Week commencing 18.11.13
Work due in week beginning 25.11.13
Due in: week beginning Monday 25th November 2013
Parents/ Carers – How can you help?
 Please do not expect learners to complete this all on one go.
 Allow them time to work on and complete the task throughout the week.
 Encourage your child to examine the mark scheme so that they can see what
they need to do to achieve the various national curriculum levels
 Encourage your child to start the work early.
 Encourage independence, but support their learning
 Please do not let them copy or paste material from the internet. It is obvious
when learners have produced passages using an internet translation site and
this should this be done, we will be unable to give a level.
In this work the following skills are being tested:
Language learning strategies
Ability to…
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Memorise
Work out meaning
Use knowledge of English or another language.
Evaluate and improve
Knowledge about language
Ability to…
 Understand key verbs
Personal Learning, Thinking and Study skills:
1.
Creative thinkers:
 ask questions to extend their thinking
 try out alternatives or new solutions and follow ideas through.
2. Reflective learners:
 assess themselves, identifying opportunities and achievements
 set goals with success criteria for their development and work.
 review progress, acting on the outcomes
 evaluate experiences and learning to inform future progress
 communicate their learning in relevant ways for different audiences
3. Self-managers:
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 work towards goals, showing initiative, commitment and perseverance.
This work may be done electronically. To request a copy of this document in Word
format, please email your son/daughter’s French teacher. If you are in doubt who
this is, please email Mr Willis who will forward a copy. If your son/daughter is
struggling with the work and requires further support or advice, please feel free to
email Mr Willis.
M Houillon
grh18@bewdley.worcs.sch.uk
Mr Willis
pjw21@bewdley.worcs.sch.uk
Mrs Campbell
vmc5@bewdley.worcs.sch.uk
Mrs Sharp
ef36@bewdley.worcs.sch.uk
Mr Erbin
Me54@bewdley.worcs.sch.uk
DATE WORK DUE IN – first French lesson of the week beginning – 25th
November 2013.
Learners who fail to hand in the IST on this date will be expected to attend
after school support sessions each Wednesday from Wednesday 27th
November 2013 from 15.20-16.20 where he/she will be helped until this work
is completed.
If your son/daughter is struggling with his/her work, he/she MUST inform
their French teacher before 20.11.13. There will be a support session for any
learners struggling with the work after school on Wednesday 20.11.13.
Attendance will be voluntary.
Work due in week beginning 25.11.13
Year 8 French independent study task
This bank of independent study activities is designed to test some of the things that
you have already covered in your French lessons and test your research and thinking
skills.
You are expected to show that you have attempted the task in the booklet
Through doing these tasks,
all learners will be able to…
 Understand the French for some key verbs in the past tense and state the
English for some of these.
 Evaluate the effectiveness of at least one language learning strategy.
 State a less effective language learning strategy.
most learners should be able to:
 Understand the French for all key verbs in the past tense and state the English
for all of these.
 Evaluate the effectiveness of two or more language learning strategies stating
the advantages and potential disadvantages of these.
some learners might be able to
 Understand the French and English for all of the key verbs in the past tense
 Trial three methods of language learning and evaluate the effectiveness of
these.
 Identify an alternative language learning strategy and evaluate the effectiveness
of this.
 State their preferred strategy for learning and apply this to learn new
vocabulary.
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TASK:
 For this task you will try 3 different language learning strategies to help you
learn 30 verbs in the past tense French.
 The verbs have been grouped into 10s.
 You should try a different strategy for each group of 10.
 You should then think about:
 What worked well?
 What problems did you have?
 What would you do differently if you used the strategy again?
 Learners are also encouraged to use the knowledge of themselves as learners
from Language learning so far to come up with a strategy of his or her own.
Learners should then think about:
- What worked well?
- What problems did you have?
- What would you do differently if you used the strategy again?
You will be required to perform a short presentation lasting up to 60 seconds during
which you should:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
present which strategies you have used
say how easy you found the strategies
talk about any problems you have and how you overcame these
explain what the most effective strategy was for you.
Explain what you have learnt about yourself as a learner as a result of doing this IST.
To support your presentation, you could use:
 Resources you have made
 Ppt
 Test scores….
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List of verbs to learn:
Using learning
strategy 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
French
J’ai acheté
J’ai aimé
Je suis allé
Je suis arrivé
J’ai eu
J’ai bu
J’ai commencé
Je suis descendu
Je suis entré
J’ai été
Using learning
strategy 2
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
J’ai fait
J’ai fini
J’ai joué
J’ai mangé
Je suis monté
J’ai décidé
J’ai écouté
Je suis parti
J’ai pu
J’ai regardé
I did/have done
I finished/have finished
I played/have played
I ate/have eaten
I climbed/have climbed
I decided/have decided
I listened/have listened
I left/have left
I was able to
I watched/have watched
Using learning
strategy 3
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Je suis rentré
Je suis resté
J’ai choisi
Je suis sorti
Je suis tombé
J’ai travaillé
Je suis venu
J’ai visité
J’ai vu
J’ai voyagé
I returned/have returned
I stayed/remained
I chose/have chosen
I went out
I fell/have fallen down
I worked/have worked
I came/have come
I visited/have visited
I saw/have seen
I travelled/have travelled
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English
I bought/have bought
I liked/have liked
I went/have been
I arrived/have arrived
I had/have had
I drank/have drunk
I started/have started
I went down
I entered/have entered
I was/have been
List of learning strategies:
Select any 3 DIFFERENT strategies to try learning new words.
NOTE – simply looking at the words and trying to remember them will not help you learn the words
long term – trust me!
a. Mime.
Some people learn by doing, by moving around when they are learning. Come up with a mime to
help you learn words you are struggling with!
b. Mix and Match.
Cut up the phrases into individual words, mix them all up and then rebuild.
This is another way to learn by doing.
c. Draw pictures.
Rather than write the English translation, draw pictures for some of the words below. Using the
picture/French word list, use the look – cover – say/write – check method to test yourself - write the
French .
This is good for people who are visual learners, i.e. remember something by the way it looks.
d. Colour code for gender (masculine/feminine) or endings (-é/-i/-u/-it).
In French it is important to learn the gender of nouns or the ending of a verb, as well as their
meaning. Write a list of words and colour code them (use a coloured pen to write with, or use your
normal pen and colour over with a highlighter or colouring pencils). Use the look – cover – say/write
– check method to test yourself - write the French. This is another good method for visual learners.
In class we use BLUE for MASCULINE and RED for FEMININE nouns. You might, for example use
red for verbs which end in “é”, green for verbs which end in “u” and blue for verbs which end in “i”
etc.
e. Prepare puzzles.
Prepare puzzles for your friend to solve, or for yourself to do the next day. Examples: hangman,
anagrams, odd word out, word snake, etc.
This is very good if you struggle to remember spellings. Matching French/English games work well
too…!
f. Will you test me?
After going through the words, get someone at home to test you on the words to see which ones
you can remember and which you forget!
g. Labelled house
Post post-its around your room with the items of vocab on, so you see then wherever you go in the
room. You might decide to draw a picture on the post-it to help you further.
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Task1: once you have learnt the 30 verbs, fill in the boxes (do not forget to write what strategy you used, for
each row):
What went well
Eg:
Draw pictures
Thinking of a picture
to go with each word
Learning strategy 1:
Learning strategy 2:
Learning strategy 3:
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Problems
encountered
What you would do
differently.
I sometimes forgot
Take more care when
what the picture meant! putting a picture to the
word.
Mark /10
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Task 2: fill in the same table for your own strategy:
What went well
Problems
encountered
What you would do
differently.
Mark /30
My learning strategy:
Task 3: Complete the following phrase:
I learn words best by…
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