Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify rhyming words and the same phonemes in different words.
- Listen for specific words and phrases.
- Apply language detective strategies such as use of cognates to work out meaning.
- Understand how the gender and number of a noun modifies adjectives.
- Explain where to place different types of adjectives in relation to the noun.
- Use familiar language to speak in sentences.
- Attempt to build accurate written sentences using a model.
Suggested prior learning
Y3/4 (A): Unit 6: Shopping for French food
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Lessons
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 1: Portraits – getting French adjectives to agree
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 2: Simple descriptions in French
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 3: Describing people in French
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 4: Describing personality traits in French
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 5: Writing portraits of friends in French
Key skills
Year 5
- Listening
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Key knowledge
Year 5
- To
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Key vocabulary
il a - he has
elle a - she has
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Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Felt tip pens ×30
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – French Y5/6 (A): Portraits – describing in French
Aimed at pupils, two pages which gives key facts and definitions from the unit 'Portraits – describing in French'.
Vocabulary display: Portraits – describing in French
A display version of the key vocabulary from the French greetings with puppets unit.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Art
Pupils should be taught:
- about great artists, architects and designers in history.
Build on the learning
Y5/6 (A): Unit 2: Meet my French family
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