - the east
le sud - the south
l'ouest - the west
Begin by calling out a weather phrase, for example, dans le nord, il fait froid - in the north it is cold.
The children move to the north side of the classroom and perform the mime for il fait froid - it is cold. Ask the children to repeat the phrase, dans le nord, il fait froid.
Repeat the exercise and then invite different children to come up with phrases to give the instruction to the class.
These are example phrases you could use:
dans l’est, il fait beau - in the east, it is nice.
dans le sud, il pleut. - in the south, it is raining.
il fait chaud, dans l'est - it is hot in the east.
il y a du soleil, dans l’ouest - it is sunny in the west.
dans le nord, il y a des nuages - in the north, it is cloudy.
il neige dans l'est - it is snowing in the east.
il fait mauvais dans l'ouest - it is bad weather in the west.
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Previously a generalist Primary teacher for 12 years, Simone now specialises in Languages. She is MFL Consultant and Languages Teacher at Robin Hood Primary. Her work with Mandarin Chinese resulted in the IoE Confucius Institute for Schools awarding her school with Confucius Classroom status. Simone is also a Confucius Classroom Manager. She teaches Mandarin across the key stages, with reciprocal visits to a link school in Beijing.
Simone has created a range of French lessons from KS1 to KS2 for Kapow Primary.
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