Week 5, Monday 18th Frebruary 2013

A BIG PROBLEM !

This week we had a big problem : we didn't have any computer because Laura's had a virus ! (With the cold outside it is normal to get a virus..haha). But fortunately our teacher lent us her laptop and we were able to work on our story project ! 

The goal of the story project is in fact to write a story for primary school children. 
So,at the beginning of the class, our teacher handed out a sheet of paper to each group on which it was written what the children had learnt in English so far. Our group got a CM1-CM2 class from Toulouse. They've learnt some vocabulary about animals, fruits, vegetables, how to introduce themselves, how to talk about their feelings etc...

For this Monday, we had to start writing our story but we had rules to respect : the story must last 5 minutes, we have to write about five or six words per page (Ouch !) use only the present, and include children's skills in. We went on Audacity and Free Screen to Video (the software worked on our teacher's laptop !) and we started writing our story :

We kept the little girl and the mouse : Mary and George. Mary is still an orphan but this time she meets the mouse at lunch. While she was eating, a little mouse juped on the table and ate Mary's cheese. Surprised, Mary wants to talk to the mouse. The mouse, named George, is happy to talk to the little girl and they become best friends ! (It is a short summary of course !)

After this, we had to work on worksheets: Children will work on two types of exercices like Comprehension and Production. They will have to do some exercices (we will create them) on the story which will stay fun !

That is all for today guys ! See you ! ;)