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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Listen to and identify cognates in French, noticing differences with spelling and pronunciation, e.g. for planet names.
- Write their own metaphors using a writing model, replacing nouns with original vocabulary.
- Make the correct choice of un/une for gender and add colour adjectives when writing.
- Form a factually and grammatically accurate phrase to compare two planets in terms of their size or temperature.
- Adapt a model text to create an original sentence of their own, including descriptive phrases.
Suggested prior learning
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Lessons
Lesson 1: The Solar System in French
Lesson 2: French Sun and Moon metaphors
Lesson 3: Comparing planets in French
Lesson 4: A galaxy guide in French
Lesson 5: French alien worlds
Key skills
Language comprehension
- Listening
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Key knowledge
Phonics
- To apply
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Key vocabulary
le Système solaire
le Soleil
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Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Sugar paper ×15
- Coloured pens ×30
- Bilingual dictionaries ×15
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – French Y5: Space Exploration
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit.
Pupil phoneme videos: Space exploration – in French
Phoneme practice for sounds used in this unit.
Vocabulary display: Space exploration in French
A display version of the vocabulary from the Space exploration in French unit.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English
Reading – comprehension
Pupils should be taught to:
- Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader.
See National curriculum - English - Key stages 1 and 2.
Science
Earth and space
Pupils should learn that:
- The Sun is a star at the centre of our Solar System and that it has eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune (Pluto was reclassified as a ‘dwarf planet’ in 2006). (Non-statutory).
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