Unit 1: Portraits - describing in French

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Portraits – getting French adjectives to agree

Lesson 2: Simple descriptions in French

Lesson 3: Describing people in French

Lesson 4: Describing personality traits in French

Lesson 5: Writing portraits of friends in French

Key skills

Language comprehension

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Phonics

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Key vocabulary

il a/elle a

il est/elle est

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Knowledge organiser: French – Y4 Portraits – describing in French

Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit "Unit 1: Portraits – describing…

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French phonics videos: Y4 Portraits – describing in French

Phoneme practice for sounds used in this unit.

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Vocabulary display: Portraits – describing in French

A display version of the key vocabulary from the French greetings with puppets unit.

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