French First Level

Colours

First Level Significant Aspects of Learning • Use language in a range of contexts and across learning• Continue to develop confidence and enthusiasm to communicate using the

language being learnt• Develop an awareness and understanding of patterns and sounds of language• Begin to develop an understanding of, interest in and respect for other

countries, cultures and languages • Appreciate and understand the value of language learning • Recognise familiar written words when listening • Explore how gesture, expression and emphasis are used to help

understanding.• Listen, recognise and respond to familiar voices in short, predictable

conversations• Understand and respond to familiar spoken vocabulary• Actively take part in daily routines• Listen and join in with stories, song or poem• Enjoy engaging with simple and familiar texts on my own and with others

using resources to support learning • Participate in familiar games, paired speaking and short role plays • Take part in simple, paired conversations about themselves giving simple

opinions and asking simple questions

VocabularyColours Aim to teach at least 5 of the colours at Early Level initially and build up as pupils progress towards 1st.

C’est de quelle couleur? What colour is it? C’est It is bleu blue blanc whiterouge redvert greenjaune yellow rose pink noir blackgris grey violet purple marron brown

Tu aimes le bleu? Do you like blue?J’adore I loveJ’aime I likeJe n’aime pas I don’t likeJe déteste I hate

For Early/First Level, start with about 5 only and

work your way up to all the colours!

Introducing vocabulary

You can try this as an alternative to introducing vocabulary.

Make colour cards for and give each group/pair a set. Ask them to listen to the colour and look at the word and then hold up the colour they think it is.

Ecoutez

et

regardez

les couleurs en français…

Choississez

la couleur

bleu

orange

violet

blanc

rouge

vert

rose

gris

noir

marron

jaune

C’est de quelle couleur?

C’est bleu

C’est blanc

C’est rouge

C’est vert

C’est jaune

C’est rose

C’est noir

C’est orange

C’est gris

C’est violet

C’est marron

Tu aimes quelles couleurs?

Tu aimes le bleu?

J’adore le bleu!

J’aime le jaune.

Je n’aime pas le rose.

Je déteste l’orange!

Embedding the language tip

Use French colours for cooperative groups – les rouges, les bleus etc.

Ask pupils “c’est de quelle couleur?” when reading stories, creating art work etc.

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.

C’est de quelle couleur?

C’est vert!

C’est rouge

C’est jaune

C’est marron

C’est noir

C’est bleu

C’est rose

C’est violet

C’est blanc

Brain Training – Les Couleurs

Brain Training!Challenge: say the colour

that the word is written in, and not the word itself!

rouge

noir

vert

rose

gris

bleu

jaune

marron

bleu

orange

rouge

blanc

vert

rouge

jaune

blancnoir

jaune

marron

bleu

vert

blanc

gris

rouge

orange

rouge

violet

bleu

jaune

noir

blanc

gris

rouge

violet

Apportez-moi…• For this activity, put pupils into rainbow groups

by giving each pupil a card which is either blue, red, green or yellow and asking them to form a group with 4 colours. They can also say their colour as they are moving around the class.

• Ask them to introduce themselves using Bonjour etc.

• Then teacher asks a different colour each time to bring them an object of a colour. E.g. La personne rouge, apportez moi un objet bleu!

Apportez-moi

1. Apportez-moi un objet means “Bring me an object”

2. Pupils work in teams/cooperative groups 3. Teacher calls out “Apportez moi un objet” and

adds a colour onto the end e.g. Apportez-moi un objet bleu

4. The pupils must race to give the teacher something that colour.

5. You can ask pupils to then say what colour it is e.g. C’est rouge.

6. Pupils can also then take a turn of asking others to “Apportez-moi un object….!”

Des groupes arc en ciel

Des introductions en groupe.

Bonjour

Ça va?

Je m’appelle…

Ma couleur préférée c’est le….

Apportez-moi un objet….

Qu’est-ce qui manque?

• Qu’est-ce qui manque? means what’s missing?

• Pupils look at the colours on the following slides, close their eyes, teacher moves the slide on and one colour will disappear. Pupils then open their eyes and have to say which colour is missing.

• You can then get pupils to do the same activity in their groups.

Regardez les couleurs.

Qu’est-ce qui manque?

Fermez les yeux.

Ouvrez les yeux.

Oui, c’est bleu!

Oui, c’est rose!

Oui, c’est rouge!

Oui, c’est orange!

Oui, c’est noir!

Oui, c’est vert!

Oui, c’est blanc!

Oui, c’est violet!

Oui, c’est marron!

Oui, c’est gris!

A vous maintenant!

Mettez les cartes au centre de la table

Trois personnes ferment les yeux

Une personne enlève une carte

Ouvrez les yeux!

Qu’est-ce qui manque?

Mettez les cartes au centre de la table

Ecoutez la couleur…

Frappe la couleur sur la table!

Tu aimes quelle couleur?

Asking the class their opinions on colours. Finish the sentence on each slide. You can play this as corners by putting up opinions in corners of the room and then asking pupils to move to an area of the room which matches their opinion of that colour.

Tu aimes…?

J’adore J’aime

Je n’aime pas

Je déteste

Tu aimes…?

J’adore J’aime

Je n’aime pas

Je déteste

Tu aimes…?

J’adore J’aime

Je n’aime pas

Je déteste

Tu aimes…?

J’adore J’aime

Je n’aime pas

Je déteste

Tu aimes…?

J’adore J’aime

Je n’aime pas

Je déteste

Tu aimes…?

J’adore J’aime

Je n’aime pas

Je déteste

Tu aimes…?

J’adore J’aime

Je n’aime pas

Je déteste

Tu aimes…?

J’adore J’aime

Je n’aime pas

Je déteste

Tu aimes…?

J’adore J’aime

Je n’aime pas

Je déteste

Tu aimes…?

J’adore J’aime

Je n’aime pas

Je déteste

Tu aimes…?

J’adore J’aime

Je n’aime pas

Je déteste

Class colour survey1. Pupils can practice asking Tu aimes…+ a colour by

surveying each other around the class. This can then be linked to creating a graph, tally marks etc.

Tu aimes quelle couleur? Means which colour do you like? And could be used as a title for a graph.

Combien de personnes aiment le jaune? = How many people like yellow

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 supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.

Arc en ciel

RougeRouge et et jaunejaune et et roserose et et vertvert,,

Orange, Orange, violetviolet et et bleubleu..

Je connais les couleurs,Je connais les couleurs,

Toutes les couleursToutes les couleurs

De mon arc en cielDe mon arc en ciel

Je connais les couleurs,Je connais les couleurs,

Toutes les couleursToutes les couleurs

De monDe mon

et et et

et et

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.

ICT Resources online

L’institut français Les deux petites souris

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Au revoir!