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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 5: French detectives in the kitchen

Using language detective skills to decode an unknown text in French, unpicking the meaning through context, identifying cognates and near cognates, and recognising known vocabulary, before following the recipe to make ratatouille.

Learning objective

To be able to explore and understand an authentic French text.

Success criteria

I can use a range of strategies to

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National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

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Cross-curricular links

None.

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Ask the children to work in small groups to come up with a list of as many language detective skills as they can, giving an example of each. Circulate while the children are discussing to assess the children’s understanding and prompt on examples. Invite each group to explain one of their language detective skills. Language…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could use page 1 of the Activity: Detective’s notebook, which includes additional extra vocabulary prompts, with support from an adult if required.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should challenge to use page 2 of the Activity: Detective’s notebook, using their language detective skills to decode the text.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: being able to highlight a range

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Vocabulary and translations

les ingrédients

the ingredients
les ustensiles

the utensils

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Example work

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y5: Shopping in France

Lesson 1: French money, numbers and prices

Lesson 2: French fruit market

Lesson 3: Monsieur Mangetout's French food week

Lesson 4: Shopping in French - how much?

Lesson 5: French detectives in the kitchen

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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