Veux-tu danser ? - ISBN: 978-1-897504-84-0

This play is much more challenging than the first and is a true theatre piece that includes not only the spoken word but musical and dance components as well. It's a wonderful story that contains a message about the importance of believing in oneself and what true friendship is all about.

Our new progam for junior high and high school students – Jeunesse en action ! – 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.

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

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

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View samples of Plays and Dances from the DVD!

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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!

 

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La lecture en ACTION ! AIM Readers

Un beau jour
Story: David Cameron
Translation: Wendy Maxwell
Illustrations: Ian Fry

Two teenagers, Marie and Pierre, met in the story En vacances ! during a trip to Martinique. We travel with them again through Europe in this story, Un beau jour. At the beginning of the story, Marie decides that she no longer wants to allow Pierre to make all the plans, and sets out on her own. The two decide to meet in Paris in a couple of days at the Arc de Triomphe. Unfortunately, neither Marie nor Pierre realizes that this day is not a good choice if you want to find someone in this location, as it is the celebration of Le jour de l'Armistice !

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Ali et la pluie
Story: David Cameron
Translation: Wendy Maxwell
Illustration: Jana Tubinshlak

Ali lives in a North African village with his wife, Nadia. One day he decides to clean his water tank, a job that he has not done for ten years during which time his waistline has expanded considerably. His problems start when he has trouble fitting through the opening at the top of the tank; then he is attacked by mosquitoes and finally, when rain starts to fill the tank, he remembers that he does not know how to swim. Nadia has been practising her dance routine during this time so has not heard his cries for help, but eventually she arrives and rescues him from drowning.

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