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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 (B): Lesson 1: My French house

Learning how to describe different types of houses and the rooms in a house. Practising listening and speaking skills. Combining familiar structures with new vocabulary.

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Learning objective

To adapt model sentences about houses to create new ones.

Success criteria

I can use relevant vocabulary to describe different

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National curriculum

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Pupils should be taught to:

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Cross-curricular links

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit you might want to check children can recall: The names and types of houses in English, such as a detached or semi-detached house, and a flat. The names of rooms in different houses in English. Ask the children to work in pairs with the child next to them and think of…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could identify keywords in spoken sentences; practise short phrases such as, c’est une cuisine – it’s a kitchen, focusing on accurate pronunciation and recall of vocabulary for rooms in a house; could use the knowledge organiser to check spelling and meaning.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could say and write the names of rooms in a house by making accurate sound-spelling links during the Find and name the rooms activity.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: understanding the words for different types

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Vocabulary and translations

J'habite dans

I live in
un appartement

an apartment

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y5/6 (B): In my French house

Y5/6 (B): Lesson 1: My French house

Y5/6 (B): Lesson 2: Home sweet home!

Y5/6 (B): Lesson 3: Describing my French room

Y5/6 (B): Lesson 4: Where is it in my French bedroom?

Y5/6 (B): Lesson 5: A letter about my French house

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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