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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 6: The French go to the Olympic Games

Learning about the ancient and modern Olympic Games and writing the answers to a magazine interview article in French about taking part in an Olympic sport, using vocabulary and grammar from the unit.

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Learning objective

To write an interview magazine article about the Olympic Games.

Success criteria

I can identify cognate words for sports in

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National curriculum

Languages

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

Display either slide 1 or slide 2 of the Presentation: P.E. actions – likes and dislikes and organise the children into pairs. Slide 1 is more challenging as it does not have the words for each P.E. action written whereas slide 2 has all the words. Choose whichever is the most appropriate. You may feel…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should practise the answers to just three questions initially, with support from the teacher who can act as the journalist, for example, what sport they do, why they like it and what medal they want to win.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could share their interview with the class once they have completed it, to further increase their confidence and also allow other pupils to peer-assess their work, identifying correct phrases and pronunciation.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: being able to write an interview

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Vocabulary and translations

les jeux Olympiques

the Olympic Games
l’athlétisme

athletics

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y6: French Sport and the Olympics

Lesson 1: Sports in French

Lesson 2: France and around the world

Lesson 3: France - ready to go!

Lesson 4: La compétition - Le Tour de France

Lesson 5: French boules - pétanque

Lesson 6: The French go to the Olympic Games

Originally created by:

Simone Haughey

French specialist

Previously a generalist Primary teacher for 12 years, Simone now specialises in Languages. She is MFL Consultant and Languages Teacher at Robin Hood Primary. Her work with Mandarin Chinese resulted in the IoE Confucius Institute for Schools awarding her school with Confucius Classroom…

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