Lesson 5: Journey to a French school
Revising numbers, transport vocabulary, prepositions and parts of the verb aller- to go, by conducting a survey of how classmates get to school and analysing the results. Learning about the challenging journeys to school made by some children across the world.
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National curriculum
Cross-curricular links
Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Il y a combien de ?
Display the Presentation: Il y a combien de ? and using the first slide, ask the class:
Il y a combien de bus ? - How many buses are there?
Encourage the class to count in French - un, deux, trois, quatre before giving the answer:
Il y a quatre bus - there are four buses
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Adaptive teaching
Assessing progress and understanding
Vocabulary and translations
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 puppets, playground games, and has created a French science lesson on the circle of life.
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