Show and Tell @ Wildern – part 2

I’m on a roll ! 2 blog posts in less than a month! Let me tell you more about the Wildern Show and Tell then.

Jo Biddle reminded us about the use of Brace Maps in MFL, ideal to classify vocabulary. Brace maps are ideal for learners to understand relationships between new items of vocabulary. We worked in groups of 3 to classify food items.

I've had a go below at reproducing a brace map, you can easily see why they would work in MFL.

Following the brace map activity, Jo showed us a different way to introduce the months of the year and get pupils talking about why they like when their birthday is. 12 sentences similar to the ones below are on the board, pupils have to decide the month that is being referred to.

  

Tu aimes la date de ton anniversaire?  

Je pense que c’est le mois de…

-       -  parce qu'il fait toujours beau

-        - parce que tout le monde est en vacances

-        - parce que Noël va arriver vite

-       -  parce que tout le monde reçoit une carte ce jour-là..

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A bit of intelligent guessing basically.

Then came the turn of Ben SHAW, another Hampshire AST.

It was great to hear Ben praising Learning Mats. I am a big fan of Learning Maps, I use them all the time. I think that with key vocabulary they can be an excellent tool especially to prepare the dreaded CA! The #mfltwitteratti are also keen on them, just have a look at Dropbox!

Ben shared with us his target sticker which he and his team are using when marking pupil’s work. They are really easy to create, just get a sticker template in Word, then type away. I use them to remind student about the GCSE criteria for example.

Ben got us to play a great creative game about descriptions. We were given a piece of paper each. We first had to write an adjective about ourselves then we had to swap sheets, we then had to write our eye colour, swap sheets, hair / age / favourite activity….

We then had to fill-in the paragraph, using the details on our sheet: j'espère rencontrer un garcon / une fille ______ avec les yeux _______et les cheveux_____il doit avoir au moins_____ans et il doit aimer _______

Finally, Ben shared with us one of his marking criteria :

- how will you answer the question? Eg. Tu aimes Eastenders?

Level 1 oui

Level 2 c'est …

Level 3 je pense que …

Level 4 je ne sais pas mais je pense que c'est…

I really enjoyed the Show and Tell at Wildern, so much so that I have volunteered to organise one later on this year, most probably in the Summer term. So watch this space!