Part B: En famille

Planning your lessons

Part B compares two families having a meal at home: one on a country farm, the other in the capital city.

Activities

Warm up

Before showing film B1, talk with children about the different sorts of arrangements their household has for eating the main meal, n do children eat with adults?

n does the family eat together round a table?

n does everyone eat the same, or does each choose separately from the freezer?

One point of this is to establish the diversity of customs in their own community, that households within a country will have many differences in how they behave. Be sensitive to personal circumstances that children may not wish to discuss in class.

Watch film B1: Rural family

❑ In film B1, Boushaib introduces his family and the farm where they live.

We see the dry arable fields, bare after the harvest, stretching into the distance - the Atlas Mountains tower on the horizon. This area (the province of Khémisset) produces much of the wheat that Moroccans then make into couscous. Their flock of sheep come in from the fieldswhich are surrounded by cactus hedges.

B1: NEW WORDS

Family (revision) le père la mère la tante le frère la soeur le cousin/ la cousine le grand-père

- father

- mother

- aunt

- brother

- sister

- cousin (M/F)

- grandfather

What people do il est fermier he’s a farmer elle fait... du pain she’s making... bread

...du thé à la menthe ...mint tea on mange du couscous they eat couscous se laver les mains wash your hands see Ch.3.1 n his brother helps to milk one of their cows, and then filters the milk; n his sister and small cousin feed the chickens that roam around the farmyard. Finally the men sit down on padded benches to a meal. They eat from a communal plate of couscous, lamb (from their farm), and vegetables. Some eat with their right hand, others with a fork. They drink bottled water with their meal. When they have finished, Boushaib brings them

HOW

FRENCH WORKS:

Belonging - no apostrophe-’S’

In film B1 we see that the French equivalent of “Boushaib’s father” is:

Film B1: My sister and cousin feed the chickens.

We see Boushaib’s family: n his father, the farmer arrives on his tractor; n his mother makes mint tea to welcome guests; n his aunt kneads dough to make typical Moroccan flat bread;

“le père de Boushaib”

“the father of Boushaib” a jug and basin to wash their hands. The women and children eat separately.

They say “X de Y” where in English you’d say, “Y’s X” - there’s no apostrophe-’S’ in French. “de” is used to show belonging.

Key Sounds

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

to the sounds ‘Family’ n When children can say the family members, move on to the flashcards that show ‘what people do’ - use these phrases as ‘templates’ to describe other pictures in French. n Discuss what children notice, highlighting similarities and differences with your own community, e.g. n what things do men do with male relatives and friends (watch football?), and women do in all-female groups? n what do children notice about the meal: the food, and how it is eaten? Why does the meal end with washing hands? as in... famille, fille heard before in taille, oreille, oeil as in... olives, tajine, fermier, famille, fils, fille heard before in piscine, diabolo as in... couscous, heard before in genou, boule, tous as in... tante, menthe heard before in panda, jambe

❑ Echoing: Show the first set of e-flashcards ‘B1’ where we meet Boushaib’s family fromthe farm in the countryside - start with sound and text ON.

Children will know most of the words for family members from earlier work, e.g. “le grand- père” The key food items from the film are also introduced.

Talk about...

B2: NEW WORDS

Moroccan Food un tajine(also spelt ‘tagine’) un tajine au poisson

- stew also cooking pot

- fish stew

Food (revision) le pain les olives la salade les fruits le yaourt

- bread - olives

- salad

- fruit

- yoghurt

Family (2) bienvenue chez nous! welcome to our house! la famille CHARYATE the Charyate family ma femme mon fils ma fille sa copine/ son copain

- my wife

- my son

- my daughter

- her/his (girl-)friend/ mate or buddy

Watch film B2: City family

❑ Film B2 shows a family in the capital city, Rabat, having a family meal. Monsieur Charyate who works as a civil servant in a government ministry, introduces la famille CHARYATE: his wife Ilham, his son Adam, daughter Jasmine and her friend.

Children will know many of the words for foods from earlier work, e.g. “le pain”.

Talk about...

n Discuss how this family meal compares with the mealtime scene in film B1, and with familiar mealtimes in your community.

n If you had a meal from local produce in your community, what would be on the menu? (see “talking point 2”)

Talking point 2

EVERYDAY LIFE IN MOROCCO Meals in Morocco

Like the rural family, they sit down on the padded benches that line their living room walls, and eat from a communal dish. The children eat from their own plates. They mostly eat with their hands.They eat a tagine - a casserole or stew that is baked in the oven in a clay pot with a funnel-shaped lid - also known as a tajine

Their tajine has a whole baked fish, tajine au poisson, which they eat with pieces of bread, salad and olives.

Dessert is yoghurt and fruit from the fruit bowl - banana, grapes, pomegranate or artichoke.

Get used to the sounds ‘Food’

❑ Echoing: Show the e-flashcards which present key words for family relationships e.g. “mon fils” (my son) and the foods the family eats - start with sound and text ON.

People in Morocco can make the most of local food. The country has a warm climate, and whilst the Sahara is dry, the lands facing the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts have enough rain most years, with extra water from rivers running down from the mountains.

Film B1: On the farm, the family make their own bread. So the meals you see are typical Moroccan cuisine, made with local produce. As we will see in Part C, the city family shops in a big supermarket, whilst the country family grows much of their food on the farm or buys it in the market.