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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

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 4: Investigating climate in the French-speaking world

Using language detective skills to help with listening to a real weather forecast in French, analysing climate data and applying it to decoded climate statements using comparative language, to determine whether statements are true or false.

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Learning objective

To investigate climate data from the French-speaking world using authentic materials.

Success criteria

I can use ‘gisting’ skills to help me

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National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

Respond

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Cross-curricular links

Geography

Locational knowledge

Pupils should be taught

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Feature sorter. Working in pairs, ask the children to sort the features to the correct country.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support:

Could use the phrases at the top of the Activity: Climate data quiz sheet to verbally describe each climate; could use the unit Knowledge organiser: French-speaking world for additional support with vocabulary.

Pupils working at greater depth:

Could investigate and create comparative phrases to compare Belgium and Madagascar using the quiz questions as a model; could create their own vrai ou faux questions in French.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: being able to understand

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Vocabulary

il fait chaud

it's hot
il fait très chaud

it's very hot

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y5/6 (A): Exploring the French-speaking world

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 2: Where in the world is French spoken?

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 1: Directions in French

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 3: Treasures of the French-speaking world

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 4: Investigating climate in the French-speaking world

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 5: French globetrotters

Originally created by:

Belinda Dean

French specialist

Belinda has been a French and Spanish teacher based in Bath for more than 15 years. She has delivered a range of courses for teachers and PGCE students and is particularly passionate about weaving language, culture and global learning across the curriculum. Having…

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