Y5/6 (B): Unit 1: French transport
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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify which nouns are cognates or near cognates.
- Use language detective strategies to work out the meaning of new words.
- Form simple statements by adapting a model.
- Applying accurate word order in French.
- Identify and extract key information from short texts.
- Write sentences containing familiar language, with correctly formed accents.
- Use the verb aller in the present tense to ask for and give information about how people travel.
- Select the correct preposition en or à depending on the type of transport.
Suggested prior learning
Y5/6 (A): Unit 6: Planning a French holiday
This is the first unit in the Y5/6 Cycle B scheme. Returning pupils may have completed French mixed-age Y5/6 Cycle A.
Lessons
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 1: French transport language detectives
- To learn and apply strategies for working out the meaning of new language.
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 2: On the road
- To develop spontaneous speaking skills.
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 3: Travel the French speaking world
- To use familiar vocabulary and language structures to describe a journey.
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 4: Journey to a French school
- To conduct a survey and present the findings in French.
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 5: My kind of travel!
- To understand, express and justify a range of opinions.
Key skills
Key knowledge
Related content
Resources
Unit resources

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

French
Vocabulary display: French transport
A display version of the key vocabulary from the French transport unit.
Cross -curricular opportunities
Mathematics
Complete, read and interpret information in tables, including timetables.