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Spicing up your Y7 SOW

Helena Butterfield

HOD MFL St. Michael’s RC School

Links into Languages Trainer

eTwinning Ambassador

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The future in our hands

What do we want our pupils to be able to do?

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“New” Secondary Curriculum• Cross curricular

• Creativity

• Active learning

• More engaging (compelling contexts)

• Intercultural understanding

• Less prescribed content with a focus on skills

http://www.all-nsc.org.uk/nsc/

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The big picture

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Bringing it all together

http://www.all-nsc.org.uk/nsc/?q=node/86

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Transition

Previous learningMixed experiences

What can we learn from Primary Languages

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How can we put this into practice?

Stories

Songs Phonics

Poetry

International links

ICT

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Having a real audience

PodcastsExplain –er verbs / irregular verbs / explain anything / pronunciation practice

LettersBloggingwww.langwitch.org/stmichaelsmfl

Wikiswww.langwitch.wikispaces.com

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Challenge

• Quévasacomprarparatuhermano?

• Qué vas a comprar para tu hermano?

• Quelleestladatedetonanniversaire?

• Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire?

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Challenge

H*c* b**n t**mp*

Je ne suis pas sportif

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Who wants to be a Millionaire?

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Competition

- Answer this question in just 7 words“Tu as un animal à la maison?”

- Answer the same question in 12 words

• Draw image on partner’s back – school subjects

• Running dictation

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Trouvez l’intrus• bière, vin, café, cognac

• potage, glace, fromage, tarte

• chou, pomme, carotte, radis

• cuiller, couteau, verre, fourchette

• Vous avez choisi?, Vous avez une table sur la terrasse?, Vous êtes combien de personnes?, Et comme dessert?

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Venn Diagrams

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Cross curricular links

Geography History

Music

Technology

Drama

ICT

P.E.

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Animals but not as we know it

Les animaux en danger: Animals with a twist

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The idea

• To introduce the children to animals and descriptions in a more interesting way

• To introduce the Global Dimension into MFL

• To introduce a cross-curricular theme

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Where and when I used it

• From ALL publication Deutsch Lehren und Lernen

• Year 7 pupils within the topic of animals

• Could be used at anytime in Year 7

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Introduction

• Erdkunde

• Les animaux en danger

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Working with the language

• Building sentences

• Descriptions: mystery

• Speaking / Listening: Clouds

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Linguistic Output

• Support sheet / independent writing

• Create a ppt / video / glogster to inform people about endangered animals– Video making – Windows Moviemaker– Glogster – www.glogster.com (create and

educator account)• Some glogs:

Glog 1 Glog 2

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What happens next…?

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References and resources

• Suzi Bewell: MFL PGCE Curriculum Area Leader,The University of York http://petitepipelette.posterous.com/

• Rachel Hawkes: SSAT Lead Practitioner, AST, AHT Comberton Village College www.rachelhawkes.typepad.com

• Isabelle Jones: Head of MFL, The Radclyffe School, www.isabellejones.blogspot.com

• ALL Deutsch Lehren und Lernen, Spring Term 2009

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Further reading

http://www.all-nsc.org.uk/nsc/

www.rachelhawkes.typepad.com

www.isabellejones.blogspot.com

www.chrisharte.typepad.com

http://ilanguages.co.uk/

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Thanks for listening

www.helenabutterfield.netwww.langwitch.org/stmichaelsmfl

Follow me on Twitter:www.twitter.com/langwitch

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Wordle: word clouds

www.wordle.net

Go animate: Animated cartoons

www.goanimate.com

Wallwisher: Sticky notes on a virtual wall

www.wallwisher.com

Storybird: Write and collaborate on stories

www.storybird.com

YouTube

Slideshare

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Helping them to learn vocabulary

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Showcasing pupil work

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Promote independent learning

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Share authentic material

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Fun!

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Dans ma valise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgOcr_EFBsE

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Homework

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Peer assessment

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1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

13 14 15 13

Jo-jo Wildwasser Buch Zug

Vogel Eis Hai Biene

Haus Eule Mäuse Löwe

Küssen Bär heiß sehen

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Ton Christ est Juif(Anonyme, Julos Beaucarne)

Ton Christ est juif Ta voiture est japonaise 

Ton couscous est algérien Ta démocratie est grecque 

Ton café est brésilien Ton chianti est italien 

                Et tu reproches à ton voisin d'être un étranger 

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Helping them to learn vocabulary

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Promote independent learning

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More static than a blog

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www.etwinning.net

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Travelling bear

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Wiki project (in English) with France, Italy, Turkey,

Romania, Poland

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Whole class letter exchange