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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 1: Portraits – getting French adjectives to agree

Understanding that adjectives change depending on the gender of the noun that they describe, and practising describing if a person is happy or serious. Broadening cultural understanding by looking at works of art from the Louvre Museum in Paris, including the Mona Lisa.

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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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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

elle

she
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

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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