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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: Musical instruments in French

Learning the names of musical instruments and how to ask and respond to questions about what instruments someone plays.

Learning objective

To be able to say which musical instrument you play.

Success criteria

I can listen carefully to some spoken French

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National curriculum

Languages

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

Display the Presentation: Identifying what is in a sentence. Slide 1 shows this sentence: Henri porte la chemise bleue et mange un énorme croissant. Henry wears/is wearing the blue shirt and is eating an enormous croissant. Ask the children to translate it. They should know all the words. Go through as many of the…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could work in pairs an use actions to aid the recall of the new vocabulary, focusing on using only the name of the instrument at first. Once confident, they can say what instrument they play.

Pupils working at greater depth

Once confident with each phrase, should be challenged to model accurate questions and answers about playing instruments to the class.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: answering some of the questions correctly,

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Vocabulary and translations

le piano

the piano
le violon

the violin

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y4: French and the Eurovision Song Contest

Lesson 1: Musical instruments in French

Lesson 2: Musical genres in French

Lesson 3: France and the countries of Europe

Lesson 4: Writing songs, and rehearsals in French

Lesson 5: French singing contest and grand finale

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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