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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 5: French food - le menu

Consolidating vocabulary learning from the unit by creating café menus and taking part in a café role play activity with real or pretend French food. Looking at some authentic French menus.

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Learning objective

To create a French menu based on authentic texts.

Success criteria

I can ask and respond to full questions.
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National curriculum

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

1. Hand out a strip of paper to each child and ask them each to write five numbers on their strip. Each number needs to be a multiple of ten and between or including ten and 100. 2. Call out numbers in French (keep to numbers that are multiples of ten and between or including…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Can work in small groups to create a menu using the template provided. Initially, pupils should work with a reduced amount of vocabulary, ensuring they have correctly added just a couple of typical dishes under the starter, main and drinks section.

Pupils working at greater depth

Children could design their own menu in whichever way that they wish, incorporating the given vocabulary but also researching their own.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: using strategies to understand a familiar

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Vocabulary and translations

le restaurant

the restaurant
le café

the café

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y4: Food miam, miam !

Lesson 1: Ordering food and drink in a French café

Lesson 2: Managing money in French

Lesson 3: French shops

Lesson 4: French food

Lesson 5: French food - le menu

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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