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The Weather. French Second Level. Quel temps fait-il? What’s the weather like? Il fait beau It’s nice Il fait chaud It’s hot Il fait froid It’s cold Il fait gris It’s grey Il neige It’s snowing Il pleut It’s raining Il y a du vent It’s windy
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The Weather French Second Level
Quel temps fait-il? What’s the weather like? Il fait beau It’s nice Il fait chaud It’s hot Il fait froid It’s cold Il fait gris It’s grey Il neige It’s snowing Il pleut It’s raining Il y a du vent It’s windy Il y a du soleil It’s sunny You will also see Il fait du soleil and Il fait du vent being used but the French are more likely to use Il y a du vent and il y a du soleil. Il y a des tempêtes/orages It’s stromy Il y a/il fait du brouillard It’s foggy Il y a des nuages It’s cloudy Vocabulary Les saisons The seasons C’est quelle saison? What season is it? C’est le printemps It’s spring C’est l’été It’s summer C’est l’automne It’s autumn C’est l’hiver It’s winter
Please note that this PPT is largely the same as First Level Weather except for the inclusion of the seasons and 3 further items (stormy, cloudy and foggy) • These have been incorporated into the Early Level activities and there are also some extra songs and ICT activities. • First section of this powerpoint recaps weather vocab from Early/ First level. • If pupils are already secure, you could skip straight through to seasons. Second Level Weather
Actively take part in daily routine • Understand and respond to classroom instructions and personal information from familiar sources • Listen, join in and respond to a story, song or poem • Participate in familiar games, paired speaking and short role plays • Further develop an understanding of, interest in and respect for other countries, cultures and languages • Demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of the value of language learning including skills for life and work • Take part in simple, paired conversations about themselves, others and interests of their choice • Ask for help confidently using learned phrases and familiar language • Give a short presentation about a familiar topic • Pronounce words sufficiently accurately so as to make the meaning clear • Work with others and make a successful contribution to a group presentation in English supported by the target languages Second Level Significant Aspects of Learning
Second Level Significant Aspects of Learning • Read aloud a simple text • Read and understand a variety of simple texts • Make comparisons between English and target language (including use of a bi-lingual dictionary with support) • Write about themselves and others and check the accuracy of own writing • Exchange straightforward information in writing using familiar words and phrases
Embedding the language Ask what the weather is like in French at the start of everyday along with the date. Printed and laminated weather vocab. PPT slides could be used to support this.
Sample activities You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom. This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
Quel temps fait-il? • Look at the following weather pictures. • Listen to the three different weathers in French. • Can you choose which one best describes the picture?
Quel temps fait-il? Fancy dress game. • Select a range of props which match the different weather types (e.g. sunglasses, hat and scarf, warm coat, bucket and spade, umbrella etc.) • Pupils sit in a circle with all items placed in the middle. • One pupil goes to the centre. • All pupils chant, “Quel temps fait-il?” • Teacher (or pupil) calls a weather in French. • Pupil in the centre puts on an item of clothing which matches that type of weather.
Weather snap! • Pupils have different weather symbol cards on their desks/in a group • Class ask the question “Quel temps fail-il?” • Teacher says a weather type and they have to slap the card (or hold up the correct one!). • As they grow in confidence they can be asked to individually choose a weather.
Quel temps fait-il? Charades • Teacher teaches actions to each of the weather phrases e.g. shivering for cold, putting up an umbrella for rain etc. • Class chant question “Quel temps fait-il?” • Teacher then says a weather phrase and class do the mime as a group. • Pupils then take over saying the weather phrase. • Teacher then models miming a weather and pupils have to guess which one it is. • Pupils then mime for others in class.
Songs and videos! You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom. This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class. You will find a set of more challenging activities in First Level Days of the Week and Months.
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