Spicing up your Y7 SOW

Helena Butterfield/Stockton LA CPD

Spicing up your Y7 SOW

Helena Butterfield

HOD MFL St. Michael’s RC School

Links into Languages Trainer

eTwinning Ambassador


The future in our hands

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


“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/




The big picture


Bringing it all together

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




Transition

Previous learningMixed experiences

What can we learn from Primary Languages


How can we put this into practice?

Stories

Songs Phonics

Poetry

International links

ICT


Having a real audience

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

LettersBloggingwww.langwitch.org/stmichaelsmfl

Wikiswww.langwitch.wikispaces.com

http://www.langwitch.org/stmichaelsmfl


Challenge

• Quévasacomprarparatuhermano?

• Qué vas a comprar para tu hermano?

• Quelleestladatedetonanniversaire?

• Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire?


Challenge

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

Je ne suis pas sportif


Who wants to be a Millionaire?


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


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?


Venn Diagrams


Cross curricular links

Geography History

Music

Technology

Drama

ICT

P.E.


Animals but not as we know it

Les animaux en danger: Animals with a twist


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


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


Introduction

• Erdkunde

• Les animaux en danger


Working with the language

• Building sentences

• Descriptions: mystery

• Speaking / Listening: Clouds


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

http://www.glogster.com/

http://s003.langwitch.edu.glogster.com/glog-332/

http://s003.langwitch.edu.glogster.com/glog-332/

http://s004.langwitch.edu.glogster.com/glog-ejf/

http://s004.langwitch.edu.glogster.com/glog-ejf/


What happens next…?


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


Further reading


www.rachelhawkes.typepad.com

www.isabellejones.blogspot.com

www.chrisharte.typepad.com

http://ilanguages.co.uk/


http://www.rachelhawkes.typepad.com/

http://www.isabellejones.blogspot.com/


Thanks for listening

www.helenabutterfield.netwww.langwitch.org/stmichaelsmfl

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

http://www.helenabutterfield.net/


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


Helping them to learn vocabulary


Showcasing pupil work


Promote independent learning


Share authentic material


Fun!


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

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


Homework


Peer assessment


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5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

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Jo-jo Wildwasser Buch Zug

Vogel Eis Hai Biene

Haus Eule Mäuse Löwe

Küssen Bär heiß sehen


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


Helping them to learn vocabulary


Promote independent learning


More static than a blog


www.etwinning.net


Travelling bear


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

Romania, Poland


Whole class letter exchange

Spicing up your Y7 SOW

Documents

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