Part B: What I like doing

Planning your lessons

Part B builds on pupils’ previous work on likes and dislikes in Early Start French 2. In the contexts of food, leisure pastimes and school lessons, they know how to say “j’aime...” + a noun or “je n’aime pas...”now they meet a more flexible expression: “j’aime faire de...”

Activities

Warm up

❑ First ask children what French words they already know to describe whether they like or dislike something, e.g. “j’aime/ je n’aime pas” Some may also be able to give “reasons” for their preferences, which were included in “extra words and phrases” in Early Start French 2.

B1, B2: NEW WORDS

B1. Do you like/dislike doing...?

Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire?

What do you like doing?

J’aime faire de...(la jonglerie)

I like doing...(juggling)

Qu’est-ce que tu n’aimes pas faire?

What don’t you like doing?

Je n’aime pas faire de... (l’acrobacie)

I don’t like doing... (acrobatics)

B1, B2. Reasons (may be REVISION) pourquoi? pourquoi pas? parce que c’est difficile c’est facile c’est fatigant j’y arrive! je n’y arrive pas assez (facile) très (difficile)

- why?

- why not?

- because

- it’s difficult

- it’s easy

- it’s tiring

- I’m getting there!

= I can do it

- I can’t do it

- quite (easy)

- very (hard)

Film B1: Maille: “J’aime faire de l’assiette chinoise.”

Watch film B1: What I like doing and why

❑ Watch film B1 in which children at the Circus School say which of the circus activities they like doing, and why.

More get used to the sounds

❑ Echoing: Show the ‘Circus likes/dislikes’ e-flashcards with sound and text ON. Pupils echo the phrases, e.g. “J’aime faire... (de la boule)”. Then do the same with the “Je n’aime pas faire...” phrases.

Key Sounds

Listen and enjoy copying these typical sounds: where have you heard them before?

as in... j’y arrive,facile, fatigant(e), dif f icile heard before in jonglerie, piscine, six as in... pourquoi, heard before in chinois oiseau, as in... fatigant(e) heard before in blanc, trente, temps as in... assez heard before in nez, ajouter, salé as in.. pas, c’est, fatigant seen before in fait, ils font

Respond with understanding

❑ Play “true or false?”

Show the ‘Circus likes/dislikes’ e-flashcards with both sound and text OFF. You call out a phrase, e.g.“J’aime faire du rola bola”. Pupils say “oui” if “du rola bola” matches the picture and “non” if it doesn’t.

Click here to change between LIKE/ DISLIKE

❑ Play “Say the sentence”

Show the e-flashcards with sound and text OFF. Ask children to say the phrase that matches the currently displayed combination of symbol and activity, e.g.

“Je n’aime pas faire de la boule".

❑ Play “human sentence” 1

Arrange copies of the picture cards from the “activity sheet” on a table, and make cards with smiley “J’aime faire...” and grumpy “Je n’aime pas faire...” symbols. Invite two groups of children to stand by the table. You call out a sentence e.g. “Je n’aime pas faire du monocycle”. Group 1 chooses a smiley or grumpy symbol. Group 2 chooses a circus activity. A child from each group stands together to make the sentence; the class “reads” it aloud. Continue with other sentences. You could include familiar vocabulary from French 2, Ch2.10, “Les passe-temps”, e.g.

“J’aime faire de la natation”.

❑ Show the ‘Circus likes/dislikes’ e-flashcards, with sound and text OFF.

Pupils call out the correct phrase.

Warm up for film B2

❑ Ask children in English (or their own language) why they like some activities and not others: ...do they prefer what’s difficult or easy? ...what they’re struggling to master? ...or what they’ve succeeded at?

Watch film B2: ...difficult or easy?

❑ Watch film B2 in which children at the Circus School give reasons why they like or dislike particular activities.

Film B2: Florent: “Le fil, c’est très difficile.”

❑ Echoing: the ‘Giving reasons’ e-flashcards describe WHY someone might like or dislike an activity. Pupils echo the phrases.

❑ Play “the miming game”

Show the class an activity flashcard, e.g. juggling. Call out a reason for liking or disliking their activity, e.g. “C’est difficile”. Each child mimes the phrase, e.g. finding it terribly difficult to juggle successfully.

❑ Play “Easy or difficult?” - this game could include circus acts, school subjects or hobbies. (You could explain beforehand that it is ok to imagine which circus acts they like doing as they might not have had a chance to take part in any at this point).

The children stand in a circle with you in the middle. Throw a soft ball to one of the children and ask, for example, “Que-est ce que tu aimes faire?” He/she replies, for example,“Du diabolo”. You then ask “Pourquoi?” (why?) He/she replies, for example, “Parce que c’est facile” (becaue it is easy). You could also ask, “Que-est ce que tu n’aimes pas faire?” so that children can say which activities they don’t like doing and why. Use your class puppet to demonstrate.