Year 3 / 4
French – World Cup New Curriculum Unit
Objective Lesson 6: jouons à un jeu! Children use knowledge of
lessons 1 to 5 to create their own games and play them. They
extend themselves by writing instructions for the games in French
Success criteria Most pupils will show knowledge of topic specific vocabulary learnt in
lessons 1 to 5. Many pupils will remember the core structures used so far, some with
support. Some pupils will extend themselves in writing.
Vocabulary: all vocabulary from lessons 1 to 5, plus any extended vocabulary needed (dictionary)
New Curriculum
objectives
Activities
Resources / Differentiation
Activities will be done in ‘country’ groups. The teacher acts as
a supervisor, helper but also has time to assess the work of
each group and the contribution of individuals.
The task of creating a game will assess understanding of new
knowledge, how pupils are able to re-use material
independently for the activity as well as the ability to extend
themselves in the rule writing.
Groups could be working in parallel on creating both games
(beetle and dominoes/pairs)
write phrases from memory
and adapt these to create
new sentences
understand basic grammar:
instructional language
1. Le footballeur qui rit!
Based on French traditional game called Le Cochon qui rit
(Beetle game).
Rules: A footballer has to be dressed with the correct items
according to the throw of a dice.
1. Prenez le maillot
2. Prenez le short
3. Prenez une chaussette
4. Prenez une chaussure
5. Prenez un protège-tibia
6. Prenez la casquette!
Rules: you can’t put on a sock unless you have the shin pad
on!
You can’t put on a shoe unless you have the shin pad and the
sock on.
What the pupils will do:
 draw the footballer (or use a readymade template)
 decide in their group on the six items of clothing,
Paper, colouring pencils, laminator and laminator pouches, dice
Instructional vocabulary as a glossary
List of terms learnt so far for support (differentiation)
Use of glossary or dictionary for writing instructions
Worksheet: instructions writing support
broaden their vocabulary
and develop their ability to
understand new words
introduces into familiar
written material.
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remember their names in French, then draw them and
cut out (or cut out from a second copy of the
readymade footballer). Choose one colour to colour all
the items.
this process needs to be repeated 3 times, with 3 other
colours, so 4 children can play together.
write the rules of the game in French, with a sheet of
support with some main instructions, with gapfill for
subject specific vocabulary. They write their rules in
draft then in neat.
Now the children can test their game by playing it.
Each game and pieces can be laminated and stored in
a plastic pocket.
Variant : un stade on which you put: équipe 1, équipe 2,
l’arbitre, un ballon, un trophée (une coupe), les buts. [use 4
different colours here again so four children can play]
describe people and things
in writing
understand basic grammar genders
2. Les dominos
As a class, discuss what the topics could be.
 Brainstorm the pupils about possible language on
dominoes
 Guide the children towards various possible
combinations for the dominoes.
 Dominoes can be picture/word, or French word/English
word, or French sentence/English sentence.
Blank domino templates
Websites for making dominoes on line.
http://www.toolsforeducators.com/dominoes/
http://www.helpingwithmath.com/printables/others/kcc4Dominoes02.htm
Using dictionaries
This activity offers great scope for differentiation through the
type of dominoes devised. (word or sentence level)
You might want to group the pupils by ability group, asking
more able pupils to work on sentences, with no pictures. Use
two colours of font or pen to differentiate English and French.
Part 1: each group, having chosen its type of dominoes,
discusses content. Use of dictionary
Working on computer or on paper. Each group is given blank
domino template and a dictionary to extend their knowledge.
Each group is taught how to edit their work.
Part 2: pupils create their dominoes. Sheets are laminated,
Vocabulary support sheet (from one lesson or all lessons)
dominoes are cut. Make sure picture and equivalent word do
not appear on the same domino!
Part 3: pupils play! Groups exchange games and have a go at
a different one!
understand basic grammar:
respecting the rules of
agreement
Possible combinations for dominoes
A – Pictures of flags/name of country (with article)
B – Picture of flag/description of flag (sentence)
C - Pictures of clothes/words for clothing
D – Pictures of clothes/sentences with il porte
E – Pictures of strips with colours/sentences describing strip [il
F – Pictures of vocab from lesson 1/nouns with articles
G – Pictures of vocab lesson 1/sentences starting with c’est
Dominos can be easily transformed into pieces for a
pairs/pelmanism game by being cut in half.