Year 08 French

Curriculum:

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Places in town

Activities

Asking and Giving Directions

Arranging to Go Out

Clothes and Weather

Key Concepts:

Understand Places In Town
Describe A Town
Use Correct Word Order
Use “il y a” And “il n’y a pas”

Combine Activities with Places Using “on peut”
Use “au, à la, aux, à l”
Create More Complex Sentences

Ask for and Give Directions
Use Connectives
Use “au, à la, à l’, aux”
Use the Imperative

Arrange to Go Out
Discuss Meeting Places
Use Reading and Writing Strategies

Talk About Clothes and Give Your Opinion on Style
Talk About the Weather and What You Wear for Different Occasions
Say When and How Often You do Activities
Discuss Weekend Activities

Key Vocabulary:

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Vacation

Sports

Winter/Summer Sports

Leisure Activities

Injuries

Key Concepts:

Talk About Usual Holidays and Preferred Holidays
Describe Your Ideal Holidays
Describe a Past Holiday, Where You Went and What You Did
Talk About Festivals

Talk About Sports You Like and Do
Practise “jouer” and “faire” with Different Activities
Remember Grammar Rules

Talk About Winter and Summer Sports
Use “je voudrais/ j’aimerais”
Recycle Language in a Different Context

Describe Leisure Activities and Talk About Active Holidays
Practise Using “aller” in the Past Tense

Name Parts of the Body
Talk About Injuries Caused By Sporting Activities
Use “j’ai mal” + Parts of the Body

Key Vocabulary:

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Places in town

What can we do?

Find your way

Do you want to go out?

Key Concepts:

Understand places in town
Describe a town

Say what activity you do in your free time
Combine activities with places using “on peut”

Ask for and give directions

Arrange to go out
Discuss meeting places

Key Vocabulary:

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Subject Overview:

Students in Year 8 have one French lesson each week.

Students will receive one piece of French on alternate weeks. Homework may consist of new vocabulary to learn, a worksheet to complete or to produce a piece of written work

Assessments:

Students through out Year 8 are formally assessed through Reading and Writing Assessments. These assessments take place every half term or at the end of each topic.

Students speaking and listening skills are practiced during lessons with feedback given to students during lesson time.