This French scheme of work video introduces teachers to the skills needed to help Key stage 2 pupils consolidate their learning by writing and presenting short descriptions of a friend. It explores how to review vocabulary for hair, eye colour, height and personality, and shows how to teach word order and adjectival agreement through the red herring human sentence game. The video demonstrates each step, from correcting adjective placement to guiding pupils in producing accurate sentences for their own portraits.

This video is part of Kapow Primary’s Language teacher video resources. It simplifies the process, ensuring teachers feel confident and prepared to support the pupils in completing the unit with confidence. With opportunities to draw and describe a friend, practise grammar rules in a fun and memorable way, and create a classroom portrait gallery inspired by the Louvre, the lesson provides a creative and rewarding end to the topic.

French, key stage 2, Year 4, Unit 1: Portraits – describing in French, Lesson 5: Writing portraits of friends in French