Chiltern Edge MFL

Mes passe-temps Year 7 French

YEAR 7! You can download a copy of the learning mat for this unit by clicking on the link below:

Download Yr7 Unit 2 free time learning mat

You can also listen to the vocabulary here:

Mes passe-temps

 

 

 

 

Avoir - to have

"Avoir" (to have) is a really important verb in French, one that you'll need to use in almost any situation. To help you learn it from memory click on the link below and use the activities to help you practise:

Studystack - Avoir

The song below might help you to remember it - if nothing else it's catchy!     

Year 7 - Ma famille

Year 7, you are currently learning to talk about your family and pets. You can download a copy of the core vocabulary by clicking on the following link:

Download Yr7 Unit 1 family learning mat

You can listen to the vocabulary being read aloud here:

FLA recording - Ma famille

or can download the sound file by clicking on the link below:

Download FLA recording - Ma famille

 

Le sport par 7T

7T have  just learnt the names of various sports and have been thinking about how to transer key language from one topic to another. When talking about school, welearnt to express opinions and tried to extend our work by giving reason for our opinions. We decided we could do the same with sports. Have a look at our work below - how many of us were successful? We'd love to read your comments and advice! Click on the grey bar under each "Bookr" to see them in full size.

L'heure - Year 7 French

Check out these videos to help you learn how to tell the time.

 

Mardi Gras

This year, Tuesday 21st February will be Mardi Gras in France, literally "Fat Tuesday", which is the French equivalent of our Pancake Day or "Shrove Tuesday.  Why do you think it's called Mardi Gras? Well, it's the day before Lent (le carême), traditionally a period of fasting, so it's the day when traditionally all the fatty food is eaten before Lent starts. And yes, just like in the United Kingdom, pancakes (les crèpes) are eaten, as well as doughnuts (les beignets) and waffles (les gauffres).

Could you follow a  recipe in French for making "les crèpes"? Click on the link below, choose a recipe and see if you can follow it. Let me know how you get on!

Recettes de crèpes

You can read more about Mardi Gras here:

http://www.joyeuse-fete.com/mardigras.html

 

Carnaval de Nice

In the period between Epiphany and Mardi Gras carnivals take place in many countries around the world, including France. Most of these carnivals take place in the two week period before Mardi Gras. One of the most famous carnivals is the Carnaval de Nice, which takes place in Nice on the French Riviera. This year the carnival takes place from the 17th February to 4th March and will attract over 1 million visitors.

During the carnival there are corsi carnavalesques (parades), where floats are decorated according to a theme chosen each year. The floats carry gigantic colourful figures made from papier maché. The most famous and unique parade is the Bataille de Fleurs (Battle of the Flowers). In this parade twenty floats are decorated the previous night with thousands of flowers, 90% of which are grown locally. During the procession the people on the floats throw flowers at the crowds. These "battles" are staged  on the same theme as the whole carnival.  This year the theme is Roi du Sport (King of Sport).

To find out more about this year's carnival click on the link below:

Carnaval de Nice - Site officiel

French pronouns - Year 7

To learn French pronouns you need to practise them regularly. Click on the link below to find some games to help you.

Pronouns

Just make sure you then click on pronouns, not the Spanish ones!!

COMPETITION TIME!

The "Language Perfect World Championships" starts on Friday 9th September and runs until 16th September. Some of you may remember it from last year, when we had lots of successful entrants. This year, we have 50 free places, so if you would like to enter you need to see Miss Ghani as soon as possible and she will enter you. Can you beat everyone else in the school, in the country or even in the world??

 

 

Prizes include laptops, Ipods, Itunes vouchers, certificates and more!!!!

 

La nourriture et les boissons - 71fr3

Please take a look at the fantastic work produced by my new French group 71fr3. I hope you're as impressed as I am by the standard of their work. Please leave a comment and let us know what you think.

To view the work full size, click on the left hand side of the grey bar under each "book".

Well done 71fr3!! Melle Ghani :-)