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Key Stage 3: Year 7

Time Scale

Unit & Topic

   Skills/Grammatical concepts

Autumn

Sept-Nov

1.1  C’est Parti!

  •       Bonjour
  •       Dans mon sac
  •       Quel âge as-tu?
  •       Bon anniversaire
  •       En classe/les couleurs

    Questions; ‘je’& ‘tu’

  •     Alphabet; ‘un/une’
  •     Numbers; the verb ‘avoir’
  •     Dates; birthday
  •     ‘Le/la’; adjectival agreements

Dec- Jan

1.2  Famille et Copains

  •       Frères et soeurs
  •       Ma famille
  •       Tu as un animal?
  •       Je me présente
  •       Portraits
  •     ‘avoir/être’; negatives
  •     Possessive adjectives
  •     Plurals
  •     Adjective agreements(singular)
  •     Adjective agreements(plural)

Spring

Feb- March

1.3  Chez moi

  •       Où habites-tu?
  •       Ma maison
  •       Ma chambre
  •       Le soir
  •       Quelle heure est-il?
  •    Verb ‘habiter’ – 1st/2nd/3rd person
  •    Rooms of a house; ‘il y a…’
  •    prepositions
  •    ‘On’ + ‘er’ verbs
  •    Time; ils/elles

 

April- May

1.4  On va en ville

  •       Au centre-ville
  •       Où est le parc?
  •       Où es-tu? Où vas-tu?
  •       J’aime bien ça
  •       Au snack bar
  •    Places; ‘Est-ce qu’il y a …’
  •    Directions; ‘Tu & vous’
  •    ‘Aller/être’ + ‘à la’, ‘au’, ‘aux’
  •    Opinions; C’est + adjective’
  •    Prices; Ordering snacks and drinks;‘Je voudrais…’

Summer

June- July

1.5  Ma journée

  •       Le matin
  •       Mes matières
  •       Pourquoi?
  •       Mon emploi du temps
  •       Après le collège
  •     Daily routine; reflexive verbs
  •     School subjects; ‘nous’
  •     Opinions; connectives
  •     Timetable; longer texts
  •     After school; ‘faire’

 

 Key Stage 3: Year 8

Time Scale

Unit & Topic

Skills/Grammatical concepts

Autumn

1.5 Ma journée

  •       Le matin
  •       Mes matières
  •       Pourquoi?
  •       Mon emploi du temps
  •       Après le collège
  •  Daily routine; reflexive verbs
  •  School subjects; ‘nous’
  •  Opinions; connectives
  •  Timetable; longer texts
  •  After school; ‘faire’

Dec-Jan

1.6 On s’amuse

  •   Le sport et les jeux
  •  Tu joues d’un instrument
  • Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire?
  • Au centre de loisirs
  •  Vive les vacances!
  • Activities; ‘jouer + au’
  • Instruments; ‘jouer + de’
  •  Opinions + infinitive
  • ‘On peut’ + infinitive
  • Future; ‘aller + infinitive’

Spring

Feb-March

2.1 Famille et Domicile

  •   Salut!
  •   Mon album de famille
  •   Au boulot
  •   Où habitent-ils?
  •   Quel temps fait-il?
  • yourself; ‘je & tu’
  • others; ‘il & elle’
  • jobs; masc./fem. nouns
  • locations; ‘depuis’
  • weather; ‘on’; ‘quand’

Apr-May

2.2 Temps libre

  • Le week-end
  • Que fais-tu comme sport?
  • Micro-trottoir
  • La télé
  • Le week-end dernier
  • activities; opinions + infinitive
  • ‘je joue’; ‘je fais’
  • ‘nous’ + key verbs
  • tv programmes; perfect tense
  • perfect tense with ‘er’ verbs

Summer June-July

2.4 Manger et Boire

  • Bon appétit!
  • Les Repas
  • On prépare une fête
  • On fait des achats
  • Au restaurant
  • food; opinions + ‘le/la/les’
  • some: ‘du/de la/des’
  • ‘il faut + infinitive’
  • quantities with ‘de’
  • meals; dialogues

 

G.C.S.E. French Year 9 (3 Year course)

Year 1

Term

Theme

Topic

Grammar

Autumn half-term 1

Identity and culture

Me, my family and friends

  • Relationships with family and friends
  • avoir and être present tense
  • possessive adjectives
  • adjective agreement rules
  • reflexive verbs
  • se disputer/se fâcher/s’entendre avec
  • comparatives plus que/moins que
  • adverbs of frequency
  • regular verbs in present tense
  • direct object pronouns

Autumn half-term 2

Local, national, international and global areas of interest

Home, town, neighbourhood and region

See resources:

  • il y a
  • on a
  • c’est
  • prepositions (see plural partitive article and de after negative
  • pouvoir + infinitive
  • expressions of quantity
  • irregular verbs aller/faire)
  • ceux qui + verb
  • s’intéresser à
  • enhancing descriptions using qui/que/dont (see demonstrative adjectives ce, cet, cette, ces

Spring half-term 1

Current and future study and employment

My studies

See resources:

  • devoir + infinitive (see il faut + infinitive (compulsory subjects)
  • parce que/car to express reasons
  • perfect tense regular avoir verbs (choisir/décider de/laisser tomber - options) (see two verbs together eg aimer/aimer mieux/préférer
  • comparative and superlative in expressing opinions about subjects use of tu and vous in informal/formal exchanges

Spring half-term 2

Identity and culture

Free-time activities

  • Music
  • Cinema and TV

See resources:

  • consolidation of present tense including irregular verbs sortir, prendre, mettre, voir, vouloir (see extend range of two verbs together
  • adverbs such as d’habitude/normalement
  • clauses introduced by quand/lorsque and si

Summer half-term 1

Identity and culture

Free-time activities

  • Food and eating out
  • Sport
  • perfect tense with avoir using regular and common irregular verbs (ce que j’ai fait hier soir/le weekend dernier)
  • simple opinion statements to express how it was (illustration of the imperfect)

Summer half-term 2

Identity and culture

Customs and festivals in French-speaking countries/ communities

  • perfect of verbs with être + agreement rules reflexive verbs in perfect; perfect and imperfect tenses together
  • describing a past event/festival; actions and opinions

Year 2 

Term

Theme

Topic

Grammar

Autumn half-term 1

Current and future study and employment

Life at school/college

See resources:

  • transfer devoir/pouvoir/il faut/vouloir to school rules context
  • quantity words beaucoup/trop/assez/pas assez + de (including with plurals)

Autumn half-term 2

Local, national, international and global areas of interest

Travel and tourism

See resourcess

  • consolidation of perfect tense
  • extension of imperfect tense (see resources:)
  • sequencing words, expressions and phrases
  • avant de/après avoir etc/pendant que/depuis/venir de
  • developing greater complexity in spoken and written accounts of past events or experiences
  • weather expressions with faire

Spring half-term 1

Current and future study and employment

Education post-16

See resource:

  • ce qui/ce que… c’est… sentence pattern
  • future tense introduced for eg future study plans
  • building on si clauses with present and future
  • more complex two verb structures (avoir l’intention de/avoir envie de/avoir le droit de)

Spring half-term 2

Local, national, international and global areas of interest

Social issues

  • Healthy/unhealthy living

See resources:

  • partitive articles with food items
  • recap on devoir/il faut and introduce conditional forms – affirmative and negative
  • il vaut mieux/il vaudrait mieux
  • negative ne…jamais
  • full explanation of imperfect tense to allow statements and opinions about previous health habits

Summer half-term 1

Identity and culture

Marriage/partnership

See resources:

  • revisiting adjectives to describe and use of qui, que, dont to describe ideal partner and enhance descriptions
  • en + present participle
  • revision of future tense to outline future plans
  • direct and indirect object pronouns

Summer half-term 2

Identity and culture

Technology in everyday life

  • Social media
  • Mobile technology

See resource:

  • revision of past tenses to recount how social media have been used; or life before technology
  • grâce à/sans/avec
  • enhanced statements of possibility including permettre de
  • il est possible que + subjunctive

Year 3

Term

Theme

Topic

Grammar

Autumn half-term 1

Local, national, international and global areas of interest

Global issues

  • The environment

See resources:

  • modal verbs linked to behaviours (must do/can do/should do/could do etc)
  • si clauses using imperfect and conditional
  • si sentences revised for outlining consequences of actions

Autumn half-term 2

Local, national, international and global areas of interest

Social issues

  • Charity/voluntary work
  • vouloir + infinitive
  • vouloir que + subjunctive
  • il est possible que + subjunctive

Spring half-term 1

Local, national, international and global areas of interest

Global issues

  • Homelessness/ poverty
  • si j’étais…
  • à la place de… with conditional completions
  • il faut + infinitive and il faut que + subjunctive

Spring half-term 2

Current and future study and employment

Career choices and ambitions

See resources:

  • enhanced statements of possibility including permettre de
  • pluperfect tense perspective

Summer half-term 1

End of course examination focus

Summer half-term 2

End of course examination focus

G.C.S.E. French (2 Years)

Year 1 – Year 10

Time Scale

Theme

Unit & Topic

Key Grammatical concepts

Autumn

Sep

Identity and culture

Me, my family & friends

1.1 - Relationships with family and friends

  • avoir and être present tense
  • possessive adjectives
  • adjective agreement rules
  • reflexive verbs
  • se disputer/se fâcher/s’entendre avec
  • comparatives plus que/moins que
  • adverbs of frequency
  • regular verbs in present tense
  • direct object pronouns

Oct

Local, national, international and global areas of interest

Home, town, neighbourhood and region

5.1 – Home

  • il y a
  • on a
  • c’est
  • prepositions

plural partitive article and de after negative

Oct/Nov

Local, national, international and global areas of interest

Home, town, neighbourhood and region

5.2 – Where I live

  • pouvoir + infinitive
  • expressions of quantity
  • irregular verbs aller/faire
  • ceux qui + verb
  • s’intéresser à
  • enhancing descriptions using qui/que/dont
  • demonstrative adjectives ce, cet, cette, ce

Nov

Current and future study and employment

My studies

9.1 – School and subects

  • devoir + infinitive
  • il faut + infinitive (compulsory subjects)
  • parce que/car to express reasons
  • perfect tense regular avoir verbs (choisir/décider de/laisser tomber - options)
  • two verbs together eg aimer/aimer mieux/préférer
  • comparative and superlative in expressing opinions about subjects
  • use of tu and vous in informal/formal exchanges

Dec

Identity and culture

Free-time activities

3.1 – Music, Cinema & TV

  • consolidation of present tense including irregular verbs sortir, prendre, mettre, voir, vouloir
  • extend range of two verbs together
  • future tense introduced for eg weekend plans
  • adverbs such as d’habitude/normalement
  • clauses introduced by quand/lorsque and si

Spring

Jan

Identity and culture

Free-time activities

3.2 – Food & eating out

Feb

Identity and culture

Free-time activities

3.3 - Sport

Feb/Mar

Local, national, international and global areas of interest

Social issues

6.2 – Healthy & Unhealthy Living

  • partitive articles with food items
  • recap on devoir/il faut and introduce conditional forms – affirmative and negative
  • il vaut mieux/il vaudrait mieux
  • negative ne…jamais
  • previous health habits using imperfect tense

Mar

Current and future study and employment

Life at school and college

10.1 – Life at school and college

  • transfer devoir/pouvoir/il faut/vouloir to school rules context
  • si clauses using imperfect and conditional
  • quantity words beaucoup/trop/assez/pas assez + de (including with plurals)
  • perfect tense with avoir using regular and common irregular verbs (ce que j’ai fait comme devoirs)

Apr/May

Identity and culture

Customs and festivals

4.1 – French customs and traditions

  • perfect of verbs with être + agreement rule

Summer May

Identity and culture

Customs and festivals

4.2 – Festivals in France and francophone countries

  • reflexive verbs in perfect; perfect and imperfect tenses together
  • describing a past event/festival; actions and opinions

Jun

Local, national, international and global areas of interest

Travel and tourism

8.1 – Holidays and Trave

  • consolidation of perfect and imperfect tenses  
  • sequencing words, expressions and phrases
  • avant de/après avoir etc/pendant que/depuis/venir de
  • developing greater complexity in spoken and written accounts of past events or experiences
  • weather expressions with faire

Jun/July

Local, national, international and global areas of interest

Travel and tourism

8.2 – Regions of France

  • ce qui/ce que … c’est… sentence pattern

July

Current and future study and employment

Education post-16

11.1 – University or work?

  • ce qui/ce que … c’est… sentence pattern
  • building on si clauses with present and future
  • more complex two verb structures (avoir l’intention de/avoir envie de/avoir le droit de)

Year 2 – Y11

Time Scale

Theme

Unit & Topic

Key Grammatical concepts

Autumn

Sep

Identity and culture

Me, my family and friends

1.2 – Marriage and partnership

  • revisiting adjectives to describe and use of qui, que, dont to describe ideal partner and enhance descriptions
  • en + present participle
  • revision of future tense to outline future plans
  • direct and indirect object pronouns

Oct

Local, national, international and global areas of interest

Global issues

7.1 – Environment

  • modal verbs linked to behaviours (must do/can do/should do/could do etc)
  • past tense for effects of behaviours on environment
  • si sentences revised for outlining consequences of actions
  • pluperfect tense perspective

Nov/Dec

Local, national, international and global areas of interest

Social issues

6.1 – Charity and voluntary work

  • vouloir + infinitive
  • vouloir que + subjunctive
  • il est possible que + subjunctive)

Dec

Current and future study and employment

Career choices and ambitions

12.1 – Choice of career

  • enhanced statements of possibility including permettre de

Spring

Jan/Feb

Identity and culture

Technology in everyday life

2.1 – Social Media

  • revision of past tenses to recount how social media have been used; or life before technology
  • grâce à/sans/avec

March

Identity and culture

Technology in everyday life

2.2 – Mobile Technology

  • enhanced statements of possibility including permettre de
  • il est possible que + subjunctive

April/May

Local, national, international and global areas of interest

Global issues

7.2 – Poverty and homelessness

  • si j’étais …
  • à la place de … with conditional completions
  • il faut + infinitive and il faut que + subjunctive

 

Resources:

Year 7: Expo 1 textbook and audio files, Expo 1 A & B workbook

Year 8: Expo 2 Vert / Rouge textbook and audio files, Expo 2 A & B workbook

Year 9, 10 &11(G.C.S.E.): AQA G.C.S.E. course book F/H

Kerboodle on-line resources with audio files and authentic reading materials

www.memrise.com &  www.duolingo.com

Support & Extra Curricular Opportunities:

MFL Club every Wednesday lunchtime offering the opportunity to learn a new language or to get extra support with homework/revision for assessments.

Evening G.C.S.E. revision sessions Tues- Thursday 3.10-4.10 pm

Trips to France organised every 2 years to either Normandy or Paris.

Key Stage 5: ‘A’ level French

Year 12

Topic

Skills/ Key concepts

Autumn

1. La Famille en voie de changement:

  • La vie de couple
  • La monoparentalité
  • L’homoparentalité
  • Le rôle des grands-parents

2. La «Cyber-société»

  • La technologie dans la vie quotidienne
  • Les dangers de la cyber-société
  • Qui sont les cybernautes?
  • To be able to discuss trends in marriage and in other forms of relationships
  • To be able to skim texts for gist
  • To use the perfect and imperfect tenses correctly
  • To recognise and understand the past historic tense
  • To understand infinitive constructions
  • To use strategies to broaden range of vocabulary
  • To understand the use of object pronouns
  • To be able to form the present tense of irregular verbs
  • To interpret and explain figures and statistics
  • To summarise from reading and listening
  • To form the future and conditional tense

Spring

3. Le patrimoine régionale, nationale et locale:

  • Le patrimoine et le tourisme
    Comment le patrimoine reflète la culture
     

4. La musique francophone contemporaine:

  • La diversité
    Qui apprécient la musique?
    Comment sauvegarder la musique francophone?
  • To understand the notion of heritage on a regional and national level
  • To use adjectival agreements , comparatives and superlatives
  • To develop extended answers
  • To use ‘si’ clauses
  • To interpret pictures
  • To use the present subjunctive with expressions of doubt, uncertainty and necessity
  • To consider the popularity of contemporary francophone music, its genre and style.
  • To use questions and command forms
  • To use the subjunctive with verbs of wishing and wanting.

Summer

  1. 5. Le septième art:
  • Le cinéma français
  • L’évolution du cinéma
  • Le cinéma: une passion nationale

Dossier cinéma:

  • L’étude d’un film français;
  • La Haine, Les Petits enfants du siècle, 400 cents coups

Individual Research Project (IRP)

  • Independent study of a cultural aspect of a French- speaking country
  • To consider a variety of aspects of French cinema
  • To be able to summarise from listening
  • To use infinitive constructions
  • To use persuasive language
  • To write with a purpose
  • To consider the major developments in French cinema and the popularity of French cinema and film festival
  • To develop independent research skills
  • To develop higher order thinking skills e.g. analysing evaluating, synthesising etc.

Year 13

Topic

Skills/ Key concepts

Autumn

Une société diverse:

  • L’enrichissement de la mixité ethnique
  • Diversité, tolérance et respect
  • Apprentissage pour la vie

    Les marginalisées:
  • Qui sont les marginalisés?
  • Quelle aide pour les marginalisés?
  • Les attitudes envers les marginalisé

    La criminalité:
  • La prison – échec ou succès?
  • Autres sanctions
  • Discussing the benefits of living in an ethnically diverse society
  • Dictionary skills
  • The future tense
  • Strategies for gist comprehension
  • Uses of The conditional tense
  • To examine groups which are socially marginalised
  • To respond to stimulus
  • To express approval & disapproval
  • To vary vocabulary using synonyms
  • To examine different attitudes to crime
  • To express obligation
  • To use ‘si’ clauses
  • To summarise a reading text

Spring

  1. Etude d’un texte littéraire:

«Kiffe kiffe demain»L’Engagement politique:

  • Le droit de vote
  • Les ados et l’engagement politique
  • Avenir pour la politique

Manifestations et grèves

  • Le pouvoir des syndicats:
  • Les manifestations et les grèves
  • Les tensions politiques
  • To have a detailed understanding of a French novel and to be able to explain the main themes and characters and evaluate the impact on the reader.
  • To discuss arguments relating to the vote and to evaluate the French political system
  • To avoid using the passive
  • To talk about data and trends
  • To use the subjunctive mood to express doubt and uncertainty
  • To translate the English gerund into French
  • Understanding subject and object pronouns
  • To use language to promote a cause
  • To understand and use relative pronouns
  • To talk about priorities
  • To understand and use demonstrative pronouns

Summer

La politique et l’immigration

  • Solutions politiques?
  • L’immigration et les parties politiques
  • L’engagement politique chez les immigres

REVISION AND PREPARATION FOR FINAL EXAMINATION
PREPARATION AND PRACTICE FOR SPEAKING EXAM

  • To discuss some of the political issues concerning immigration in francophone countries
  • To consider the viewpoints of political parties re: Immigration in France
  • To use combination tenses: perfect & imperfect
  • To use language for describing change
  • To summarise from listening
  • To be able to form and use the future perfect and conditional perfect tenses
  • To be able to choose the correct tense
  • To disagree tactfully
  • To be able to describe a photo card
  • To be able to justify opinions
  • To be able to expand on conversation topics
  • To ask pertinent questions
  • To be able to talk at length on a chosen topic
  • To demonstrate research skills
  • To be able to analyse and evaluate
  • To agree and disagree
  • To offer counter arguments