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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

Lesson 1: Directions in French

Y5 French lesson plan: Directions in French. Pupils use compass points vocabulary and instructions to find treasure. With teacher video and support.

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Learning objective

To recognise, read and respond to directional language.

Success criteria

I can recognise and use the points of

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National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

Understand

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Cross-curricular links

Geography

Geographical skills and fieldwork

Pupils should

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit, you may want to check that children can recall: Some French-speaking countries worldwide (see French, Year 3, French transport). How to describe the weather in French, including temperature, weather and compass points (see French, Year 4, French weather and the water cycle). How to compare nouns by placing plus/moins and que around the adjective of…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support:

Should use four compass points only (nord, sud, est, ouest) with a pre-printed compass; should use these four directions to travel around the map.

Pupils working at greater depth:

Should be challenged to link directions together; could develop extra rules for the map game, e.g. forfeits for landing on the dragon, mountains or woods.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: being able to recognise and respond

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Vocabulary

au nord

to the north
au sud

to the south

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y5: French-speaking world

Lesson 1: Directions in French

Lesson 2: Where in the world is French spoken?

Lesson 3: Treasures of the French-speaking world

Lesson 4: Investigating climate in the French-speaking world

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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