Y3/4 (B): Unit 6: Gourmet tour of France
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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Listen and respond to single words, short phrases and full sentences.
- Follow a short text or rhyme, listening and reading at the same time.
- Recognise some familiar French words in written form.
- Begin to understand and notice cognates and near cognates.
- Begin to explore various language detective strategies.
- Use a bilingual dictionary to find the meaning of unknown words and check the spelling of unfamiliar words.
- Use visual and contextual clues to make predictions about the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary.
- Discuss similarities and differences between customs and traditions in France and the UK.
- Discover French festivals and their traditions.
- Order typical French food and/or drink.
Suggested prior learning
Y3/4 (B): Unit 5: Fabulous French food
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Y3/4 (B): Lesson 1: Favourite French foods
- To ask and respond to a question about food.
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 2: Regional French food
- To use a range of opinion verbs and adjectives.
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 3: Monsieur Mangetout’s French food week
- To perform a short story about food using words and actions.
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 4: Shopping in France – how much?
- To describe the quantity of food nouns.
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 5: French detectives in the kitchen
- To explore and understand an authentic French text.
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