French Second Level The Weather

Vocabulary Quel temps fait-il? What’s the weather like? Il fait beau It’s nice Il fait chaud It’s hot Il fait froid It’s cold Il fait gris It’s grey Il neige It’s snowing Il pleut It’s raining Il y a du vent It’s windy Il y a du soleil It’s sunny You will also see Il fait du soleil and Il fait du vent being used but the French are more likely to use Il y a du vent and il y a du soleil. Il y a des tempêtes/orages It’s stromy Il y a/il fait du brouillard It’s foggy Il y a des nuages It’s cloudy Les saisons The seasons C’est quelle saison? What season is it? C’est le printemps It’s spring C’est l’été It’s summer C’est l’automne It’s autumn C’est l’hiver It’s winter

Second Level Weather Please note that this PPT is largely the same as First Level Weather except for the inclusion of the seasons and 3 further items (stormy, cloudy and foggy) These have been incorporated into the Early Level activities and there are also some extra songs and ICT activities. First section of this powerpoint recaps weather vocab from Early/ First level. If pupils are already secure, you could skip straight through to seasons.

Second Level Significant Aspects of Learning Actively take part in daily routine Understand and respond to classroom instructions and personal information from familiar sources Listen, join in and respond to a story, song or poem Participate in familiar games, paired speaking and short role plays Further develop an understanding of, interest in and respect for other countries, cultures and languages Demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of the value of language learning including skills for life and work Take part in simple, paired conversations about themselves, others and interests of their choice Ask for help confidently using learned phrases and familiar language Give a short presentation about a familiar topic Pronounce words sufficiently accurately so as to make the meaning clear Work with others and make a successful contribution to a group presentation in English supported by the target languages

Second Level Significant Aspects of Learning Read aloud a simple text Read and understand a variety of simple texts Make comparisons between English and target language (including use of a bi-lingual dictionary with support) Write about themselves and others and check the accuracy of own writing Exchange straightforward information in writing using familiar words and phrases

Quel temps fait-il? What is the weather like?

Il fait beau!

Il fait chaud!

Il fait froid

Il fait gris

Il pleut

Il neige!

Il y a du vent

Il y a du soleil

Il y a des orages

Il y a des nuages

Il y a du brouillard

Embedding the language Ask what the weather is like in French at the start of everyday along with the date. Printed and laminated weather vocab. PPT slides could be used to support this.

Sample activities You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom. This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

Quel temps fait-il? Look at the following weather pictures. Listen to the three different weathers in French. Can you choose which one best describes the picture?

Quel temps fait-il?

Oui! Il fait beau! 

Quel temps fait-il?

Oui! Il neige! 

Quel temps fait-il?

Oui! Il pleut! 

Quel temps fait-il?

Oui! Il fait chaud! 

Quel temps fait-il?

Oui! Il fait froid! 

Quel temps fait-il?

Oui! Il y a du soleil! 

Quel temps fait-il?

Oui, bravo tout le monde! Il y a du vent! 

Quel temps fait-il? Fancy dress game. Select a range of props which match the different weather types (e.g. sunglasses, hat and scarf, warm coat, bucket and spade, umbrella etc.) Pupils sit in a circle with all items placed in the middle. One pupil goes to the centre. All pupils chant, “Quel temps fait-il?” Teacher (or pupil) calls a weather in French. Pupil in the centre puts on an item of clothing which matches that type of weather.

Weather snap! Pupils have different weather symbol cards on their desks/in a group Class ask the question “Quel temps fail-il?” Teacher says a weather type and they have to slap the card (or hold up the correct one!). As they grow in confidence they can be asked to individually choose a weather.

Quel temps fait-il? Charades Teacher teaches actions to each of the weather phrases e.g. shivering for cold, putting up an umbrella for rain etc. Class chant question “Quel temps fait-il?” Teacher then says a weather phrase and class do the mime as a group. Pupils then take over saying the weather phrase. Teacher then models miming a weather and pupils have to guess which one it is. Pupils then mime for others in class.

Songs and videos! You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom. This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class. You will find a set of more challenging activities in First Level Days of the Week and Months.

Quand il neige Quand il neige means when it snows. There are a couple of phrases included in this song which we haven’t covered at early level – Il fait du soleil and Il fait frais. You could either teach these or just do your own version of the song. Il fait du soleil means it’s sunny and Il fait frais means it’s chilly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp_KnG9BPJE

Quel temps fait-il aujourd’hui? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I8KNtyZb4g

Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Il fait beau, beau, beau, beau Il fait chaud, chaud, chaud, chaud Il fait gris, gris, gris, gris Il fait froid, froid, froid, froid Il neige,neige, neige, neige This is just a song I made up myself – apologies for the dodgy rendition! You can adapt this to have more/less weather. You can also do the Quel temps fait-il bit as a conga line and then stop to do actions for the types of weather (e.g. thumbs up for il fait beau etc.)

Les saisons The Seasons

Le printemps Spring

L’été Summer

L’automne Autumn

L’hiver Winter

C’est quelle saison? Which season is it? In this activity – pupils look at the pictures and guess in French which Season it is. Using the phrase “C’est + season…” (It is..)

C’est quelle saison? Which season is it?

Oui, c’est l’été! Yes, it is summer!

C’est quelle saison? Which season is it?

Oui, c’est l’hiver!

C’est quelle saison? Which Season is it?

Oui, c’est l’automne! Yes, it is Autumn!

C’est quelle saison?

Oui, c’est le printemps!

Quel temps fait-il? Look at the following weather pictures. Listen to the audio description of the weather. Decide which Season they are describing

Decidez c’est quelle saison? les photos Regardez Écoutez les descriptions du temps et Look at the photos and listen to the descriptions of the weather. Decide which season it is! Decidez c’est quelle saison?

C’est quelle saison?

Oui, c’est l’été!

C’est quelle saison?

Oui, c’est le printemps!

C’est quelle saison?

Oui, c’est l’automne!

C’est quelle saison?

Oui, c’est l’hiver!

Songs and videos! You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom. This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class. You will find a set of more challenging activities in First Level Days of the Week and Months.

Les saisons chanson Les saisons changent quatre fois…The seasons change 4 times http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWhLSc_FpCM

Explain everything app! If your school has ipads/ tablets you can use explain everything for pupils to create an exciting presentation about the weather. This link is from the digital learning team website which explains how to use the app. http://digitallearningteam.org/ipad/ipad-video- tutorials/apps-to-enhance-learning/ Pupils can demonstrate the vocab they have learned through drawing, writing and recording audio in French.

ICT Resources online You will find a bank of sample ICT activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom. This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class. You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings. Each of the slides contains an image of the website page. If you click on the image it will take you to the page. Alternatively you can use a link address which you will find in the slide notes.

BBC languages weather games, videos and songs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/french/our_world/videos/

Australia Languages online activities http://www.education.vic.gov.au/LanguagesOnline/french/sect28/index.htm

Languages online activities http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/

Au revoir!