Julie Prince, Deb Gibson, Sam Herridge, Rachel Lee, Moira Lewin, Pippa Sugden, Bob Thomas

Week 9

Learning Objectives / Focus / High Impact Language / Context & Key Language / Suggested activities / Differentiation*
To match phonemes to corresponding graphemes
Comparing different rhyming patterns / Phonemes (matching to graphemes)
Gender / J’ai, Je n’ai pas de, C’est
Il /elle est / Pets;un chien, un chat, un cheval, un oiseau, un poisson, un cochon d’Inde, un lapin, une araignée, une souris, un hamster / In pairs match animals with names by rhyming (e.g, Pascal – cheval, Thomas – chat) then sing song (see appendix). Split class into 2 groups to sing Qu and Ans.
Memory game. 6 volunteers describe their pet. E.g. “J’ai un chien. Il s’appelle Toby.” At the end, T quizzes Ss on what they’ve heard (e.g. Comment s’appelle le chat de Polly?”; “Le chien de David, il est de quelle couleur?»).
Pairwork / small groups. One student (reporter) interviews another (celebrity) re their pet. Ss practise asking and answering the questions and answers from the song. / Beginners should be paired with non-beginners.
Some Ss will be able to add colours, names and ages of their pets.
Some confident non-beginners could take over the T’s role in asking questions.
Learning Objectives / Focus / High Impact Language / Context & Key Language / Suggested activities
To start to spell simple words.
To use connectives to create longer sentences. / Reinforcement of adjectival agreement and position.
Use of connectives / J’ai
Il / elle (a) / Letter Box spelling game (see appendix).
Human sentences. Students have large word cards. As teacher calls out a sentence the relevant pupils come to the front and stand in order (this reinforces adjectival position and, if masc. and fem forms are handed out, gender agreement).
Human Connectives games (see appendix).
Ss work alone or in pairs to create their own written sentences using connectives. / Some Ss may be able to take on the T’s role and call out their own sentences
Challenge non-beginners by using some of the new vocab they found in week 8.
Beginners can be paired with non-beginners