Unit 5: French food - Miam, miam!
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Unit 5: French food – Miam, miam !
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Recognise and understand the meaning of new words that are cognates.
- Use a model text to support conversation.
- Complete mathematical calculations in French, writing answers in euros.
- Recognise shop names and label a triarama.
- Use a bilingual dictionary to translate given words.
- Use a range of strategies to understand a familiar text.
- Ask and respond to questions found in a café conversation.
Suggested prior learning
Unit 2: Clothes – getting dressed in France
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Ordering food and drink in a French café
- To begin to understand a conversation in French.
Lesson 2: Managing money in French
- To read and say amounts of money in French.
Lesson 3: French shops
- To identify and pronounce the names of French shops correctly.
Lesson 4: French food
- To work out the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Lesson 5: French food – le menu
- To create a French menu based on authentic texts.
Key skills
Key knowledge
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Resources
Unit resources
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French
Knowledge organiser: French – Y4 French food – Miam, miam!
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit.
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Other
French phonics videos: Y4 French food – miam, miam!
Phoneme practice for sounds used in this unit.
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French
Vocabulary display: French food – Miam, miam!
A display version of the key vocabulary from the French food - Miam, miam! unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Mathematics: Measurement