Our new progam for junior high students – Jeunesse enaction ! – has met with rave reviews from teachers, FSL coordinators and students across Canada and internationally.Students who have completed the first kit can continue theirrapid fluency development in the second-level kit, Veux-tu danser ? As in the first kit, vocabulary and grammatical structures are introduced and reinforced through gestures, drama and songs. Your class will love the fast-paced and funny play about a high school student who wins a girl's heart with his talent and his caring attitude.

This program enables the students to:

• express themselves orally in French from the firstlesson, using high-frequency vocabulary;
• learn vocabulary in visual, auditory and kinesthetic ways;
• participate in literature- and drama-based activities in the target language
• learn to think and write creatively, while practising oral communication;
• engage in activities that support Balanced Literacy in FSL;
• be part of a "learning community";
• learn to apply and understand grammar concepts through error analysis.

Examples of some of the grammar, language conventions and vocabulary in this kit:

• present tense of irregular verbs including vouloir, pouvoir, partir, sortir and devoir with both singular and plural subjects;
• double-verb constructions, le passé;
• aller plus infinitive to form le futur proche;
• agreement of verb with compound subject;
• imperative of some regular -er, -ir and -re verbs;
• demonstrative and possessive adjectives;
• adjectives that precede the noun;
• object pronouns;
• singular and plural, feminine and masculine of some irregular adjectives and agreement in number and gender;
• subject-verb inversions;
• the prepositions à and de plus the definite article;
• basic vocabulary (e.g. numbers from 0 to 1000; words associated with the arts, sports, food, t.v., hobbies);
• vocabulary from the unit under study;
• use of related spelling patterns and sounds associated with accents;
• use of resources (e.g. text, personal dictionary).

Supplementary activities for advanced FSL students in this kit:

• creative writing activities such as Les gens en action !, writing a rap d'entrée en classe;
• book reports;
• project-based activities.

Each kit (a 50-hour course) in the Jeunesse en action ! series contains:

• Whole-Class Activities Book;
• program guide;
• colour overheads and PowerPoint™ presentation of the play;
• Partner/Group Activities Book on blackline masters containing a vast choice of activities for individual, partner or group tasks;
• Assessment Activities Book;
• audio CD, containing songs, raps, and sound effects;
• posters of rap and song lyrics;
• flashcards;
• DVD, containing gestures, plays, raps and dances, as well as an extensive instructional component that models each classroom activity in-depth;
• student DVD;
• student textbook;
• game cards;
• suggestions for Balanced Literacy activities.

Supplementary readers, La lecture en interACTION series, support literacy development and have been created to accompany the program

NEW!! Subtitles added to our gesture and play footage on DVD!