YEAR 7

FRENCH LESSON SCHEME 1- C’EST PARTI

 

Aims
In this unit you will learn to ask and answer simple questions in French. You will learn the names of classroom objects and some basic rules for pronunciation and spelling.

 

Major Outcomes
At the end of this unit most of you will
• Understand classroom instructions spoken by the teacher
• Use some classroom expressions.
• Identify classroom objects
• Understand that the spelling of a word helps you to pronounce it
• Understand spellings of names
• Carry out a simple conversation when meeting someone
• Copy accurately
• Spell many words correctly when writing from memory
 Some of you will be able to write and say phrases and sentences from memory

 

Key Activities
• Learning numbers
• Learning dates
• Preparing a conversation
     
Cross- curricular Skills
Citizenship: cultural differences when meeting and greeting people
Numeracy: numbers 1-31
Literacy: spelling

Key Language Structures
Comment t’appelles-tu ? Je m’appelle….
Ça va ? ça va bien merci.
C’est quand ton anniversaire ? Mon anniversaire est le 10 mai.
Quel âge as-tu ? J’ai onze ans.

Assessment
Effort : This is the most important aspect of your work and will be measured by your ability to meet deadlines and your commitment to classwork and homework.
Attainment: You will be assessed in your reading skills (dates) and speaking skills
(carry out a short conversation) in the course of this unit.   

FRENCH LESSON SCHEME 2- EN FAMILLE

Aims
In this unit you will learn to talk and write about yourself and other people in French. You will how to ask questions using Où? Comment? And Combien?

Major Outcomes
At the end of this unit most of you will
• Understand spoken and written descriptions of family members including physical or personal characteristics
• Talk and write briefly about family members and pets
• Count and understand numbers up to 69
Some of you will be able to write and speak about topics covered so far, from memory, using a fuller range of questions and structures; use a dictionary or glossary to extend your range of expression.  

Key Activities
• Learning family members
• Writing about family members
• Describing people

Cross- curricular Skills
Citizenship: cultural differences when using the word “you”
Numeracy: numbers 32-69
Literacy: spelling

Key Language Structures
Tu as des frères ou des sœurs ?  J’ai une sœur
Elle s’appelle….
Quel âge a ton père ? Il a 50 ans.
Tu as un animal ? J’ai un chat blanc et noir
Tu es comment? Je suis grand. J’ai les cheveux bruns et les yeux bleus

Assessment
Effort : This is the most important aspect of your work and will be measured by your ability to meet deadlines and your commitment to classwork and homework.
Attainment: You will be assessed in your writing skills (family) and listening skills   (family and pets) in the course of this unit.    
 

FRENCH LESSON SCHEME 3- CHEZ MOI

Aims: In this unit you will learn to ask and answer questions about where you live. You will also learn to say what time it is in French. You will begin to find your way around an English/French glossary.

Major Outcomes
At the end of this unit most of you will
• Understand a range of familiar statements and questions about where people live and what they do in the evenings.
• Ask for, understand and give the time
• Speak and write about where people live and what they do at home, using a range of language, some from memory
• Use a simple glossary to find new words

Some of you will be able to describe your own home in speech and writing: understand a written or spoken text, made up of familiar language, about where people live.

Key Activities
• Learning places where you live
• Describing where you live
• Telling the time

Cross- curricular Skills
Citizenship: the world as a global community
Numeracy: using clocks
Literacy: grammatical markers, prepositions, verbs

Key Language Structures
Où habites-tu ? J’habite ….
Dans ma maison il y a …..
Dans ma chambre il y a ….
Mon ordinateur est sous/sur le/la …
On regarde / on joue / on fait / on mange / on téléphone
Quelle heure est-il ? il est six heures

Assessment
Effort : This is the most important aspect of your work and will be measured by your ability to meet deadlines and your commitment to classwork and homework.
Attainment: You will be assessed in your writing skills (where you live) and speaking skills   (telling the time) in the course of this unit.   

FRENCH LESSON SCHEME 4– On va en ville

Aims
In this unit you will learn to ask and answer questions about places in a town. You will also learn to ask for directions. You will learn to talk about drinks and snacks. You will also learn new ways of asking questions.

Major Outcomes
At the end of this unit most of you will
• Understand  statements and questions about where people go and what they think of those places
• Ask for, understand and give directions
• Order drinks and snacks
• Ask about and understand prices

Some of you will be able to describe your own town in speech and writing: understand a written or spoken text, using some unfamiliar language, using a glossary or dictionary about towns.

Key Activities
• Learning places in a town
• Asking  and giving directions
• Giving opinions
• Buying drinks and snacks

Cross- curricular Skills
Citizenship: cultural knowledge, forms of address
Numeracy: using money
Literacy: redrafting and improving, irregular verbs

Key Language Structures
Dans ma ville il y a …../ il n’y a pas de….
Est-ce qu’il y a un café/ une poste ?
Où est/où sont .. ?
Tu tournes/ vous tournez à droite/gauche
Je suis/vais à la gare
C’est ennuyeux
Je voudrais un coca

Assessment
Effort : This is the most important aspect of your work and will be measured by your ability to meet deadlines and your commitment to classwork and homework.
Attainment: You will be assessed in your speaking skills (places in a town/directions) and reading skills   (all material) in the course of this unit.   

FRENCH LESSON SCHEME 4– COMME D’HABITUDE

Aims
In this unit you will learn to ask and answer questions about places in a town. You will also learn to ask for directions. You will learn to talk about drinks and snacks. You will also learn new ways of asking questions.

Major Outcomes
At the end of this unit most of you will
• Understand  statements and questions about where people go and what they think of those places
• Ask for, understand and give directions
• Order drinks and snacks
• Ask about and understand prices

Some of you will be able to describe your own town in speech and writing: understand a written or spoken text, using some unfamiliar language, using a glossary or dictionary about towns.

Key Activities
• Learning places in a town
• Asking  and giving directions
• Giving opinions
• Buying drinks and snacks

Cross- curricular Skills
Citizenship: cultural knowledge, forms of address
Numeracy: using money
Literacy: redrafting and improving, irregular verbs

Key Language Structures
Dans ma ville il y a …../ il n’y a pas de….
Est-ce qu’il y a un café/ une poste ?
Où est/où sont .. ?
Tu tournes/ vous tournez à droite/gauche
Je suis/vais à la gare
C’est ennuyeux
Je voudrais un coca

Assessment
Effort : This is the most important aspect of your work and will be measured by your ability to meet deadlines and your commitment to classwork and homework.
Attainment: You will be assessed in your speaking skills (places in a town/directions) and reading skills   (all material) in the course of this unit.   

 

FRENCH LESSON SCHEME 5– MA JOURNEE

Aims
In this unit you will learn to talk about what you do during the day. You will also learn to discuss school subjects giving your opinion of them and the reasons.

Major Outcomes
At the end of this unit most of you will
• Understand  spoken and written dialogues about school, including school subjects, likes and dislikes, and information using numbers
• Ask and answer questions about school subjects
• Give reasons for likes and dislikes
• Talk about daily routine

Some of you will be able to describe your day in speech and writing: understand a written or spoken text, using some unfamiliar language, and language already learnt in a different context using a glossary or dictionary about towns.

Key Activities
• Learning reflexive verbs
• Learning school subjects
• Giving opinions and reasons for those opinions
• Talk about your timetable
• Numbers 70-100
• The verb faire

Cross- curricular Skills
Citizenship: justifying personal opinions
Numeracy: graphs, numbers 70-100
Literacy: pronouns, intensifiers and connectives

Key Language Structures
Je me lève, tu te laves, il s’habille
J’adore le français, je n’aime pas l’histoire
C’est ma matière préférée, le prof est sympa
J’ai musique le mardi
Je rentre à la maison
Je fais mes devoirs

Assessment
Effort : This is the most important aspect of your work and will be measured by your ability to meet deadlines and your commitment to classwork and homework.
Attainment: You will be assessed in your spelling skills (school subjects) and speaking skills   (all material) in the course of this unit.   

FRENCH LESSON SCHEME 6 – ON S’AMUSE

Aims
In this unit you will learn to talk about what you can do and like to do in your free time. You will also learn to talk about what you are going to do in the summer holidays.

Major Outcomes
At the end of this unit most of you will
• Understand  spoken and written passages about people’s hobbies and interests. including school subjects, likes and dislikes, and information using numbers
• Talk and write about your own interests .Give reasons for likes and dislikes
• Give reasons for likes and dislikes

Some of you will be able to understand longer passages in speech and writing: understand a written or spoken text, using some unfamiliar language, and language already learnt in a different context using a glossary or dictionary about interests and hobbies

Key Activities
• Learning hobby vocabulary
• Learning musical instruments
• Giving opinions and reasons for those opinions
• Talk about what you can do
• Talk about what you are going to do

Cross- curricular Skills
Citizenship: universality of games and sports
Numeracy: graphs,
Literacy: near future tense

Key Language Structures
J’aime le rugby/le billard
Je joue au foot
Je joue du saxophone
J’aime faire du skate
On peut faire de la natation
Je vais aller à la pêche

Assessment
Effort : This is the most important aspect of your work and will be measured by your ability to meet deadlines and your commitment to classwork and homework.
Attainment: You will be assessed in your spelling skills (hobbies) and listening skills   (all material) in the course of this unit.   

 ANNEE 8 (YEAR 8)

FRENCH LESSON SCHEME 1- FAMILLE ET DOMICILE

Aims
In this unit you will learn to ask and answer questions in French on the topics of family,jobs, where people live, the weather and describe a typical day. 

Major Outcomes:
At the end of this unit most of you will be able to

• Talk about your family and the jobs they do
• Talk about where people live and for how long
• Describe the weather
• Describe a typical day
Some of you will be able to listen to, read and understand texts and materials about these topics and speak and write about them using some complex sentences.

 

Key Activities:
• Recap year 7 vocabulary
• Discuss jobs
• Describe where people live
• Talk about the weather
• Talk about a typical day
  
Cross- curricular Skills
Literacy: verbs and their relationship to pronouns

Key Language Structures
Comment s’appelle ta mère ? Elle s’appelle Anna
Où travaille Patricia ? Elle travaille dans un garage, elle est mécanicienne
Tu habites ici depuis quand ? J’habite ici depuis six ans
Quand il pleut, Patrick reste à la maison

Assessment
Effort : This is the most important aspect of your work and will be measured by your ability to meet deadlines and your commitment to classwork and homework.
Attainment: You will be assessed in your reading skills and speaking skills
(carry out a short conversation) in the course of this unit.   

FRENCH LESSON SCHEME 2- EN FAMILLE

Aims
In this unit you will learn to talk and write about yourself and other people in French. You will how to ask questions using Où? Comment? And Combien?

Major Outcomes
At the end of this unit most of you will
• Understand spoken and written descriptions of family members including physical or personal characteristics
• Talk and write briefly about family members and pets
• Count and understand numbers up to 69
Some of you will be able to write and speak about topics covered so far, from memory, using a fuller range of questions and structures; use a dictionary or glossary to extend your range of expression.  

Key Activities
• Learning family members
• Writing about family members
• Describing people

Cross- curricular Skills
Citizenship: cultural differences when using the word “you”
Numeracy: numbers 32-69
Literacy: spelling

Key Language Structures
Tu as des frères ou des sœurs ?  J’ai une sœur
Elle s’appelle….
Quel âge a ton père ? Il a 50 ans.
Tu as un animal ? J’ai un chat blanc et noir
Tu es comment? Je suis grand. J’ai les cheveux bruns et les yeux bleus

Assessment
Effort : This is the most important aspect of your work and will be measured by your ability to meet deadlines and your commitment to classwork and homework.
Attainment: You will be assessed in your writing skills (family) and listening skills   (family and pets) in the course of this unit.   

FRENCH LESSON SCHEME 2- TEMPS LIBRE

Aims
In this unit you will learn to ask and answer questions in French on the topics of what you did last weekend, last night, TV programmes and where you went

Major Outcomes
At the end of this unit most of you will be able to

• Talk about what you did last weekend
• Talk about what you did last night
• Describe TV programmes
• Describe where you went
     Some of you will be able to listen to, read and understand texts and materials about these topics and speak and write about them using the past tense

Key Activities
• Using the perfect tense with “ avoir”
• Using the perfect tense with “être”
• Some irregular verbs

Cross- curricular Skills
Citizenship- TV programmes and viewing habits
Numeracy- times

Key Language Structures
Qu’est-ce que tu as fait hier soir ? J’ai joué au foot
J’ai lu un livre
Qu’est-ce que tu as regardé à la télé ? J’ai regardé un dessin animé
Tu es sorti(e) ? je suis allé(e) au cinéma

Assessment
Effort : This is the most important aspect of your work and will be measured by your ability to meet deadlines and your commitment to classwork and homework.
Attainment: You will be assessed in your writing skills and listening skills
in the course of this unit.   

FRENCH LESSON SCHEME 2- TEMPS LIBRE

Aims
In this unit you will learn to talk and write about yourself and other people in French. You will how to ask questions using Où? Comment? And Combien?

Major Outcomes:
At the end of this unit most of you will
• Understand spoken and written descriptions of family members including physical or personal characteristics
• Talk and write briefly about family members and pets
• Count and understand numbers up to 69
Some of you will be able to write and speak about topics covered so far, from memory, using a fuller range of questions and structures; use a dictionary or glossary to extend your range of expression.  

Key Activities
• Learning family members
• Writing about family members
• Describing people

Cross- curricular Skills
Citizenship: cultural differences when using the word “you”
Numeracy: numbers 32-69
Literacy: spelling

Key Language Structures
Tu as des frères ou des sœurs ?  J’ai une sœur
Elle s’appelle….
Quel âge a ton père ? Il a 50 ans.
Tu as un animal ? J’ai un chat blanc et noir
Tu es comment? Je suis grand. J’ai les cheveux bruns et les yeux bleus

Assessment
Effort : This is the most important aspect of your work and will be measured by your ability to meet deadlines and your commitment to classwork and homework.
Attainment: You will be assessed in your writing skills (family) and listening skills   (family and pets) in the course of this unit.    
 
FRENCH LESSON SCHEME 3- LES SORTIES

Aims
In this unit you will learn to make and accept or decline invitations, talk about clothes, go shopping and make comparisons

Major Outcomes
At the end of this unit most of you will be able to
• Make invitations
• Decline invitations giving excuses
• Talk about clothes
• Conduct a conversation in a shop
• Make comparisons
     Some of you will be able to listen to, read and understand longer texts and materials about these topics and speak and write about them using the past tense

Key Activities
• Using the verbs “vouloir”,”pouvoir” and “devoir”
• Revise adjective agreements
• Transactional vocabulary
• Comparisons and superlatives

Cross- curricular Skills
Literacy- Modal verbs, cognates and false friends, adjectival agreement, comparative and superlative

Key Language Structures
Tu veux aller à la Gyrotour avec moi ? Je veux bien/ je n’ai pas envie
Tu veux sortir ce soir ? Je ne peux pas parce que je dois faire mes devoirs
Qu’est-ce que tu vas porter ? Je vais porter mes chaussures vertes
Je peux vous aider ? Je voudrais une jupe verte s’il vous plait
Tottenham est plus fort qu’Arsenal

Assessment
Effort : This is the most important aspect of your work and will be measured by your ability to meet deadlines and your commitment to classwork and homework.
Attainment: You will be assessed in your reading skills and speaking skills
(carry out a short conversation in a shop) in the course of this unit.   

FRENCH LESSON SCHEME 4- MANGER ET BOIRE

Aims
In this unit you will learn to talk about food and drink, go shopping and order a meal in a restaurant

 

Major Outcomes:
At the end of this unit most of you will be able to
• Discuss your likes and dislikes in food and drink
• Say what you eat for different meals
• Talk about food for special occasions
• Buy different quantities of food
• Order a meal at a restaurant
Some of you will be able to listen to, read and understand longer texts and materials about these topics and speak and write about them using the past tense

Key Activities
• Revise “j’aime” and “je n’aime pas”
• Transactional vocabulary in food shops
• Du, de la, des, de l’
• Un paquet de..
• Revise perfect tense
• Il faut + infinitive

Cross- curricular Skills
Citizenship- eating habits, Religion, counteracting stereotypes, healthy eating
Literacy- Homophones
Numeracy- Quantities, prices
Key Language Structures:
Tu aimes le fromage ? non, pas tellement.
Qu’est-ce que tu préfères ? Je préfère le fromage, surtout le camenbert
Au petit déjeuner je mange du pain grillé et je bois du café
Il faut acheter des beignets ?
Je suis allé au marché et j’ai acheté un kilo de raisins
Qu’est-ce que vous voulez comme plat principal ? Je prends la soupe

Assessment
Effort : This is the most important aspect of your work and will be measured by your ability to meet deadlines and your commitment to classwork and homework.
Attainment: You will be assessed in your writing skills(describing what you ate yesterday) and listening skills(whole scheme)
in the course of this unit.   

FRENCH LESSON SCHEME 5- VOYAGES ET VACANCES

Aims
In this unit you will learn to talk about travelling and holidays

Major Outcomes
At the end of this unit most of you will be able to
• Discuss where people live and which languages they speak
• Talk about past and present holidays
• Describe a holiday centre
• Find out information about a holiday destination
Some of you will be able to listen to, read and understand longer texts and materials about these topics and speak and write about them using the past tense

Key Activities
• Revise the prepositions à and en
• Different ways of asking a question
• Descriptions and opinions
• Revise perfect tense
• Unscripted dialogues

Cross- curricular Skills
Citizenship
Literacy
Numeracy

Key Language Structures
Est-ce que Manuel habite en Espagne ? Non. Il habite au Portugal
Il parle français ? Non, il parle italien
Avec qui es-tu allé en vacances ? je suis allé avec ma famille
Est-ce qu’on peut aller à la piscine ? Non, mais on peut faire du judo
Qu’est-ce qu’il faut visiter à Bayeux ? Il faut voir la Tapisserie
Qu’est-ce que tu vas faire demain ? Je vais manger au restaurant

Assessment
Effort : This is the most important aspect of your work and will be measured by your ability to meet deadlines and your commitment to classwork and homework.
Attainment: You will be assessed in your speaking skills(describing what there is to do in a town) and writing skills(whole scheme)
in the course of this unit.   

FRENCH LESSON SCHEME 6 -  LES COPAINS

Aims
In this unit you will learn to talk about friends, pocket money, hopes and wishes

Major Outcomes
At the end of this unit most of you will be able to
• Discuss your friends
• Talk about what you spend your pocket money on
• Talk about various gadgets
• Use the main three time frames
Some of you will be able to listen to, read and understand longer texts and materials about these topics and speak and write about them using the past tense

Key Activities
• Use « notre » and « nos »
• Revise comparatives and use superlatives
• Practise past, present and future
• Use different verbs with the infinitive

Cross- curricular Skills
Citizenship- Youth Culture, politeness(thank you letters)
Literacy-
Numeracy- prices

Key Language Structures
Notre college s’appelle Chadwell Heath
Nos profs sont sympas
J’économise pour les baskets
J’ai besoin d’un baladeur mp3
Le portable est l’objet le plus utile

Assessment
Effort : This is the most important aspect of your work and will be measured by your ability to meet deadlines and your commitment to classwork and homework.
Attainment: You will be assessed in your speaking skills and listening skills(whole scheme) in the course of this unit.