French Autumn Term YEAR 3

French – Autumn term 2014 – YEAR 5 (medium-term)

Week Learning objective Activity 1. w/c 1.9.14 To understand that French is the Q “One of the official languages official language in many countries of this country is French. Is the throughout the world and to country France?” explore some of those countries. Discuss with reference to Canada. Where else in the world is French an official language? Children to research using Internet sources.

2. w/c 8.9.14 To learn how to say the names of Family: mother, father, son family members in French. (brother), daughter (sister) – use well-known family as reference; flashcards, pairs, Happy Family game

3. w/c 15.9.14 To create a short spoken Provide picture and word cues, performance based on introducing Children work in groups to say Je a family. m’appelle… Je suis … Children make To recall simple personal up and describe their own information. imaginary family (how old are they, where do they live etc)

4. w/c 22.9.14 To recognise and recall the spoken Create faces for our family form of the main parts of the members. Do children remember face. the position of adjectives in To use adjectives (colours) to French? Tell a partner what colour describe the faces. your hair and eyes are (J’ai…)

5. w/c 29.9.14 To understand je m’appelle and il Games to encourage use of il/elle s’appelle. s’appelle. Describing a family group To use this knowledge to describe including faces. our family.

6. w/c 6.10.14 To understand the question “As-tu Conversations in pairs and whole des frères ou des sœurs?” class. Complete tally chart and bar chart of brothers and sisters.

7. w/c 13.10.14 To consolidate vocabulary of Complete “families” and introduce personal information and family. each other. Play spelling and Use Ma Maman to describe the sentence games. characteristics of a member of our family. Week Learning objective Activity Half term 8. w/c 27.10.14 To recognise school subjects in Work out French words using French. cognates/ previous language; mimes, copy and say, 9. w/c 3.11.14 To be able to say which subjects J’aime, je n’aime pas, mimes, they like/dislike. preference charades, interview To be able to add an opinion partner. phrase (because…)

10. w/c 10.11.14 To prepare written statements on Using a model. preferences for school subjects.

11. w/c 17.11.14 To respond to a story in French La jolie ronde – Le bonhomme de Christmas activities neige, also introducing names of some shops.

Listen to story on CD Re-read slowly to work out meaning. Volunteers to act out story – add in dialogue from shopkeepers.

Listen to story again Make a book of the story and label.

12. w/c 24.11.14 Christmas activities Snowman beetle

To follow instructions in French Make a line of snowmen following instructions in French.

13. w/c 1.12.14 To learn Christmas songs in Ppt- Le naissance de Jesus French. To follow the Christmas story in Il est né, le divin enfant French.

14 w/c 8.12.14 To extend vocabulary and use Qui a tué le père noël? prepositions in French