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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 4: French irregulars - to have and to be

Learning the irregular present tense of the verbs avoir - to have and être - to be, and understanding that some French verbs are irregular and do not follow regular patterns.

Learning objective

To know that some verbs do not follow regular patterns.

Success criteria

I can conjugate the high frequency irregular verbs

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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

Play, ‘Quick on the draw’. Organise the children into two teams on either side of the classroom. The children in each team need to stand in a row. Call out a subject pronoun (je, tu, il, elle, nous, vous, ils, elles) and a regular -er verb (for example manger, aimer, sauter, chanter, danser). The first…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could trace over the teacher notes version of the verb bug template.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could be challenged to create a verb bug for one of the regular -er verbs.

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Assessing progress and understanding

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

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Vocabulary and translations

avoir

to have
j'ai

I have

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y5: French verbs in a week

Lesson 1: French - action!

Lesson 2: Who is doing what in French?

Lesson 3: French verbs in a spin

Lesson 4: French irregulars - to have and to be

Lesson 5: A French week

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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