Y4 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 4
Medway
Lesson one
Resources/preparation: Large laminated food flashcards, children’ s small flashcards.
Framework
refs
04.2 listen for
specific words
and phrases
L4.3 read
some familiar
words and
phrases aloud
and
pronounce
them
accurately
Learning
Objective
To learn
vocabulary
for 6 items of
food.
To use
phrases
j’aime and je
n’aime pas
Introduction/
Warm up
Using flipchart sort
picture cards of
anything (e.g.
objects, animals) by
gender to reinforce
Le and La
Activities
Watch unit 10 on Early Start2 DVD
(10 minutes)
Show flashcards. Play games:
-True or false
- Introduce terms aimes-tu? and
j’aime et je n’aime pas
Children have flashcards showing
j’aime and je n’aime pas.
Teacher holds up food flashcard
and says name of item. Children
repeat word and hold up relevant
flashcard.
Together say either j’aime or je
n’aime pas to the item.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Register: Children say a food that they like, e.g. j’aime les chips
Make a French tally chart of likes and dislikes
P.E. Run to relevant items. Multiple copies of the 6 items to avoid safety issues!
Evaluation
Plenary/
consolidation
Kim’s game
(hide one
item). Children
say what’s
missing.
KAL
Note that
there are
‘Les faux
amis’
(false
friends)
Highlight
Les chips
means
crisps but
a sandwich
is the
same
New
Language
Les frites (f)
(Les
pommes
frites)
(Chips)
Les chips (f)
(Crisps)
Les bonbons
(m)
Le Fromage
Le jambon
Un sandwich
Le chocolat
ICT Links
www.linguafun.eu Click on Au café > 1ère partie >
presentation 1
and activities to learn and revise food and drink
Early start2 DVD
Qu’est-ce que tu aimes ppt CD
Y4 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 4
Medway
Lesson two
Resources/preparation:
Large laminated Drink flashcards, children’ s small flashcards, large puppet
Framework
refs
Learning
Objective
04.2 listen for
specific words
and phrases
To learn
vocabulary
for 6 items of
drink.
04.4 ask and
answer
questions on
several topics
To use
phrases
j’aime and je
n’aime pas
Introduction/
Warm up
Bingo games for
foods learnt last
week. On
whiteboards draw
four of items learnt.
Activities
Show flashcards. Play games:
-True or false
Children stand in two lines of
teams. Play fly swat game on
board with flashcards, taking turns
KAL
Note that
use ‘the’
(Le/La) as
j’aime so ‘I
like the tea’
not ‘I like tea’
New
Language
La
limonade
Le coca
Le jus
d’orange
Play Chinese whispers in four
teams, e.g. j’aime le café
Le thé
Quick revision of counting up in 5s
Le café
Price items of food and drink learnt
in euros. Ask Le café c’est
combien?
L’eau
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Register: Children say a drink that they like, e.g. j’aime le coca
Use giant puppet to say j’aime le cafe, et toi? Children join in too if they also like it item.
Hide items that children find difficult to pronounce. One item leaves room and when they
come back rest of class chant name louder and quieter according to how near the person
is to the hidden object.
Maths/ICT: food survey, record results on a spreadsheet and display as a graph.
Evaluation
Plenary/
consolidati
on
Early Start2
CD track 9
‘Qu’est-ce
que tu
aimes ?
ICT Links
www.linguafun.eu Click on Au café > 2ème
partie > presentation 2 and activities to
learn and revise drinks
Y4 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 4
Medway
Lesson three
Resources/preparation:
mini-flashcards of drinks pictures and text pairs, Early Start2 DVD section
10, mini-flashcards of food pictures and text pairs
Framework
refs
Learning
Objective
IU4.2 know
about some
aspects of
everyday life
and compare
them to their
own
To
consolidate
learning of
food and
drink
vocabulary
L4.4 write
simple words
and phrases
using a model
and some
words from
memory
Introduction/
Warm up
In pairs play snap
games using mini
flashcards for drinks
Activities
Watch 2nd part of DVD unit
(breakfast at Arnaud’s house)
On board match up flashcard
pictures of food and drink to names
In small groups, children make a
menu using all food and drink
vocabulary learnt so far. Stick mini
pictures and/or copy write word
from board and then price items in
a multiple of 5.
Teacher asks children to hold
menus up. Ask prices of
items.(Keep to add new items next
Lesson)
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Register: Children reply with any name of food and drink they like
On flipchart or smart board separate food and drink into healthy and unhealthy choices
using smiley and sad face
P.E. warm up fruit stall (sit in a circle and give each child a food/drink name. Say name(s)
and children run around circle
Evaluation
Plenary/
consolidation
007games with
flashcards of
both food and
drink
KAL
See pages
104 &105
in Early
Start2
folder
New
Language
Le petit
dejeuner
and other
breakfast
food
vocabulary
Instigate
how many
feminine
and
masculine
words
children
have learnt
ICT Links
www.linguafun.eu Click en Au café for food
and drink activities
Y4 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 4
Medway
Lesson four
Resources/preparation:
Framework
refs
Introduction/
Plenary/
New
Activities
KAL
Warm up
consolidation
Language
04.3 listen for
WALT name 8
Ask qu’est que tuWatch Earlystart 2 video unit
Add new items
Discuss
Active
sounds, rhyme different foods
aimes? Le coca ou la 11.Pause before lunch. Discuss
to menu
markets as le pain,
and rhythm
le poisson,
limonade (as prompt) content .
part of
la viande,
Show new food vocabulary
French
L4.3 read some
les
flashcards. Ask chn to repeat. Clap
culture
familiar words
legumes,
and phrases
out syllables.
les pommes
aloud and
Give 50/50 clues i.e is it x or y?
de terre,
pronounce
Hide 1 flashcard. What’s missing?
les haricots
them accurately
Draw large heart on board and
verts,
heart crossed out. Separate new
IU4.2 know
la salade,
about some
vocab into j’aime (heart) je n’aime
les fruits
aspects of
pas (crossed out).Volunteer to call
everyday life
out name of food. Thumbs
and compare
up/down – tally numbers on board.
them to their
Count in French – ‘Quel a gagne?’
own.
Work in pairs to play picture
snap/pairs games.
On board match up flashcard
pictures of food to names
ICT Links
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL
www.linguafun.eu Click on Les legumes – presentations
ACTIVITIES
introduce vegetables with various activities to help learn
 Describe colours of food
and revise these
 How many can you see? (hold up flashcards)
 hangman
Evaluation
Learning
Objective
Y4 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 4
Medway
Lesson five
Resources/preparation: food flashcards, mini food flashcards, Earlystart 2 video and book
Framework
refs
IU4.2 know
about some
aspects of
everyday life
and compare
them to their
own
04.4 ask and
answer
questions on
several topics
Learning
Objective
Introduction/
Warm up
Roll a dice with
WALT say I
food/drink flashcards
want (Je
veux), please Say J’aime + food or
je n’aime pas + food
S’il te/vous
plait and
what do you
want?
Qu’est-ce
que tu veux?
Activities
Watch 2nd part of video clip –
section 11 (family lunch time).
Highlight new phrases e.g. bon
appetite. Explain that it is not
necessary to understand every
word to ‘get the gist’ of what’s
being said.
Teacher to move around room
asking …e.g. ’tu veux un bonbon?’
Selected child to say ..’Oui, je veux
un bonbon s’il te plait’ (more able
use vous) hand out little pictures or
real sweets.
In pairs, chn practise asking each
other for food and drink from menu
using mini flashcards to hand over.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Play ‘hot and cold’ game with food/drink vocab
 registration – Say J’aime/je n’aime pas ..an item of food/drink
 les bonbons poem ppt

Evaluation
Plenary/
consolidation
Use all food and
drink vocab
learned so far to
ask what colour
it is (e.g. le coca
– c’est quel
couleur?)
KAL
New
Language
Passive
n.b. Je
voudrais is
more polite
i.e. I want/
I would like Active
S’il te plait
is informal.
S’il vous
plait used
e.g for
adults or
strangers
ICT Links
www.linguafun.eu click on Au café > 1ère partie >
presentation 2 which introduces question and answer
with « je voudrais... »
Ppt Les bonbons
Y4 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 4
Medway
Lesson six
Resources/preparation:
Framework
refs
04.1 memorise
and present a
short spoken
text
04.3 listen for
sounds, rhyme
and rhythm
04.4 ask and
answer
questions on
several topics
Learning
Objective
Memorise
and present
a short
spoken text
Introduction/
Warm up
Spot the silent
letters
Show words on
board/OHT
Look for letters
touch their nose
if they hear it
s chips yes
bonbons no
t chocolat
frites
h huit hamster
Activities
Revisit greetings and vocabulary and
phrases learned this term,
Go shopping in pairs using mini flashcards
to hand over and Euros to pay. Take turns
to be shopkeeper.


KAL
Silent
letters
New
Language
Passive
Active
ICT Links
ère
Play taste test, use real examples of foods from france , pupils take turns to www.linguafun.eu click on Au café > 1 partie >
presentation 2 which introduces question and
sample “j’aime…je n’aime pas”
Music play “qu’est-ce que tu aimes? from Audio CD, write own french words answer with « je voudrais... »
about food and likes/dislikes to a well-known tune
Drama – shopping role play
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

Plenary/
consolidation
Play big
sentences
First child says
“J’aime les
pommes
frites. »
Next child
« j’aime les
pommes frites
mais je n’aime
pas le coca
« etc
Keep adding
alternating
J’aime, je
n’aimes pas
Evaluation
Medway
Y4 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 4