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P'tit loup rentre à l'école
Contributor: Nathalie Paris
Language of text: French
Type of text: Other
Author or source: Orianne Lallemand, Eléonore Thuillier, published by Auzou
Intended age of students: Key Stage 1/2
Source reference: 9782733822388
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Approaches:
This is a lovely story about P'tit Loup's first day at school: to start with he is worried, but the book focuses on all the great things he does throughout the day.
You can look at the cover with the children. Where do they think P'tit Loup is going to go today? They may not think of school as he is not wearing a uniform and he is taking a rucksack. Cultural differences can be discussed. Give to the children the challenge of noticing, as you read the story, and remembering what P'tit Loup is doing at school today.
You can read the story all the way through, showing the images as well of course, then ask the children what they have understood or worked out and how: they will mention pictures and hopefully certain words too.
On second reading, you can stop after each page to check your children's understanding then get them to join in with actions to demonstrate it. You can discuss cultural differences as you come across them.
Lastly, you can pick out the words and phrases that you want the children to learn from this book and practise them.
Rationale:
This story is simple: there is only one short sentence in French per page and it is illustrated in a very clear manner, so it is accessible to all children, even if they do not know French.
The story is full of cognates, which makes it the perfect story to ask your children to be language detectives with: highlight the words you want them to work out and associate with English words (see presentation on my website).
Outcomes:
This story will reassure young children that it is ok to feel anxious about school, but hopefully it will all be fine.
It shows aspects which are specific to schools in France.
The work on cognates will develop the children's skills as language detectives (inference).
Topics or themes:
going back to school; school in France
Grammar:
introduction to the prefect tense in French - spotting it
Strategies:
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How much time required:
1 lesson