Olympics+2012

= media type="custom" key="12262640" = = Ideas to exploit links to Olympics in MFL: = = Online resources: = Website collecting free teacher-made resources, worksheets, powerpoints etc. Aimed at KS1 and 2 but many resources equally usable with KS3. || Same as above but with a KS3 / 4 / 5 bias. || A linked-up primary French project with resources b ased on the 7 Olympic and Paralympic Values || KS3/4 Linked-up project with resources looking at sport today from all kinds of angles in order to motivate and engage students. || KS3/4 Project with resources looking at using the tourism spin-off from the Olympics as a theme || Lancashire Grid for Learning ready-made free resources and links for MFL || Suggestions and links for KS3 Spanish French and German from the iLanguages team. || eTwinning website great way to link with schools around the world on projects – join a ready-made one or start your own.
 * Could just do usual topic of Sport/Freetime, but substitute Olympic sports and authentic materials
 * Athletes as a theme – look at daily routine, special diet and exercise regime, healthy living - compare between sports/countries
 * History of theOlympic games – from Greece via French rebirth to Berlin 1936 controversy
 * Hospitality &tourism linked to creating multilingual resources for both athletes andtourists
 * Compare foods andrecipes from each country in original language
 * Transport – plan andcost routes for athletes and tourists to get to London using real websites intarget language.
 * Athletes haveinjuries too; link to parts of the body, health, doctors & sportstherapists
 * Commentary – challenge students to commentate ‘live’ in French/German/Spanish etc. or use aclip for a group to plan, write and practise before recording their own.
 * Think about audience – if you make it, show off and share it either via website/blog/vle - maybe we can link them all up?
 * Can your class design a Smartphone app for French/German/Spanish speaking tourists visiting the games and London this summer?
 * Hampshire Schools - EMTAS (Ethnic Minority and Travellers Advisory Service) are looking for participants to join a multilingual olympic event - for details download and complete the attached and return to EMTAS using the address/email in the document. [[file:Olympic event opportunity EMTAS 2012.doc]]
 * https://talkaboutprimarymfl.wikispaces.com/Olympics2012
 * http://mflhampshire.wikispaces.com/Olympics+2012
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 * [] has resources that you pay for, but includes some achievement or reward stickers in German, Spanish & French with the Olympic rings ||
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[] Article with links about Shakespeares plays being performed in many languages to coincide with the London 2012 olympics || Books & published resources: Published by Devon Learning & Development Partnership [|www.devonldp.org] || Pocket sized books with CD’s of rhymes / music / karaoke & a DVD demonstrating activities, linking language learning to PE in short easy activities written with differentiation for non-linguists and specialists alike, use it yourself to 'wake them up' or start a language-leader / sports leader transition scheme and get the students to lead activities with younger classes. || Also a film available on DVD. || Cartoon adventure for KS3/4, read extracts in class, or exploit pages one at a time on IWB, work on pronunciation and playing with words, discuss the validity and respect held for graphic novels in France. || [] The offical London Olympics trailer in French.
 * || «Take Ten en Français », « en Espanol » & « auf Deutsch »
 * || « À la Française »ISBN 978-1-905275-25-0 published by Authentik [|www.authentik.com] || A cross-curricular approach to learning French, aimed at KS2 but could equally spark projects at KS3 and get away from the usual dull textbooks. ||
 * || Soccerlingua – Interactive DVD published by [|www.soccerlingua.net] || Website & DVD uses football as the theme, it’s a virtual football tournament with engaging multilingual resources in Spanish, Italian & German. ||
 * || « Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques » by Goscinny. ISBN 2-205-00320-8 (try Amazon or European School books)
 * || « C’est moi, le champion » par Philip Waechter. ISBN 2-7459-2272-6 (popular book available from lots of stockists including European Schoolbooks & Little Linguist) || A boys determination to become a footballer- perfect for Year 6 or KS3 (&KS4) short sentences in future tense – ‘Quand je serai grand, je serai un footballeur très célèbre. On me reconnaîtra dans la rue...’ ||
 * || « Ce n’est pas mon passe-temps » Rosalie Eisenstein, part of the Galaxie series of readers by Heinemann. ISBN 0 435 99767-X || Upper KS2 or KS3, short reader about a girl who has been asked to write a letter in her French lesson about her ‘pastimes’ but she doesn’t have any. ||
 * || « C’est moi le plus fort » Mario Ramos ISBN 978-2-211-06905-2 popular book widely available including Amazon/European Bookstore. || Upper KS2 / KS3 Looking at Olympic values rather than sport despite the title (I’m the strongest) = a bullying wolf learns his lesson in an unusual forest. ||
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Les Oeufs Olympiques [] - subversive and wickedly funny spoof video in French. ||  || AQA style worksheet from TES Resources 'Karukera' [] KS4 Reading activity with Olympic theme TES resources 'MFLTeacher1' [] ||  ||
 * || **Odd worksheets here and there:**