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PROJECT
OVERVIEW
Project Aims:
Subject specific aim - to teach students to understand and use
the imperfect tense in French
ICT aim - to exploit the use of standard school software (Word
and Powerpoint) in a simple but creative way
Other aims - to enable students to use higher order thinking skills
and to be creative in the MFL classroom
Students
This project is suitable for higher ability [Gifted and Talented]
linguists in years 9 or 10. Previous knowledge of the perfect tense
is required but this should not be problematic as this is usually
taught in year 8 and revisited in year 9. Students will need to
be able to use Word and Powerpoint.
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Lesson 1
- The aims of the unit are shared with the class.
- The teacher uses a powerpoint presentation to show students
the formation and meanings of the imperfect tense. Powerpoint
is particularly useful for this as the verb endings can be added/taken
away easily and students can 'visualise' the structure of the
tense
- Students then complete a simple electronic worksheet [in Word]
to practise the tense structure
Lesson 2
- The teacher uses a second Powerpoint presentation called “Quand
j’étais petit(e) [When I was young] to convey the
imperfect tense meaning of 'used to'.
- Students then use this presentation as a model to make their
own powerpoint presentation of 'Quand j’étais petit(e)'
using amusing examples and illustrations of their own. For
example ... quand j’étais petit(e) je mangeais des
vers! – when I was young I used to eat worms!
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Lesson 3
- The teacher uses a Powerpoint presentation to present the meaning
of the imperfect tense as 'was doing' and relates it to the perfect
tense [did]. For example, je lisais quand
le telephone a sonné (I was reading when the phone rang).
- Students then work in groups [of 3] to solve a very creative
murder mystery based on witness statements written in both the
perfect and imperfect tenses. The statements are on a student
powerpoint presentation and clues are revealed by the teacher
at intervals on the electronic whiteboard
- Students decide who the murderer is and why, then prepare a
slide to explain it in simple target language.
Lesson 4
- Students present their slides to the rest of the class.
- The teacher reveals the solution.
- Students then work individually to fill in their own witness
statement using a Word pro-forma and using both tenses.
Lesson 5
- The teacher selects some of the students’ powerpoint
presentations 'Quand j’étais petit(e)' and they are
presented to the class.
- Students have a worksheet to fill in based on the selected
powerpoints in order to ensure focus.
- Finally students fill in a simple electronic worksheet which
comprises a plenary of learning and an evaluation.
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