Learning objective
- To understand adjectival position and agreement for gender and number
National curriculum
Languages
Pupils should be taught to:
- Listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding.
- Read carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing.
- Understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied, including (where relevant): feminine, masculine (…).
Success criteria
Cross-curricular links
Before the lesson
Download classroom resources
Teacher knowledge - language points
Attention grabber
Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: working in pairs or small groups, children can choose the correct adjective card, noting the different adjectival agreement endings.
Pupils working at greater depth: challenge them by ‘being the teacher’ and taking the lead in calling out phrases for children to respond to. Other children working at this level then verify whether responses are correct or incorrect.
Wrapping up
During the week
- Make a display board for all the new clothing vocabulary in this unit.
- Give out the Red Herring Cards, and get the children to create their own phrases using the clothing words they have learnt, initially practising speaking and then writing on mini whiteboards.
- Do the Matching descriptions exercise if not done in the lesson.
- Play the Promenons-nous dans les bois game, acting it out. You can have several people taking turns playing the wolf, mentioning a different item of clothing each. If you have space, play this as a running game. When the wolf is fully dressed he (or she) shouts J’arrive (I’m coming) and chases the children. If one is caught they can become the next wolf.
- Watch the link: 'BBC Bitesize - Not again Farley! - Clothes'. To encourage active listening, ask the children to write down any French words they hear.
Assessing pupils' progress and understanding
Vocabulary
In this topic
- Assessment - French Y5/6 (A): Clothes - getting dressed in France
- Y5/6 (A): Lesson 1: Clothes in French
- Y5/6 (A): Lesson 2: Clothes and colours in French
- Y5/6 (A): Lesson 3: Where do adjectives go in French?
- Y5/6 (A): Lesson 4: A French clothes catalogue
- Y5/6 (A): Lesson 5: What is our French model wearing?