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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 2: My French house and family

Writing a short description of a house and who lives in it, combining existing vocabulary for family members with new vocabulary for houses and rooms. Revising possessive adjectives and the rules for adjectival agreement.

Learning objective

To write a description of a house in French.

Success criteria

I can read, speak and write the French

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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

Display the Presentation: Qu’est ce que c’est ? Revise the vocabulary from Lesson 1, asking the children to work in pairs to discuss the answer to each of the six slides. When you have gone through each of the slides, start with slide 1 again and take answers from the class. Slide 1: la chambre…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could work in groups using just a few components of the writing frame to practise saying what type of house they live in, adding who they live with when they are more confident, for example, j’habite dans une maison avec mon frère – I live in a house with my brother.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should challenge to create longer descriptions to include all of the elements of the writing frame, ensuring accurate pronunciation and spelling. They may also be able to use adjectives to make their work more interesting.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: remembering and understanding the elements of

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Vocabulary and translations

j'habite dans

I live in
ma mère

my mother

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y6: In my French House

Lesson 1: My French house

Lesson 2: My French house and family

Lesson 3: Describing my French room

Lesson 4: Where is it in my French bedroom?

Lesson 5: A letter about my French house

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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