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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 2: French weather rap

Learning and performing a weather rap to consolidate memory of weather phrases.

Learning objective

To repeat short phrases accurately.

Success criteria

I can pronounce French weather phrases correctly.
I can

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National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

Present

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Cross-curricular links

Music

Pupils should be taught to:

Play

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Play Jacques a dit (the French version of ‘Simon says’). Say Jacques a dit and one of the weather phrases below (in French only). The children should perform the accompanying mime (used in the previous lesson). If you just say a weather phrase on its own, the children should not perform the mime. If they…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should use the Resource: Weather rap words for support; could listen to a peer/adult and repeat until more confident, concentrating on good pronunciation.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could be challenged to create a rap using their own ideas and phrases; could use a bilingual dictionary to source additional vocabulary.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: saying at least two sentences, with

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Vocabulary

Quel temps fait-il ?

What is the weather like?
il fait beau

it's nice weather

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y5/6 (A): French weather

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 1: French weather phrases

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 2: French weather rap

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 3: Compass points in French

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 4: The temperature in France

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 5: What's the weather report?

Originally created by:

Simone Haughey

French specialist

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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