Lesson 2: Shapes and colours in French
Learning French words for shapes and describing them using colour adjectives.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Using your collection of coloured balls, beanbags or other objects, hold each one up and ask the class:
C’est de quelle couleur ? – What colour is it?
The class should answer with the correct colour. You might encourage them to put, C'est - it is, before the colour. For example:
C'est bleu - It's blue.
Repeat a few times. You might want to invite the child who guessed the colour correctly to come to the front and 'be the teacher', choosing their own colour object and asking the class, C’est de quelle couleur ? – What colour is it?
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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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