Happy families – French vocabulary Teaching notes

Happy families – French vocabulary
Teaching notes
Key language
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Animals: lapin, cheval (horse), chat (cat), chien (dog), cochon d’Inde (guinea
pig) and poisson (fish).
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Family members: père (father), mère (mother), soeur (sister) and frère (brother).
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Have you got …? As-tu ...?
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Yes, I’ve got father dog./No, I haven’t got father dog. Oui, j’ai père
chien./Non, je n’ai pas père chien.
Group work
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Make enough copies of the cards for the class to work in groups of four.
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Nominate one pupil in each group to be the dealer, who equally distributes all
the cards face down.
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Pupils take it in turns clockwise to ask for a card they need to complete a
family; if the person has the card, he/she must hand it over. Otherwise, it is
his/her turn to ask the next player for a card.
The winner is the pupil with the most complete sets of families after, say, 5 minutes.
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Happy families – French vocabulary
père lapin
mère lapin
soeur lapin
frère lapin
père cheval
mère cheval
soeur cheval
frère cheval
père chat
mère chat
soeur chat
frère chat
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père chien
mère chien
soeur chien
frère chien
père cochon
d’Inde
mère cochon
d’Inde
soeur cochon
d’Inde
frère cochon
d’Inde
père poisson
mère poisson
soeur poisson
frère poisson
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