Lesson 1: Clothes in French
Describing items of clothing and using the different forms of the indefinite article (un, une, des) and the possessive adjectives (mon, ma, mes). Listening to the traditional French song, 'Promenons-nous dans les bois'.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Explain that the children are going to watch a video clip of a traditional French song, which is also a French playground game. Compare the song and game to the English game, 'What's the time, Mr Wolf?' Reassure the children that they will not understand all the words but that they will get the gist of the song.
Play the video on link: Comptines pour bébé - Promenons -nous dans les bois on VideoLink (the first 2:10 minutes only).
The song mentions the following items of clothing:
ma culotte - underpants
ma chemise - shirt
mes chaussettes - socks
mon pull - pullover
mes bottes - boots
Play the video again, and get the children to listen out for these words.
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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 status. Simone is also a Confucius Classroom Manager. She teaches Mandarin across the key stages, with reciprocal visits to a link school in Beijing.
Simone has created a range of French lessons from KS1 to KS2 for Kapow Primary.
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