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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 3: Where do adjectives go in French

Revising adjectival agreement and position with adjectives of colour and size. Building clothing-related vocabulary.

Learning objective

To understand adjectival position and agreement for gender and number.

Success criteria

I can describe where colour words come in

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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

Recap and recall

Play the spelling dice game. Organise the children into pairs and give each pair a dice and some paper. Display the Presentation: Spelling dice game, which shows six items of clothing each numbered from 1-6. Explain that in their pairs, the children need to throw the dice and then write down the French clothes word…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could work in pairs or small groups, choosing the correct adjective card and noting the different adjectival agreement endings.

Pupils working at greater depth

Challenge them to ‘be the teacher’ and take the lead in calling out phrases for children to respond to – other children verify whether responses are correct or incorrect.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: getting the correct form of the

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Vocabulary and translations

un T-shirt

a T-shirt
un short

a pair of 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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