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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: France and the countries of Europe

Learning and memorising names of European countries and how to say that you live in a country, using the correct preposition. Researching and creating a poster about a character living in a chosen European country, and writing statements about the music the character likes and instruments they play.

Learning objective

To research and write information about European countries in French.

Success criteria

I can use cognates to work out what

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National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

Speak

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Cross-curricular links

Geography

Locational knowledge

Pupils should be taught

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

This exercise is to remind the children about cognates and how to say ‘to live’ in French, which the children learned in Year 3 (French, Year 3, A circle of life in French, Lesson 2: French habitats). Organise the children into pairs and ask them to discuss what a cognate is and to come up…

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Adaptive teaching

Children needing extra support

Could work in a mixed ability groups, and draw and label their character, using the activity sheet for support.

Children working at greater depth

Once they have used ideas from the activity sheet, could challenge to use prior knowledge and bilingual dictionaries to add their own words and phrases to their drawing, for example, further preferences, age, favourite food.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: matching up most countries; recalling countries

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Vocabulary and translations

les pays de l'Europe

European countries
le Royaume-Uni

the United Kingdom

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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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