JUMPSTART! FRENCH AND GERMAN Jumpstart! French and German presents a collection of simple to use, multi-sensory games and activities that will jumpstart students’ under- standingofmodernlanguagesintoaction.Ifyouareoneofthethousands of teachers looking for a range of practical and fun ideas to teach languagesengagingly,thenthisistheperfectbookforyou. Thebookopenswitharangeofinnovativeideastohelpyousetthescene in your language classroom. These are followed by a feast of short and simpleactivitiesdesignedtohelpyoumakequickstartswithyourstudents andholdtheirattention.Thefocusthroughoutisoncommunicativeaction, bringing languages alive, with all activities presented in two languages: FrenchandGerman.Specificallywrittentohelpteachersworkwithinthe guidelinesofthenewcurriculum,activitiesinthebookwillhelppupilsto: • listento,respondtoandunderstandkeyelementsofthetarget language • speakinphrasesandsentenceswithappropriatepronunciation • expressandcommunicatesimpleideaswithclarity • writephrasesandshortsentences • developanunderstandingofbasicgrammar • learnsongsandsimplepoemsinthelanguagestudied • engageinactivelearningthrougharangeofvariedactivities. Jumpstart!French and German celebrates the joys of language and will helpyoutofindjusttherightwordsorphrasestoexpresswhatyouwant tosay. CatherineWattsiscurrentlyDirectoroftheRoutesintoLanguagesSouth consortium and is Principal Lecturer in English Language and German withintheFacultyofArtsandHumanitiesaswellascontributingtothe EdD,PGCEandMAinEducationattheUniversityofBrighton,UK. HilaryPhillipshasbeenaprimaryclassteacherforover20years.Shewas alsoLeadTeacherforPrimaryLanguagesinBrightonandHoveandhas co-presentedworkshopsatmanynationalconferences. Also available Jumpstart!Literacy KeyStage2/3LiteracyGames PieCorbett 978-1-84312-102-6 Jumpstart!Numeracy MathsActivitiesandGamesforAges5–14 JohnTaylor 978-1-84312-264-2 Jumpstart!ICT ICTActivitiesandGamesforAges7–14 JohnTaylor 978-1-84312-465-8 Jumpstart!Creativity GamesandActivitiesforAges7–14 SteveBowkett 978-0-415-43273-3 JUMPSTART! FRENCH AND GERMAN ENGAGING ACTIVITIES FOR AGES 7–12 Catherine Watts and Hilary Phillips Firstpublished2014 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RN andbyRoutledge 711ThirdAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninforma business ©2014CatherineWattsandHilaryPhillips TherightofCatherineWattsandHilaryPhillipstobeidentifiedas authorsofthisworkhasbeenassertedbytheminaccordancewith sections77and78oftheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedor reproducedorutilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical, orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,including photocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageor retrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers. Trademark notice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybetrademarksor registeredtrademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationand explanationwithoutintenttoinfringe. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Watts,Catherine. Jumpstart!FrenchandGerman:engagingactivitiesforages7–12/ CatherineWatts,HilaryPhillips. pagescm.— (Jumpstart!) 1. Languageandlanguages—Studyandteaching(Secondary) 2. Frenchlanguage—Studyandteaching(Secondary)3. German language—Studyandteaching(Secondary)4. Interdisciplinary approachineducation. I.Phillips,Hilary.II.Title. P53.W382014 372.65’31044—dc23 2013034330 ISBN:978-0-415-85695-9(pbk) ISBN:978-1-315-81483-4(ebk) TypesetinPalatinoandScalaSan byFiSHBooksLtd,Enfield Toourstudentsandcolleagues:past,presentandfuture. CWandHP v This page intentionally left blank Contents VocabularyTopics xi ListofFigures xiv Acknowledgements xv Introduction xvi 1 SettingtheScene 1 AddingLanguagetoExistingClassroomRoutines 2 HowtoTurnyourSchoolintoaBilingualArea 6 LanguageWorkDisplays 11 CulturalInterestDisplays 14 UsingOtherPeoplearoundYou 15 PlaygroundClappingGames 15 ExploringtheSchoolGrounds 17 Yourself 18 2 UsingFlashcards 19 FlashcardGames 20 MemoryGames 21 MoreComplicatedGames 22 3 QuickStarts 29 StandingUpGames 29 SittingDownGames 37 4 OnYourFeet 47 MovingaroundtheRoomGames 47 Beginners’Games 55 NumberGames 58 MoreSimpleCountingGames 59 TeamGames 61 vii Contents ThinkingGames 64 GrammarGames 65 5 BeingCreative 68 MakeanAquarium 68 MakingaMobile 71 UsingStickDrawings 71 RubberGlovePeople 73 LanguageQuizzes 75 YouAreWhatYouWear! 76 Bonappétit!GutenAppetit! 79 MakeaWallFrieze 81 WordGames 83 WordSpinners 83 BingoorLotto 85 WordWheels 88 WordSearches 91 ChineseWhispers 94 WordFans 95 WhatAreYou? 97 6 UsingSongs 102 AuthenticSongs 103 Purpose-madeCommercialCDs 104 Home-madeSongs 104 ThemedSongs 108 ActionRhymes 119 7 ExploringStories 128 ChoosingaText 128 IntroducingtheStory 129 Phonics 130 Recommendations 130 MovingOn 131 SuitableTexts 134 TellingStories 135 FurtherIdeasandGamestousewithaText 140 ReadingPoems 145 KeyWordIdentification 146 viii Contents CulturalInformation 149 DealingwithNon-fictionTexts 151 8 ShowingtheWorld 152 SurveyyourSchoolCommunity 152 InvolvingParents 153 TakingHomeaLanguageStory 154 Mini-events 158 Assemblies 158 9 StartingtoWrite 168 LabelsandCaptions 168 MakingLists 170 DesigningMenus 171 FavouriteLikesandDislikes 172 MyShopping 174 WhoAmI? 174 SpeechBubbles 175 Mini-diary 175 MoreComplexWriting:SimileDescriptions 175 Communicating 177 SimplePoems 181 IntheMagicMirror 183 SimpleStories 185 10 AttheEndoftheDay 190 QuickGames 190 TheMemoryTray 194 Hangman 195 TrafficLights 196 WeatherMimeGame 197 SimonSays… 198 AnimalCharades 199 TongueTwisters 200 FingerRhymes 201 MysteryObject 202 TheBoxofSurprises 202 LanguageWhispers 203 GuesstheWord 204 ix