French - Year 8
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| Knowledge | Ma vie sociale (GCSE theme 1) 1.Recap describing yourself- name and age (numbers 10-20) 2.Recap – describing your appearance 3.Recap – describing your personality 4.Opinions on social media 5.How you use technology 6.Where you go at the weekend 7.How often you go somewhere at the weekend | Ma vie sociale (GCSE theme 1) 1.Inviting someone out 2.Accepting or not accepting an invitation out 3.Where you went last weekend 4.What you did last Saturday 5.Describing how it was 6.Describing what he/she did in the past 7.Describing what we did at a recent music event in France | La santé (GCSE theme 2) 1.Body parts 2.Facial parts 3.Injuries/J’ai mal 4.Illnesses 5.Opinions on sport 6.What it takes to be a good sportsperson 7.What sports you do/play | La santé (GCSE theme 2) 1.Food delicacies across the francophone world 2. Healthy/unhealthy eating habits 3.What you usually or never eat 4.Ordering at the market 5.What you are going to eat at different future festivals 6.New year’s resolutions (future) 7.Reading a French surrealist poem before students write their own | Les vacances (GCSE theme 2) 1.Francophone countries 2.Where you go on holiday (present) 3.Transport – how you travel (present) 4.What activities you do (present) 5.Opinions of activities on holiday 6.Question words = | Les vacances (GCSE theme 2) 1.Dream holiday (conditional tense) 2.Where you went last holiday (past) 3.What you did last holiday (past) 4. Film study – Les vacances du Petit Nicolas |
| High frequency vocabulary and grammatical structures covered | 1.Recap – j’ai 2.Recap – silent letter phonics 3.Recap – adjective order and agreement 4.Recap – je suis, je ne suis pas 5.Recap- Opinion + noun + parce que + c’est + adjective 6. New- Je peux + infinitive 7.New- High frequency present tense verbs- je regarde, je joue etc 8.New- je vais + au/à la/aux 9.Recap – où question word 10.Recap- negatives ne..pas, je...jamais 11.New frequency phrases- tous les jours, tous les soirs, tous les weekends, souvent, quelquefois | 1.New- Question- Tu veux aller…? 2.New – time phrases – ce matin, cet après-midi, ce soir, demain 3.New – transactional language – Je veux bien, D’accord, génial, Pourquoi pas?, Non, merci., Tu rigoles!, Désolé(e),je ne peux pas.. 4. New – Je suis allé(e) au/à la/aux 5.New – high frequency verbs in the past tense that follow the pattern “j’ai + é” e.g. j’ai joué, j’ai regardé, j’ai mange 6.New – c’était + adjectives 7.New – il/elle a + past participle of high frequency verbs 8.New – on a/on est + past participle of high frequency verbs 9.Epiphany in France | 1.Recap – noun genders 2.Recap – il a/il est 3.Phonics- eilles, en, eux, ch, silent –z 4.New- j’ai mal au/à la/aux 5.Recap – j’ai/je suis 6.Recap – opinion + noun + connective + reason 7.New- il faut + infinitives 8.Recap- je joue au/à la/aux, je fais du/de la/des | 1.New – On peut + infinitive (manger/boire) 2.New- present tense high frequency verbs je mange and je bois 3.New- Partitive article – du/de la/des 4.Recap – ne..pas, ne…jamais, souvent, quelquefois, tous les jours 5.New – Vous désirez ? 6.Recap – je voudrais 7.New- Combien ? 8.New- high numbers to 100 9.New- je vais + infinitive 10.New – je ne vais pas/on va + infinitive | 1.Recap – je vais, je ne vais pas, on va 2.New- prepositions en, au, aux 3.New- je voyage 4.Recap- je fais + du/de la/des and je ne fais pas de 5.Recap – opinion + infinitive + reason 6.Recap – où, comment, que, avec qui, combien de temps | 1.New- Je voudrais + infinitives 2.Recap – je suis allé(e) 3.Recap - High frequency regular verbs in the perfect tense that follow the “j’ai + é” structure- j’ai visité, j’ai joué, j’ai mangé, j’ai écouté, j’ai regardé, j’ai acheté, j’ai voyagé 4.New – high frequency irregular verbs in the perfect tense- j’ai fait, j’ai bu, j’ai vu, j’ai pris |
| Assessment | An end of unit formative writing assessment | End of term summative listening assessment | A formative writing assessment | End of term summative reading assessment | A formative speaking marked in class | End of module writing assessment where students are expected to use 3 tenses (GCSE) |
| Cultural Capital Careers Cross Curricular Links | Authentic newspaper article reading about the popularity of social media in France Translation of a Belgium song about the dangers of social media Raise awareness of the career of a translator through a creative translation workshop if there is time at the end of the half term | Raise awareness of the capital significance of the “BD” (comic) in French culture when studying past tense verbs- students draw pictures to match the text then create their own A text about Fête de la musique The tradition of La Galette des Rois Look at a case study of how a head chef uses her language skills in her job, then apply our own language skills to translate a French “Galette des Rois” recipe (students can then cook it at home over the holiday if they wish) | Describing the body parts in some of Matisse’s most famous paintings Being a good sportsperson Explore job/career options that combine a love of sports and languages – look at BBC cases studies (ski instructor, a back of house assistant or a coach apprentice) | Food delicacies from across the francophone world and a translation of a Madeleines recipe for homework Christmas market tradition in France Reading of an authentic French surrealist poem Healthy eating habits Creative writing | Francophone countries | Film study – Les vacances du Petit Nicolas Look at a case study of how a travel consultant has used her love of languages to build a career she enjoys. |