A Power Point presentation on Easter traditions in France, including Carnaval, Mardi Gras, les cloches, poisson d’avril etc. Presentation followed by a simple quiz.
This powerpoint is about Barney Bear's trip to Nice in France for the Mardi Gras carnival. He watches the parades and joins in by wearing a colourful mask and eating carnival food. I am quite new to teaching EYFS - any constructive feedback gratefully accepted!
A French worksheet designed to teach Year 8 pupils about Mardi Gras and the customs and traditions of carnivals in France and around the world. There are a couple of activities taken from Studio 2 Rouge workbook to practice perfect, present and near future tenses. There is some reference to LGBT+ and how Mardi Gras has evolved over the years, as this formed part of a lesson to raise awareness of LGBT+ community.
Powerpoint for Mardi gras. Simple introduction to the ingredients for a pancake plus fillings! Pupils can then produce some creative work, describing/drawing their favourite/ideal pancake!
A worksheet with accompanying web page about the period of le Carnaval and le Mardi Gras in France.
Pupils will find the answers for the worksheet by reading through the web page. Navigation instructions are given on the sheet.
There is some French vocabulary and information about le Carnaval de Nice.
For Year 8 low ability group on pancake day.
Links in with current module (just starting food and drink - Expo 2, Module 4) but includes some cultural aspects on la Chandeleur and Mardi gras.
Main idea for resource (pictures and vocab) taken from another TES resource (http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Les-cr-and-234-pes-6071144/) but I have added to it to keep my class busy for a whole lesson.
First of all many thanks to Wapbaboogy for the original PowerPoint :)
This PowerPoint is about Mardi Gras in France mainly - mentioning Belgium and other countries briefly.
I have added a quiz to go along with it.
Topical tutorial activity
There are 10 multiple choice questions around the religious themes that connects Pancake Day, Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, Lent and even Palm Sunday. Lent and associated events have both a religious and cultural significance for the UK and many other countries around the world.
Suitable for both horizontal and vertical tutor groups
Two pdf documents provided: a question and an answer sheet
Free French Mardi Gras Sudoku Games
Use these 2 sudoku games to have some fun and practice French Mardi Gras vocabulary. 2 versions with answer keys are included. Students place a word in each empty box so that each row, column and nine box square contains each of the words.
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This resource contains a Mardi Gras-themed word search.
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Mardi Gras Puzzle Pack - Differentiated Word Seaches, Anagrams and Crossword
This resource includes:
- 3 differentiated word searches
- 3 differentiated anagram worksheets
- 1 crossword
Mardi Gras PowerPoint Presentation
Brighten up dull February days with this colourful resource about Mardi Gras which takes place in many countries around the world prior to the start of Lent. This is a fully editable, 55 slide PowerPoint. It focuses on:
- the meaning of Mardi Gras
- its origins
- the different ways countries celebrate Mardi Gras
It contains hyperlinks to the Rio Carnival, the New Orleans Carnival, the Nice Carnival, the Belgium Carnival, the Venice Carnival and the Quebec Carnival.
There is also a link to Paul Simon's 'Take me to the Mardi Gras' on slide 1 which could be used before the start of the assembly. It may even inspire you to hold your own Mardi Gras event in school!
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Mardi Gras Presentation and Puzzle Pack
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A fun lesson where students learn more about the background behind masks and masks in various cultures, before desiging their own masks and presenting them using the vocab learned in the lesson.
All instructions in powerpoint notes.
Free Mardi Gras Sudoku Games in English
Use these 2 sudoku games to have some fun using Mardi Gras vocabulary. 2 versions with answer keys are included. Students place a word in each empty box so that each row, column and nine box square contains each of the words.
LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.
COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.
A powerpoint on Shrove Tuesday.
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This simple worksheet is intended to accompany another contributor's excellent powerpoint on Easter in France. To avoid death by powerpoint I like to give pupils a worksheet so that they have something to do or get out of the presentation. This could also be a nice homework or quick web quest. Please leave feedback!
An information sheet about French celebrations which could simply be given to students, but it could also be cut into the various sections, and students put them back together correctly as an assessment task.