Language Teacher Toolkit: Steve Smith's blog

I've uploaded to frenchteacher.net a number of easy sentence builder frames for near-beginners. These are aimed at the full range of ability and could be exploited in a number of ways to maximise recycling of high frequency verbs and chunks. The example below is followed by a possible teaching sequence. You could probably find alternative ideas. See what you think. Other examples on frenchteacher so far are: last weekend, school, holidays and pastimes. On fait des phrases – LE WEEKEND PROCHAIN Je vais aller (I’m going to go) au parc (to the park) au cinéma (to the cinema) aux magasins (to the shops) à la piscine (to the swimming pool) en ville (into town) au restaurant avec mes parents (with my parents) avec mes amis (with my friends avec mon ami(e) (with my friend) Ce sera bien (it’ll be good) Ce sera amusant (it’ll be fun) Ce sera super (it’ll be great) Ce sera cool Je vais jouer (I’m going to play) ...

 This is a resource using the "narrow reading" approach for recycling language. You could use it with an intermediate class (GCSE). it's on the topic "How well do you sleep?" which offers opportunities for some useful communicative exchanges. Here is the resource with some lesson notes for teachers. Read what these people say about their sleeping habits . Which person would you agree with most? Vocabulaire un rêve – dream      un cauchemar – nightmare       je ronfle – I snore        s’endormir – to fall asleep faire la grasse matinée – to have a lie-in                 je me souviens de – I remember préoccuper – to worry         le lendemain – the next day            empêcher – to prevent Amélie Je n’ai aucun problème...