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Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 1
Lesson one
Resources/preparation:
Early Start DVD1, Singing French CD
ICT – Pilote Moi CD ROM ‘Intro clip’
Framework
Learning
Introduction/
Activities
refs
Objective
Warm up
O3.1 sing
Learn greetings *#Can do around
* Teach words ‘Bonjour’ and ‘Salut’
songs
culture;
the class
using #standard repetition
O3.2 listen, To say and
strategies
identify
understand
* Watch video clip and discuss
phonemes, Bonjour,
culture of kissing and hand shaking.
speak clearly Salut
* Activity 1: pupils move around the
O3.4 repeat
class greeting each other and the
words, use
teacher to see how many ‘bonjour’
physical
and ‘salut’ can be collected in one
response
minute.
IU3.4 view
* Activity 2: teacher says word,
video
pupils respond with action i.e. wave
for bonjour, thumbs up for salut.
Then reverse, the teacher prompts
with an action (wave or thumbs up)
and the pupils respond with the
words bonjour or salut.
* Activity 3: paired pupils repeat
activity 2 taking turns to mime.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Repeat for register daily
 Repeat whenever seeing pupils
 Repeat with other adults
Evaluation
Plenary/
consolidation
* Sing Bonjour,
Salut to the tune
of Brownie Bells
whilst swinging
arms. Listen to
track 1 of
Singing French.
KAL
Specific
sounds
Imitate
New
Language
Passive
Classroom
instructions
pronunciation
*Soft j
sound in
bonjour.
Get them
to be
buzzing
bumble
bees
buzzing
jjjjjjjj
around the
room.
Active
Bonjour
Salut
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
http://www.prescot-school.knowsley.sch.uk/prescotlanguage/mfl-site/primarySchool/FrenchPrimary.htm
Click on greetings for a simple interactive pairs game
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Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 1
Lesson two
Resources/preparation:
Early Start DVD 1; Flashcards (faces); Whiteboards/pens, Singing French CD
ICT – Pilote Moi CD ROM ‘Ça va’
Framework
Learning
Introduction/
Plenary/
New
Activities
KAL
refs
Objective
Warm up
consolidation
Language
O3.1 sing
To revise
Sing #Bonjour, Salut * Introduce Ça-va/ Ça-va bien/ très Teach and sing Recognise Passive
songs
greetings
whilst swinging arms. bien/ pas/ mal/ comme –ci comme- song #‘Bonjour
? and
Classroom
instructions
O3.2 listen, To say and
Listen to track 1 of
ca using flashcards and #standard ca va?’ Sing
negatives
speak clearly understand
Singing French.
repetition strategies.
along to track 1 *French
O3.3 ask and Ça va ?
* Teacher models actions for each Singing French. use 2
Active
answer
Ça va bien/
phrase (i.e.) two thumbs up for
words to
Ca va ?
questions
très bien/ pas/
Ça-va très bien one for bien, etc.
make a
Ça va
O3.4 repeat mal/ comme çi
* Activity 1: teacher mimes action,
negative
bien, très
words, use comme ça
pupils record face on whiteboard
ne … pas
bien, pas,
physical
and show.
but drop
mal,
response
Ça ne va pas
* Activity 2: Pupils mime and
the ne
Ça va pas
teacher says phrase and reverse,
sometimes comme çi
comme ça
teacher mimes and pupils say
when
phrase.
speaking * Activity 3: #True or false - teacher
like us
shows flashcard and says phrase,
saying n’t
pupils repeat phrase ONLY if
instead of
correct
not.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
www.linguafun.eu Click on Bonjour ça va >
 Include in register greetings.
Presentation 2 - listen to greetings and responses,
 Play # 007 in spare time.
Activity 1 - faces and responses
 Could use Ça va? as a question when checking understanding in any
Activity 4 - beat the clock to match faces to
subject.
responses
Evaluation
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Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 1
Lesson three
Early Start DVD 1; Flashcards (numbers), tape ‘OK Chantez’, Singing French CD
ICT – Pilote Moi CD ROM ‘0 - 12’
Framework
Learning
Introduction/
Plenary/
Activities
refs
Objective
Warm up
consolidation
O3.1 sing
To say and
Play #Fruit Salad
* Watch video clip
Play #Elevens
songs
understand
with Ça-va terms.
* Count numbers and perform with
O3.2 listen, numbers 0
actions.
speak clearly to 12
* Sing numbers to #Frere Jacques
O3.4 repeat
or #London’s Burning.
words
*Learn song 1,2,3 Dracula OK
Chantez tape or Track 7 Singing
French CD.
Resources/preparation:
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
 P.E. warm up, getting into groups of (French) numbers.
 Answer register as a number.
 Numeracy – simple calculations using numbers 0-12.
 Numeracy warm up #Play your cards right.
 The songs and #Noughts and Crosses are good time fillers.
 Play #Bingo.
Evaluation
KAL
New
Language
Passive
Classroom
instructions
Active
Zéro, un,
deux, trois,
quatre,
cinq, six,
sept, huit,
neuf, dix,
onze,
douze
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
www.linquafun.eu Click on Nombres 1 -12 >
Presentation 1
Activity 1 – number matching, 2 – pairs,
http://www.prescot-school.knowsley.sch.uk/prescotlanguage/mfl-site/primarySchool/FrenchPrimary.htm
Click on numbers 1 – 12 for snap and pairs games.
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Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 1
Lesson four
Resources/preparation:
Early Start DVD1; Flashcards (numbers), digit cards
ICT – Pilote Moi CD ROM ‘0 - 12’
Framework
Learning
Introduction/
Activities
refs
Objective
Warm up
O3.1 sing
To reinforce
* Sing numbers to
* Use flashcards and question
songs
numbers 0
#Frere Jacques or
‘combien?’ to elicit responses.
O3.2 listen, to 12
#London’s Burning.
* Play #Elevens
speak clearly
* #Wildfire
*Model mathematical vocabulary
O3.4 repeat
* #Fruit Stall
and make a simple addition
words
together on the board. In pairs the
pupils should use digit cards to
create simple addition calculations
and say them out loud.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
 P.E. warm up, getting into groups of (French) numbers.
 Answer register as a number.
 Numeracy – simple calculations using numbers 0-12.
 Numeracy warm up #Play your cards right.
 The songs and #Noughts and Crosses are good time fillers.
 Play #Bingo.
Evaluation
Plenary/
consolidation
Write a few
calculations on
the board and
say together.
Ask the class to
share a few that
they made up
themselves.
KAL
You don’t
say the
‘ent’ on the
end of
égalent. As
a general
rule the
ends of
French
words are
often silent
if they are
s,e, or t.
New
Language
Passive
Combien?
Active
Zéro, un,
deux, trois,
quatre,
cinq, six,
sept, huit,
neuf, dix,
onze,
douze
Plus/et
égalent
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
www.linguafun.eu Click on Nombres 1-12
Activity 4 – match sound and number, 5 - Sudoku
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/mfl/mfl_french.htm for a variety of flash and powerpoint activites.
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Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 1
Lesson five
Resources/preparation:
Dice, cuddly toy, finger puppets; Early Start DVD1, Singing French CD
ICT – Pilote Moi CD ROM ‘Comment t’appelles-tu?’
Framework
Learning
Introduction/
Plenary/
Activities
refs
Objective
Warm up
consolidation
*Chant ‘Comment tu t’appelles?’ a few Throw a cuddly
O3.1 identify To understand * Using dice, throw
times using body percussion to
rhyming
and be able to
two numbers, add
toy around the
internalise
the
rhythm
of
the
phrase.
words, sing ask the
together. Aim to
room. When a
* Display it on the board. Ask the
finger
question
make as many
child catches
class
to
ask
the
question
all
together..
rhymes
Comment tu
addition calculations
the toy
Walk around the class replying to a
O3.2 listen, t’appelles?
as possible in two
everyone asks
few confident pupils “Je m’appelle
speak clearly To understand minutes.
madame/monsieur x. Et toi?” Model a Comment tu
O3.3 recall and be able to
* Watch video clip
response for them either Je m’ appelle t’appelles? The
vocabulary, say Je
.. or just their name. When most of the child holding the
ask and
m’appelle …
toy replies Je
pupils have introduced themselves in
answer
et toi?
m’appelle … or
this way to you, do it again, this time
they turn to their neighbour and say,
questions
with just their
“Je m’appelle…Et toi?” Then give
O3.4 repeat
own name
each
child
a
finger
puppet
and
get
words,
depending on
them to repeat the exercise using a
remember a
how confident
variety of names (French ones from
sequence of
they are,
board or nonsense names if they
words
everyone says
prefer).
*learn and sing 2 petits oiseaux or join back Bonjour
……
in with track 3 Singing French CD.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Answer register using je m’ appelle …
 Play #WILDFIRE.
 Play #WILDFIRE extension.
Evaluation
KAL
The
question
can be
phrased
in several
ways.
New
Language
Passive
Classroom
instructions
Active
Comment tu
is a
t’appelles?
‘question’ Tu t’appelles
word and comment?
can be
Comment
used
t’appelles tu?
before ‘ça Je m’appelle
va?’ as
et toi
well.
Comment
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
www.linguafun.eu Click on Bonjour ça va >
presentation 1
Activity 3 - listen to sound file and match names to
introductions
Activity 2 – sort conversation into the correct order
Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 1
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Lesson six
Resources/preparation:
Framework
refs
O3.2 listen,
identify
phonemes,
speak clearly
O3.3 recall
vocabulary,
ask and
answer
questions
O3.4 repeat
words,
remember a
sequence of
words
Early Start DVD 1, digit cards, quoits
ICT – Pilote Moi CD ROM ‘Quel âge as-tu?’
Learning
Introduction/
Activities
Objective
Warm up
To understand Stand up and march *Watch video clip. Reinforce with
and be able to
on the spot. To the
repetition.
ask the
beat of the army
*using sets of digit cards give ach
question Quel
marching tune all
pupil a card. They should go
âge as-tu?
chant comment tu tround asking everyone their age to
To understand appelles? Pupils take find the others with the same card.
and be able to
in in turns to come
Disqualify anyone speaking
say j’ai … ans forward and say je m’ English or showing their card!
for their own
appelle … in the
age.
same tune or just
chant their name a
few times in the
same tune.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Ask Quel âge as-tu? During the register.
 Play #WILDFIRE.
 Play #WILDFIRE extension.
Evaluation
Plenary/
consolidation
*Play #Pass the
quoit
KAL
The
French
don’t have
a direct
translation
for ‘I am …
years old’
They say ‘I
have …
years’
New
Language
Passive
Classroom
instructions
Active
Quel age
as-tu?
J’ai … ans
numbers
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
www.linguafun.eu Click on Nombres 1 -12, listen to
question and answer Quel âge as-tu?