Learning objective

  • To apply new vocabulary to write sentences about birthdays.

Success criteria

  • I can identify similarities and differences between children’s
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National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Present
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Arrange the children into pairs and ask the children if they can remember how to ask somebody when their birthday is and how to answer. Explain to the children that they need to ask each other when their birthday is using the question below. Ask the children to find a different partner and ask them…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could use the knowledge organiser to source language for creating a wish list; could write the first part of the sentence and not extend it; could work with a partner.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could create an extended wish list and present this to a peer and/or the class verbally, starting the sentence with pour mon anniversaire je voudrais – I would like, using the correct indefinite article and a range of nouns.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: explaining similarities and differences between birthdays

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Vocabulary and translations

  • mon anniversaire

    my birthday

  • joyeux anniversaire

    happy birthday

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Simone Haughey

French specialist

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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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