Activités axées sur le thème de Noël pour la salle de classe primaire !
The idea is to invite all participants to a “Fête” with activities based loosely on a party game theme. The purpose was to
stimulate some thought / ideas / discussion on adapting the ideas for different age groups / levels of experience with
French and to suggest additional / alternative activities.
Activité
1. The party invitation
2. Dress father Xmas “race”
3. On va à la fête c’est
chouette chouette chouette,
on va à la fête c’est chouette.
Mais qu’est-ce que je vais
mettre ?
4. Jeu(x) de cartes
5. La lettre au Père Noël de
Purpose of activity
A simple invitation card made using word and accessing
images from www.google.fr – the idea was for teachers to
use it and the process as a means for pupils to make their
own cards using the model as a stimulus / scaffold and
searching themselves for images from clip art and / or
internet
Cardboard cut outs (x 2) of naked (!) Pêre Noël plus –
items of dress and accessories (bonnet / barbe / lunettes /
pantalon / bottes / gants / veste / sac – words against the
items fixed on whiteboard with blue tack for support.
Teacher / pupil in role of PN (wears a santa hat!) says eg.
“Mets mon / ma / mes “ or any appropriate “cue” and 2
pupils race to dress their PN
A bundle of clothes (bonnet / veste etc as per dress PN
game plus other items like écharpe / cravate etc) placed
on floor / table. 4 pupils volunteer to dress for the “bal
travesti” – All the pupils chant the chant (see column 1)
and after the last question the teacher (or a pupil)
says…Mmmm je vais mettre un bonnet / chapeau and
they grab the item and put it on.When complete the class
offer comments (where appropriate):
J’aime / j’adore / je préfère le / la / les de + pupil or
teacher prompts range of positive responses :
Fantastique / magnifique / comique / sensationnel /
formidable / bizarre / fabuleux….
Set of visiual cards with key items of vocabulary (words cf
phrases e.g. dinde / cadeau / ange / sapin de Noël etc)
linked to theme of Noël. Used in a traditional way as set of
key images to input / practise vocab but also in pairs for a
range of pairwork card activities e.g. pelmanism / “snap”
and inviting them, to think of own games!
Straightforward powerpoint featuring Dennis the Menace
Where to locate it
Two word files:
Invitation de fête.doc
Invitation de fête 2.doc
Paper copy for each participant
(by post ?)
Just one cardboard cut out plus
accessories made for the day for
a demonstration!
Just need own stock of cast offs
Leperepelmanism.doc
Powerpoint file
Dennis the Menace
6. Pass the parcel
7. Un peu de calme. Creating
Xmas decorations from simple
instructions supported by
visuals
8. Le jeu des lutins
9. Letter to SANTA
10. Noël en France
11. Xmas in Spain / quiz
12. Useful websites?
dreaming about what he might ask the PN for to input
more modern vocabulary. Idea is for pupils to tick from
own sheets what DTM actually has asked for (based on
BRAINSTORM)
Game based on the principle of pass the parcel. Pupils in
circle pass round a santa sack as everybody sings “Vive
le vent!”. When the chorus stope the pupil with the sack
chooses an envelope and guesses what the present is
(it’s a picture of one of the presents DTM was
considering). They guess what it might be…if they’re right
the individual pupil gets a reward (bon bon) but that team
gets a point. Idea is to see which pass the parcel group
gets the most points!
The resource is an A3 sheet copied from the Usborne
book of Xmas ART ideas. The sample is a Xmas tree
decoration. The activity proposed was a jig saw one
whereby groups of pupils used the adapted instructions
each with a different “product” to make a xmas card /
xmas tree dec to identify key commands in French like
“coupe / déchire / colle” to share collectively before using
the instructions to produce their own versions of the
product.
PN is “débordé” so he decides to get together a team of
his best “lutins” to help with the distribution of presents on
24th. The game is a test then toi see which team of lutins
is the best in terms of delivcering the right present to the
right child in the right town in the fastes time . Activity
based on the party game “Stations”
A really simple template for pupils to list their own
requests using the vocab from Dennis’s powerpoint or by
searching websites for “idées de cadeaux”
A powerpoint giving basic information on Xmas in France
for teachers to use as the basis for a “quiz”
Two powerpoints one to input info. on Xmas in Spain and
one to “test” / quiz the pupils in the context of who wants
to be a millionaire.
A brief list of websites for participants to explore one with
a really good Calendrier de l’Avent
Cher pere noel.ppt
Sets of envelopes with the
pictures of items in. The items
are on a word file:
cadeaux.doc
A3 paper version with French
instructions for “Visages du PN”!
Word file + town name cards to
stick around the room.
Le jeu des lutins.doc
Paper copy but can get word file
Noël en France .ppt
Navidad.ppt
Quien quiere.ppt
Websites worth exploring…..doc