Week+3+Family+Survey

Objective:[[image:autumn_tree.jpg width="103" height="126" align="right"]]
To consolidate understanding of the core structures //‘Tu as?’// or //'As-tu?'// (Have you got?) and // ‘J’ai’ //(I have...) and to revise vocabulary introduced last lesson for family members: //ma sœur// (my sister), // mon frère // (my brother), //mon père// (my father), //ma mère// (my mother)

Resources:
Multilink cubes in three different colours. Enough copies of the worksheet for either one each or in pairs. //Teachers note: Teachers will no doubt recognise this technique used in maths to introduce the concept of bar graphs. In French this questionning technique is designed to give children the opportunity to give a verbal answer ( oui/non or even a whole sentence) or just silently collect the correct bricks and place on the table according to their ability/confidence.// || * Multilink cubes ||  - What question will they need to ask? // Est-ce que tu as un fr // //ère ou une// //sœur////?// What answers might they give? (The children should stick to the three answers you have modelled adding in the appropriate number of siblings as necessary: //J’ai’ une// //sœur//, // J'ai un frère, //Je n'ai pas de sœur / Je n'ai pas de frère) || * Family questionnaire worksheet // (Teachers note: The actual results of these surveys or 'sondages' are unimportant, it is the process of asking the questions and understanding the answers that we are interested in, linking to L4.3 and O4.2) // || * None needed
 * ~  ||~ Description ||~ Resources ||
 * ~ Starter || * Teacher shows class 3 piles of multilink cubes and asks if the class can remember the colours in French.
 * Teacher then explains in English that the 3 different colours chosen each represent a different member of the family (for example: //blanc// no brothers/sisters, //bleu// a brother, //rouge// = a sister).
 * Check quickly that the class remember the words for brother and sister in French.
 * Teacher says //J’ai un frère// and places one blue multilink cube on the front of the desk.
 * Teacher then asks some children //‘Tu as un frère …?// Etc. and encourages them to come and choose the appropriate cube/cubes and add them to the front of the desk in such a way that towers are gradually being built of different coloured cubes.
 * ~ Main Activity || * Hand out the worksheet either to individuals or pairs of children.
 * Ask children to complete the bar chart on the worksheets by colouring an appropriate square (or by writing their own name in the square).
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Now challenge the class to complete the rest of the task ENTIRELY in French, by asking first their partners and then other children in the class about their siblings.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">[[file:blank bar chart families french.doc]] ||
 * ~ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Plenary || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Discuss and feedback results as a class. You might wish to use some of the data in a Maths lesson! Ask the children to stick their charts into their French books or folders. Some may wish to record their conversations.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Extension - download this free IWB resource to create a bar chart for the whole class and put the data in French []
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Possibly IWB or microphones ||