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Dans Paris
Contributor: Steven Fawkes
Language of text: French
Type of text: Poem
Author or source: Paul Eluard
Intended age of students: Key Stage 3
Source reference: from ‘Les p’tites récitations de notre enfance’ (First Editions)
Text is here: http://cp.lakanal.free.fr/poesie/dansparis.htm
Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvaB35LOQhY
Presented with voiceover (non-native speakers)
http://www.slideshare.net/astrinity/dans-paris
Slideshare file: images only
Extract:
Dans Paris il y a une rue;
Dans cette rue il y a une maison;
Dans cette maison il y a un escalier;
Dans cet escalier il y a une chambre;
Dans cette chambre il y a une table;
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Approaches:
Matching – images to the lines
Jigsaw reading – the structure of the poem would allow learners to rebuild the text if it was ‘cut up’ into lines
Either by matching words – une rue / une rue
Or from picking up the sense
Learners could also reorganise the lines in a sort of jigsaw dictation – the hear the lines (see next screen) and sequence them accordingly
Once they have got a sense of the whole text, the class could do a jigsaw reading: the separate lines are distributed around the learners and they have to read their line aloud at the proper point
Using the text as a writing frame is another possibility.
Once the concept is established the teacher may wish to explore grammatical structures: why is it ‘cette rue’ but ‘cet escalier’ and’ ce tapis’ and check vocabulary.
Rationale:
Before moving on to the conclusion of the poem, the learners need to know the key word ‘renversa’ (knocked over / overturned) which occurs in every line. This is likely to be just a lexical item, but some learners might ask about the verb ending which is the Past Historic (in French le passe simple)
Once ‘renversa’ has been presented / modelled / mimed the class can see the first line of the next verse.
They might well, at that point, be able to recite , or write down all the rest of the poem without even reading it, which might well give them a sense of achievement
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Grammar:
Before moving on to the conclusion of the poem, the learners need to know the key word ‘renversa’ (knocked over / overturned) which occurs in every line. This is likely to be just a lexical item, but some learners might ask about the verb ending which is the Past Historic (in French le passe simple)
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