A strange dream: practice with key sounds
Learning outcomes
I can read aloud and understand a text about a dream with familiar and unfamiliar words.
I can pronounce the same sounds written in different ways.
A strange dream: practice with key sounds
Learning outcomes
I can read aloud and understand a text about a dream with familiar and unfamiliar words.
I can pronounce the same sounds written in different ways.
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Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondences [o/au/eau] all have the same sound as in 'gauche', left.
- The SSC [eau] is also a word which means water in French.
- Preparing to understand a new text means learning key new words and also revising vocabulary.
- 'Moi' and 'toi' mean 'me' and 'you'. We use them when we want to emphasise who.
- Reading aloud really helps us to practise good pronunciation.
Keywords
[o/au/eau] - Pronounced 'o' as in 'moto', motorbike.
Moi - Meaning me, usually after a preposition, e.g. pour moi - for me.
Toi - Meaning you, e.g. pour toi - for you.
Common misconception
The SSCs [o], [au] and [eau] are spelt differently so they must be different sounds.
There are three different ways to spell the same [o] sound. You have to be careful and learn the spelling of words in French, as well as being able to read them aloud correctly.
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
I have
you have
he has
she has
Do I have a ball?
You have a book.
He has a game.
She has a photo.
I have a ball.
Do you have a book?
Exit quiz
6 Questions
book
bag
bottle
ball
banana
game