French
The children and families are once again displaying their resilient and creative spirits during online learning. Here are some highlights from a variety of Seesaw activities:
All about France
C’est dommage - no trips to France currently on the horizon, however it doesn’t stop us adding further to our knowledge about French culture and history. Here are some facts the children have recently learnt and shared on Seesaw - A big thankyou to our resident historian in the Sunroom, Lina, who is always bringing new information to our attention.
Interview your Family
The children were tasked with playing the role of interviewer to find out what one of their family members knows about France. It was delightful to hear many parents speaking fondly of visits to France – their favourite sites, food memories and some excellent French accents on display. I hope the children enjoyed spending time sharing information and finding out more about their parents. (What! They had a life outside being a parent!).
French Writing
Despite French using the same alphabet, writing in French is the skill we normally use the least. Our focus remains primarily on listening and speaking – recognising how a word sounds and what it means is much easier than knowing how to spell it – the same applies in English of course.
Seesaw does however promote the use of the written word so here are some wonderful examples of French writing from a range of year levels.
Parts of Speech
Understanding parts of speech is a crucial part of any language learning. Parts of speech are the basic units of grammar and are used to create sentences. When we know what they are, we can then know how to use them. This results in us becoming better writers. The children are currently learning about parts of speech both in English and French and this will help consolidate their understandings. They already use them all when speaking in both languages – now they are learning to manipulate them as well in the written form.
Grand-mère Mathilde
Grand-mère Mathilde has been showing us her life at the farm and the crazy things that keep happening to her – she put “le gateau au citron” in the oven but when she went to take it out there was “une boite d’ oeufs” (an egg carton) full of “les citrons”.
The children provided some wonderful explanations about what was going on – the teleporting of cakes and time machines included!
Suzanne Banfield
French Language Teacher