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Lesson 5: Fantastic French beasts

Applying the vocabulary and grammar learnt throughout this unit to write a descriptive fact file.

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Scrambled sentences

Display the Presentation: Fantastic French beasts. Show slide 1, Scrambled sentence. Ask children to work in pairs to unscramble the sentence, which describes the monster shown. Ask a volunteer to come up and unscramble the sentence on the board. (The sentence should read: Elle a une grande bouche rouge et quatre pieds bleus - She has a large red mouth and four blue feet.)

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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 previously worked in travel publishing, she is a keen explorer and nature lover with a fondness for all things South America.

Belinda has created topics on introductions through puppetsplayground games, and has created a French science lesson on the circle of life.

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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 1 July 2026

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