Learning objective

  • To begin using the future tense.

Success criteria

  • I can recall the present tense of the
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National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Understand
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit, you might want to check the children can recall: Modes of transport and the names of some countries in French (see French, Year 3, French transport). The seasons in French (see French, Year 4, French numbers, calendars and birthdays). Items of clothing in French (see French, Year 4, Clothes – getting…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support: 

Could practise building their sentences in supported groups, using just je vais aller – I am going to go and a smaller choice of countries, focusing on accurate pronunciation; could add a reason once confident in the first part of the sentence.

Pupils working at greater depth:

Should use the correct form of the verbs in the reason section, e.g. avoir – to have, aimer – to like or adorer – to adore/love, to agree with their chosen sentence, for example, Cette année elles vont aller en France parce qu’elles aiment faire de la planche à voile – this year they will go to France because they like windsurfing.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: remembering selected countries in the world

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Vocabulary definitions

  • je vais

    I go

  • Je vais en France

    I am going to France

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Simone Haughey

French specialist

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Previously a generalist Primary teacher for 12 years, Simone now specialises in Languages. She is MFL Consultant and Languages Teacher at Robin Hood Primary. Her work with Mandarin Chinese resulted in the IoE Confucius Institute for Schools awarding her school with Confucius Classroom…
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