Year 3 French Cross-curricular planning. Geography Unit 7 Weather around the world
Geography
objectives
Ideas for activities and resources
to compliment using French
French language content
Languages framework
objectives
Where are hot
and cold places
on a world map?
See Smartboard Y3U7 Hot and Cold
slide 1 to present a few country
names in French.
Sort countries into 2 groups according
to hot / cold using small cards Word
document Y3U7 Sorting Cards.
Discussion in English of reasons and
difficulty of decision See Smartboard
Y3U7 Hot and Cold slide 2 for class
discussion.
Produce a venn diagram based on
discussion See Smartboard Y3U7 Hot
and Cold slide 3.
Look at slide 1 of Smartboard Y3U7
Holiday articles. Can the children
match the French and English?
Discuss strategies.
Present a few typical holiday articles
using Smartboard Y3U7 Holiday
articles remaining slides.
Examine the fact that ‘lunettes de
soleil’ and ‘parapluie’ have weather
words in them.
Compare structure of ‘lunettes de
soleil’ to English and discuss word
order.
Present the weather vocabulary for 4
types of weather in French.
Use Smartboard Y3U7 Weather.
Match the weather to the activity and
Angleterre
France
Espagne
Afrique
Australie
Inde
Islande
L3.1 Recognise some
familiar words in written
form.
L3.3 Experiment with the
writing of different words.
LLS Write new words.
KAL Imitate pronunciation
of sounds.
The effect of
weather on
human activity.
Weather
conditions
around the
world.
Literacy / Numeracy Strategy
objectives
Resources needed
NNS p.91 – Venn diagrams
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Smartboard Y3U7 Hot
and Cold.
Word document Y3U7
Sorting Cards.
chaud = hot froid = cold
en + country
Selection of ‘holiday’ objects
e.g. un short = shorts/ des
lunettes de soleil = sunglasses
/des skis = skis / des bottes =
boots / un parapluie = umbrella.
LLS
Use the context of what
they see/read to
determine some of the
meaning
Compare the language
with English
KAL
Recognise that
languages describe
familiar things differently
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Smartboard Y3U7
Holiday articles.
il pleut = it’s raining / il y a du
soleil = it’s sunny / il neige = it’s
snowing / il fait mauvais = it’s
not nice.
O3.2 Recognise and
respond to sound
patterns and words.
KAL Imitate pronunciation
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Smartboard Y3U7
Weather
then both above to the country that
best fits. Smartboard Y3U7 Weather.
Slides 5 and 6.
Weather
conditions
around the
world.
Weather
conditions
around the
world.
Children create a short ‘weather
report’ which can be videoed. They
choose a country from lesson 1 and
say the name of the country and what
te weather is like. They can even
dress up appropriately!
On a regular basis, consult the BBC
website www.bbc.co.uk/weather and
check on the weather in a chosen
French-speaking area of the world
and compare with home.
of sounds.
LLS Use the context of
they see/ read to
determine some of the
meaning.
Look at the face of the
person speaking and
listen attentively.
O3.2 Speak clearly and
confidently.
O3.3 Perform tasks using
short sentences.
LLS Use actions to aid
memorisation.
NLS Y3 Term 3 21
Use ICT to bring to a published
form (filming).
ICT 1a, 5b
www.bbc.co.uk/weather