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“Les Activités Interactives” and “Détecto Dol”

Les Activités Interactives

Section 1

- Les présentations

Associated common objectives and key words for all activities (see: nos objectifs & les mots-clés)

Le jeu des phrases

Link information about a person’s name, address, age (je form)

Re-form correct sentences from mixed-up information given about a person’s name, age and address je form)

Using information from a turning wheel, complete various bits of information about a person

Click on information to make a complete correct sentence about a person’s name, age, address, nationality

Give the same type of information about yourself

Associated teacher’s notes

Je me présente

Listen to people saying their names/ age/ in which city and country they live and pick the correct identity card

Your turn: invent yourself a new identity


Les anagrammes

Make correct sentences about a person’s identity from jumbled-up words.

Re-order sentences

Write a coded message

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- L’alphabet


Le téléphone portable

De-code various text messages from the numbers key pad of a mobile phone

Revise letters of the alphabet

Revise greetings, how to say your name, age, nationality and where you live

Make your own coded messages


Le pendu

Revise the letters of the alphabet

Play 4 games of hangman


Comment ça s’écrit

Revise the alphabet and spell words by listening to various letters

Your turn: spell names or words to someone in the class


- Les nombres


Calcul mental

Revise numbers

Make mental maths for magical results! (add, subtract, divide, multiply)

Number sudokus


Les additions

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Revise numbers to 69

Maths (add, subtract

Your turn


Les nombres aimants

Revise numbers

Read numbers in words

Link numerals to words


- Les couleurs


Le jeu de Kim

Revise colours

Check your observation powers to spot which colours are missing

Your turn: create a KIM’s game to play with your friends


Le mélange des couleurs

Revise colours

Mix colours and decide what you colour you get

Test your knowledge on colour mixing

Your turn: make your own game to test your friends


J’aime les couleurs

Revise colours

Talk about your favourite coulour

Say what colours you like and don’t like

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Match sentences f likes and dislikes to drawings


Détecto Dol

Section 1

Les présentations

Reading Cami The Thief’s file

analyse silent letters

sets of double consonants

the shape of a phrase

punctuation marks


L’alphabet

Listen to the alphabet and

revise vowels

revise consonants


les nombres

Listen to numbers and revise

numbers in zzzz

numbers in ante

how numbers are formed

the spelling of numbers


les couleurs

the place of adjectives (after the noun)

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the gender of adjectives (masculine or feminine)

the change of ending for feminine adjectives (usually add an E in the feminine form)

the difference of pronunciation from the masculine form to the feminine form

find the feminine form for various colours


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Section 2

- les saisons et le temps


l’Hexagone

why France is also called: l’Hexagone

see the major cities, rivers and mountains on a map of France

what’s the weather like in France

separate France into 5 major regions

talk about the weather in each of these regions

click on sentences to match weather and regions

your turn: back to back game: draw an hexagon with regions and weather patterns and play with a friend


le podcast

Test your knowledge of France:

major cities

major regions

the weather

match weather and regions

your turn: make a podcast about the weather in the UK/ in Ireland


le temps à Paris

revise the weather

revise the seasons

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break the weather codes and guess the seasons

talk and write about the weather where you live


- le calendrier


les anniversaires

revise dates/ months

organise birthday invitations in chronological order

listen to birthday dates and select the correct answer

listen to various dates and write them down


qui veut gagner des millions de points

on the model of : who wants to be a millionnaire, earn points by answering questions about

days of the week

number of days in a week

various important dates

months of the year

number of months in a year

numbers of days for various months

seasons

start dates for the seasons

writing days/months/seasons


les fêtes

the major celebrations and festivals in France

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listen to descriptions of celebrations and find the correct event/festival

say when your birthday is


- la famille


les frères et les soeurs

listen and decide how many brothers and sisters each character has

write down the answers on a chart

write their names

write their age

choose their description

your turn: talk about your brothers and sisters

ask your friends about their brothers and sisters


le repas de famille

revise the names for various members of the family

listen and help place the various members of the family around the dinner table, according to their tastes


les photos de famille

revise members of the family

click on images to get physical descriptions of each person

match photos with physical descriptions

complete physical descriptions for various characters


- les parties du corps

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qui suis-je ?

revise parts of the body

listen and select the correct alien

click on words to complete correct descriptions


j’ai mal

revise part of the body

listen and click on which body parts are painful

listen and select the correct word

show which part of the body is mention


la course des parties du corps

listen and repeat body parts

speed game : watch and name the body parts

team game: listen and draw


- les vêtements


la séance d’identification

revise clothes and colours

listen to descriptions and help the detective find the culprit

your turn: make the portrait of a culprit by clicking on words

draw your culprit


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combien ça coûte ?

revise clothes

revise seasons

revise numbers

match items and clothing and words by clicking on labels

ask how much something costs

find the correct price for each item

practise using Euros (coins and banknotes)


le magasin de vêtements

revise clothes, colours, numbers

listen and click on the correct item of clothing

find the correct price

re-organise a dialogue

your turn: write a dialogue and act it up with a friend


- l’heure


Lunapark

Revise the time

Reading practice

Look at posters and decide whether following statements are true or false


Le journal télé

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Revise times

Revise days

Read a TV programme

Answer questions about programme times

Listen and decide whether statements about programme times are true or false

Your turn: design a TV programme with your favourite programmes, including the days, starting times and TV channels and present it to the class


La course aux horologes

Revise the time

Speed game: watch the falling clocks and say the time


Détecto Dol

Section 2

Les saisons et le temps

Revise the weather expressions (with : il fait)

Revise the weather expressions (with : il y a )

Revise the weather expressions (with : il + verb)

Your turn: write about the weather on a crime scene


Le calendrier

Revise and observe the days of the week

The origin of days’ names

Revise and observe the months of the year

Guessing words

Saying the date

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La famille

Revise members of the family

Forms of the verb avoir (to have) and être (to be)

Revise colours

Revise physical descriptions

Spot the various forms of the verb avoir

Complete sentences with correct verb forms

Spot the various forms of the verb être

Complete sentences with correct verb forms

Your turn: make a description, using Forms of the verb avoir (to have) and être (to be)


Les parties du corps

Revise parts of the body

Silent letters

Your turn: finding silent letters on adjectives of colours


Les vêtements

Revise items of clothing

Singular/plural

Silent S for plural


L’heure

Revise the time

Ask what the time is

Listen and click on the correct clock

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Match clocks


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Section 3

- Les animaux


La description des animaux

Talk about wild/farm/domestic animals

Listen to a description and click on the correct body parts

What noise do animals make in French?

Guess which animal is described

Click on words to make a paragraph about an animal

Your turn: describe an animal and present it to a friend


Le sondage

Listen to a survey about what animal various characters have, including their name and age ad write down the information given

From a list, select favourite animals and write down the answers

Your turn: interview your friends to find out if they have animals, which animals, their names and ages, to complete a chart


Le quiz

Revise wild/farm/domestic animals

Earn points by guessing which animal is being described

Dice game: reveal various bits of an animal image and guess what it is


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- La nourriture et les boissons


Les courses au supermarché

Food items

Masculine/feminine nouns

Using a dictionary if necessary, classify a list of food items into a masculine list (le) or feminine list (la)

Click food items on a conveyor belt, to match a shopping list


L’écureuil qui déteste les noix

Revise food items

Listen to a story and read about a squirrel who hates walnuts


Le tapis roulant

Revise food items

Watch items on a conveyor belt and say what their names are in French

Watch items on a conveyor belt and point to their names in French


- Les sports et les loisirs


La carte postale

Revise sports and activities

Revise verbs in the present tense

Read a postcard and decide whether the proposed statements are true or false

Write a postcard by clicking on a choice of words

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Correspondance

Revise introductions

Revise talking about likes and dislikes

Revises sports and activities

Listen to/read about penfriends talking about themselves

Choose an appropriate penfriend for each person

Your turn: talk/write about your likes and dislikes and find a person with matching tastes in your class


Jeu télé

Revise musical instruments

Speed game: listen to sound and guess the instrument

Revise sports

Speed game: listen to sound and guess the sport

Observation game: watch 2 images and spot the differences/ say what they are

Puzzle: observe the given statements about a person’s tastes and try to guess why it is so

Your turn: can you continue the list ?


- La France et l’Europe


Le tour d’Europe des spécialités

Revise countries

Revise adjectives of nationalities

Looking at a map of Europe, drag and drop correct adjectives of nationality

Revise food items

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Looking at a map of Europe, drag and drop correct food specialties

Revise famous monuments

Looking at a map of Europe, drag and drop correct famous monuments

Revise geographical features of European countries

Looking at a map of Europe, drag and drop correct geographical features

Looking at a map of Europe, drag and drop correct famous people or characters

Your turn: make a chart containing famous people/characters/ name of the country they belong to


Autour de la France

Geography: revises which countries are bordering France

Revise the weather

Say what the weather is like in each country

Countries and capital cities: drag and drop

Countries and population: drag and drop

To go further: web search: check what countries belong to the European Union

Say which countries you have visited

Make a summary chart


Qui veut gagner des millions de points

Who wants to be a millionnaire : earn point by answering questions on :

Capital cities

Nationalities

Population numbers

Specialities

Words

Flags

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Countries

Football clubs

Cities

Monuments

Famous people

Famous characters


- L’école et la salle de classe


Dans la classe

Revise objects in the classroom

Listen and click on correct object

KIM’s game: watch carefully and say which object is missing

Writing practice: listen to words and complete the written word with the missing letters

Word sleuth: with a friend, try to find the all the hidden words


La chasse au trésor

Revise objects in a classroom

Revise places and rooms in a school

Revise directions (right/let/straight ahead)

Revise the command form (l’impératif)

Listen to, read and follow directions

Your turn: give directions to your friends

Using a template, write a set of instructions and directions

Listen to and read instructions to find a hidden treasure

Your turn: hide a treasure and give your friends a set of instructions with directions, to find it

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La roue tourne

Revise places and rooms in a school

Revise the alphabet

When the wheel of fortune stops, say what the place is

Missing letters: complete the words with missing letters for places around the school

Un-jumble letters to find the correct word

Your turn: can you make some anagrams ?


- La ville


Cami le cambrioleur

Revise places and shops in a town

Revise location adverbs (next to …)

Revise the alphabet

Look at signs with missing letters and complete the word

Drag and drop: place the correct label on each shop or place in the town

Reading and writing: read the police statements from various people and complete the sentences


Blockbusters

Revise shops and places in a town

Play a game of blockbusters with a friend:

Drag and drop labels to match the place and make a line

Say the word

Complete the word (first 2 or 3 letters given)

Complete the word (last few letters given)

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Your turn: make your own grid


Plan de Jolieville

Revise places and shops in a town

Revise directions

Revise instructions

Revise the verb to be (être)

Revise location adverbs

Look at maps and say where each character is

Drag and drop word to the correct place

Look at a map and decide whether the statements are true or false


Détecto Dol

Section 3

Associated objectives

Les animaux

Revise animals

Revise animal cries in French

Listen to animal noises and click on the appropriate animal


La nourriture et les boissons

Revise food items

Observe and guess words

Being polite: how to say: I would like & please

Practise asking for things


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Les sports et les loisirs

Revise sports and activities

Revise musical instruments

Revise the verb: faire (to do/make)

Revise the concept of masculine and feminine words

Revise: je fais du/je joues du

Revise je fais de la/ je joue de la

Click and listen to the pronunciation of various words for sports


La France et l’Europe

Revise geography of France

Web search on regions of France

English words originating from French

French words originating from English


La ville

Revise names of shops and places in a town

Revise the asking and saying the time

Revise the verb: avoir (to have)

Revise the verb: être (to be)

Revise: il y a (there is)

Revise directions

Revise: près d’ici (nearby)

Revise useful phrases (excuse me/ what time is it/ I would like/ do you have/ thanks/please/where is ../ there is / nearby/to go to …

Your turn: use the list provided to ask questions to your friends


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L’école

Revise masculine (le/un) nouns and feminine (la/une) nouns

Revise classroom objects

Drag and drop : list masculine and feminine words

Drag and drop objects in the correct pencil case

Revise the time


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PowerLanguage CD · Web viewMake correct sentences about a person’s identity from jumbled-up words. Re-order sentences. Write a coded message. ... listen and select the correct