Topic: Nursery rhyme-Le fermier dans son pré
Lesson: 7
Main lesson aims: By the end of this lesson you will be able to:
take part in a nursery rhyme in French; recognise masculine and
feminine nouns.
Starter: Teacher introduces the 8 nouns required for teaching
the rhyme in the following order and sticking the
flashcards(resource 7.1a) to the board, with the pupils repeating
the French:”le fermier”,”son pré”,”la femme”,”l’enfant”,”la
nourrice”,”le chat”,”la souris”,”le fromage”.At this point ask
the children what they think the rhyme might be .
Activity:
1. Choral repetition of vocabulary –
loudly, softly, quickly, slowly etc. Pupils
only repeat if the teacher is pointing to
the correct flashcard.
2. Reinforce with games such as Kim’s
game.
4. Introduce the 2 verbs required in the
rhyme, using actions:
“prend”(mime taking hold of something)
“battu”(mime patting something).
5. Say the rhyme, using the flashcards.
Encourage the children to participate as
soon as soon as they feel comfortable.
6.Focus on the sounds é(ohé, pré) and er
(fermier)
Learning objectives and
outcomes:
O3.4
Listen attentively – repeat
words and phrases modelled
by the teacher.
KAL Imitate pronunciation of
sounds
LLS Use actions and rhymes
to aid memorisation
Use gestures to show
understanding
O3.1 Listen and respond to
simple rhymes
O3.2 Recognise and respond
to sound patterns and words
KAL Recognise how sounds
are presented in the written
form
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7. Make up actions for all of the nouns
and say the rhyme again doing the
actions.
8.Talk about the differences between
the French and English versions of the
rhyme.
9. Sing song with actions. Children (who
have already selected a ‘farmer’) form a
circle around him or her. They hold
hands and go around in a circle singing
the song. At the end of the ‘wife’ verse
the farmer chooses his ‘wife’ from the
circle, who then joins the other child in
the middle. The song continues with the
last child chosen selecting the
character from the next verse. The
child who plays the ‘mouse’ is the
farmer in the next round.
Consolidation work: Draw pictures of
characters with labels for a class
display.
Resources required:
Resource 7.4- Flashcards
Resource 7.2a- story script
Resource 7.3a – word flashcards
LLS Compare the language
with English
O3.4 Listen attentively –
remember a sequence of
spoken words
L3.1 Recognise some
familiar words in written
form
Language:
Le fermier –the
farmer
Son pré- his meadow
La femme – the wife
L’enfant – the child
La nourrice- the nurse
Le chat – the cat
La souris – the mouse
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Le fromage - the
cheese
Prend – takes
Battu - pats
Follow on activities:
1.Introduce the written form of the noun flashcards – pupils
match with the pictures(resource 7.3a)
2. Play “human oxo”:-place 9 flashcards on floor.Team members
who correctly identify a square take the place of the
flashcard,sitting on the floor crossing their arms if they are
from the “x” team or sitting with their arms around the knees if
they are from the “o” team.
3. (optional task)Ask children to separate the flashcards into
two groups.Encourage and help children to create one group of
blue colour-coded flashcards–“le” words, and one group of red
colour-coded flashcards – “la” words..Ask the children to work
out the meaning of “le” and “la” – “the” and that there are 2
words for “the” in French(do not worry about” l’ “unless you feel
it necessary to explain that the “e” or “a “ is dropped when the
noun begins with a vowel). Explain that some are masculine words
and some are feminine words and that in French all words are
either masculine or feminine ,even if they are words like cheese!
Practice words again using low voices and pointing to the floor
for male words and high squeaky voices and pointing to the
ceiling for female words.
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