Lesson 2: French habitats

Assessment quiz and Knowledge catcher for use at the start and/or end of the unit to assess pupil progress.

Learning to use a bilingual dictionary to look up English nouns, to identify the correct French noun and to notice whether it is masculine or feminine. Using these dictionary skills, the children learn new animal vocabulary and sort the nouns according to gender, allocating the appropriate indirect article.

Language detective skills are important for learning any language and pupils practise these skills, using their science knowledge to solve language problems in an entirely unfamiliar language.