Week+7+Colours

Objective:[[image:autumn_tree.jpg width="88" height="108" align="right"]]
To build on prior learning and to learn the names of some colours.

Resources:
Possibly puppets from 1st lesson. Coloured balloons (or flashcards or any coloured objects) Beanbags. IWB with sound to watch Early Start demo clip (below). //Teachers note: children need to be taught 'how' to remember words in a new language by discussing what they believe makes the new words easy or hard to learn. The children's own ideas might not make sense to you but will provide the best means for them to remember. // || * soundfile from Babelzonemedia type="file" key="35 - colours.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||
 * ~  ||~ Description ||~ Resources ||
 * ~ Starter || *  In pairs, practise greetings and asking each other names to produce a mini dialogue: //‘Bonjour, ca va? Comment t’appelles-tu?, Je m’appelles + name, Au revoir’// || None needed but could be done using puppets from 1st lessonmedia type="file" key="04 What is your name.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||
 * ~ Main Activity || * **Introduce some colours**, holding up a coloured balloon or a flashcard with each new colour. Emphasize the sounds of each word carefully and encourage children to copy you and use their whole body in a gesture that imitates the sound - for example //'////rouge'// by rolling the //r// and a gesture to indicate a revving engine;// bleu // by blowing bubbles; //blanc// by holding up a blank piece of paper, //jaune// by yawning to make the // au // sound, encourage children to make up more for //vert, marron, violet// and //noir//.
 * ** Play ' ** **Montrez moi' (show me):** Call out a colour in French eg // 'rouge' //. Children race to hold up (for example) a cube of multilink of that colour. You could extend this to playing outside and make it more of a treasure hunt for articles of a certain colour. (links to O3.4)
 * coloured balloons, or beanbags or flashcards or any coloured objects
 * ~ Plenary || * Watch this video clip from ‘Early start’. (links to IU 3.1)
 * In PE, extend learning to include playing a similar game of **boules** using coloured beanbags. || Click here for Early Start video clip ||