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talulabell · Joined: 27 Oct 2008 Posts: 913

Next week we are having amini ofsted kind of thing and i thought i would do geography. I planned it over the summer holidays so nowlooking back on itdnt think its great. Wondered if anyone had any ideas the
Our topic is weather
WALT investigate the weather in France
I planned to read the french version of cinderella prior to the lesson. Then some how i put through brochures investigate weather in france

Then link to the story they have to decide when cinderella would like to get married and relate it back to the weather either through description of wedding etc.
hmmm What do you think, any ideas would be greatly appreciated thankyou

jog_on · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:56 pm Post subject:

Your learning objective isn't learning related, rather activity related. What actually do you want them to learn?
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talulabell · Joined: 27 Oct 2008 Posts: 913

oh, well i want them to know about the weater in france. Over 3 weeks we r covering 3 climate zones, vietnam, canada and france.

jog_on · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:03 pm Post subject:

How about 3a Pupils should be taught:

to identify and describe what places are like [for example, in terms of weather, jobs]

?

I think the link between Cendrillon and the weather in France is a little tedious. Are you focusing on a particular area of France? What is the purpose of the whole unit?
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talulabell · Joined: 27 Oct 2008 Posts: 913

its QC weather around the world unit 7
investigating places, what is place like. However we have a term to cover it so can streatch it out.

talulabell · Joined: 27 Oct 2008 Posts: 913

Maybe i cld do it more as a line of enquiry

talulabell · Joined: 27 Oct 2008 Posts: 913

its this one http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/...7/?view=list&column=objective

bscaca · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:12 pm Post subject:

What year group?

talulabell · Joined: 27 Oct 2008 Posts: 913

year grp 4

jog_on · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject:

So, really, if you want to link it to the wedding, your objective would be: to learn about the effect of weather on human activity???

Can I describe the effect of weather on human activity?
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bscaca · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:14 pm Post subject:

is it the first lesson for the unit? have you assessed prior learning?

talulabell · Joined: 27 Oct 2008 Posts: 913

oh get you jog_on thanks for help. Is it weak? lol. Unsure what to do

bscaca · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:17 pm Post subject:

If its at the beginning of the unit don't you need to do some general stuff on weather first in this country then compare it with other countries?

talulabell · Joined: 27 Oct 2008 Posts: 913

not first lesson, we have looked at the 3 main climate zones and looked at weather forcasts.

talulabell · Joined: 27 Oct 2008 Posts: 913

true suppose we could do something on our country

bscaca · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject:

Could they write a weather forecast for France for radio which you could record and playback?

jog_on · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:22 pm Post subject:

I think it's quite weak, yes. Sorry Sad

STARTER: How about starting with a few weather reports for the UK and sorting them into months of the year according to what they already know about weather and seasons e.g. snow, you would expect to be in Jan/Feb?

MAIN: How about introducing the children to a French character e.g. puppet? Tell the children that he is a business man and as such will be travelling all over France. Split children into groups and give them different regions to research. By the end of the lesson, they should be able to describe the weather throughout the year in the region and should explain the impact this will have on what the puppet takes with him on his travels.

Before researching this, I would provide the children with key vocab which you would like them to use e.g. rainfall, temperature etc.

You might wish to demonstrate the kind of presentation they will be able to do by pretending the businessman has just left the UK by the way of London or whatever. This would model the things you are looking for in the children's work.

PLENARY: Children present their ideas. Where would the children like to visit and why? Why might the weather be warmer in the south? Why might it be cooler in the North?

Are you actually linking it to French? If so, the previous few lessons you could get the children to learn how to describe the weather e.g. il fait beau and present the weather in the TL.

or

you could do clothing and describe what someone would need e.g. le pull
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talulabell · Joined: 27 Oct 2008 Posts: 913

could link to french hadnt thought about link. We wont have ict suite to lesson so not access to computers as only have smartboard in class. Like idea though. Thanks for being honest i like it.

jog_on · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:29 pm Post subject:

Hmm...perhaps you could focus on one area then? How were you intending on them learning about the weather in one area? Provide them with weather reports?
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talulabell · Joined: 27 Oct 2008 Posts: 913

spread it out over a few weeks linking to different countires. Like the idea of weather reports and soting them into seasons for uk and france wld be similar. However when i planned it was unsure about ict availability