Y5/6 (B): Unit 4: Verbs in a French week
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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Attempt to read new verbs aloud with confidence and mostly accurate pronunciation.
- Create an opinion phrase using one of the new verbs.
- Work together to visually and orally present a verb in at least three different forms, with the appropriate pronoun.
- Work together to build a verb spinner and use it to generate appropriate phrases.
- Recognise and recall different parts of verbs avoir and être.
- Create an original short text, correctly adapting a range of verbs to their appropriate form.
Suggested prior learning
Y5/6 (B): Unit 3: French music celebrations
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Y5/6 (B): Lesson 1: French – action!
- To identify verbs in the infinitive form in French.
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 2: Who is doing what in French?
- To recognise some key regular verbs in the present tense.
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 3: French verbs in a spin
- To recognise that verbs take different forms and to find infinitive verbs in a dictionary.
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 4: French irregulars – to have and to be
- To know that some verbs do not follow regular patterns.
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 5: A French week
- To select and use a range of action verbs.
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French
Knowledge organiser – French Y5/6: Verbs in a French week
Aimed at pupils, a single-page summary document to support the delivery of this French Y5/6 (Cycle B) unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
English
Pupils should be taught to:
- Check spelling, meaning or both of these in a dictionary.