Interactive Whiteboard Material for the Structured Course
These Interactive Whiteboard activities accompany the La Jolie Ronde Structured Course in French. This material comprises games and activities to re-inforce the learning from the programme through use of the interactive whiteboard.
It has been developed using FLASH and can be used on all types of whiteboard. It is also suitable for use on the PC, or on non interactive whiteboards by using the computer mouse to control the activities.
Below are samples from the different parts of the programme. Most of these activities involve sound, so please turn on your speakers before you start. To get back to this page, please close the window in which the activity is launched (the 'quitter' button on the activity will not work).
Les Aventures de Minou et Trottine et les saisons
Sample 1
This activity is an introduction to the characters from the Les Aventures programme. The aim of the activity is to guess who is ringing the door bell by clicking a picture in Minou's photograph album. If you guess correctly, the character will open the door and introduce themselves. If you guess incorrectly, the door bell will ring again. Press 'recommencer' to re-start the activity.
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Sample 2
This activity helps the children link phrases to pictures. Press the 'continuer' button to hear the first phrase. Then select the correct picture and move it (click, hold and drag) to the first box. If you select the wrong picture, it will return to the right hand side of the screen. Once you have the correct picture, press 'continuer' to hear the next phrase. Continue until the activity is completed. Press 'recommencer' to re-start the activity - the pictures will appear in random places to stop the children memorising where they are!
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Salut Celine et Antoine
Sample 1
This activity helps the children learn the alphabet in French. Press the music note icon to start. The song will play through twice, with the each letter lighting up as it is played. Throughout the song, Antoine (a character from this part of the course) will keep popping up behind the letter blocks. Once the music has stopped, the children must guess which block Antoine is hiding behind. Click on the blocks to guess. If you have not found him in 5 guesses, he will appear on top of the block he's been hiding behind. Press "recommencer" to re-start the activty or "quitter" to exit.
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Sample 2
Slide 1: The screen shows a face. The features of the face can be moved around the screen. This can be used to introduce the vocabulary. Click on ‘!’ and the activity will return all the features to the face if they are not already there, but will remove one of features. Pupil(s) must decide what’s missing and click on the appropriate word. If correct, the feature will re-appear. Click on ‘!’ to have another go. Press ‘recommencer’ to send all words back to the bottom of the screen and all features back to the face. Click on the red arrow to go onto the next slide.
Slide 2: Press ‘recommencer’ to start the activity. Pupil(s) must listen to and look at the words for a description of a person. They must find the person that fits the description by first selecting a general person. This will then bring up 4 caricatures with exaggerated features. Pupil(s) must click on the one that corresponds to the description. For example, if the description is ‘une dame avec un grand nez’, pupil first clicks on the lady, then 4 ladies appear on screen (heads only) all with different features. Pupil must click on the picture of the lady with a big nose. The activity will respond with ‘Oui’ or ‘Non’ for correct and incorrect answers respectively. Press the red arrow to return to the main slide and press ‘recommencer for another go.
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Bonjour La France
Learning objectives:
- recap words for masculine travel / transport and people
- ask what something is
- talk about sizes: ‘petit’ / ‘grand’
- ask the size of an object: ‘c’est petit / grand?’
- Say ‘yes’ and ‘no’
Slide 1:
The screen shows pictures of two boys, two buses, two aeroplanes and two boats, with one large and one small picture of each.
Click on the ‘vocabulaire’ icon, to reveal a line under each picture starting with the word ‘un’. Word icons will also appear at the bottom of the screen. Pupils must drag ‘grand’ or ‘petit’ and the name of the vehicle to correctly label the pictures.
Press ‘recommencer’ to reset, or the red arrow to move on to the next slide.
Slide 2:
The screen shows the same pictures as for Slide 1. The activity can either be done by individuals or by teams / pairs.
Click on the speech bubble and the activity will say the name of an object and the pupil(s) must click on the correct object. If correct, a ‘ping’ will sound and the object will momentarily growing bigger and brighter. If incorrect, the image will momentarily fade and a buzzer noise will sound.
Alternatively, click on the ‘vocabulaire’ icon and the written form of one of the pictures will appear at the bottom of screen and the pupil(s) must click on the correct picture. The activity will respond as above for correct / incorrect answers.
Press ‘recommencer’ to reset, or the red arrow to move back to the previous slide.
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Mon Tour de France
Learning objectives:
- understand and use 4 words for personal belongings
- understand and use colour adjectives
- understand and use prepositions – sur / dans / sous
- understand the relationship – un/le/mon and une/la/ma
- understand and use “qu’est-ce qu’il y a…” “il y a …”
- language for a role play
Activity – Slide 1:
Graphics show a set of flashcards.
The words being introduced here are:
- un porte-monnaie
- une montre
- une bague
- un collier
Click on the flashcards to reveal the pictures. Teacher should introduce language through a variety of oral means starting with repetition and building up to pupils providing answers in French in response to ‘qu’est-ce que c’est’ type question.
Press ‘vocabulaire’ to reveal the French words.
Press ‘recommencer’ to turn the cards face down and change the order in which they appear (useful for guessing games).
Press the red arrow key to move to the next slide.
Activity – Slide 2:
Graphics show 4 cards from the previous slide face up. The French words are shown as anagrams. Pupils must decode the words by rearranging the individual letters and then dragging them to label the appropriate picture. If the letters are put in the wrong place, they will not ‘stick’.
Press ‘recommencer’ to return the letters to anagram form (in different combinations).
Press the arrow keys to move between slides.
Activity – Slide 3:
Graphics are covered over by a plain white screen with a keyhole which can be moved around the screen to ‘peep’ at picture behind. Double click on the edge of the key ‘hole’ to make it bigger or smaller. Graphics behind show a scene in a lost property office. Pupils should respond to someone (teacher or another pupil) saying ‘où est ma / mon / mes…? – j’ai perdu ma / mon / mes…’ by manipulating the keyhole and then saying where it is using prepositions where possible in conjunction with the phrase “Regarde il/elle est sur/dans/sous le… Alternatively, pupils can describe what they can see in the left luggage office responding to questions ‘qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans le bureau des objets trouvés?’ with phrase ‘il y a …. sur / dans / sous….’ incorporating nouns with adjectives in their answers.
If required, click on ! to remove the keyhole and cover and reveal the lost property scene in its entirety.
Click on ! to cover up again. This could then prompt a memory game either as an accumulator game eg. Au bureau des objets trouvés, il y a… or by describing where things are eg. ‘où est le collier’ ‘il est sur la table’ and therefore link to mon collier.
Press the arrow keys to move between slides.
Activity – Slide 4:
Graphics show cue card for ‘Les pieds sous la table’ (Track 34 CD1) ACTION role-play as per page 53 of pupils’ book, but separated into 2 columns.
Click on the shapes ● or▲ to listen to the dialogue and repeat. Click on the blue arrow key to go to the next page of dialogue. After the usual introduction and repetition, pupils should be encouraged to practise in pairs and adapt.
Press the red arrow key to go back to a previous slide.
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For further details regarding the Interactive Whiteboard material, please contact our Schools Team on 01949 839715 Option 1.