L'arbre Ungali - ISBN: 978-1-926989-43-3

This traditional African folktale, a story about how animals learn to deal with drought and to respect each other, has been used by thousands of teachers around the world. It is a longer play than the first two in our Histoires en action ! 'A' series, but contains a high level of important pleasant repetition, to ensure support and enhance learning for all elementary students. 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 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

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

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Story: Jacqueline Kelly
Illustrations: Adrien Deggan

Simon is a somewhat peculiar boy who loves rain, snow, sleet and wind, and despises sunny, pleasant weather. One day he is swept up into the air by a ferocious hurricane. As he is flying through the sky, he notices a baby that has also been caught up in the wind. Risking his own safety, he rescues the child and returns him to his mother. He is heralded by the villagers as a hero. Simon le grincheux becomes Simon le généreux ! This book is written in verse.

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Prince Veut-tout
Story: Jacqueline Kelly
Illustrations: Jana Tubinshlak

Prince Albert has been brought up in the lap of luxury. The more material goods he has, the less satisfied he feels; because of his greedy nature, he becomes known as Prince Veut-Tout. One day, while speeding on his motorbike, he almost runs over an old man; this event triggers a sense of remorse in him and causes him to re-evaluate his life. One night, looking up at the stars, Prince Albert decides to become a space explorer. He heads off into the heavens in his spaceship. Years later, he returns to his home with his new-found alien friends.

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Choose our Balanced Literacy Packs with readers included alongside the AIM kit for an additional 20 hours of literary instruction.

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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: Songwriting; Activities that focus on thematic vocabulary; Dialogues among play characters; Alternative endings to the plays, and more!

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