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KS3 French Toolkit

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LOOK, SAY, COVER, WRITE, CHECK!

Be an independent Language Learner Before you ask the teacher for help: Look a word up in a dictionary or textbook Use this toolkit. Check your work for spelling, accuracy and presentation. Use the grammar section of a textbook to help you adapt

sentences Note down new words or phrases in the back of your text-

book, don't wait for the teacher to tell you.

How to learn vocabulary

Look at the word or phrase

Say the word or phrase

Cover up the word or phrase

Write down the word or phrase

Check what you have written and then,

Do it all again!!

It’s a good idea to get someone to test you

PHONEMES IN FRENCH

IN sounds like an as in can, Intéressant Vin Dessin

EN sounds like on as in gone, Cent Absent Centre

AN sounds like on as in gone, Vacances Anglais Français

OI sounds like wah Moi Toi Froid

CH sounds like sh as in shop Chat Chaise Chien

EU sounds like her or fur Deux Bleu Fleur

QU sounds like k as in king Quatre Quand Qui

OU sounds like oo as in toot Rouge Joue trousse

UI sounds like ai as in air Huit Fruit Cuisine

É sounds like ay as in pay idée Génial Général

Ç sounds like ss as in hiss Ça Français garçon

Tips on Using a Dictionary

If you want to know the English meaning of a French word, look in the first half of the dictionary. If you want to know what the French word is for something, look in the second half of the dictionary. Check you are looking up the correct version of the word. Are you looking up a noun, verb, adjective or adverb? Be careful as the first word you find isn’t always the meaning you need. Think about the different mean-ings of ‘watch’ in English. Verbs will be listed in the infinitive. This is the ‘name of the verb’ and you normally need to change the spelling before you put in a sentence. Avoid online translating sites as they can be very inaccurate.

Make a CROSSWORD puzzle using all of your words. Provide a separate ANSWER KEY. 25 points Pyramid your words & then translate. Make flashcards EX: Rainbow your with French on one Po words. (Each letter in side and translation Pom in a different color.) (or picture) on the Pomm Write the translation. reverse Pomme 25 points 25 points. Apple 25 points Find a Write your picture of your words of each word in CODE. online, & make a power point or 25 points illustrated Word document with (A=1, B=2, etc.) each word pictured and labeled in French. 50 POINTS

Use Word Art & Write each word

alphabetize your words 25 pts 3 times & translate once. 25pts

The Vocab Man

When your homework is to learn new words, you could try to complete and hand in 50 points worth of vocabulary practice. You could choose any combina-tion of practice to add up to 50 points.

Adjective

A describing word. The spelling sometimes has to change

Adverb A word to describe how you do an action

Article The word for ‘a’ or ‘the’ that comes before the noun

Connective A word that links 2 phrases or sentences to-gether

Gender Whether a noun is masculine or feminine

Imperative The version of the verb you need when tell-ing someone to do something

Infinitive The original version of the verb. The version you would find in the dictionary. (To...)

Intensifier A word that is used before an adjective to make it stronger or weaker

Irregular Verb

Verb that does not follow a neat, regular pattern

Noun The name of a thing or person

Plural More that one person or thing

Preposition A Word that describes where something is

Pronoun A word that replaces a noun e.g. It/He

Tense The tense of a verb shows when the action takes place e.g. the present/past/future

Verb An action or ‘doing word’

Masculine Feminine Plural

Le La the Les

Un Une a/some Des

Je = I Nous = We

Tu = You (singlular) Vous = You (plural or formal)

Il = He Ils = They (masc. /mixed group

Elle = She Elles = They (feminine)

On = We/one

Most adjectives go after the noun in French. You often also need to change the spelling of the adjective to make it ‘agree’ with the word it is describing:

For feminine, add –e Une trousse verte

For masculine plural, add –s Des pulls noirs

For feminine plural, add –es Des chaussures bleues

Masc Fem Plural

my Mon Ma Mes

Your Ton Ta Tes

His/her Son Sa Ses

AV

OIR

= T

o h

ave

ages

Bro

thers

&

sist

ers

pets

Ha

ir &

eyes

Pen

cil

case

it

em

s

Ro

om

s /f

urn

itu

re

être

= T

o b

e

size

per

son

ali

ties

na

tio

nali

ties

occ

up

ati

on

s

Don’t forg

et

you h

ave t

o m

ake y

our

adje

ctiv

es

agre

e w

ith t

he n

oun t

hey a

re d

esc

ribin

g

E.g

. add a

n e

fe

min

ine

Add a

n s

for

masc

ulin

g p

lura

l

Add a

n e

s for

fem

inin

e p

lura

l W

atc

h o

ut

for

irre

gula

r adje

ctiv

es

J’ai

me

= I

lik

e J’

adore

= I

love

Je

dét

este

= I

hat

e Je

n’a

ime

pas

= I

don

’t l

ike

Je v

eux

= I

wan

t Je

peu

x =

I’m

able

Je

dois

= I

must

Je

vai

s =

I’m

goin

g

Je p

réfè

re=

I p

refe

r

alle

r

fair

e

regar

der

man

ger

jo

uer

boir

e

avoir

être

All

of th

e p

hra

ses

in t

he b

ox c

an b

e follo

wed

by a

n infinitiv

e v

erb

. H

ave a

go a

t m

akin

g lots

of diffe

rent

sente

nce

s:

Je v

ais

manger

= I

’m g

oin

g t

o e

at

Je v

oudra

is m

anger

= I

would

lik

e t

o e

at

J’aim

e m

anger

= I

lik

e t

o e

at

I

He/S

he

W

e

Avo

ir

J’a

i Il

/Elle

a

Nou

s av

ons

Etre

J

e su

is

Il/E

lle e

st

Nou

s so

mm

es

Fair

e J

e fa

is

Il/E

lle f

ait

Nou

s fa

ison

s

All

er

Je

vais

Il

/Elle

va

Nou

s al

lons

Joue

r J

e jo

ue

Il/E

lle j

oue

N

ous

jouo

ns

Reg

ard

er

Je

rega

rde

Il/E

lle r

egar

de

Nou

s re

gard

ons

C’est…

am

usa

nt

nul

e

nnu

yeux

su

per

d

iffic

ile

int

éres

sant

fant

astiq

ue

P

ast

P

rese

nt

Nea

r Fu

ture

fair

e J’a

i fa

it

Je fa

is Je

va

is fa

ire

alle

r Je

su

is a

llé

Je v

ais

Je v

ais

alle

r jo

uer

J’a

i jou

é Je

jou

e Je

va

is jo

uer

rega

rder

J’a

i reg

ard

é Je

reg

ard

e Je

va

is re

gard

er

ma

nger

J’a

i ma

ngé

Je m

ang

e Je

va

is m

ang

er

Tim

e

Exp

res-

sion

s

Hie

r N

orm

ale

men

t D

ema

in

Le w

eek-

end

der

nier

Le

wee

k-en

d

Le w

eek-

end

pro

cha

in

L’a

nnée

der

nièr

e To

us

les

jou

rs

L’a

nnée

pro

cha

ine

J’a

ime

W

HY ?

parc

e q

ue c

’est

…

supe

r in

tére

ssan

t en

nuye

ux

dif

fici

le

J’a

dor

e

Je n

’aim

e p

as

Je d

éte

ste

Où = where Qui = Who Pourquoi = Why

Quand = When Comment = How À quelle heure = (at) what time

Et = and parce que /car = because mais = but

ou = or puis = then donc = so

Très = very Assez = quite Un peu = a little

Trop = too Incroyablement = unbelievably

Vraiment = really

MAKE A NEGATIVE SANDWICH AROUND THE VERB :

NE

VERB

PAS Ne...pas = Not

Ne...jamais = Never

Ne....plus = No longer

É = acute accent Only ever occur on the letter e

È = grave acccents Can occur on the letters a, e or i

Ê = circumflex You can find these on a, e, I , o or u

Ç = a cedilla Only ever occur on the letter c

Cur

rent

N/C

Leve

l Str

eng

ths

Targ

ets

Aut

umn

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

Spr

ing

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

Sum

mer

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

My

Year

7 T

arge

t Lev

el is

: _

__

__

M

y end

of

KS

3 T

arge

t is

: _

__

__

Self

-evalu

ati

on

an

d T

arg

et

Sett

ing:

Year

7

Cur

rent

N/C

Leve

l Str

eng

ths

Targ

ets

Aut

umn

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

Spr

ing

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

Sum

mer

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

My

Year

8 T

arge

t Lev

el is

: _

__

__

M

y end

of

KS

3 T

arge

t is

: _

__

__

Self

-evalu

ati

on

an

d T

arg

et

Sett

ing:

Year

8

Cur

rent

N/C

Leve

l Str

eng

ths

Targ

ets

Aut

umn

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

Spr

ing

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

Sum

mer

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

My

end

of

KS

3 T

arge

t is

: _

__

__

Self

-evalu

ati

on

an

d T

arg

et

Sett

ing:

Year

9

Lev

el 1

I ca

n un

ders

tand

sim

ple

shor

t ph

rase

s. I

may

nee

d s

ome r

epe

titi

on o

r help

. Lev

el 2

I

can

unders

tand

a v

arie

ty o

f sh

ort

com

man

ds,

sta

tem

ent

s an

d q

uest

ions

when

spok

en

clear

ly a

nd w

ithou

t in

terf

ere

nce.

Lev

el 3

I

can

unders

tand

shor

t sp

oken

pas

sage

s an

d p

ick

out

the

mai

n po

ints

. Lev

el 4

I

can

unders

tand

lon

ger

spok

en

pass

ages

and p

ick

out

the m

ain

poin

ts.

Lev

el 5

I

can

unders

tand

spo

ken

pass

ages

con

tain

ing

wor

ds

and p

hra

ses

from

dif

fere

nt t

opic

s.

I ca

n re

cogn

ise

if p

eop

le a

re s

peak

ing

abou

t th

e f

utur

e or

the

past

as

well

as t

he p

re-

sent

. I

can

cope

wit

h lan

guag

e s

poke

n at

near

nor

mal

spe

ed a

nd c

an ident

ify

and n

ote

mai

n po

ints

and

spe

cifi

c det

ails

. Lev

el 6

I

can

unders

tand

extr

acts

whic

h c

over pas

t, pre

sent

and

fut

ure e

vent

s.

I ca

n co

pe w

ith lan

guag

e s

poke

n at

nor

mal

spe

ed a

nd w

ith s

ome int

erf

ere

nce.

I te

nd n

ot t

o ne

ed t

hin

gs r

epe

ated.

Lev

el 7

I

can

unders

tand

mor

e c

ompl

icat

ed m

ateri

al w

hic

h c

onta

ins

com

plex s

ente

nces

and s

ome

unfa

milia

r la

ngua

ge.

I ca

n un

ders

tand

lan

guag

e s

poke

n at

nor

mal

spe

ed inc

ludin

g au

then

tic

item

s ta

ken

from

ra

dio

or

TV

. Lev

el 8

I

can

unders

tand

dif

fere

nt t

ypes

of

spok

en

mat

eri

al f

rom

a r

ange

of

sour

ces.

I ca

n in

fer

mean

ing

and r

eco

gnis

e a

ttit

udes

and e

mot

ions

. I n

eed lit

tle r

epe

titi

on.

Leve

l 1

I

can

say

sing

le w

ords

or s

hor

t ph

rase

s but

I m

ay ne

ed s

ome h

elp

Leve

l 2

I

can

give

shor

t, s

impl

e r

esp

onse

s. M

y pr

onun

ciat

ion

is u

nders

tand

able

Leve

l 3

I

can

say

2 o

r 3

sen

tenc

es

and g

ive

a pe

rson

al o

pini

on.

I te

nd t

o sa

y ph

rase

s th

at I

’ve lear

nt b

y hear

t but

som

eti

mes

chan

ge t

hem

as

well

Leve

l 4

I

can

take

par

t in

sim

ple c

onve

rsat

ions

and

am

begi

nnin

g to

use

my

know

ledge

of

gram

mar

to

var

y m

y se

ntenc

es.

My

pron

unci

atio

n is

gene

rally

acc

urat

e

Leve

l 5

I

can

take

par

t in

shor

t co

nvers

atio

ns. I

refe

r to

pas

t or

fut

ure a

s w

ell

as p

rese

nt

eve

nts.

I m

ight

mak

e s

ome m

ista

kes,

but

peop

le c

an u

nders

tand

me e

asily.

Leve

l 6

I ca

n ta

ke p

art

in c

onve

rsat

ions

whic

h inc

lude pas

t, pre

sent

and

fut

ure e

vent

s.

I ca

n ap

ply

my

know

ledge

of

gram

mar

. I

can

ask

quest

ions

and

giv

e an

swer

s co

nfid

ent

ly.

Leve

l 7

I ca

n st

art

and d

eve

lop

conv

ers

atio

ns a

nd a

m h

appy

to

dis

cuss

top

ics

that

int

ere

st m

e or

ar

e t

opic

al.

I ca

n im

pro

vise

to

com

mun

icat

e w

hat

I w

ant

to s

ay.

Leve

l 8

I ca

n gi

ve a

nd j

usti

fy o

pini

ons

and d

iscu

ss f

acts

, id

eas

and

expe

rien

ces.

I u

se a

ran

ge o

f vo

cabul

ary

and c

an a

dap

t w

hat

I h

ave

lear

nt t

o deal

wit

h u

npre

pare

d s

itua

tion

s.

I am

con

fident

when

speak

ing

and h

ave

good

pro

nunc

iati

on

Leve

l 1

I

can

unders

tand

sin

gle

eve

ryday

wor

ds.

Leve

l 2

I

can

unders

tand

shor

t ph

rase

s.

I ca

n us

e a

voc

abul

ary

list

or d

icti

onar

y to

check

mean

ing.

Leve

l 3

I

can

unders

tand

shor

t w

ritt

en

pass

ages

and

pic

k ou

t th

e m

ain

poin

ts.

Leve

l 4

I ca

n un

ders

tand

lon

ger

wri

tten

pas

sage

s.

I ca

n pi

ck o

ut t

he m

ain

poin

ts a

nd s

ome d

etai

l. S

omet

imes

I c

an w

ork

out

the m

ean

ing

of n

ew

wor

ds

from

what

I a

lread

y kn

ow.

Leve

l 5

I

can

unders

tand

lon

ger

wri

tten

pas

sage

s co

ntai

ning

wor

ds

from

dif

fere

nt t

opic

s.

I ca

n re

cogn

ise

if t

he p

assa

ges

are

abou

t th

e f

utur

e or

the p

ast

as w

ell

as t

he p

rese

nt.

Leve

l 6

I ca

n un

ders

tand

lon

ger

wri

tten

pas

sage

s ab

out

the pas

t, pre

sent

and

fut

ure.

I ca

n w

ork

out

what

pas

sage

s ar

e ab

out

if t

hey

cont

ain

wor

ds

and p

hra

ses

I hav

e lear

nt

in o

ther

topi

cs.

I ca

n w

ork

out

the

mean

ing

of n

ew

wor

ds

and p

hra

ses

wit

h t

he h

elp

of

wor

ds

and

phra

ses

I kn

ow a

lread

y.

Leve

l 7

I ca

n un

ders

tand

a r

ange

of

imag

inat

ive a

nd f

actu

al m

ateri

als

whic

h c

onta

in l

onge

r se

n-te

nces

and

new

lan

guag

e.

I us

e n

ew

voc

abul

ary

from

what

I r

ead

in

my

own

wri

tten

and s

poke

n an

swers

and

use

re

fere

nce

mat

eri

als

appr

opri

ately

.

Leve

l 8

I un

ders

tand

a w

ide r

ange

of

wri

tten

mat

eri

als

and c

an c

ope

well

wit

h m

ore c

ompl

ex lan

-gu

age.

I ca

n re

cogn

ise

atti

tudes

and e

mot

ions

Leve

l 1

I ca

n co

py s

ingl

e w

ords

and p

hra

ses

wit

hou

t m

akin

g a

mis

take

.

Leve

l 2

I

can

copy

phra

ses

corr

ect

ly a

nd w

rite

sin

gle w

ords

from

mem

ory.

Leve

l 3

I

can

wri

te 2

or

3 s

ente

nces

and inc

lude

a pe

rson

al o

pini

on u

sing

a t

extb

ook.

I ca

n w

rite

shor

t ph

rase

s fr

om m

emor

y

Leve

l 4

I ca

n w

rite

a s

hor

t pa

ragr

aph f

rom

mem

ory

and u

se m

y kn

owle

dge

of

gram

mar

to

adap

t se

ntenc

es.

I ca

n us

e d

icti

onar

ies

and g

loss

arie

s to

check

wor

ds.

Leve

l 5

I ca

n pr

oduc

e s

hor

t pi

ece

s of

wri

ting

whic

h a

sk a

nd g

ive o

pini

ons.

I ca

n re

fer

to p

ast or

fut

ure e

vent

s, a

s w

ell

as e

very

day

act

ivit

ies.

There

may

be

som

e m

ista

kes,

but

my

wor

k ca

n be

unders

tood

.

Leve

l 6

I ca

n w

rite

sim

ple d

escr

ipti

ons

in p

arag

raph

s.

I ca

n re

fer

to pas

t, fut

ure and

pre

sent

eve

nts.

I ca

n ap

ply

gram

mar

in

dif

fere

nt c

onte

xts

and

the

mean

ing

of m

y w

ork

is g

ene

rally

cl

ear

.

Leve

l 7

I ca

n pr

oduc

e p

iece

s of

wri

ting

on

fact

ual an

d im

agin

ary

subje

cts.

I ca

n link

my

para

grap

hs

and m

y w

riti

ng is

well

stru

ctur

ed.

I ca

n ch

eck

, re

-dra

ft a

nd im

prov

e m

y ow

n w

ork

usin

g re

fere

nce m

ater

ials

. I

mak

e v

ery

few

mis

take

s.

Leve

l 8

I ca

n deve

lop

ideas

and

expr

ess

arg

ument

s.

I ca

n us

e a

wid

e v

arie

ty o

f te

nse

and v

erb

for

ms

and a

m c

onfi

dent

wit

h g

ram

mar

. I

use r

efe

renc

e m

ateri

als

to im

prov

e m

y la

ngua

ge a

nd a

ccur

acy.