Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Understand that adjectives change depending on whether they are describing a boy or girl, for example: sérieux and sérieuse.
- Identify a person correctly from a description of their hair and eye colour.
- Place word cards in the correct order, with the adjectives following the noun.
- Compose a spoken sentence to describe a friend.
- Write four sentences accurately with the correct adjectival agreement, helped by a support sheet.
Suggested prior learning
Unit 2: French adjectives of colour, size and shape
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Portraits – getting French adjectives to agree
Lesson 2: Simple descriptions in French
Lesson 3: Describing people in French
Lesson 4: Describing personality traits in French
Lesson 5: Writing portraits of friends in French
Key skills
Language comprehension
- Listening
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Key knowledge
Phonics
- To know
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Key vocabulary
il a/elle a
il est/elle est
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Unit resources
Assessment – French Y4: Portraits
Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Knowledge organiser
An engaging and digestible summary document
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French phonics videos: Y4 Portraits – describing in French
Phoneme practice for sounds used in
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Unit vocabulary
Subject resources
French: Long-term plans
A suggested order for teaching French
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National curriculum mapping
This National curriculum mapping document shows
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French: Pupil progression of skills
Progression documents showing how skills and
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Curriculum planning | Knowledge and skills progression
The key skills and knowledge covered
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Equipment list
A list of suggested resources for
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Condensed | Assessment
An assessment spreadsheet for French including
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Art
‘Pupils should be taught:
- about great artists, architects and designers in history.’