Primary Theme: Shopping
Lesson 2: French fruit market
Introducing French vocabulary for different fruits, focusing on gender, the indefinite article and pronunciation. Using flashcards to play games to consolidate memory of the new vocabulary.
Lesson 2: What does it mean to trade fairly?
Exploring the importance of responsible trading through a case study of cocoa bean production in Côte d'Ivoire; considering the benefits and drawbacks of importing food.
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 3: How do we get our chocolate?
Discussing opinions on responsible trade and looking at the journey and process of a cocoa bean from farm to chocolate bar on a shop shelf.
Lesson 3: Monsieur Mangetout's French food week
Revising the days of the week and food vocabulary through oral storytelling using the repetitive tale of Monsieur Mangetout. Preparing own versions of the story for presentation in class.
Lesson 3: How do we get our chocolate?
Discussing opinions on responsible trade and looking at the journey and process of a cocoa bean from farm to chocolate bar on a shop shelf.
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 4: Where does our food come from?
Mapping and measuring the distance food travels to reach the UK and using a scale bar to convert measurements.
Lesson 4: Shopping in French - how much?
Asking and answering shopping-related questions. Learning phrases such as ‘some’ and ‘I would like’.
Lesson 4: Where does our food come from?
Mapping and measuring the distance food travels to reach the UK and using a scale bar to convert measurements.
Lesson 5: French detectives in the kitchen
Using language detective skills to decode an unknown text in French, unpicking the meaning through context, identifying cognates and near cognates, and recognising known vocabulary, before following the recipe to make ratatouille.