Y5/6 (B): Unit 3: French music celebrations
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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Select the correct article du or de la for different instruments.
- Ask and respond to questions to say which instrument they play, using a whole phrase.
- Recall the names of some French-speaking countries, saying these with accurate pronunciation.
- Use opinion verbs, conjunctions and adjectives to create simple phrases about the types of music they like and dislike.
- Write a simple summary in English of the key points about la Fête de la musique.
- Adapt a model written paragraph and replace some of the nouns, verbs and adjectives with their own choices to write about a musician.
Suggested prior learning
Y5/6 (B): Unit 2: In my French house
Get startedLessons
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 1: Musical instruments in French
- To use the verb jouer with the correct article based on the gender of a musical instrument word.
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 2: Musical genres in French
- To communicate opinions on music using opinion verbs, adjectives and conjunctions.
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 3: French-speaking musicians
- To identify and extract key information from French texts about musicians.
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 4: A French music festival
- To summarise a text about la Fête de la musique by using language detective skills.
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 5: Meet the band
- To use a model to build and construct a short text about a musician.
Key skills
Key knowledge
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Resources
Unit resources

French
Knowledge organiser – French Y5/6 (B): French music celebrations
Aimed at pupils, a single-page summary document to support the delivery of this French Y5/6 (Cycle B) unit.

French
Vocabulary display: French music celebrations
A display version of the key vocabulary from the French music celebrations unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Music
Pupils should be taught to:
- Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians.
- Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression (optional).
- Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music (optional).