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French Colours / Shapes and the Eiffel Tower

by | Mar 26, 2020 | French, Homeschool

French Colours / Shapes and the Eiffel Tower

Videos:

  1. French Colours – The French Minute video
  2. French Colours – Léon le camèléon video
  3. French colours – Couleurs – Arc en ciel by alain le lait video
  4. French Colours- Masculine and Feminine colours video
  5. French Shapes / Montre-moi _____ video
  6. French Colours and Shapes / Qu’est-ce que c’est? video
  7. French Colours and Shapes video
  8. Earlene Bitterman (Michif Language Project) shares how to say the colours in Michif, the language of the Metis.
    • Notice the similarities and differences between Michif and French.

Read

  1. Voici un robot / Here is a robot.  (LOOK FOR THE BOX THAT SAYS “MAGENTA“)
    • une boite = a box

Move Your Body

  1. Mini Yoga: Le triangle
  2. Eiffel Tower Work Out

Fun Around the Eiffel Tower

  1. Home – Eiffel Tower Chase Scene (video) 
  2. Odissi folk dance performance at the Eiffel Tower Information (video)
  3. Odissi folk dance – Sambalpuri dance (video)
  4. Eiffel Tower Freestyle Dance (video)

Mindfulness (Not French)

Eiffel Tower Activities (to chose / be inspired from):

  1. Look at the Eiffel Tower website.
  2. Visiting the Eiffel Tower (video)
  3. Explore the Eiffel Tower with Google Street View.
  4. Look at Eiffel Tower photos.
  5. History of the Eiffel Tower video
  6. History of the building of the Eiffel Tower (video)
  7. Making the Eiffel Tower with LEGO (video)
  8. Making the Eiffel Tower with popsicle sticks (video)
  9. How to make the Eiffel Tower with String 1 (video)
  10. How to make the Eiffel Tower with String 2 (video)
  11. Learn how to draw the Eiffel Tower (video)
  12. Make a paper Eiffel Tower.

Practice speaking French

  1. Les couleurs
  2. Les formes
  3. How to pronounce “ou” in French (la tour Eiffel)
  4. How to say “la tour Eiffel” in French
  5. How to pronounce “oi” in French (Voici)
  6. How to pronounce “voici” in French
  7. French Greetings

Worksheets to print (if you can):

  1. Les formes worksheet
  2. Les couleurs worksheet (with clouds)
  3. Les couleurs worksheet 2 (Only do the work once)

Songs with “C’est = It is / It’s”

  1. C’est une belle journée / It is (It ‘s) a beautiful day
  2. C’est l’halloween / It is (It’s) Halloween
 

How to say “Je vois”

  1. “I see” commercial in English
  2. “Je vois” commercial in French
  3. Practice saying “je vois”

Connections to the BC’s Curriculum

Grade 5 BC Curriculum

Grade 5 BC Curriculum

  • Listening and viewing with intent helps us begin to understand French.
    • Comprehend key information in slow, clear speech and other simple texts
    • Comprehend simple stories
    • Express themselves and comprehend others through various modes of presentation simple descriptions
      • Greetings and Introductions
      • French phonemes
    •  
Grade 6 BC Curriculum

Grade 6 BC Curriculum

  • Listening and viewing with intent helps us understand French.
    • Comprehend simple stories
    • Express themselves and comprehend others through various modes of presentation
      • French phonemes
Grade 7 BC Curriculum

Grade 7 BC Curriculum

  • Using various strategies helps us understand and acquire language.
    • Comprehend simple stories
    • Express themselves and comprehend others through various modes of presentation
  • Deepening our knowledge of Francophone communities helps us develop cultural awareness.
    • Describe cultural aspects of Francophone communities
    • Explore and share information about Francophone around the world
      • cultural aspects of Francophone communities