Learning objective
- To create and describe a festive picture
National curriculum
Languages
Pupils should be taught to:
- Describe things orally, speak in sentences using familiar vocabulary, understand basic grammar (adjectives).
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: Children will require adult support for describing their artwork in French. Ask children to repeat your words and phrases as you point to each shape in their picture.
Pupils working at greater depth: Challenge children to accurately describe their picture using previously learnt grammatical structures. Some also may be able to respond to the your questions with the following structure: e.g Teacher: “c’est un…?” Pupil: “non, c’est un…” or “oui, c’est un...” Teacher: “c’est un grand ruban orange ?” Pupil: “non, c’est un grand ruban bleu.”
During the week
- Use tissue paper to turn your classroom windows into Matisse’s ‘Nuit de Noël’.
- Listen to some French Christmas songs – a wide selection are available online.
- Use the Christmas tree game as a listening assessment – give the children an outline and get them to decorate it by giving a set of instructions to decorate each branch.
In this topic
- Assessment - French Y3/4 (A): French adjectives of colour, size and shape
- Y3/4 (A): Lesson 1: Colours in French
- Y3/4 (A): Lesson 2: Sizes and shapes in French
- Y3/4 (A): Lesson 3: Using shapes like the French artist, Matisse
- Y3/4 (A): Lesson 4: In the style of the French artist, Matisse
- Y3/4 (A): Lesson 5: Inspired by Matisse's French 'Christmas Night' window
