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THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT | FRENCH | KIDS' POEMS AND STORIES WITH MICHAEL ROSEN
These poems, story and interview make great starting points for English or French lessons.
Buy Michael Rosen merch here - bit.ly/2UumE6N
Safely browse more videos on the Michael Rosen channel - bit.ly/2YkZnFt
Check out Michael's website michaelrosen.co.uk
for news, updates, and fun, as well as great homeschooling UK storytime resources and ideas like these.
The Michael Rosen Reading for Pleasure book - amzn.to/2WkkUxb
00:00 The Grasshopper and the Ant
01:33 Babysitter - Classic
05:53 Class 6 - Jack and The Beanstalk
13:08 Clever Cakes - The Dump Demons
22:51 Francesca Simon talks about Story Mapping
These poems and stories could make great starting points for English lessons for kids or TEFL classes
For example:
Why not share this clip - learn about technology
Discuss performance poetry - what does it make you think?
Look at other Michael Rosen poems - which ones do you like, why?
How does Michael's work compare and contrast with another poet?
Teachers or Homeschoolers - work with your kids to create your own performance piece for selected poems.
Pupils could create their own story poems about favourite foods, strict teachers or a Bear Hunt.
Listen to Francesca Simon, author of the Horrid Henry books, explain how to set stories of your own.
OR
Use this as a inspiration to start you're own independent research on Michael Rosen poetry and children's literature.
Transcript of the poem -
La Cigale et la Fourmi
by Jean de La Fontaine
La cigale ayant chanté
Tout l'été,
Se trouva fort dépourvue
Quand la bise fut venue :
Pas un seul petit morceau
De mouche ou de vermisseau.
Elle alla crier famine
Chez la fourmi sa voisine,
La priant de lui prêter
Quelque grain pour subsister
Jusqu'à la saison nouvelle.
« Je vous paierai, lui dit-elle,
Avant l'août, foi d'animal,
Intérêt et principal. »
La fourmi n'est pas prêteuse :
C'est là son moindre défaut.
« Que faisiez-vous au temps chaud ?
Dit-elle à cette emprunteuse.
- Nuit et jour à tout venant
Je chantais, ne vous déplaise.
- Vous chantiez ? J'en suis fort aise :
Eh bien ! Dansez maintenant. »
Translation of the French Poem "La Cigale et la Fourmi" by Jean de La Fontaine
The cicada (Grasshopper) having sung
All summer long,
Found herself most destitute
When the north wind blew :
Not even one little morsel
Of fly or worm.
She went to plea her famish
To her neighbor the ant,
Begging her to lend her
A little grain so she'd survive
Until the new season.
"I shall pay you, she told her,
Before the harvest*, animal's oath,
Interest and principal."
The ant is not a lender :
This is the least of her faults.
"What were you doing during the warm season ?
She asked this borrower.
- Night and day, to anyone
I sang, please you if it may.
- You sang ? I'm delighted :
Well, dance now."
Who is Michael Rosen?
My first book for children was called Mind Your Own Business and it came out in 1974. Quentin Blake did wonderful line drawings for it.
Ever since then, I've been doing these things:
Writing books
Writing articles for newspapers and magazines
Going to schools, libraries and theatres and performing the poems in my books
Helping children write poems and stories
Making radio programmes, mostly about words, language or books
Appearing on TV, either reading books, or talking about books
Teaching at universities about children's literature
Running workshops for teachers about poetry
and now - beatboxing
In any week, I might be doing all of these things! To tell the truth, I don't really know what I'm doing tomorrow, unless I look in my diary to see.
#MichaelRosen
#KidsTV
#HomeschoolingUK
THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT | FRENCH | KIDS' POEMS AND STORIES WITH MICHAEL ROSEN
These poems, story and interview make great starting points for English or French lessons.
Buy Michael Rosen merch here - bit.ly/2UumE6N
Safely browse more videos on the Michael Rosen channel - bit.ly/2YkZnFt
Check out Michael's website michaelrosen.co.uk
for news, updates, and fun, as well as great homeschooling UK storytime resources and ideas like these.
The Michael Rosen Reading for Pleasure book - amzn.to/2WkkUxb
00:00 The Grasshopper and the Ant
01:33 Babysitter - Classic
05:53 Class 6 - Jack and The Beanstalk
13:08 Clever Cakes - The Dump Demons
22:51 Francesca Simon talks about Story Mapping
These poems and stories could make great starting points for English lessons for kids or TEFL classes
For example:
Why not share this clip - learn about technology
Discuss performance poetry - what does it make you think?
Look at other Michael Rosen poems - which ones do you like, why?
How does Michael's work compare and contrast with another poet?
Teachers or Homeschoolers - work with your kids to create your own performance piece for selected poems.
Pupils could create their own story poems about favourite foods, strict teachers or a Bear Hunt.
Listen to Francesca Simon, author of the Horrid Henry books, explain how to set stories of your own.
OR
Use this as a inspiration to start you're own independent research on Michael Rosen poetry and children's literature.
Transcript of the poem -
La Cigale et la Fourmi
by Jean de La Fontaine
La cigale ayant chanté
Tout l'été,
Se trouva fort dépourvue
Quand la bise fut venue :
Pas un seul petit morceau
De mouche ou de vermisseau.
Elle alla crier famine
Chez la fourmi sa voisine,
La priant de lui prêter
Quelque grain pour subsister
Jusqu'à la saison nouvelle.
« Je vous paierai, lui dit-elle,
Avant l'août, foi d'animal,
Intérêt et principal. »
La fourmi n'est pas prêteuse :
C'est là son moindre défaut.
« Que faisiez-vous au temps chaud ?
Dit-elle à cette emprunteuse.
- Nuit et jour à tout venant
Je chantais, ne vous déplaise.
- Vous chantiez ? J'en suis fort aise :
Eh bien ! Dansez maintenant. »
Translation of the French Poem "La Cigale et la Fourmi" by Jean de La Fontaine
The cicada (Grasshopper) having sung
All summer long,
Found herself most destitute
When the north wind blew :
Not even one little morsel
Of fly or worm.
She went to plea her famish
To her neighbor the ant,
Begging her to lend her
A little grain so she'd survive
Until the new season.
"I shall pay you, she told her,
Before the harvest*, animal's oath,
Interest and principal."
The ant is not a lender :
This is the least of her faults.
"What were you doing during the warm season ?
She asked this borrower.
- Night and day, to anyone
I sang, please you if it may.
- You sang ? I'm delighted :
Well, dance now."
Who is Michael Rosen?
My first book for children was called Mind Your Own Business and it came out in 1974. Quentin Blake did wonderful line drawings for it.
Ever since then, I've been doing these things:
Writing books
Writing articles for newspapers and magazines
Going to schools, libraries and theatres and performing the poems in my books
Helping children write poems and stories
Making radio programmes, mostly about words, language or books
Appearing on TV, either reading books, or talking about books
Teaching at universities about children's literature
Running workshops for teachers about poetry
and now - beatboxing
In any week, I might be doing all of these things! To tell the truth, I don't really know what I'm doing tomorrow, unless I look in my diary to see.
#MichaelRosen
#KidsTV
#HomeschoolingUK
