Curriculum Plan for Parents – Year 9 Subject French GCSE Contact Person Mr. A. Ward Half term and topic Your child will learn.... Key Homework Assessment Autumn 1 Identity & culture Music, cinema & TV Saying what programmes you like and don’t like watching Using complex structures ce que and ce qui to give opinions Using quantifiers and adverbs of time and frequency to talk about how much time you spend watching TV Asking others about their TV and music preferences Talking about the importance of music to young people compared to other leisure activities Comparing the TV with using the computer Revising key leisure activities Using adverbs of time in the past to sequence recent events Forming and correctly using the Perfect tense with both avoir and être and the past participle Using the key complex structures avant de + infinitive, au lieu de + infinitive and après avoir / être + past participle Conjugating the true Future tense Using a sequence of tenses si + present + future Learn vocab for TV programmes Paragraph about what programmes you like / dislike watching and why Learning vocab for music Paragraph about what kind of music you listen to and why Memorise how to conjugate and correctly use the Perfect Paragraph about what you did last weekend Memorise how to conjugate and correctly use the true Future tense Paragraph about what you are going to do next weekend Autumn 2 Identity & culture Food & eating out and sports Talking about specific quantities of food & drink Talking about meal times and what you normally eat and drink Talking about your favourite meal of the day and why Talking about different cuisines and eating out Using modal verbs to talk about what you can, want to and must eat and drink Memorise vocab for food & drink Paragraph about what you eat & drink at each meal / favourite meal Paragraph describing a December Listening Reading Writing
Using the proposition de with quantities and with the definite article to say ‘some’ Using the pronoun en Using key verbs and complex structures to express likes and dislikes ce que and ce qui Using the Perfect tense with key regular & irregular verbs to describe a memorable meal Using jouer à / faire de to say what sports you and others play / do Using the complex structure au lieu de + infinitive Using adverbs of time and frequency Talking about what you do / have done to keep in shape Talking in detail about your passion Using the Imperfect tense to talk about what you liked to do when you were little Using the True Future tense memorable meal Memorise vocab for sports / extreme sports Paragraph about what sports you play and why Paragraph about extreme sports and what you would like to try Spring 1 Identity & Culture Technology and social media Talking about different uses of social media using key verbs in the present tense Talking about how you communicate online Using the complex structures ce que and ce qui to express likes, dislikes and preferences Using the key structure pour + infinitive Using the key complex structures avant de + infinitive, au lieu de + infinitive and après avoir / être + past participle Talking about the reasons why people use social media Advantages and disadvantages of different of social media the Perfect tense to describe how you have recently used new technology Learn key vocab for social media Paragraph discussing the different uses of social media Paragraph discussing the adv / disadv of new technology Paragraph describing how you have recently used new technology Mid-year exams Listening Reading Speaking Writing Spring 2 Identity & Culture Technology - Mobile technology Talking about what gadgets you have and giving a basic description of them Using comparisons & superlatives to compare different gadgets Using adverbs of time & frequency to talk about how often you use mobile technology Using pour + infinitive to say how you use mobile technology Talking how dependant you are on mobile technology key vocab associated with mobile technology Paragraph describing how you use mobile technology and the pros and cons