Learning objective

  • To apply knowledge of noun and adjective agreement to create metaphors in French.

Success criteria

  • I can discover new nouns using a dictionary.
  • I

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National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Describe

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Cops and robbers and use the activity to recap learning from the previous lesson. The children will need a whiteboard and whiteboard pen each for this activity.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support:

Should use the Activity: Metaphor model for support with the vocabulary and structure needed for the metaphors; could create simple metaphors using ‘Le Soleil est’ + un/une + noun, (the Sun is + a + noun); could add a colour adjective afterwards, if confident.

Pupils working at greater depth:

Should include a colour and adjective of size in their metaphors; should source additional nouns from the dictionary, taking care to choose the correct indefinite article (un/une), and to ensure the colour adjectives agree in gender.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: writing their own metaphors using the

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Vocabulary definitions

  • le Soleil

    the Sun

  • la Lune

    the Moon

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Belinda Dean

French specialist

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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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