Dynamo 1, Unit 3.3 - Le sport dans les pays francophones

PPT lesson based on Dynamo 1, Module 3, Unit 3 (Le sport dans les pays francophones) about sports in French-speaking countries. This unit also covers how to use cognates and context to find out the meaning of new vocabulary. All main tasks have an extension activity to cater for the more able students.

STARTER: gap-filling translation activity about the new vocab. The missing words are all cognates.

LANGUAGE INPUT: new vocab about sports using the verb ‘on fait’ is introduced and practised.

MINI-PLENARY - assessment for learning opportunity

ACTIVITY 1: reading task linked to the mini-plenary (differentiation by outcome). Students read a short paragraph and answer the questions in English.

MINI-PLENARY - assessment for learning opportunity

ACTIVITY 2: match-up task with the phrases learnt so far and the matching photos.

MINI-PLENARY - assessment for learning opportunity

ACTIVITY 3: listening gap-filling task in French. A transcript is provided for teachers who don’t have access to Active Learn.

ACTIVITY 4: walking translation game

• One student per table gets up to read the translations on the sheet.
• They note the French translation to the first sentence in their book.
• They go back to their seat, share the translation with the other students.
• Another students gets up and repeats the procedure as above.
• While you wait for the translation à write down the sentences in English in your book.

MINI-PLENARY - assessment for learning opportunity

ACTIVITY 5: differentiated writing task about sport (including challenge for more able students).

FINAL PLENARY