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Litanies pour un retour
Contributor: Steven Fawkes
Language of text: French
Type of text: Song lyric
Author or source: Jacques Brel
Intended age of students: Key Stage 3/4
Source reference: Clip here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW_tjm82ZAE
Lyrics here:
http://www.parolesmania.com/paroles_jacques_brel_11660/paroles_litanies_pour_un_retour_397099.html
Attached files:
Page with a) the lyrics of the song
b) the lyrics gapped to focus on possessives
c) the lyrics gapped to focus on sound / meaning
Approaches:
Listen to a verse or two to establish the mood and introduce linked descriptive phrases. adjectives.
Look at the text gapped for possessives; learners predict which word is missing (mon, ma or mes), then listen again and fill the gap with either mon, ma or mes
Afte a gap - maybe in the next lesson , use the other gapped version to recal meaning and focus on rhymes / sounds.
Rationale:
This moving song of loss and love is simply a list based on possessive words:
Mon coeur ma mie mon âme
Mon ciel mon feu ma flamme
Mon puits ma source mon val
This means it can be exploited in several ways:
for work on grammar (choice of possessives, gender clues)
for work on phonics and spelling link
for creative writing
Outcomes:
Identifying grammatical patterns - link of possessive word to gender of the noun
The song illustrates how a powerful, moving resource can be created from simple ingredients
Topics or themes:
Relationships theme
Grammar:
Possessives
Strategies:
Adapting the text to make a new List Poem
Comparing with anothe version of the song - here is Barbara:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6nBEliPwnY
in order to convey that the possessive word is NOT linked to the gender of the speaker
Converting the text from Mon to Son
How much time required:
30 minutes?