KS3 - LA VEILLE DE LA TOUSSAINT - WORDSEARCH - FOCUS ON READING CAREFULLY, USING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND DICTIONARIES TO DEAL WITH UNKNOWN WORDS.

KS2/3/4/5 SET OF POWERPOINT SLIDES THAT CAN BE SHOWN IN CLASS AND/OR PRINTED OFF AND DISPLAYED. GIVE PUPILS CONFIDENCE TO PRONOUNCE NEW WORDS USING THE GUIDE. POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS EXCEPTIONS. GIVE THEM A A LIST OF 10 NEW WORDS CONTAINING SOME OR ALL OF THE LETTER COMBINATIONS AND ASK THEM TO TRY PRONOUNCING - THEY’LL BE VERY PLEASED WITH THEMSELVES !

LES METIERS - INTRODUCES NOUNS FOR JOBS USING ‘IL EST’ AND ‘ELLE EST’ , FOCUS ON FEMININE SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION. ACTIVITY 1 REQUIRES TEACHER TO GIVE NAMES OR SHOW IMAGES OF 5 FAMOUS CHARACTERS WHO CARRY OUT THESE JOBS AND PUPILS PUT UP HANDS AND ANSWER IN FULL SENTENCE E.G IL EST POMPIER. ACTIVITY 2 REQUIRES THESE SENTENCES TO BE WRITTEN DOWN WITH ACCURACY OF SPELLING AND GENDER. FUN WORDSEARCH REINFORCES AND FOLLOWING EXERCISED EXTENDS PUPILS.

GRAMMAR RULE- PLURAL OF NOUNS INTRODUCES /REMINDS PUPILS OF RULE FOR MAKING NOUNS PLURAL VIA A 3 SLIDE POWERPOINT WITH A FEW EXERCISES THAT CAN BE DONE IN BOOKS AND THEN ON IWB. COULD ALSO BE PRNTED AND DISPLAYED.

KS3 FRENCH - MA VILLE- INTRODUCING PLACES IN A TOWN VIA USE OF ‘IL Y A’ & ‘IL N’Y A PAS DE/D’' REINFORCING INDEFINITE ARTICLE UN/UNE/DES INTRODUCING KEY PHRASE ‘IL YA ’ PLUS THE NEGATIVE FORM ‘IL N’Y A PAS DE/D’’ PUPILS USE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND DEDUCTION TO WORK OUT MEANING OF NEW NOUNS FOR PLACES IN A TOWN PUPILS DEDUCE GRAMMAR RULE I.E INDEFINITE ARTICLE NOT NEEDED AFTER NEGATIVE PUPILS PRACTISE APPLYING GRAMMAR RULE AND IN VERBAL AND WRITTEN FORM

USING ‘ALLER’ IN THE PRESENT TENSE WITH ‘A’ PLUS PLACES IN TOWN E.G JE VAIS AU CINEMA. IL VA A LA BIBLIOTHEQUE POWEPOINT LESSON , SLIDES 4 & 17 ARE PUPIL WORKSHEET -FOCUS ON ALLER IN PRESENT TENSE ( A LITTLE SINGING REQUIRED !) , FULL CONJUGATION, AND USING WITH ‘A’ -DICE USED FOR GROUP SPEAKING GAME, ALLOW 15 MINS AT LEAST

DANS MA CHAMBRE - GREAT INTRODUCTION TO DESCRIBING BEDROOM USING NOUNS AND PREPOSITIONS REINFORCES INDEFINTE ARTICLE UN /UNE/DES INTRODUCES COMMON PREPOSITIONS ENCOURAGE PUPILS TO LOOK UP OTHER RELEVANT NOUNS AND PREPOSITIONS AND THEN GET THEM TO DRAW THER BEDROOM AND WRITE 5-10 SENTENCES USING CONNECTIVES AND ADJECTIVES / OPINIONS . PUPILS CAN THEN READ ALOUD TO PARTNER/CLASS

SUITABLE FOR KS3 PUPILS WHO FIND WRITING IN FRENCH VERY CHALLENGING. THIS LESSON PROVIDES SUPPORT TO ALLOW PUPILS TO PRODUCE A WRITTEN PIECE OF WORK USING PAST,PRESENT AND FUTURE TENSES. MY PUPILS WHO FIND FRENCH CHALLENGING RESPONDED VERY WELL TO THIS LESSON AND THOROUGHLY ENJOYED DESIGNING POSTCARD. MANY PUPILS COULD ADAPT THE VOCABULARY.