Approx. Timing Language Activities/ Exercises System of the target language Cultural Aspects Resources Assessments TERM 1 Week 1 Week 2-3 Week 3-5 Intro to course – Expectations Course outline and Assessment Structure Sign of the Cross and the Lord’s Prayer in French Filing/ portfolios Students study the prayer in French and make a poster to display at home in order to learn it by heart for each greeting at the start of lessons Year 8 Revision La Mode Creating clothes and colours Flashcards Describing Favourite outfits and why like/dislike Listening activities Describing Styles of clothes (Fashion) Exposition to different French fashion styles Describing which styles one likes or not and why Similarities between French and English and some Latin words students know such as Amen All year 8 Grammar Points: Definite articles- eg. Le la l’ les Indefinite articles – eg. Un, une, des j’ aime/j’ adore/ je n’aime pas/je détèste Reasons for subject preferences eg. Parce que c’est difficile, super etc. Je fais du, de la, de l’ versus je joue au ER verbs such as regarder, aimer, jouer, écouter Avoir, être, faire, aller and –ER verbs (need to know how to use all their forms with je, tu, il, nous, vous, ils) Aller + au/ à la/ à l’ Je mange/je voudrais/ je prends du, de la, de l’, des Revision of the verb AVOIR Colour adjectives j’aime/j’ adore/ je n’aime pas/je détèste Adjectives of Aesthetic: beau/moche etc Reasons for outfit preferences eg. Parce que c’est beau, moche, chic, élégant etc. j’aime/j’ adore/ je n’aime pas/je détèste Catholic Faith in France and countries French fashion Paris, capital of fashion Designers: Haute Couture (Chanel, Paco Rabanne etc) Internet Text- Equipe Nouvelle 1 & Workbook Text- p.5 – 13 Text- CD Workbook- p. Dictionnaire du Look Speaking
Week 7 Week 8-10 TERM 4 Week 1 – 2 Week 3 Create a survey and interview peer on housework and how one does it Telling what one did on the weekend (in relation to housework and activities) Listening activity Locate European countries on the map of the Locate French speaking countries on the map Reading comprehension worksheets from Workbook Mini research on a French-speaking country PowerPoint presentation to class Creation of means of transports flashcards Which means of transports one uses and not use Listening activity Reading letters and postcards Creating and writing a postcard on what one did on holidays Reflexive verbs in ER je and tu The irregular verb FAIRE relating to housework je and tu : faire la vaisselle The verb METTRE: je mets la table Qu’est-ce que tu fais pour aider a la maison? Tu fais la vaisselle le week-end? Negation of verbs Words of time: souvent, de temps en temps, ne..jamais, tous les jours, rarement etc PERFECT tense: j’ai fait, j’ai mis, j’ai rangé, j’ai joué, je suis allé (e) Words of past tense: Le week-end dernier, hier Introduction to the CONDITIONNEL tense of aimer: j’aimerais/ aimerais-tu? ALLER+ en/au/aux+ country Prepositions for means of transports: en/ à pied The verb PRENDRE je,tu il, elle, on Adjectives: pratique, cher, rapide, confortable, etc PERFECT tense of ER verbs and some ireegulars: aller and rester with auxilliary etre Introduction to IMPERFECT: c’etait ALLER+ en/au/aux+ country French students’ daily routine Popular French tourists destinations: Riviera, Mauritius, Tahiti, and other French speaking countries Text- p.52 – 53 & 60 Workbook- p.47 & 50 & 56 & 57 CD Text- p.54 – 55 & 58-59 Workbook- p.48 CD Text- p.56 – 57 Workbook- p.49& 53-54 CD Map of Europe World map Text- p.65 – 67 Workbook- p.60& 63-65 CD TASK 6: Speaking Term 3 Week 7 (Both lessons alphabetical order) Your daily routine and housework
Week 4 -5 Week 6-8 Week 9 Answering survey on traveling (when/where/how long for/what did one visit) Listening activities Discussion of what are there in a city and village Creating one’s own city poster Asking landmarks are and answering Asking for directions Treasure hunt around the school Revision Big consolidation QUIZ with prizes to be won Il y a Prepositions: pres de, a cote de, en face de, loin de, a 1 km, etc Trounez a gauche, allez tout droit, etc The French speaking world Le Internet Text- p.68 – 69 CD Text- p.70 – 73 & 76 Workbook- p. 62 & 61 & 63-65 & 70-71 CD Text- p.79 – 87 Workbook- p. 74-76 & 82 & 85-85 revision p.63-64 p.93-65 p. 96-131 TASK 7: Writing Term 4 Week 7 lesson) Writing about oneself (unit TASK 8: Reading Term 4 Week 8 (First lesson) mock exam unit 1-6