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

Un jour bizarre Kit - ISBN: 978-1-926989-44-0

This is a fun play containing numerous well-known fairy tale characters all in one story. A girl finds ways to help these characters with their different problems and then wakes up, realizing that it was all just a dream.

This is an alternate kit to the Comment y aller ? kit in Histoires en action ! 1. Written by AIM teacher and workshop facilitator Sylvia Duckworth, this kit is based on an original fun, fantastical play about a young girl who finds herself in an enchanted forest. As she tries to make her way back home, the girl meets a variety of fairy tale characters. In this kit, students are doing more partner/group work. By the end of this kit, 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
Sylvia Duckworth, B.Ed. and Wendy Maxwell, M.A.

Partner/Group Activities Book

Gestured words from the vocabulary for this kit and the previous kit in this 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

Partner/Group Activities Book: Student Blackline Masters
Sylvia Duckworth, B.Ed. and 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 ki tand the previous kit
Music videos featuring young Francophones
The play gestured for this kit
The play performed with TV series quality production
How to teach grammar concepts through gesture
Overview of AIM Language Professional (Online training)

What is the AIM? DVD

Instructional DVD

Detailed descriptions of the AIM in action
Explanations on how to take AIM to the next level
Classroom excerpts

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.




	Click below to view excerpts from this reader

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.