Why are some letters in French written with accents and what difference do they make to the way you pronounce the words?
Learners will use the L’accent circonflexe podcast below as a context for the suggested learning opportunities. In this episode of learning, the focus is to develop confidence and competence in the area of punctuation, specifically the use of the apostrophe.
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L’accent circonflexe (7.9 MB)Overview
The focus in this learning opportunity is to develop confidence and competence in the area of punctuation, specifically the use of the apostrophe.
The overview provides a plan for learning, teaching and assessment, starting from the experiences and outcomes. Learning intentions, success criteria and possible evidence which could be gathered to assess learning are shown.
PDF: Apostrophe overview (389 KB)Word: Apostrophe overview (1.5 MB)Challenges
The challenges encourage learners to:
- learn the difference between contracted and non-contracted words and where the apostrophe should go in the contracted form
- explore the concept of possession in relation to singular nouns
- learn the rule for the insertion of the apostrophe in the possessive plural noun form
- explore the exception to the rule in relation to possessive plural nouns
- assess their learning.