Learning objective
- To create simple descriptive sentences.
Success criteria
- I can create a sentence, using word cards,
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National curriculum
Languages
Pupils should be taught to:
- Read
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Cross-curricular links
None.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Play a game of Jacques a dit – the equivalent of the English game, Simon says. The children sit in a circle on the floor and you give instructions, for example: Jacques a dit, ‘Levez-vous si vous avez les cheveux blonds.’ – Jacques said, ‘Stand up if you have blond hair.’ Those children with blond hair stand up.…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support:
Could work in small adult-supported groups with a reduced amount of vocabulary, describing hair or eyes (not both) or using fewer colours; could focus on describing verbally before writing when more confident.
Pupils working at greater depth:
Should, once they have constructed their sentence with the word cards, be challenged to write sentences using multiple colours from memory, ensuring the adjectives agree.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: placing the word cards in the
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Vocabulary definitions
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blancs (m. pl.)
white
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bleus (m. pl.)
blue
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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