Essay due date

During last week's lecture, taking into account the original published date of the assignment and the pressure of work, I have agreed that the asssignment 's due date in MONDAY 5 JANUARY at 3pm

If you have it ready before then that is great. I will accept submissions the last week of term, by Wednesday 10 December, 3pm.

essay plan

As requested, I have now uploaded a (slightly updated) possible essay plan to blackboard.

Documents

I have uploaded several documents and papers to blackboard which may be helpful with the essay.

bring headphones!!

Can you bring along headphones with a stereo mini jack, the kind that plugs into ipod, walkman?

We can get the classroom in a box but they don't have headphones and so many of the activities involve sound. If you don't have them, you'll have to turn the sound off.

Assignments

I have spoken to the library staff about making more of the books available on 3 day loans. Paul had asked about where to find Standard Circular 1178 online. I have drawn a blank there too. It is quoted in the books though.

Language Assignments
This week I will be reseating you in ability groups and setting appropriate language homework.

Higher and above Group
Standard grade group
Beginners and near beginners

The tasks will be explained in class. For the sake of this morning's group here they are.

Higher Group
due date week beg 27 Oct

In pairs, following the general order in FC presentation handout, prepare a presentation of about 6 items of voc followed by a pupil activity in context.

You will be told which vocabulary to prepare. Start by thinking what would be a suitable activity to do with pupils, This will inform you which article to teach with the noun. Use visual aids eg fcs or objects.

eg if pupils are going to have to say I like cats I don’t like dogs
then teach the plural of the nouns along with “les” since they will be saying “j’aime les chats”

Write out the presentation in note form but including the French instructions

You will be asked to present it together with your partner in front of class or group. It should last 5 – 10 minutes.

Success criteria
show an understanding of the methodology
good visuals – flashcards or objects
correct grammar eg gender
good pronunciation
brisk delivery
suitable support for the activity
enjoyable for teacher and class
good collaborative work

Standard group
Due date week begin 27 October

In pairs, prepare in French a presentation on a celebrity to include personal information eg name, age, birthday, where born, nationality, languages spoken, where s/he lives, family, what s/he does for a living ca 150 words
You will be expected to deliver it in front of class. You don’t have to memorise it.

Format: any PPT, Word or poster with photo plus text maybe audio pre-recorded or just read.

Success criteria
attractive to look at
accurate writing: spelling grammar,
good pronunciation
confident delivery
shared presentation

Beginners group due date week beg 3 Nov
You should be concentrating on building up your core vocab.
I will discuss with each group a suitable task
You could try a similar presentation to the Standard group with 50 words
stick to what we have done in class