Unit 1: French sport and the Olympics
Using different forms of verbs to do or play sports and expressing preferences. Revisiting country names and exploring the verb 'aller' - to go.
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Unit 1: French sport and the Olympics
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Pronounce the name of a sport accurately and confidently.
- Use the verbs jouer and faire correctly with different sports.
- Create sentences using two verbs, the seconds one in the infinitive form.
- Construct simple sentences to say whether or not they play a sport.
- Express and justify opinions in relation to sports.
- Identify some of the French country names using cognates and near cognates.
- Use the correct form of aller with correct preposition to indicate where you are going.
- Write an article in French, using a writing frame, about an imaginary Olympic Games.
Suggested prior learning
Unit 5: Verbs in a French week
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Sports in French
Lesson 2: Olympian opinions
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To express sporting preferences using an opinion verb, a second verb and an adjective.
Lesson 3: France – ready to go!
Lesson 4: A French sporting week
Lesson 5: The French Olympic Games
Key skills
Key knowledge
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)
Full equipment list for the subject
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- A selection of PE equipment (assorted)
- Dice and counters ×15
- Large space such as a hall or playground. ×1
- 1-3 sets of plastic boules If you cannot get hold of boules, you could improvise using different kinds of balls but you will need to explain to the children that what you are using are not the correct boules.
The equipment below is optional
- Laptops, computers, tablets ×15
- Video or audio recording device
- Bilingual dictionaries ×15
Equipment list
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- A selection of PE equipment (assorted)
- Dice and counters ×15
- Large space such as a hall or playground. ×1
- 1-3 sets of plastic boules If you cannot get hold of boules, you could improvise using different kinds of balls but you will need to explain to the children that what you are using are not the correct boules.
The equipment below is optional
- Laptops, computers, tablets ×15
- Video or audio recording device
- Bilingual dictionaries ×15
Related content
Unit resources
Cross-curricular opportunities
Geography
Locational knowledge
Pupils should be taught to:
- Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities.