UNIT 1 - Hertfordshire Grid for Learning · Web viewUNIT 1 Language Content Activities ICT Resources Homework Greetings Conduct conversations using bonjour, ça va, au revoir, bonsoir,

FRENCH SCHEMES OF WORK TIME SCALE: 12-15 hoursYEAR GROUP: 7UNIT 1

Language Content Activities ICT Resources HomeworkGreetings

Conduct conversations using bonjour, ça va, au revoir, bonsoir, bonne nuit, comment t’appelles-tu? Je m’appelle

Understand pronunciation of the alphabet – “ça s’écrit comment?”

Pair work (pupils greet each other) Puppets (presentation) Songs Simulate telephone introductions and

spell out the names Listen to native speaker introducing

themselves Hangman

Quinze Minutes (1)

Clip Art (Frieze of Alphabet)

Write up and learn dialogues

Spell names

Numbers

1-12 (N) age = quel âge as tu (tu as quel âge) J’ai ……. ans

number games bingo give telephone numbers pupils are given objects sealed into

envelopes, they feel the packet to try to identify what is inside and try to count how many objects there are

battleships to practise numbers and letters calling out – “1b; 3c etc”.

song “un Kilo de chansons”

poster with matching number of objects, eg.

Une bananeDeux livresTrois filles …..

Match birthday cakes with statements about ages, counting candles

Classroom instructions

Levez-vous, asseyez-vous, taisez-vous, ouvrez vos cahiers/livres, fermez vos cahiers/livres, écoutez, répétez

Identify how many times L/C statement is made

Match mime and phrase Simon says: “jacques a dit” Match up statements and symbols Play teacher giving instructions to class

Posters for use around class

Posters for use around the class

Make up a song with statements and matching gestures

Hertfordshire County Council- MFL websiteJan 2002

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FRENCH SCHEMES OF WORK TIME SCALE: 12-15 hoursYEAR GROUP: 7(UNIT 1 continued….)

Language Content Activities ICT Resources HomeworkClassroom objects

Qu’est ce que c’est…..?

C’est un/une trousse, stylo, crayon, règle, feutre, gomme, compas, bâton de colle, calculatrice, tableau, table, chaise, bureau, placard, etc…..

Dans ma trousse il y a…..

J’ai un/une…..

J’ai/je n’ai pas de…. / est-ce que tu as?

Ce sont des……

Transfer to c’est le/la……de…….

Ce sont les….. de……….

L/C = identify un/une (L/C) Shadows of objects of OHP Objects at funny angle/key hole (OHP) Alternative questions eg. c’est un….ou

c’est un…… Hotter and colder game = cherche un…. ½ class = j’ai un stylo, other grumpy ½ =

je n’ai pas de stylo! Objects in envelopes = j’ai un stylo/je n’ai

pas de….. Hide Pupils’ possession – “C’est le stylo

de Paul? Non, c’est le stylo de Lucie” What’s missing game = C’est le….. Differentiate plural “les, des”. Discuss

objects belonging to famous people eg. “ce sont les feutres de Zidane!”

Assemble goods belonging to various pupils in class. Rest of class must guess whose they are = “how well do you know your friends” game.

Spot familiar words in a long text and embolden them.

Design a wordsearch with those words in

Make a list based on what they have in pencil case

Ext: use dictionary and find new objects

Birthdays

Numbers 13-31 (R) (N)

Months

Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire? Mon anniversaire, c’est le…..

Survey of class birthdays Un Kilo de Chansons: “quelle est la date

de ton anniversaire” Group: pupils arrange themselves into

birth dates (cards with months on) Birthdays of famous people and friends

Chart with class birthdays

Calendar of named days

Find 5 sports, pop stars’ birthdays → guessing game

Find out dates of special days: Noël, c’est le…..

Signs of zodiac


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FRENCH SCHEMES OF WORK TIME SCALE: 12-15 hoursYEAR GROUP: 7UNIT 1 (continued….)

Language Content Activities ICT Resources HomeworkColours

Elle/Il est de quelle couleur?

Il est/elle est rouge, marron, jaune, rose, gris, mauve, beige.

Introduce fem = vert(e), bleu(e), blanc(he), noir (e).

Ils sont/elles sont

Place (after noun), c’est un (noun) (adj)

C’est une (noun) (adj)

Ce sont des (noun) (adj)

Draw and label

Mixing colours to get a new one

Pronunciation of masc/fem = Recognition exercise

Qui a un stylo vert? Une règle jaune….

Adding a colour to classroom objects/pencil case = c’est un stylo bleu

Recycle “j’ai un …. + colour”, “j’ai une/des……+ colour”.

Design fashion magazine with statements re colours of clothes

Poster of an artist’s palate

Describe models from mail order magazine

Write up commentary of a fashion show


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FRENCH SCHEMES OF WORK TIME SCALE: 12-15 hoursYEAR GROUP: 7

UNIT 2Language Content Activities ICT Resources Homework

Family

C’est le/la….de…… Mère/père, soeur/frère, grand-mère,

grand-père, demi-soeur/frère, cousine, cousin, oncle/tante, beau-père/belle-mère, fils/fille unique, jumeaux

Est-ce que tu as un?/une? J’ai un, une/je n’ai pas de (R) Elle/il s’appelle (je=R) Elles/ils s’appellent Il a/elle a……ans C’est son (+ noun) Mon, ma, mes (active) Ton, ta, tes (receptive use) Il est/je suis fils, fille unique, jumeaux Ext: séparé/divorcé/fiancé/célibataire

OHT with family = voici M Legrand, c’est

le père (Simpsons)

Presenting own family with photo album

Baby photos

Eastenders

Use computer to display the family tree

Draw an amusing family (monster/fruit) for display and describe

Make an unusual family with pop stars, sport personalities

Pets

C’est un/une (R) chien/chat/oiseau/poisson rouge, lapin,

cheval, perroquet, tortue, hamster, cochon d’Inde

Ce sont des (R) J’ai/je n’ai pas de (R) Avoir (whole paradigm), revise je/tu/il Être (whole paradigm), revise je suis, il

est, elle est Colours, agreement (R) Age (R) New adjectives of size

(petit/grand/gros/maigre) Comment est ton frère/ta soeur? Numbers 32-69

Flashcards

OHT, key-hole,etc.

Match pet to sound, habitat….

Jumbled up names

Animals to colour in

Match up pictures and words on OHT

Describe yourself anonymously = class

must guess who wrote the note.

Survey of what pet, how many….

Bar chart

Email pen friends & describe yourself, family and pets.

Make up a song with paradigm

Bring photograph of your pet and present to class

Discuss siblings personalities


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UNIT 3: CHEZ MOI

Language Content Activities ICT Resources HomeworkTalking about where you live

Où habites-tu?Qui habite à…?J’habite à….

À + TOWNS, CITIES dans…… (en + fem countries, au + masc countries)Il/Elle habite

Au bord de la mer, à la campagne, etc…..

Cocktail party activity- pupils circulate with cards detailing

where they live; they circulate to find matching cards

Map of Europe, matching up capitals and countries

Class survey – produce chart on Excel, ICT

Choose TV/famous person and write about where they live

Gap fill sentences

Use cut outs from catalogues

Rooms and furniture

Describing the rooms and furniture in your house

Il y a ….Chez moi

Dans ma maison…- sur- sans- dans

Il n’ya pas DE

OHT - où est le chat with rooms/furniture

True/False statements about rooms and furniture

Produce own sentences – ideal house / strange house/ une maison hantée

Hide objects around classroom pupils make statements

Spot the difference – describe differences between 2 pictures

Colour coding for M/F

Agence immobilière – produce adverts for an estate agent

Ideal house/ strange house

Describe own room, label all furniture


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FRENCH SCHEMES OF WORK TIME SCALE: 12-15 hoursYEAR GROUP: 7UNIT 3 (continued….)

Language Content Activities ICT Resources Homework-er paradigm

All subject pronouns with –er paradigm

Activities using (er verbs) done in each roomEg. Je regarde la télé dans le séjour Nous écoutons la musique….

Mon père travaille…..

Mon frère danse….

On mange…… etc.

Group survey by gender nous vous ils/elles

Mini cards – match subject pronoun to correct verb part

Cards – race to beat team-mate to put correct endings or hold up endings

Allocate a team of pupils – the ‘er’ team – responsible for noting and displaying new ‘er’ verbs

Teacher announces “changez le verbe!” for new paradigm

Correct sentence eg. Paul mange la télé dans la cuisine by changing verb

Make up silly sentences

Gap fill – ICT – pupils have infinitive, add correct ending

Describe who in family listens to what music eg. “Moi et mon frère écoutons Bon Jovi”

Gap fill exercise →

Pupils report back on strategies for learning

Teach someone else

Describe eg. ‘Simpsons’ household – Who does what, where?

Introduce the time

Il est……heures

à….. heurres

moinset demià midià minuit(Introduce only ¼’s and ½’s for some)

Telly Addicts – les simpsons, c’est à quelle heure?

Sheet of clocks – touché. Beat your partner to touch the right time

Draw time on partners back – they guess

Say time for partner, they draw

Pupils face each other in concentric circles, inner circle hold up time and say “Quelle heure est il?” Outer circle respond, then move round


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Language Content Activities ICT Resources Homework

Reintroduce activities from above → ‘er’ team from above

à quelle heure………Tu manges?…Ta mère travaille?…Tu quittes la maison?

Reinforce verbs – worksheet with hidden help section

Describe family routine or a TV family- Bart Simpson mange à six heures dans la cuisine

FWT – record sentences on daily routine

Jumbled up words to unjumble to practice spellings

Family describing routine

Reading homework: text and pictures; pupils put pictures in right order according to text

Pronunciation

See Unit 3, Section 5 Use cards depicting sounds. Pupils to hold up correct card.

Multiple choice – 1 word called out, choice of spellings to select

Display accents with examples

Add accents to text

Display accents with examples

Dictionary skills

See Unit 3, Section 6 Class to write to another Y7 form/ another schools Y7 class, e-mail friends


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UNIT 4: COMME D’HABITUDE


Aller paradigm

places in town (gender)

simple directions

où est…..

au/à la/à l’

OHT map to introduce simple directions and places in town

In pairs ask question “Où vas-tu?” and mark on a grid partner’s directions. Response: Tu vas/au/à la/à l’…..

Listen to a recording of what time people go where. Report back using il/elle va….

Draw own map and label

Make own flashcards of places in

Powerpoint presentation re “au, à la “

Draw map of your own area and label

Write up directions for a visiting friend

Verb faire and other er verbs (ranger, laver….)

Time eg le w-end, tous les jours, de temps en temps

Est-ce que/qu’est-ce queExtension: reflexive verbs and irregular verbs (prendre….)

Simple opinions about household tasks

OHT of activities, match phrase to picture

Putting long sentences in order

(activity/where/with whom/when)

Miming activity, students guess

Pupils interview each other about what

they do

Guessing game on tone of voice = Je fais

la vaisselle c’est super……

Diary of activities done during week

Survey using excel re housework and who does what.

Design a cosmopolitan type article re housework▲

Write diary about activities in the home

Story of a housework robot and what it does. Scope for diffferentiation with possible disasters. ▲.


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FRENCH SCHEMES OF WORK TIME SCALE: 12-15 hoursYEAR GROUP: 7UNIT 4 (continued…)


Form and usage of the imperative of household activity (tu/vous)

Extension = negative (ne mangez pas / ne parlez pas) use in context of school

miming of each activity with “Jacques a dit”

OHT with activities in present tense: they make the new sentence in the imperative themselvesJe fais la vaisselle / fais la vaisselle!

Pupils order a robot around

Diary of a lazy / hyperactive person

Display of classroom rules

Humorous display of strict rules in imaginary school

A day in the life of Carol Smiley


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UNIT 5: UNE JOURNÉE

Language Content Activities ICT Resources HomeworkSchool

Subjects and timetable

J’aime / Je n’aime pas

Je déteste, Je préfère

Le français, c’est super / ennuyeux / utile / marrant…

Linking subject and opinion about subject with parce que

OHT of subjects : guess subject with keyhole card

Blank timetable : pair work asking, à quelle heure, qu’est ce que tu étudies?

Use a smiley face … and associate with a subject on OHP sentence

Hearts/crosses next to subject have to say the whole sentence

Make 2 lists : one positive, one negative

Likes and dislikes with own experience

Questionnaire around classExtension: il/elle aime Extension je n’aime pas la géo je suis fort(e) en maths.

Bar chart of favourite subjects in the class

Write up own timetable in French

Access site in France and compare with own timetable

e-mail other Y7 group and compare notes

Present results of questionnaire as ICT pie-chart.

Own timetable

Write your opinion on each subject in short sentences

Dictionary work – look up more opinions

The Pupils’ alternative school prospectus

The ideal timetable

Quantifiers – un peu, beaucoup trop assez

Pupils show thumbs up or down to show extent of likes and dislikes when spoken by teacher


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UNIT 5 (continued…)


Numbers 70-100 Bingo for revision of 1-9, 10-69

Grid of numbers to re-inforce patterns eg. ten times table

Telling the time

Pupils work out the sums and multiplications going on for themselves from 70 onwards

Telephone numbers

Language content for a typical school day

Je quitte la maison

J’arrive

Je mange

Je rentre

Introduction to reflexivesJe me lèveJe me couche

Extension: je me lave, je m’habille cf je m’appelle. ▲

Pupils draw own flashcards for daily routine

Match them up – eg. j’arrive au collège à… and then find the best time

Cards on board with pictures and words match them up

Sentences jumbled up and pupils write them out in a logical order.Extension: write out new phrase by using the dictionary▲

A pupil/pupils mime what the teacher says

Use clip-art to make own flashcards

Quinze minutes on school

Make a tape recording of own views on school to send to France

ICT own flashcards

Prepare a tape for penpal


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UNIT 6: COMMENT TU T’AMUSES


Talking about hobbies:J’aime…..Je déteste…. ….. la danse ….. la musique etc. Include negatives:Je n’aime pas….

Express agreement : je suis d’accod, je ne suis pas d’accord

FC/OHT to introduce hobbies – use heart symbols to ask pupils for sentences

Pair work: tu aimes….?Reporting back: Il/elle aime….

Gap fill – find your ideal partner – pupils have mini-cards and circulate to find their match

Report on similarities between French and English eg. danse / cinéma, etc.

Class survey on hobbies → produce charts on most/least popular hobbies

Use famous person and do ID card on likes/dislikes

Pupils report back on strategies for learning

Understanding French handwriting French letter on OHT : highlight key words with marker pen

Compare French and English letter : highlight troublesome letters

Decipher French letter done by hand

Jouer à/de + le/la/les/l’

Je ne joue pas

Bringing faire du/de la/de l’/des

OHT with sports/instruments and adapt word to picture

Miming of sport/instrument, children guess

Murder has been committed. Murderer plays one given instrument + one given sport → people in class make sure they are not murderer by saying “moi, je joue au tennis et je joue de la trompette…”

Guessing game (20 questions)

Flashcards using clip art for hobbies

Own list of activities/hobbies

Choose famous sports person and say what they do

Talk about friends/family and hobbies

Letter to penpal outlining hobbies


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UNIT 6 (continued…)


Combine a small number of sentences using time adverbs as connecting to sequence their text

(d’abord, puis, ensuite, enfin)

Write several sentences on activities (elle joue au foot, elle joue du piano) and connect with time adverb

Form on computer to fill in with own details

Use knowledge of the days of the week, time and adverbs of frequency with hobbies

Extension: use of s’amuser et se reposé and these in the negative

Give sentences belonging to each section and make longer sentences(je joue du violon /vendredi/ au club de musique /avec ma copine) Each pupil writes comment about own hobbies – teacher reads a few and asks “Qui-est-ce?”

Brochure on town and activities

Find interesting net site to find penfriends

Internet = French town to use in description of hobbies

Brochure about town and activities which can be pursued

Record tape on own hobbies

Link sentences using conjunctions (et, mais, ou, oū, parce que)

Mix and match halves of sentences Diary = what do you do at the week-end? Where? With whom?

Reading passage with conjunctions, answer questions

Gapped text (put in the conjunctions)


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UNIT 1 - Hertfordshire Grid for Learning · Web viewUNIT 1 Language Content Activities ICT Resources Homework Greetings Conduct conversations using bonjour, ça va, au revoir, bonsoir,