French
Year 7
| Half Term | Topic & Content | Grammar Points | Vocabulary |
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| Autumn 1 | Introduce yourself + target language [use 'est-ce que je peux' + infinitive] | Asking questions with 'est-ce que je peux' + infinitive |
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| Describe items in your bag - introduction of school items. | j'ai/je n'ai pas de + noun [I have/ I haven't got] + use of the articles un/une/des. | School Equipment | |
| Opinions + justify your opinions j'aime + noun/ j'aime + infinitive. | J'aime/je n'aime pas + noun/ j'aime/je n'aime pas + infinitive [I like/ I don't like …] | Opinions and Infinitives | |
| Autumn 2 | Physical description - describe someone else use a template + describe the person [use all the vocabulary previously learnt]. | Use of il/elle est = he/she is. | Describing People |
| Personalities - describe your personality and other people personalities. | Je suis/ il and elle est + adjective masculine/feminine adjectives. | Personality | |
| School subjects - introduction of school subjects and describe your timetable, [revision of days of the week] - use connectives [mais/avec/et] + justifications. | School Subjects | ||
| Spring 1 | Describe a school day. Compare French and English school systems. | Present tense of -er verbs [je commence/ je mange/ on mange etc]. | School Day |
| Telling the time. | Revision of numbers - il est + time. | Time | |
| Describe a photo on the theme of school. | PALM O - use key structures to describe a photo. | Picture Description | |
| School rules - mention what you must/mustn't do at school. Describe your school uniform. | Il faut/Il ne faut + infinitive [we must/we mustn't]. | School rules | |
| Spring 2 | Hobbies - mention what you do for sport/leisure. | Je joule, au/a, la/a, l'/aux and je fais, du/de, la/de, l'/des. | Hobbies |
| Time expressions. | Place of time expressions. | ||
| Summer 1 | Introduction of food and drinks. Describe what you have for your 3 meals of the day. Shopping for food [range of quantities]. | Partitive article [du/de la/des]. Irregular verb BOIRE in present tense and past tense. Introduction of past tense of -er verbs. | Food and Drink |
| Shopping for food [range of quantities]. | Orders and Quantities | ||
| Understand a recipe + write a simple recipe in French - step-by-step instructions. | Imperative form: [coupez/tranchez...]. | Recipes | |
| Summer 2 | Tout sur moi booklet - project. Revision of the work done in the year and develop writing using a range of structures. | Revision of present/past and introduction of future, with je vais + infinitive. | |
| 'Un Chat a Paris' - French film with subtitles. Description of the characters of the film + scenes of the film. |
Year 8
| Half Term | Topic & Content | Grammar Points | Vocabulary |
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| Autumn 1 | Revision of colours + names of clothes. Describe outfits. | Agreement of adjectives and introduction of compound adjectives – vert olive + irregular verb METTRE in present + past. | Clothes and colours |
| Describe what you wear on different occasions. | Future tense + quand/si. | Describing clothes | |
| Shopping for clothes + create a page for a fashion magazine. | Demonstrative adjectives = ce/cet/cette/ces. | ||
| Autumn 2 | Talking about healthy living - names of body and where it hurts. | J'ai mal au/à la /à l'/aux. | Body parts and problems |
| Describe what is good and bad for your health. | Negatives [ne …pas/ne …jamais/ne…que] + modula verbs [il faut/il ne faut pas + infinitive] | Health | |
| Describe what you will do to stay healthy - resolutions for next year. | Futur proche - I will … | ||
| Spring 1 | Describe your daily routine. | Reflexive verbs - je me couche. | Daily routine |
| Describe a catastrophic day. | Adverbs - malheureusement… | ||
| What you do at home to help. | Modal verbs - je dois/ je peux. | Chores | |
| Spring 2 | Media - what you watch online /social media. | DOP = direct object pronouns. | Les émissions |
| Le Petit Nicolas - French film | Technology | ||
| Summer 1 | Talking about a holiday. Transports + accommodation. Book a room in a hotel [role play]. | Translation of To - je vais au/en /aux + country + past tense with ETRE. | Countries |
| Mention problems during your stay in a hotel + undertsand reviews on TripAdvisor. | Il y avait /… ne marchait pas | Holidays | |
| Write a postcard. | Holiday Accommodation | ||
| Summer 2 | L'impressionisme - what is the impressionism? French painters - describe famous paintings. | ||
| Describe a painting using a range of prepositions. | Prepositions [en face de / à gauche... | Picture Description | |
| Recap of 3 tenses. | Prepositions |
Year 9
| Term | Topic & Content | Grammar Points | Vocabulary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn 1 | Describe your town - names of shops and what you can buy there. | Pour + infinitive = je vais au café pour boire un chocolat chaud - DOP [y=there] - j'y vais = I go there… | Shops |
| Describe what there is not in your town and what you need + what there was. | Range of negatives / on a besoin de + infinitive [we need …]. | Where I live | |
| Directions - to understand + give precise directions from a plan. | Imperative form with VOUS [allez à droite] + TU [va à droite]. | Directions | |
| Autumn 2 | Revision of topic of town for assessment. | Recap of past + future tenses. | |
| How to ask questions in 3 ways + question words. To be able to make a range of questions. To use questions in different tenses [challenge]. | Est-ce que…/ question words. | Questions | |
| To prepare an interview in pairs + interview a teacher from the school. | Use the VOUS form - polite form. | ||
| Spring 1 | Study a French film - Les Choristes. | Comparative form - plus …que/ moins… que. | Les Choristes F |
| Describe how school was. | Imperfect tense. | L'imparfait | |
| Describe you as a child. | Use two tenses - imperfect /present. | Childhood | |
| Spring 2 | Describe what you do to protect the environment/ will do to save the planet. | Au lieu de + infintive = instead of. | Environment |
| Gestes écolos -mention what are the good/bad things for the planet. | Revision of future tense. | Les gestes ecolo | |
| Summer 1 | START ON GCSE COURSE - explain the course. | Module 1 Family | |
| Module 1 [friends and family] -Describe your best friend [use idiomatic expression]. | Idiomatic expressions. | Module 1 Friendship | |
| Describe what you do/did/will do with your friends. | Introduction of avant de + infinitive/après [avoir or être] + Past participle = après avoir mangé = after eating. | Module 1 Relationships | |
| Summer 2 | Revision of all the tenses + make a mat for all the tenses covered at GCSE. | 3 tenses [present/past /future] + conditional and subjunctive [challenge]. | |
| Prepare module 1 questions for Speaking exam. | Complex structures at GCSE. | ||
| To practice the 3 tasks of a Speaking exam. |