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The enthusiasm and excitement surrounding the Olympics makes it an ideal topic for teaching French. Not only will pupils learn the French words for sports, we also give you ideas to reinforce vocabulary and sentence structures for a range of topics, from colours and weather to numbers and travel. In addition, using the information on France at the Olympics included in the resource will help to cover the Intercultural Strand of the Framework for Modern Languages. The French Olympics Topic Pack contains photocopiable activities and games which include: flashcards; picture flashcards; word searches, crossword puzzles and other word games; listening activities; bingo and other games; sentence building activities; and background information on France at the Olympics.

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Publié par	Andrews UK
Date de parution	24 mai 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780857476487
Langue	English

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French Olympics Topic Pack
Games, Activities and Resources to Teach French
Priscilla Hannaford

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Published by Brilliant Publications
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Written by Priscilla Hannaford
Thank you to Sinéad Leleu for her help with translation and proofreading.
Illustrated by Pat Murray
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© Brilliant Publications 2012
First printed and published in the UK in 2012
Digital version converted and published in 2012 by
Andrews UK Limited
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Free Powerpoint to go with the French Olympics Topic Pack
We have produced a free Powerpoint to accompany this book, to make it easier for you to introduce the Olympic sports to your class.
To obtain your copy, go to www.brilliantpublications.co.uk/book/french-olympics-topic-pack-382, click on the link. Enter your name, email address and the language you require, and we will email the Powerpoint to you.

Introduction
We hope you will enjoy these simple games and activities and that they will not only get your class geared up for the Olympics, but that they’ll also learn some French as well.
The Olympic sports
We have chosen the 26 major Olympic sports as the vocabulary for this topic.
Many of these sports are subdivided into several events: Athletics is the largest Olympic sport with 47 different medal events. There are five aquatic sports: swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, water polo and open water swimming. There are three equestrian disciplines: jumping, dressage and eventing. Gymnastics is actually three events: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline. There are four cycling events: BMX, mountain bike, road and track.
The modern pentathlon is a two-day competition. It consists of five events: fencing, show jumping, swimming, pistol shooting and a 3 km cross-country run. The modern pentathlon was invented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. The event was first held at the 1912 Olympic Games.
The triathlon is also a multi-disciplinary event. It consists of a 1500 m swim, a 43 km cycle race and a 10 km run. The events are held one after the other, with no breaks in between events. In fact, the speed of changing from one event to the next can be crucial. The triathlon has been an Olympic sport since only 2000.
Activities in this book
France at the Olympics/France at the Paralympics
Use the information on these sheets to help pupils improve their cultural understanding of France. Ask questions such as: France has hosted the Olympics five times. Can you find Paris, Chamonix, Grenoble and Albertville on a map of France? France has hosted the Winter Olympics three times, but Great Britain has never hosted the Winter Olympics. Why do you think this is? (Great Britain has only won 22 medals in total at the Winter Olympics, and none for alpine skiing.) French athletes have won the most medals for fencing, followed by cycling. Pupils could research which sports top the medal table for the UK (in terms of number of overall medals, the top five sports are: athletics - 199, swimming - 65, cycling - 63, rowing - 54, sailing - 49). Why are some sports more popular in some countries than in others? Only one French athlete was able to make it to the 1904 Olympic Games that were held in St Louis in the middle of the USA. Why do you suppose this is? (difficulty, length of time needed to travel in 1904) In fact, there is some dispute as to whether the one athlete was representing France or the United States! In comparison, there were three competitors from Great Britain at the 1904 Games. France’s most successful Olympic Games was in 1900 when they hosted the games. What advantages are there to being the host nation?
See also information on the Olympic flag in the chapter ‘Other teaching ideas’.
Famous French athletes
The famous French athletes listed here are all thought to have medal prospects at the London 2012 games. Pupils could look at the sports they represent. Are there any that they find surprising? Pupils could research to find out more about these athletes and their sports.
Flashcards and Picture flashcards
Cut these up into flashcards and use them to play Pairs, Concentration and other games to practise the vocabulary. Many other ideas for using flashcards can be found in 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom .
Sentence building activities/More sentence building activities
These sentence ideas are just a starting point, and it is hoped that you will build on them, depending on what vocabulary and sentence structures your children already know. See also ‘Other teaching ideas’.
Colour the picture
Use these sheets to introduce the vocabulary, or as useful reference sheets. Children can colour in the pictures and practise saying the words. The sheets could be cut into flashcards, showing the picture with the word underneath.
Match the word
Reinforce vocabulary by asking pupils to match the pictures to the French words.
Design your own logos!
For each Olympic Games a new set of logos for each sport is designed. The logos for the London 2012 games and for past games are easily found by searching images on the Internet. You could display some examples on the Interactive White Board prior to the task, to give pupils some ideas. They should be diagrammatic, easily recognizable pictures rather than detailed drawings. Pupils could complete this task in groups, with each child designing just some of the logos.
Spelling check
These sheets use a read, cover, write, check method of spelling, as children will probably be familiar with this method from their literacy work. This method encourages pupils to study each word as a whole, rather than copy it out letter by letter. Pupils could also practise writing the words in the air or on a friend’s back (for the friend to guess).
Listen to the words
Read the following lists of words to the children, saying the number in French as well as the word, eg ‘Numéro un - le tennis’. The children write the number in the appropriate box and write the word on the line. Alternatively, if you don’t feel pupils are ready to write the words, you could ask them to just write the number.
List 1
1. le tennis
2. le volleyball
3. le football
4. les sports aquatiques
5. le judo
6. l’escrime
7. l’athlétisme
8. les sports équestres
9. le badminton
10. le cyclisme
11. le handball
12. le hockey
List 2
1. l’haltérophilie
2. le canoë-kayak
3. le triathlon
4. l’aviron
5. la gymnastique
6. le taekwondo
7. la boxe
8. le pentathlon moderne
9. la voile
10. le tennis de table
11. le tir
12. la lutte
13. le tir à l’arc
14. le basketball
Word search
Reinforce the spelling of the vocabulary by getting them to find the words in the word search. Words can go horizontally, vertically or diagonally. None of the words have been written backwards.
Solve the code!
Pupils use the chart at the top of the page to solve the code and find each of the 26 sports. Note: pupils will need to add accents to the letters as appropriate.
Unscramble the words!
Pupils will practise spelling the words by unscrambling the letters to find the French sports.
Crossword puzzles
Pupils will demonstrate their ability to identify and correctly spell the new vocabulary by entering the correct French word for each of the corresponding images.
Loto cards
There are three types of card: words and pictures, pictures only and words only. For convenience, the words appear in the same place on all three sets of boards so that you can use them with mixed ability classes. When the children win, they could shout out ‘Loto!’
Board game
This is a game for two players. Each pair will need a die and two small counters. Pupils take turns to roll the die. They count the number of spaces and say the word for the sport shown. If they are unable to say the word they must go back to where they were. They must have the exact number to land at the end in order to win the game.
Other teaching ideas
Link your Olympics topic to other vocabulary your pupils have already learned. Suggestions are given for using vocabulary for days of the week, times of day, numbers, transport, weather and colours.