Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 6
Medway
Lesson one
Resources/preparation: Les Amis de la Ferme big book + tape, IWB files
Framework
refs
O3.3 recall,
retain and
use
vocabulary
O3.4
Remember a
sequence of
spoken
words
Learning
Objective
To revise
and be able
to read
comment tu
t’appelles ?
and je
m’appelle..
To be able to
read animals
L3.1 Identify
names in
and read
simple words ‘Les Amis de
la Ferme’
Introduction/
Warm up
Revise Comment
tu t’appelle? Je
m’appelle …. In
any way you wish.
#Wildfire
#American army
chant
Activities
Read through the book
several times (CT or tape).
Allowing them to join in when
they feel ready.
On subsequent readings stop
to check understanding by
asking questions.
Comment il/elle s’appelle?
(what is his/her name?)
Highlight the animal
vocabulary and names,
repeat them in isolation.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Ask them to answer the register using je m’appelle and one
of the French names,
Evaluation
Plenary/
consolidation
Read through
with text and
pictures
hidden. Ask
pupil to do the
animals
actions/sound
s when they
hear the
animal
vocabulary.
KAL
Ask them
what they
think amis
means.
Think of
words in
other
languages
that are
similar amigos in
Spanish.
Lots of
languages
share
words and
roots.
New
Language
Active
le cheval
la vache
la poule
la souris
l’âne
Passive
Comment
il/elle
s’appelle ?
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
www.linguafun.eu Click on Les animaux > 2ème partie >
presentation 1 (farm animals) and Activities 1 – match sound to
animal, 2 – pairs, 3 – list, 4 – noughts and crosses, 5 – sudoku, 6
– matching activity, 7 – spotlight, 8 – beat the clock, 9 - hangman
IWB files
Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 6
Medway
Lesson two
Resources/preparation:
Framework
refs
O3.3 recall,
retain and
use
vocabulary,
join in with
story telling
O3.4
Remember a
sequence of
spoken
words
Big book Les Amis de la Ferme + tape, text cards, IWB files.
Learning
Objective
To know that
the French
for I is je or j’.
To be able to
read simple
vocabulary
such as
animals and
names.
To be able to
L3.1 Identify put text in
the order that
and read
simple words they hear it.
L3.2 read
aloud a
familiar
sentence
Introduction/
Warm up
Read through
getting them to do
actions for
animals.
Read through
leaving a gap for
the animal words
and ask them to
fill it. Point to the
words as you say
them to begin
with, then stop
pointing to
encourage them
to follow the text
individually.
Activities
Give pupils text cards
and get them to do
#ordering in pairs.
Play #Where am I?
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Ask pupils to answer the register using je suis and an animal
word, with actions if they can be sensible!
Evaluation
Plenary/
consolidation
Play
#Anagram
Jigsaws +
extension.
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
IWB files
New
Language
Ask them to make Active
a j shape with their
hand every time
they hear the soft j
sound.
Discuss
why
‘j’
occurs
mostly
at
the
beginning of the
sentences
because they are
all talking about
themselves ‘j’ = ‘I’
KAL
Medway
Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 6
Lesson three
Resources/preparation:
Les Amis de la Ferme big book + tape, IWB files, English dictionaries,
(+ paper, felt-tips optional)
Framework
Learning
Introduction/
Plenary/
New
Activities
KAL
refs
Objective
Warm up
consolidation
Language
‘Ch’ words
O3.3
*Read through asking pupils to put a
*Play #Guess
Active
To know that Read through
vocabulary, the French
text asking
finger to their lips when they hear a soft what? With text in English
that we say
join in with
write the ‘sh’ pupils to join in. sh sound. Ask them how they think it is cards with
with ‘sh’
story telling
written in French ‘CH’ Do they know
chien, chat,
sound come
L3.1 Identify sound with a
any words in English where this is the
cheval,
from French
‘ch’.
and read
case? Charlotte, chalet, champagne,
hamster
‘Ch’ words
simple words To know that
chic, Chicago. Look in dictionaries. Do
*Or in pairs
in English
L3.2 read
they know any words in French? Chat, make a little
‘h’ in French
that we say
aloud a
Chien.
poster
with
with ‘k’
in silent.
familiar
*Read through again, asking pupils to
either English
sound
To know
sentence
put up their hands when they hear an
and French
usually
some words
come form
L3.2
‘h’ sound - no-one should H is silent
words
Pronounce in English
in French!!
beginning with Greek
‘Ch’ words
that use
accurately
Do they know any words/names in
with ‘ch’ (sh)
in English
the most
English with a silent ‘h’?
blends or
these rules.
that we say
commonly
Hour, honour, honest. Look in
English and
with ‘ch’
used
dictionaries.
French words
sound
characters,
Are there any words they already know beginning with usually
letters and
in French with a silent h? Hamster.
silent ‘h’.
come from
letter strings.
Latin
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
www.linguafun.eu click on Les animaux – play various sound
 Finish posters – Literacy - different fonts, presenting info.
activities and get children to indicate soft sh sound
 Hangman with animal vocabulary
IWB files
Evaluation
Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 6
Medway
Lesson four
Resources/preparation:
Framework
refs
L3.1 Identify
and read
simple words
L3.2 read
aloud a
familiar
sentence
L3.2
Pronounce
accurately
the most
commonly
used
characters,
letters and
letter strings.
Big book Les Amis de la Ferme + tape, text cards, IWB files
Learning
Objective
To think
about rules
of French
pronunciation
that can help
them read
words
correctly e.g
silent e/s/t at
end of
words.
Introduction/
Warm up
Ask the pupils to
read the text
without the CT.
Prompt when
necessary/start
each page.
Activities
Plenary/
consolidation
Using mini whiteboards, go
through the first 2 pages word
by word finding words with silent
letters at the end. Ask them to
write/ copy-write the word if it
has a silent ending to create a
list.
Read the rest of the text
together asking them to add one
extra word to their list. Look at
the list and discuss a possible
rule. e/s/t is silent at the end of
a word.
Display
colours and
numbers and
ask them to
pick out
words that
follow the
pattern.
Silent e/s/t
E.g trois,
quatre, vert,
rouge, jaune,
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

Evaluation
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
IWB files
KAL
The rules
are not
definitive
and act
as a
guide
only.
New
Language
Active
Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 6
Medway
Lesson five
Resources/preparation:
Framework
refs
O3.1
Join in with
story telling
L3.3
To write
simple,
familiar
words using
a model.
To write
some single
words from
memory.
Big book Les Amis de la Ferme + tape, text cards, writing frames, IWB
files
Learning
Objective
Introduction/
Warm up
To be able to
create new
sentences
using known
vocabulary.
To be able to
copy-write
/write
accurately
names and
animal
vocabulary.
Start reading the
text asking them
to join in and get
faster and faster
until they can just
keep up and still
be accurate.
Activities
Give the pupils #writing
frames and #text cards. Ask
them to create their own
version of the story by
changing key information
such as the animals and the
names. They can then read it
to each other, illustrate etc.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

Evaluation
Plenary/
consolidation
Listen to a few
versions. They
can use
puppets/masks
to act out their
stories.
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
IWB files
KAL
New
Language
Passive
Active
Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 6
Medway
Lesson six
Resources/preparation:
Framework
refs
Introduction/
Plenary/
Activities
Warm up
consolidation
Lay the parachute Using vocabulary of your choice play the
Standard cool
O3.4
Revise
out.
Make
a
following
parachute
games
down for P.E
Listen
vocabulary
circle around not #Fruit salad
attentively learnt
holding on.
#Vocab hunt
and
during the
Go through
#Race the chute
understand year.
instructions
instructions To be able Tenez (hold) la
If no parachute is available play the
everyday to follow
parachute,
following, both start with pupils in scatter
classroom instructions en bas (on floor), formation.
au milieu (waist
Traffic lights – rouge (stop), vert (run
language and listen
height) , en haut round) orange (sit down).
and praise carefully.
(shoulder height) Nauffrage – (shipwreck)
words.
champignon! (up à gauche – run to the left
in air).
à droite – run to the right
Call out each
plouf dans l’eau – swimming action
several times
le capitaine arrive - salute
getting them to
trois en bateau – get into groups of 3
hold in the
Fruit salad - can be played sitting in a
appropriate place. circle on chairs without a parachute.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
Evaluation
Learning
Objective
Parachute, hall/open space, flashcards, text cards
KAL
New
Language
Passive
Tenez
En bas
Au milieu
En haut
Champignon!
Active
J’ai gagné
C’est moi!