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Lesson 4: French food

Extending knowledge of French food vocabulary and using dictionary skills to look up new words.

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Learning objective

To work out the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Success criteria

I can pick out key words when listening

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National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

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Cross-curricular links

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Au café. Ask the children to work in their table groups. Each person on the table takes it in turns to use the picture prompts to order a meal. They should order at least one thing to eat and one drink and should add, ‘please’ at the end. Model how the children should…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

May require adult or peer support in using the bilingual dictionary. They should focus on this aspect of the task, making sure they copy words down accurately, and only move to writing sentences if/when confident.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could challenge them to focus on using their own vocabulary choices to create alternative sentences, as well as the vocabulary on the worksheet.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: recognising cognates and using a bilingual

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Vocabulary and translations

un croque monsieur

a cheese toastie
un gâteau

a cake

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Example work

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In this unit

Assessment French Y4: Food miam, miam!

Lesson 1: Ordering food and drink in a French café

Lesson 2: Managing money in French

Lesson 3: French shops

Lesson 4: French food

Lesson 5: French food - le menu

Originally created by:

Simone Haughey

French specialist

Previously a generalist Primary teacher for 12 years, Simone now specialises in Languages. She is MFL Consultant and Languages Teacher at Robin Hood Primary. Her work with Mandarin Chinese resulted in the IoE Confucius Institute for Schools awarding her school with Confucius Classroom…

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