**1st week in February
Languages Week Scotland
@LangsWeekScot
#highlandloveslanguages
#scotlandloveslanguages
What's your favourite French word & why?
Draw it or make a talking picture like this one.
Use Chatterpix to create yours & share it.
Learn words with Mr Innes.
Challenge - Did you know that French & English words that sound and look the same / similar are called cognates. How many can you work out from this list?
Check out this list of words in Scots that are similar to French words. How many do you know?
Languages All Around You - a resource for P6 & 7 learners with lots of activities.
What's your favourite word in Gaelic?
What Gaelic words do you know?
draw a picture of your favourite word and write the word below it
Take a photo or video and tweet it!
Why not try using the Apps Chatterpix or POSE: Talking Pictures & record yourself saying your word?
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Develop your Language skills by Listening to songs in French & other languages from around the world. Plus hear different music styles. How many words can you recognise?
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Click the keyboard to Hear some traditional French songs. Which one do you like the most? Why? Share your thoughts with others.
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Listen to some traditional and modern Gaelic musicLoading...
Do you know a Gaelic tune and can you play it on a musical instrument? Record it and let us hear it!Loading...
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Try to sing a verse or a chorus of a Gaelic song you know...Loading...
Post it onto the blog or tweet it.A traditional Story
Time to listen to a story - follow the adventures of Petit Poisson Blanc. Try & join in. How many colours and sea creatures can you remember? Did you like the story?
Want a challenge? Create your own story using the same storyline & repeated phrases. Change the colours & add new animals - here's an example by French children.
Need help with new words? Use an online dictionary.
Want a challenge? Create your own story using the same storyline & repeated phrases. Change the colours & add new animals - here's an example by French children.
Need help with new words? Use an online dictionary.
Animated Stories
French Stories & Poems
Poetry
Ever tried bi-lingual books? A great way to learn a language. Listen to native speakers read you a story on BookBox. Read the English subtitles to develop your language. Start with Level 1. What words do you recognise? Try to learn 3 new words.
Watch these short animations to see some short French poems. Use the clues - pictures & cognates to work out the theme of each one. Choose one poetry technique & have a go at writing one yourself.
Use Powtoon to animate your story or poem.
Toontastic - create a short story in Gaelic. Keep it simple!
Find toontastic in your Chromebook App Store
In Toontastic- create a short online story in Gaelic in 3 or 5 parts. Choose the setting & characters. Record yourself speaking in Gaelic. Keep it simple!
Use a Gaelic song as a poem - Can you draw a picture to go with each verse or can you make up the next verse?
Gaelic Stories and Poems
Who's your favourite character from any book? Can you describe them in Gaelic?
France In Images
What do you think of when you hear the word France?
Croissants, Bonjour, red-white-blue, Eiffel Tower, Skiing... - Maya, age 8
Tour the country with this video - how many images do you recognise? How similar are they to the things you link to France?
Over to you....Create your own visual representation of France with 1+ images - draw, paint, use PPT, make a collage online using PicCollage or create a video. Present it as a simple poster or link to the geography of the country in a map.
Challenge - put all your ideas together & use French & English to write an acrostic poem for the word FRANCE. Voice/video record yourself presenting your poem & share it.
Draw a picture of what you think of when you hear the word Scotland - it could be one thing (eg. mountains) or lots of things (eg. kilts, bagpipes). Find out how to say these words in Gaelic & write the words beside your picture(s).
Create your own presentation of Scotland in images - use ppt, book creator, make a video etc. Find out what they are called in Gaelic and include this in the presentation.
Images of Gaelic Scotland
If you could visit one place in Scotland, where would it be and why? Can you record yourself saying where it is and blog/tweet it?
Chandeleur is a festival on Feb 2nd, similar to Pancake Day in the UK. Traditionally the French eat pancakes. Read a simple recipe. Try to memorise the ingredients. Can you remember all 5?
Read a traditional rhyme about making pancakes & watch a wolf toss pancakes & see where they end up!
Learn the words for some other French foods.
French Food
Check out the Camembear Blog to find out 1 fact about the festival of Chandeleur & share it with your class.
What do you like on your pancakes?
Tu préféres les crêpes avec du beurre, du citron, du sucre, du chocolat, de la glace ou de la confiture?
Je préfère les crêpes avec du citron et du sucre.