Boucles Violettes - ISBN: 978-1-926989-49-5

De bonnes nouvelles ! We are pleased to announce that the learning units in our original Histoires en action ! Add-on Kit are all now available as full teaching kits, complete with full Teaching Guides; updated Blackline Masters (as both a binder & encrypted PDFs); updated DVDs, updated CD & CD-ROM; Posters & Image Cards and Big Book, overhead transparencies & PowerPoints™ of the play.

This is a contemporary take on the old classic Boucles d'or. The slightly punky-looking Purple Locks visits the Three Bears' house and gets into much too much mischief. This story is an open-ended one, which can lead to the story extension and play extension activities that are introduced at this level.

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™

Partner/Group Activities Book

• Gestured words from the vocabulary for this kit and for the two previous kits in the Histoires en action ! A series
• 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

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

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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