Unit 1: French monster pets
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Unit 1: French monster pets
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Notice cognates and near cognates in the text.
- Recognise some previously known words.
- Use a dictionary to research the meaning of relevant vocabulary.
- Recognise and sort nouns by gender and number, and to explain the effect this may have on an adjective.
- Modify sentences to use the correct articles/pronouns (un/une and il/elle) according to gender.
- Unscramble jumbled sentences without any errors in word order.
- Recognise rules of agreement in longer phrases.
- Produce a short, structured paragraph using a range of familiar structures, with some manipulation of language and use of a word bank for support.
Suggested prior learning
Unit 1: Portraits – describing in French
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Beware the dragon!
- To investigate a text for clues to understand new words.
Lesson 2: Body parts in French
- To identify nouns by their gender, number and meaning.
Lesson 3: A French monster mash-up
- To apply knowledge of French nouns and gender agreement to a short piece of writing.
Lesson 4: About a beast with French adjectives
- To develop understanding of adjectival rules in French.
Lesson 5: Fantastic French beasts
- To apply knowledge of vocabulary and grammar to a piece of writing.
Key skills
Key knowledge
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Resources
Unit resources
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French
Knowledge organiser: French – Y5 French monster pets
Knowledge organiser for the Year 5 Monster Pets Unit
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Other
Pupil phoneme videos: French monster pets
Phoneme practice for sounds used in this unit.
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French
Vocabulary display: French monster pets
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Clothes - getting dressed in France unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
None.