Y3/4 Lesson 1 (Cycle A): Follow the French teacher

Children learn to recognise the imperative mood by learning common classroom instructions through games including, 'Répétez si c'est vrai', Kim's game, a word and action matching game and 'Jacques a dit !' - the French version of ‘Simon says’; they also consider some of the differences between schools in the UK and schools in France.

Learning objective

  • To understand and respond to simple classroom instructions

National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Develop accurate pronunciation and intonation so that others understand when they are reading aloud or using familiar words and phrases.

See link: National curriculum - Languages - Key stage 2.

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Download classroom resources

Teacher knowledge - language points

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support:  can work with a reduced amount of classroom instructions, focusing on identifying and recalling these instructions in the game. They may need either peer or adult support to recall and pronounce vocabulary.

Pupils working at greater depth: can be challenged to recall and pronounce instructions independently and with increasing speed and accuracy. Some may want to take the place of the teacher and lead a game.

Wrapping up

During the week

  • Get the children to design some bossy signs for the classroom.
  • Play bossy tennis pairs game: take it in turns to ‘bat’ an instruction word to your partner. To return the serve, the partner ‘bats’ back a different instruction, there must be no repetition. The loser of the rally is the first person to run out of original instruction words.

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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Belinda Dean,  
French specialist
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…
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