Learning Journey

Broad Learning Intention

Skills

Revision: remember how to introduce myself in French.

Learning nationalities in French.

I am revising how to introduce myself in French.

I am learning how to describe nationalities in French.

Ask and answer questions.

Speak in sentences using familiar language.

Spotting patterns in texts.

Nationalities and gender.

I can read and understand familiar sentences in French.

I can write familiar sentences in French using the new vocabulary.

Read and show understanding of a complex sentence using familiar language.

Use context and prior knowledge to determine the meaning of words; use a bi-lingual dictionary to look up new vocabulary, identify the word class and check gender.

1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd person pronouns with regular and high frequency verbs in present tense; the position and agreement of adjectives.

Learning 8 adjectives in French to describe personalities.

I am learning adjectives in French to describe personalities.

Learning the verb Etre (1,2,3 singular)

Asking and answering questions.

Develop accurate pronunciation.

Identify patterns of language ( feminine and exceptions)

Describing personalities using qualifiers.

Using negative sentences  

I am extending my sentences using qualifiers.

I can use the negative form correctly when describing.

Building sentences using scaffolding.

Demonstrate the use, in sentences of negatives clauses and the use of some high frequency qualifiers and intensifiers to extend sentences and develop independent construction of simple and complex sentences.

Physical descriptions: Size

I am learning to how describe people physically (tall/short...).

I can use the verb Etre appropriately.

Building sentences using scaffolding.

Write and say a complex sentence manipulating familiar language to describe people, including personal opinions and reasons; maybe using a dictionary.

Physical descriptions:

I can describe me and my friends in French.

I am using adjectives to describe their personalities and their physical appearance.

Introducing the verb Avoir

Manipulate language to create and say sentence of own choice using familiar language and adding information learned in previous work.

Writing a short description about you and your partner

I am learning to write simple sentences in French about me and my partner.

I am using the verb etre appropriately.

Write familiar phrases from memory.

Demonstrate the use, in sentences, of the knowledge of 1st, 2nd and 3rd person pronouns with regular and high frequency verbs in present tense.

Parts of the body: Face

More physical descriptions: Eyes and colours

I am learning how to name the parts of face in French.

I can say the colour of my eyes and of other people.

Confidently read familiar words and phrases aloud in sentences. Start to predict the pronunciation of unfamiliar words in a sentence using knowledge of letter strings; liaison and silent letter rules (applicable in French)

Use a bi-lingual dictionary independently to find the meaning of words in a written material and understand their meaning in its context

Physical descriptions:

Hair and hair styles in French.

I can describe hair colours, length and styles in French.

Manipulate language to create and say sentence of own choice using familiar language and adding information learned in previous work.