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Stepping away from the text
book
Southampton, February 2012
http://sdvaughan.edublogs.org
• Responds to individual learner needs
• Builds towards KS4 • invites cross-curricular learning• Accommodates ‘local’ learning• Embraces skills & processes
Content free KS3
House & Home Items of furniture Using prepositions Describing where one lives
Using the past tense
Telling the time Colours and adjectival endings
‘Le Chateau
Mystère’Phoning
the police
Past Tense
Personal description
Problem solving
Story telling & extended reading
Time Phrases/telling
the time
Prepositions
Adjectives/adjectival
ending
Colours
Items of furniture
Rooms in the house
Question words
Emergency services in TL country
Illness/injury
Parts of the body
New verbs/vocabular
y
PronunciationOpinion
& supposition
What were we trying to achieve?
Improved motivation through a more compelling context
Improved language learning skills
To develop the use of tenses
More creative outcomes
Pupils produce a police file investigating a crime
Clear assessment criteria laid out as NC levels
Clear minimum content for the final piece of work to be handed in.
Outcomes
Plan of the Castle Description of the castle and area Plan of crime scene: before and after Completed chronology of events using past
tense Series of listening tasks completed Witness statement (written & recorded) Suspect line up with descriptions
Minimum Content:
Written description of the crime scene ‘Before and after’ comparison of scene Completed transcript of a witness statement. Audio/video recording of Police interview of
witness or perpetrator inc. writing their own questions
Chronology of events using clues from the crime scene/witness statements
Redrafting of the story in first person as a witness statement
Tasks:
‘Le Chateau
Mystère’Phoning
the police
Past Tense
Personal description
Problem solving
Story telling & extended reading
Time Phrases/telling
the time
Prepositions
Adjectives/adjectival
ending
Colours
Items of furniture
Rooms in the house
Question words
Emergency services in TL country
Illness/injury
Parts of the body
New verbs/vocabular
y
PronunciationOpinion
& supposition
‘Topic’ and Language content,
Knowledge about
languageGrammar
points
Language Le
arn
ing skills
and In
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ltura
l understa
ndin
g/cro
ss-cu
rricula
r oppotu
nitie
s
Rooms in the house
Furniture & prepositions
‘Before and after’ &
comparatives
Introduced details about
the crime: Past tense
Question words: used to elicit information
Time phrases & chronology
of events
Re-drafting into 1st/3 person
Transcriptaudio/video
Suspect line up
Rooms in the house
Furniture & prepositions
‘Before and after’ &
comparatives
Introduced details about the crime: Past tense
Question words: used to elicit information
Time phrases & chronology
of events
Re-drafting into 1st/3 person
Transcriptsaudio
Suspect line up
Adjectives & adjectival endings
Creativity
Language processes & presentation
skills
Forming questions
Problem solving
Storytelling & extending reading and
writing
Colour & form
New vocabulary and tenses
Language for real purpose
Personal description Body parts/illness Using the Emergency Services
Cross-curricular links:
Further learning & development:
•Science: Forensics – fingerprinting
•PHSE: Crime & Punishment
•DT: House construction
•Drama : crime reconstruction
Food types
Likes/dislikes
Currency/exchange
Quantities
Colour & Form
Adjectives/Adjectival
ending
Bon app!
Imperatives
Presentation Skills
Giving & Justifying opinion
Research skills
PLTS/Team work
Cultural aspects
Writing instruction
sTransactional Language: Au café, au marché etc
Regular verbs
Cookery skills
Regions& produce
Countries & Nationality
Directions
Places in the town
Transports
Telling the Time/ Numbers
Colour & Form
Adjectives/
Adjectival ending
Le Grand Prix
Tenses
Map reading
Giving & Justifying opinion
Research skills
PLTS/Team work
History & Cultural aspects
Dealing with
problems
Transactional Language
Verb ‘aller’ + simple
future
Other Ideas:
‘The Great Dinner debate’ Relocation, Relocation... Fantasy football portfolio/WAGS A day in the life of… My dream holiday: Give budget, book tickets, book
accommodation etc Compare & Contrast: TL Countries/Cultural aspects Healthy Living Manual Protecting our Planet campaign Sporting Event dossier: Tour De France, World Cup,
Olympics
Identify the required content first Design the ‘theme’ around them Keep ‘themes’ generic Have clear learning outcomes Plan for progression within a unit Plan for progression across a Key Stage
Where to begin:
http://sdvaughan.edublogs.org