Lesson 3: Monsieur Mangetout's French food week
Revising the days of the week and food vocabulary through oral storytelling using the repetitive tale of Monsieur Mangetout. Preparing own versions of the story for presentation in class.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Ask the children in their table groups to recall as many French fruit words that they can remember. When you have given the children a couple of minutes, ask each table group to find another table group and see if they have any additional fruit words to add to the list.
Ask each table group how many words they have. The table group with the most words can start listing their words and then the other table groups add any words missed so that at the end, the class should have recalled all the words:
un ananas - a pineapple
un abricot - an apricot
un citron - a lemon
une pomme - an apple
une poire - a pear
une orange - an orange
une pêche - a peach
une banane - a banana
une fraise - a strawberry
unepastèque - a watermelon
des raisins - some grapes
des cerises - some cherries
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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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