Learning objective
- To begin to understand that adjectives change if they describe a feminine noun.
Success criteria
- I know that the Louvre is a famous
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National curriculum
Languages
Pupils should be taught to:
- Explore
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Cross-curricular links
Art and design
Pupils should be
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Before starting this unit, you may might want to check that the children can recall: How to greet someone and introduce themselves, see ‘French, Year 3, French greetings with puppets, Lesson 1: French greetings’. Different phrases to say how they are feeling, see French, Year 3, French greetings with puppets, Lesson 3: How are you…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could focus on listening to the teacher and/or their peers using the correct adjectival agreement and the change in pronunciation; could then repeat each sentence until confident to respond independently.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could be challenged to ‘be the teacher’ by using il/elle est heureux/heureuse/sérieux/sérieuse – he/she is happy/serious and challenging their partner to state whether they are correct or incorrect by using vrai or faux (true or false). They then can verify their partner’s response.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: understanding that adjectives change depending on
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Vocabulary and translations
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elle
she
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il
he
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In this unit
Assessment - French Y4: Portraits
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
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 3rd September, 2024
