Answer the following questions about the mystery A
Answer the following questions about the mystery… A card sort 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. activity with some more challenging questions Who is Betty? Where was Betty originally from? Why does Betty speak a different language to her parents? Why did Betty’s family leave their original home? Why are education rates in Sudan so low? Stretch and challenge questions: v. What impact would so many extra people – such as those in Mayo camp – have on the services of an area? v. What impact would the additional people have on the environment?
High expectations for the selection and use of appropriate data Students encouraged to create their own key questions
Clear Mark scheme given
This peer assessment worked really well followed by DIRT
DIRT Many of the students improved their work by a GCSE grade
Pupils used the structure of a writing frame to extend their writing
They assessed their own work against the framework and set their own targets to improve.
Le grand défi 1. What do these words have in common? What might some of them mean? CHAT ELEPHANT TORTUE POISSON TIGRE CHIEN HAMSTER GIRAFFE OISEAU CHAMEAU FURET CHEVAL ZEBRE 2. Why do you think ‘je’ shortens to ‘j’ in all these cases? How would you translate them…? j’ai, j’aime, j’écoute, j’insiste, j’oublie, j’utilise, j’habite 3. Which one is the odd one out in A and in B? A: mon père, mon frère, mon oncle, ma cousine, mon cousine B: ma mère, ma tante, ma soeur, ma grand-mère, ma voisine 4. If a ‘un club de sport’ is a sports club how do you think you would say: A football club? A rugby club? A chess club?
Le grand défi 1. What do these words have in common? What might some of them mean? CHAT ELEPHANT TORTUE POISSON TIGRE CHIEN HAMSTER GIRAFFE OISEAU CHAMEAU FURET CHEVAL ZEBRE 2. Why do you think ‘je’ shortens to ‘j’ in all these cases? How would you translate them…? j’ai, j’aime, j’écoute, j’insiste, They arej’oublie, j’utilise, all animals j’habite cat/elephant/tortoise/fish 3. Which tiger/dog/hamster/giraffe one is the odd one out in A and in B? A: mon père, mon frère, mon oncle, ma cousine, mon cousine B: ma mère, ma tante, bird/camel/ferret ma soeur, ma grand-mère, ma voisine horse/zebra
Le grand défi 2. Why do you think ‘je’ shortens to ‘j’ in all these cases? How would you translate them…? j’ai, j’aime, j’écoute, j’insiste, j’oublie, j’utilise, j’habite The next word after starts with a vowel: a, e, i, o, u or h In French the ‘h’ is treated like a vowel 3. Which one is the odd one out in A and in B? l’hôtel, l’hongrie, l’hélicoptère A: mon père, monl’hôpital, frère, mon oncle, ma cousine, mon cousine B: ma mère, ma tante, ma soeur, ma grand-mère, ma voisine
Le grand défi 3. Which one is the odd one out in A and in B? A: mon père, mon frère, mon oncle, ma cousine, mon cousine B: ma mère, ma tante, ma soeur, ma grand-mère, ma voisine A: Did some of us think it was ‘ma cousine’? Why? It was actually mon cousine – this was the only incorrect one! B: Did anyone think it was grandmother? Why? It was ‘ma voisine’ as neighbour isn’t a member of the family (well not normally anyway!)
Le grand défi 4. If a ‘un club de sport’ is a sports club how do you think you would say: A football club? – un club de foot(ball) A rugby club? – un club de rugby A chess club? – How do we say chess? Les échecs = chess Now what do we do?
Le grand défi 4. If a ‘un club de sport’ is a sports club how do you think you would say: A football club? – un club de foot(ball) A rugby club? – un club de rugby A chess club? – How do we say chess? Les échecs = chess Now what do we do? Un club de + activity (un club de tennis…. ) BUT…. . de + échecs? ?
Le grand défi 4. If a ‘un club de sport’ is a sports club how do you think you would say: A football club? – un club de foot(ball) A rugby club? – un club de rugby A chess club? – How do we say chess? Les échecs = chess Now what do we do? Un club de + activity (un club de tennis…. ) BUT…. . de + échecs? ? Un club d’échecs
1. Do you understand? 2. Can you translate? Mon père est secrétaire Ma soeur est coiffeuse Ma mère est éléctricienne 3. Could you improve the sentence? How? Mon frère est mécanicien Je voudrais être médecin Je ne voudrais pas être agent de police 4. Use the box to help! Mon père est médecin, c’est bien payé et intéressant! Ma mère est serveuse, c’est mal payé et nul! c’est = it is intéressant bien payé nul mal payé
Theory of Disuse
Theory of Disuse Seeing the students once a week leaves too much time for retention
Students tested on retention every week…. Working on a 3 week cycle…testing on any topic in the previous 3 weeks
Extension questions – beyond the scope of the syllabus. Building resilience because some of the questions break rules that they had just learnt.
• Challenge for lower ability students – using key words to finish sentences or draw diagrams
Challenge at A -level. Applying prior knowledge.
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