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  5. Y5/6 (A): Lesson 1: Clothes in French

Learning objective

  • To recognise and use vocabulary relating to clothing.

Success criteria

  • I can pronounce new vocabulary.
  • I can build a
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National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Listen
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Cross-curricular links

None.

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this lesson, you might want to check the children can recall: How to pronounce common phonemes accurately. How to ask about feelings and preferences. How to form a question in French.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could work with an adult to reinforce the idea of gender and the possessive adjective (my) and sort the nouns accordingly; could physically sort the words by writing them on post-it notes and categorising them into a mon/ma and mes pile.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should try to write the correct possessive adjective (my) without referring to the slide.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: remembering and pronouncing some of the

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Vocabulary definitions

  • un T-shirt

    a T-shirt

  • un short

    shorts

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y5/6 (A): Clothes

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 1: Clothes in French

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 2: Clothes and colours in French

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 3: Where do adjectives go in French?

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 4: A French clothes catalogue

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 5: What is our French model wearing?

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Last update: 12th September, 2025

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