Unit 6: French & the Eurovision Song Contest
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Unit 6: French and the Eurovision Song Contest
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Answer questions based on a video of a French-speaker, getting at least half of them correct.
- Match a set of instrument words to the appropriate instrument picture, getting the majority of them correct (allowing for any that they do not know in English).
- Say which instrument they play.
- Say what kind of music they like, using a whole sentence.
- Ask a question after listening to other pupils’ attempts.
- Read and understand music genres in written form.
- Recall country names with accurate pronunciation.
- Use a full sentence to say ‘J’habite en/au/aux ...’
- Write information in French about a character from a different country.
- Use familiar language to write several phrases or short sentences.
- Perform a song from memory with accurate pronunciation.
Suggested prior learning
Unit 5: French transport
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Musical instruments in French
- To be able to say which musical instrument you play.
Lesson 2: Musical genres in French
- To be able to say what kind of music you like or do not like.
Lesson 3: France and the countries of Europe
- To research and write information about European countries in French.
Lesson 4: Writing songs, and rehearsals in French
- To write a short, simple text, using familiar language.
Lesson 5: French singing contest and grand finale
- To perform a song in French from memory with accurate pronunciation.
Key skills
Key knowledge
Related content
Resources
Unit resources
French
Knowledge organiser: French – Y4 The Eurovision Song Contest
Knowledge organiser for the Year 4 French and the Eurovision Song Contest unit
Other
French phonics videos: Y4 French and the Eurovision Song Contest
Phoneme practice for sounds used in this unit.
French
Vocabulary display: French & the Eurovision Song Contest
A display version of the key vocabulary from the French & the Eurovision Song Contest unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Music
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
- improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music
- appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians’
See 'National curriculum - Music key stages 1 and 2'.
Geography
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities’