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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: A letter about my French house

Consolidating vocabulary and grammar learned in this unit by writing a letter to describe a house, who lives there, and what is in a bedroom.

Learning objective

To write a letter describing my home.

Success criteria

I can describe all the rooms in a

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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: In my bedroom. Click on the objects beforehand so that the words are visible. Ask the class to remind you of the preposition words they have learnt in French: sur – on sous – under à côté du/de la – next to devant – in front of derrière – behind dans – in Organise the…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could complete the Activity: A letter to Sandrine by copying the words in bold from the original letter in the Presentation: My French home; should aim to replace some of the words in bold with alternatives.

Pupils working at greater depth

could be challenged in the writing activity to use a bilingual dictionary and to replace all of the words in bold in the original letter; could write up the letter on writing paper after preparing the gapped version.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: describing all the rooms in their

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Vocabulary and translations

J’habite dans…

I live in…
un appartement

an apartment

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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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