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FRANCOPHONE ART WEEK

Today, as part of Francophone Art Week, we are going to be learning more about our partner country of Rwanda.

Lundi 24 octobre 2022LO: to write a list poem in French.

Watch the video and note any nouns that you see.

Watch the video and note any nouns that you see.

LO: I can read and understand an extended text in French.

Did you notice any of these?

Le rwanda

Lundi 24 octobre 2022LO: to write a list poem in French.

Let's gather together a collection of singular nouns, in English to start with.

Nouns

feminine

masculine

both mean the

la

le

Choose six to ten of your nouns and see if you can find their translations in the dictionary. They will start with either...

Lundi 24 octobre 2022LO: to write a list poem in French.

before: a, e, i, o, u, y

l'

You might also notice this way of saying 'the'. When do we use this third version?

Lundi 24 octobre 2022LO: to write a list poem in French.

Rwanda, le pays aux mille collines !

Lundi 24 octobre 2022LO: to write a list poem in French.

Now let's create a list poem, using the nouns with 'the' in front of them, in French.

Le Rwanda

Rwanda, le pays aux mille collines !

les

Lundi 24 octobre 2022LO: to write a list poem in French.

Challenge: how could you turn the singular nouns in your list poem into plurals?

Le Rwanda

Lundi 24 octobre 2022LO: to write a list poem in French.

Let's perform our poems together.