Ours Brun This is based on “Ours Brun” by Eric Carle, though has been altered.

Je vois un oiseau rouge, et il regarde à moi! Ours brun, ours brun! Dis-moi, ce que tu vois? Je vois un oiseau rouge, et il regarde à moi! Brown bear, brown bear! Tell me, what do you see? I see a red bird, and it’s looking at me!

Oiseau rouge, oiseau rouge! Dis-moi, ce que tu vois? Je vois un canard jaune, et il regarde à moi! Red bird, red bird! Tell me, what do you see? I see a yellow duck, and it’s looking at me!

Canard jaune, canard jaune! Dis-moi, ce que tu vois? Je vois un cheval bleu, et il regarde à moi! Yellow duck, yellow duck! Tell me, what do you see? I see a blue horse, and it’s looking at me!

Cheval bleu, cheval bleu! Dis-moi, ce que tu vois? Je vois une grenouille verte, et elle regarde à moi! Blue horse, blue horse! Tell me, what do you see? I see a green frog, and it’s looking at me! Point out that this time we use “une” and “elle” (instead of “un” and “il”).

Grenouille verte, grenouille verte! Dis-moi, ce que tu vois? Je vois un chat violet, et il regarde à moi! Green frog, green frog! Tell me, what do you see? I see a purple cat, and it’s looking at me! You could point out that this time we use “une” and “elle” (instead of “un” and “il”).

Chat violet, chat violet! Dis-moi, ce que tu vois? Je vois un chien blanc, et il regarde à moi! Purple cat, purple cat! Tell me, what do you see? I see a white dog, and it’s looking at me! Point out that this time we use “une” and “elle” (instead of “un” and “il”).

Chien blanc, chien blanc! Dis-moi, ce que tu vois? Je vois un mouton noir, et il regarde à moi! White dog, white dog! Tell me, what do you see? I see a black sheep, and it’s looking at me! Point out that this time we use “une” and “elle” (instead of “un” and “il”).

Mouton noir, mouton noir! Dis-moi, ce que tu vois? Je vois un poisson orange, et il regarde à moi! White dog, white dog! Tell me, what do you see? I see a black sheep, and it’s looking at me! Point out that this time we use “une” and “elle” (instead of “un” and “il”).

Poisson orange, poisson orange! Dis-moi, ce que tu vois? Je vois une institutrice, et elle regarde à moi! Orange fish, orange fish! Tell me, what do you see? I see a (primary school) teacher, and she’s looking at me! You could point out that this time we use “une” and “elle” (instead of “un” and “il”).

Institutrice, institutrice! Dis-moi, ce que tu vois? Moi? Je vois des enfants, et ils regardent à moi! Teacher, teacher! Tell me, what do you see? Me? I see some children, and they’re looking at me! You could point out that this time we use “une” and “elle” (instead of “un” and “il”).

Dis-moi, ce que vous voyez? Enfants, enfants! Dis-moi, ce que vous voyez? Children, children! Tell me, what do you see? We see…. You could point out that this time we use “vous voyez” and “nous voyons”, instead of “tu vois” “je vois”. This is due to the need to conjugate (change) the verb, depending on who is doing the action. Nous voyons…

Encourage students to reply with a sentence: “Je vois…” Encourage students to reply with a sentence: “Je vois…”. Could ask students to use “et” and name both the new and the previous picture(s).

This slide could be used to teach/ practise “Je ne vois pas de…” (“I don’t see a…”) – this can be anything that doesn’t appear on the slide at the time.

2 3 4 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Can be played as a team game, or individually. Suggestion: Students choose a number (and say it in French) and then give: a) the colour, b) the animal, or c) both. 9 10 11