Y5/6: Portraits- describing in French (Cycle A)
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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: Shopping for French food (Cycle A)
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Lessons
Y5/6 Lesson 1 (Cycle A): Portraits – getting French adjectives to agree
Y5/6 Lesson 2 (Cycle A): Simple descriptions in French
Y5/6 Lesson 3 (Cycle A): Describing people in French
Y5/6 Lesson 4 (Cycle A): Describing personality traits in French
Y5/6 Lesson 5 (Cycle A): 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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Assessment French Y5/6 (Cycle A): Portraits
Assessment French Y5/6 (Cycle A): Portraits Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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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: Meet my French family (Cycle A)
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