Unit 1: Portraits - describing in French

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Portraits – getting French adjectives to agree

  • To begin to understand that adjectives change if they describe a feminine noun.

Lesson 2: Simple descriptions in French

  • To understand a simple description of hair and eye colour.

Lesson 3: Describing people in French

  • To create simple descriptive sentences.

Lesson 4: Describing personality traits in French

  • To understand simple descriptive sentences.

Lesson 5: Writing portraits of friends in French

  • To write descriptive sentences.

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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Knowledge organiser: French – Y4 Portraits – describing in French

An engaging and digestible summary document for pupils, containing the key learning from this Year 4 Portraits - describing in…

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French phonics videos: Y4 Portraits – describing in French

Phoneme practice for sounds used in this unit.

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Vocabulary display: Portraits – describing in French

A display version of the key vocabulary from the French greetings with puppets unit.

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