Y5/6 (B): Lesson 1: French transport language detectives
Applying language detective skills to recognise the meaning of cognates, near-cognates and false friends.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Optional - provide each child with a copy of the Knowledge catcher (see link: Assessment - French Y5/Y6: Transport) and ask them to complete it to the best of their ability. Explain that at the end of the unit, they will revisit it, adding more information in a different colour.
The theme of this topic is les transports (transport) but do not reveal this to the children yet. Let them discover it for themselves by using their language detective skills in the first activity.
Hand out the Activity: Transport photos (one each or one between two) and a sheet of paper. Allow the children time to note down (in English) on the sheet of paper the types of transport they see in the images. Ask the children whether they know any of the words for these in French. Ask pupils to predict what the theme of the unit is.
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Belinda has been a French and Spanish teacher based in Bath for more than 15 years. She has delivered a range of courses for teachers and PGCE students and is particularly passionate about weaving language, culture and global learning across the curriculum. Having previously worked in travel publishing, she is a keen explorer and nature lover with a fondness for all things South America.
Belinda has created topics on introductions through puppets, playground games, and has created a French science lesson on the circle of life.
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