Week+1+Diversity

Objective:[[image:spring.jpg width="119" height="126" align="right"]]
To appreciate the cultural diversity of the class.

Resources:
1 Printout of wally or a suitable stuffed toy. Printouts of Gingerbread man template for every child. Huge template of same for class display. //Teachers note: check for children who only put colours related to England as they will need more support. // || * Gingerbread man template ||
 * ~  ||~ Description ||~ Resources ||
 * ~ Starter || * **Play Where's Wally:** 2 students leave classroom. While they are out of room rest of class choose who will hide 'wally'. The 2 students return to room. The 2 students must ask class one-by-one // 'comment t'appelles tu?' // and each person must answer with their own name UNLESS they have wally, in chich case they answer // 'Je m'appelle Wally' //. Winner is first to find Wally. || * Wally [[file:wally.pdf]]
 * media type="file" key="04 What is your name.mp3" width="240" height="20" soundfile from Babelzone ||
 * ~ Main Activity || * **Discussion:** Ask class 'did you see any relatives from other countries over the holiday?' Did you go or receive any Christmas cards from abroad?
 * ** Gingerbread Man: **Introduce the idea of the gingerbread man template (see adjacent) representing the personal language experience of the class. Each child completes his own gingerbread man template e.g. perhaps they might colour a pizza pattern on the foot for any Italian link (they might know some Italian, a relative or like the food or maybe visited on holiday etc) and then they might colour the gingerbread man's head with a tricolore to represent French and learning it at school.. (links to IU3.1)
 * ~ Plenary || * Each child to stick their mini gingerbread man onto a huge gingerbread man which will demonstrate the whole class' links with other countries and cultures. ||  ||