This 4 page resource can be helpful during the first week of the first term to settle and get to know your groups, especially where they are from different feeder primaries and you’re not sure what level of MFL they are coming in at.
It could also be useful for when groupings/sets are still changing in the second or third week of the first term…yes this does happen…
For lower ability pupils offer a choice of which page to start first as the first is a bit wordy! Space to add the name of your school. For differentiation ideas, try putting French words jumbled up on the board (bonjour/au revoir etc.) or famous French people. Ask higher ability children to write a mini paragraph about themselves using personal information and so on.
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“This 4 page resource can be helpful during the first week of the first term to settle and get to know your groups, especially where they are from different feeder primaries and you’re not sure what level of MFL they are coming in at.”<br />
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With this in mind you might want to set your own objectives in line with your school/department. <br />
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On a personal level I find this resource useful as a settling task and information-giving as I am able quickly to see how much or how little prior knowledge of French they have retained. It also indicates some idea of their cultural knowledge. It can also help to have this to hand before you can realistically start your Scheme of Work due to group changes and random assemblies and so on. This is also alluded to in the description. <br />
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Hope that helps. <br />
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Happy teaching!
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Some good ideas. Not sure that Year 7 students might understand what is meant by what topics they would like to learn about unless they have been given examples or choices.
Polly_Glott
4 years ago
Great idea - you can give examples, can’t you? That’s what I would do. Wouldn’t let them struggle knowing what to do without prompting them and suggesting topics/themes and then taking wider ideas from the class. You could even write a handy list on the board for them from which to choose. I imagine some creative children might want to talk about their favourite computer game(s), for example. However, many Year 7s have prior knowledge from primary school language learning so would (hopefully) remember topics such as about yourself (name/age/family/pets/birthdays/colours etc). They might then be able to come up some ideas not even you have thought of for those days when you need to give them something a bit different to pep them up and spark their interest again. Or indeed for stretch and challenge. It’s intended to be a booklet for all so you will probably find weaker learners spend more time on the tasks they are more able to complete anyway. Bon courage!
Polly_Glott
4 years ago
Edit: come up *with*
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