Y5/6 (B): Lesson 2: Home sweet home!
Writing a short description of a house using new vocabulary for houses and rooms; revising rules for adjectival agreement.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Vocabulary recall
Display slide 1 of the Presentation: Gimme five! In pairs, ask the children to recall as many words for different types of houses and rooms as they can remember. Can they recall any adjectives and remember where adjectives of size are placed in a sentence in French?
Take feedback and use slide 2 to check the answers for the types of houses and rooms. Adjectives of size in French sit before the noun. FOr example: une petite maison - a small house.
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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 status. Simone is also a Confucius Classroom Manager. She teaches Mandarin across the key stages, with reciprocal visits to a link school in Beijing.
Simone has created a range of French lessons from KS1 to KS2 for Kapow Primary.
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