Y5/6 Lesson 2 (Cycle A): Simple descriptions in French

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Learning adjectives to describe hair and eye colour and extending awareness of adjectival agreement to appreciate that the adjective changes if the noun it describes is plural.

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Learning objective

To understand a simple description of hair and eye colour.

Success criteria

I can recognise a picture of someone from

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National curriculum

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Pupils should be taught to:

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Heureux, heureuse ou Sérieux, sérieuse ?

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support: could work with an adult to identify the correct portrait through the use of actions by the teacher (e.g. pointing to hair for ‘cheveux‘ or the colour black for ‘noirs‘).

Pupils working at greater depth: could be challenged to describe a picture independently, ensuring that they use the correct adjectival agreement, e.g les yeux bleus – blue eyes.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: Correctly identifying a person from a

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Vocabulary

il a

he has
elle a

she has

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In this unit

Assessment French Y5/6 (Cycle A): Portraits

Y5/6 Lesson 1 (Cycle A): Portraits - getting French adjectives to agree

Y5/6 Lesson 2 (Cycle A): Simple descriptions in French

Y5/6 Lesson 3 (Cycle A): Describing people in French

Y5/6 Lesson 4 (Cycle A): Describing personality traits in French

Y5/6 Lesson 5 (Cycle A): Writing portraits of friends in French

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Simone Haughey

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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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Last update: 29th August, 2024

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