Learning objective
- To create simple descriptive sentences
National curriculum
Languages
Pupils should be taught to:
- Read carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing.
- Describe people, places, things and actions orally and in writing.
- Understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied…how to apply these, for instance, to build sentences; and how these differ from or are similar to English.
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: can work in small adult-supported groups with a reduced amount of vocabulary, describing hair or eyes (not both) or using fewer colours. They focus on describing verbally before writing when more confident.
Pupils working at greater depth: once they have constructed their sentence with the word cards, challenge them to write sentences using multiple colours from memory, ensuring the adjectives agree.
During the week
- Read the children the book, Vas t-en, Grand Monstre Vert ! (Go away, Big Green Monster!) by Ed Emberley or play the video on link: 'Vas - t'en, Grand Monstre Vert !' on VideoLink. Challenge the children to spot colour words and the words, les yeux and les cheveux.
- Tell or watch the story again, this time focusing on the other facial features mentioned: les dents (teeth), la bouche (mouth), le nez (nose), la tête (head).
In this topic
- Assessment French Y5/6 (Cycle A): Portraits
- Y5/6 Lesson 1 (Cycle A): Portraits - adjectival agreement
- Y5/6 Lesson 2 (Cycle A): Simple descriptions in French
- Y5/6 Lesson 3 (Cycle A): Describing people in French
- Y5/6 Lesson 4 (Cycle A): Describing personality traits in French
- Y5/6 Lesson 5 (Cycle A): Writing portraits of friends in French
