Lesson 4: French food chains

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Unit 6: A circle of life in French >
Lesson 4: French food chains

Learning objective

To describe a food chain in French.

Success criteria

I can talk about an animal and what

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National curriculum

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Science

Year 3 – plants

Pupils should

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

To remind the children of the animal vocabulary and the indirect and direct object, divide the class in half and explain that they will see a set of slides, each showing an animal. There are three points to win for each slide: One point for the name of the animal. One point for the indirect…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could keep the chains simple, using the teacher’s model and adding two or three given animal names. Use picture cards to support animal vocabulary.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could add in phrases to say whether the animal is a carnivore or herbivore.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: attempting to decode new sentences using

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Vocabulary and translations

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is
mangé

eaten

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In this unit

Assessment - French: Y3: Circle of Life

Lesson 1: French animal nouns and sounds

Lesson 2: French habitats

Lesson 3: Life cycle French detectives

Lesson 4: French food chains

Lesson 5: French food chain flips

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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Last update: 10th January, 2026

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Learning objective

Success criteria

National curriculum

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Extended-mode explainer videos

Adaptive teaching

Assessing progress and understanding

Vocabulary and translations

est

mangé

In this unit

Belinda Dean

French specialist

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Lesson 5: French food chain flips

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Assessment – French Y3: Circle of Life

Lesson 1: French animal nouns and sounds