Y5/6 Lesson 5 (Cycle A): Planning my French holiday

Planning a holiday to France, pupils use their research skills to decide where to go, what they want to do on holiday, how they will travel and what clothes they need to pack, presenting the information to the class.

Learning objective

  • To plan a holiday to France

National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

  • To describe places and things in writing, present ideas to a range of audiences, develop ability to understand new words, read carefully and show understanding of words.

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

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Download classroom resources

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Can work in pairs or groups to share the workload, completing the worksheet together, using the holiday planner for support.

Pupils working at greater depth: Challenge children to expand their answers on the holiday planner further, creating a written paragraph about their holiday plans, adding in reasons why they want to go there.  Some may wish to read this out loud to help progress their fluency.

Wrapping up

During the week

  • Research different parts of France.  You can use the internet but also get holiday brochures from your local travel agent. Try your local charity shops for travel guides also.
  • Why not ask the travel agent to come into school and give a talk about travelling to France?
  • Prepare a wall display or a travel book for the class to record all their plans.

 

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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…
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