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Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 1: Clothes in French

Describing items of clothes and using the different forms of the indefinite article (un, une, des) and the possessive adjectives (mon, ma, mes). Listening to the traditional French song, 'Promenons-nous dans les bois',

Learning objective

To recognise and use vocabulary relating to clothing.

Success criteria

I can pronounce new vocabulary.
I can build a

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National curriculum

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Pupils should be taught to:

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Cross-curricular links

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Attention grabber

Explain that the children are going to watch a video clip of a traditional French song, which is also a French playground game. Compare the song and game to the English game, ‘What’s the time, Mr Wolf?’ Reassure the children that they will not understand all the words but that they will get the gist…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could work with an adult to reinforce the idea of gender and the possessive adjective (my) and sort the nouns accordingly. Could use the worksheet or write the words on sticky notes and sort them into piles for mon, ma and mes.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could be challenged to write the correct possessive adjective (my) without referring to the slides. Should check their answers and adapt them based on whether they were correct or incorrect.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: being able to remember and pronounce

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Vocabulary and translations

un T-shirt

a T-shirt
un short

shorts

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y4: Clothes: Getting dressed in France

Lesson 1: Clothes in French

Lesson 2: Clothes and colours in French

Lesson 3: Where do adjectives go in French

Lesson 4: A French clothes catalogue

Lesson 5: What is our French model wearing

Originally created by:

Simone Haughey

French specialist

Previously a generalist Primary teacher for 12 years, Simone now specialises in Languages. She is MFL Consultant and Languages Teacher at Robin Hood Primary. Her work with Mandarin Chinese resulted in the IoE Confucius Institute for Schools awarding her school with Confucius Classroom…

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