AIM Language Learning - Learn to Teach, Speak French, Spanish, English and Gesture Approach at AIM Language Learning Inc.

Comment y aller ? - ISBN: 978-1-927345-11-5

This play is suitable to elementary students of all ages. It is the story about the misadventures of a girl who tries to visit her friend in Paris. In the end, she makes it to his house only to find that he has already left to visit her!

This popular original story, written by Wendy Maxwell, is about a young girl's adventures on her travels from Québec to Paris to visit her friend. This kit has been used by thousands of teachers around the world. By the end of this 50-hour instructional unit, most students should be able to complete their own 10-page 'story extensions' entirely in French.

KIT CONTAINS:

Big Book and Overheads/PowerPoint™

Play with colour images in large print
Available as either Big Books (11” x 17” format) or Overheads (for overhead projectors)
The play is also available on PowerPoint™

Whole-Class Activities Book
Wendy Maxwell, M.A.

Student Blackline Masters

Gestured words from the vocabulary for this kit
A wide variety of partner/group activities
Scaffolded language-manipulation activities
100+ questions based on the story
Creative storytelling activities
Puppets
Song and rap lyrics
Supplementary language-manipulation activities for the kit

Partner/Group Activities Book: Student Blackline Masters
Wendy Maxwell, M.A.

Posters and Image Cards

Image cards of words not gestured
Song and rap lyrics

Audio CD

Songs (with instrumental versions)
Fun Grammar Raps (with instrumental versions)
Play
Listening exercises / Assessment activities

CD-ROM

PowerPoints™ of the play, songs and raps
Written activities
Cards and activities in game format to accompany kits in the program
Drama resources
Games
Puppet images

Teacher DVD/Student DVD

Gestured vocabulary for this kit
Music videos featuring young Francophones
The play gestured for this kit
The play performed with TV series quality production
Modelled whole-class activities
Overview of AIM Language Professional (Online training)

What is the AIM? DVD

La lecture en ACTION ! AIM Readers

André et sa famille
Story: Matt Maxwell
Illustrations: Adrien Deggan

This story takes place in Québec in the early 18th century. A family of pioneers are settling into rural life. One day the family goes off into the woods to pick berries. Seven-year-old André gets separated from his older sister and his parents. A young Huron boy finds him and returns him to his thankful family. Suitable for all elementary students with a basic fluency.




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Manigan le geant
Story: Jacqueline Kelly
Illustrations: Jana Tublinshlak

Manigan is a gentle giant and steward of the Earth who uses his bounty to aid those in need. He helps a couple of people who unfortunately take advantage of his kindness and eat up his stores of food. When the giant becomes weak, the couple realize that they have to give back to the one who has given them so much– they nurture Manigan back to health. This tale, which evokes First Nations wisdom, is a parable that reminds us of the need to treat our world with respect, and not just as something to be viewed as a resource for human consumption. As well as exercises based on the story, the blackline masters have a unit on pre-Columbian Mi'kmaq culture, and activities exploring ecological awareness and sustainability practices.
Blackline Masters written by AIM teacher/presenter Jacqueline Kelley.




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SMART Board

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All of the popular fluency-building activities that are part of the AIM approach — Choisis le bon mot, Mets les mots en ordre, Les questions totales et partielles — are now available as SMART Board activities!

New activities include: