Activité sur les Homophones

By Lysanne Audy , Dawson College

At a Glance

Discipline

Languages and Literature

Instructional Level

College & CEGEP

Course

Langue française et communication

Tasks in Workflow

Social Plane(s)

Individual
Group

Type of Tasks

Solving problems
Analyzing
Presenting

Technical Details

Useful Technologies

Low tech Active Learning Classroom
6 White Boards With Different Coloured Markers

Class size

Small (20-49)

Time

Multiple class periods (2-3 classes)

Instructional Purpose

Application & knowledge building

Overview

In this activity, students pick a homophone out of a hat and are asked to first analyze it then to prepare a short two minute teaching lesson (2 minutes) by preparing example sentences, fill in the blank exercises, and memory tricks.

In class, two members from each of the groups stands up and moves to the next table. The students who switch groups are the “Students” and the ones who stay at their original tables are the “Teachers”. The Teachers present their homophones to the students when they come and give them examples and ask them questions to test their knowledge. This is repeated until the students have returned to their original tables and the roles switch.

After the activity the instructor gives the students a short dictation to evaluate their improvement work 5% and has the students put their group work (sentences, analysis, and tricks) online for the class to have access to. Students then work on exercises on homophones in their workbooks.

Instructional Objectives

Students will be able to:

Use new homophones in an example sentence
Describe tricks for memorizing new homophone
Explain new homophone to their peers

Workflow & Materials

Activity Workflow

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Teacher Instructions (French)

Lysanne Audy

Document

Dictation (French)

Lysanne Audy

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Cards (French)

Lysanne Audy

Contributor's Notes

Benefits

Each student is able to find a role based on how well they already know the material either as a teacher or as a student
The teacher is able to assess where everyone is finding trouble
This activity provides students with strategies to improve their writing
Some students develop the capacity to clearly explain and develop a strategy of teaching (ex. Preparing a fill in the blank for the Students to answer)
The variety of tricks makes it versatile for different types of learners
Helps students feel more at ease with their knowledge by putting them in a situation where they have to synthesize it into an effective 2 minute lesson
This is a good grammar revision on where you might look for/expect to find homophones in a sentence

Challenges

Tricks are not always imaginative
Sometimes students assume that they already know a certain homophone well enough and so do not put as much effort into coming up with something creative or robust for it

Tips

Get the Teacher to ask the Students a question to take them further (make them use it in a sentence with two homophones)
This is good at any point in the semester (as a refresher or in order to prepare them right before a writing assignment)

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Published: 13/08/2019

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