Topic:Animal descriptions
Lesson: 44:
Lesson aims:By the end of this lesson you will understand and say a number of
adjectives, and understand the agreement of simple nouns and adjectives.
Starter:Ask the children to stand up and recap lesson 41. Conduct the class
using the adverbs taught in this lesson.( Remind the children that these are
adverbs. )
Learning
Activities:
objectives:
1.Show children a selection of adjectives on word cards,(res
44.1) eg fort,lent rapide,grand,petit.Ask the children what
To read and
understand a range
they think they mean. They should be able to work them
of familiar written
out.Introduce 2 new words: féroce and timide( by miming it
phrases(L4.1)
they should be able to guesstheir meaning. Mime all of the
adjectives.
2.Ask children to come out and stick the adjective next to the
animal they think it describes.
To recognise and
3.Divide the board into two. Ask the children to suggest animals apply simple
agreements(Kal)
, and as they suggest them you write them on the board on one
side in blue if the are masculine and on the other side in red if
they are female. Explain again the use of l’ for nouns beginning
with a vowel.
4. Ask the children if they can guess why the names have been
To sort words into
written up in two groups. Explain that some are masculine and
categories(LLS)
some are feminine nouns.
5. Refer back to grand and petit. Display these on word cards
written in black
Describe the animals in a sentence, beginning with masculine
ones, eg l’éléphant est grand. Le poisson est petit.
6. Bring out a large red letter e. Make a point of moving across
to the other side of the board to focus on the feminine words.
Give a description , eg. La tortue est petite. Use the red e to
emphasise the grammatical change. Repeat with la poule and la
souris.
7. Ask the children why the change has been made.
8. Continue with lent and fort. Ask the children to explain the
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changes again.
9. Refer back to rapide , féroce and timide. Use the red letter
e to show how, with these adjectives it is unnecessary to add an
extra e.
10. Practise building sentences with a large set of word cards.
Resources:
Res 44.1 word cards
Res 44.2sentence building worksheet
Language:
grand-big
petit- small
fortstrong/loud
lent –slow
rapide –quick
féroce-fierce
timide -shy
Follow on activities:
1.Continue sentence building with worksheet (res 44.2)
2. Children could write new sentences with other known
adjectives, eg colours.
3. Look at further sentence building worksheet introducing
verbs, eg le lion court -the lion runs.
4. some children may be able to link these sentences together
with some help. Le lion habite dans le savane, il est féroce et
fort.Il court.
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