Lesson 3: Describing people in French
Writing descriptions of portraits drawn by fellow pupils, applying vocabulary knowledge from the previous lesson and taking care that adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they describe.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Play a game of Jacques a dit - the equivalent of the English game, Simon says.
The children sit in a circle on the floor and you give instructions, for example:
Jacques a dit, 'Levez-vous si vous avez les cheveux blonds.' - Jacques said, 'Stand up if you have blond hair.'
Those children with blond hair stand up.
The following are some example commands you might give (including some trick ones) and remember, if you do not preface your instruction with, Jacques a dit, anyone who stands up is out!
Jacques a dit, 'Levez-vous si vous avez les cheveux blonds.' - Jacques said, 'Stand up if you have blond hair.'
Jacques a dit, 'Levez-vous si vous avez les cheveux noirs.' - Jacques said, 'Stand up if you have black hair.'
Jacques a dit, 'Levez-vous si vous avez les yeux bleus.' - Jacques said, 'Stand up if you have blue eyes.'
Jacques a dit, 'Levez-vous si vous avez les yeux verts.' - Jacques said, 'Stand up if you have green eyes.'
Jacques a dit, 'Levez-vous si vous avez les cheveux verts.' - Jacques said, 'Stand up if you have green hair.'
Jacques a dit, 'Levez-vous si vous avez les cheveux roux.' - Jacques said, 'Stand up if you have red hair.'
Jacques a dit, 'Levez-vous si vous avez les yeux orange.' - Jacques said, 'Stand up if you have orange eyes.'
Jacques a dit, 'Levez-vous si vous avez les cheveux châtains.' - Jacques said, 'Stand up if you have brown hair.'
Jacques a dit, 'Levez-vous si vous avez les yeux marron.' - Jacques said, 'Stand up if you have brown eyes.'
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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 status. Simone is also a Confucius Classroom Manager. She teaches Mandarin across the key stages, with reciprocal visits to a link school in Beijing.
Simone has created a range of French lessons from KS1 to KS2 for Kapow Primary.
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