La Chandeleur

 

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SCHOOL YEAR: 4^th                                                                         

SUBJECT: Natural Science

TOPIC: La Chandeleur

Estimated TIME/SESSIONS: Two Sessions

LESSON OBJECTIVE: Learn about the French tradition called “La Chandeleur”

CONTENTS/SKILLS:

-          Healthy eating.

-          French traditions.

 Verbs finishing in – ER

DESCRIPTION:

As I teach CLIL in French I decided to prepare this activity for one of the topics I work in class.

Every year on the 2^nd February in France it is celebrated “La Chandeleur” and the traditions says that this day people cook and eat “crêpes”. 

In my classes I usually showed them a video to learn about why this tradition is related with crêpes and then before the pandemic I used to cook some crêpes at home, and I used to cook a few of them in the class so that the student could see how to make them. After the pandemic because of all the sanitary stuff, I buy some chocolate crêpes in Mercadona and I offer them to my pupils.

But I think that now that we are getting back to normality, I can think about cooking again at school.

 

The activity I’m planning consist on:

-          Watch the video about the tradition

-          Divide the class in 5 teams of 5 pupils each

-          Give every group a puzzle with the recipe and the steps to follow

-          Every teams have to put in order the recipe

-          Then, they take and measure the ingredients and they mix them

-          With the help of the teacher, crêpes will be cooked

Finally, students will fill their crêpes with the ingredient they like the most.

RECIPE/s (needed for the activity):

Ingredients:

• -          250g flour
• -          ½ litre milk
• -          30g sugar
• -          3 eggs
• -          1 tablespoon oil
• -          ½ teaspoon salt
• -          For the filling you can use sugar, hot chocolate, honey, cinnamon…

Preparation:

1. -          In a bowl, mix the flour, the sugar and the salt
2. -          Put the eggs and mix all of it.  Add the milk and mix it.
3. -          Finally add the oil and mix it well
4. -          Put the mixture aside and wait for an hour
5. -          In a very hot electric pan, melt some butter and put the dough.
6. -          When one side is cooked, flip it and cook the other side.
7. -          Fill the crêpe with the ingredient you like the best and enjoy it!

VOCABULARY (if specific vocabulary is needed for the activity):

 - Vocabulary  related with cooking instructions in French:

-    Verser

-    Casser

-    Mélanger

-    Ajouter

-    Laisser reposer

-    Cuire

-    Déguster

MATERIALS:

 -          Ingredients for the crêpes

-          Electric pan to make the crêpes

-          5 bowls

-          Scale

-          Whiskes

NOTES/ PIECES OF ADVICE:

The video I usually show them little by little. I stop the recording very frequently in order to see if they are understanding it.

I recommend that the teacher will cook the crêpes on the electric pan because it can be really risky for 9 year-old students.

 

CREDITS

- Links and resources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A-EUW1l2-w

https://www.les-coccinelles.fr/lienpage1/lecture/lecture_recette/lecture_recette_crepes/recette_crepes_6_exercices_cp_ce1_collage_texte.pdf

IMAGES: 

https://www.les-coccinelles.fr/lienpage1/lecture/lecture_recette/lecture_recette_crepes/recette_crepes_6_exercices_cp_ce1_collage_texte.pdf