Y4 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 5
Medway
Lesson one
Resources/preparation: Early Start video section 12 ‘Les Glaces’, Flashcards of ice cream cones
Framework
refs
O 4.2 listen
for specific
words and
phrases
IU 4.2 know
about some
aspects of
everyday life
and compare
them to their
own
Learning
Objective
Introduction/
Warm up
Learn ice
cream and
four flavours
Revise ‘j’aime’ and
‘je n’aime pas’ using
food, drink
e.g. j’aime le coca
j’aime le chocolat
je n’aime pas le café
use questionsqu’est-ce que c’est?
qu’est-ce que tu
aimes?
Qui veut..?
Watch video section 12, pausing to
discuss and predict what’s
happening.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Register response with one of the flavours
Evaluation
Plenary/
consolidation
Activities
Play ‘Fruit
Salad’
.
KAL
That food is
an
important
part of
French
daily life
Chocolat is
the only
masculine
flavour in
our list
Key sounds
Pistache
Chocolat
Chat
Vanille
Piscine
souris
New
Language
Une glace
vanille
fraise
pistache
chocolat
Sounds in
Early French 2
CD track 24
ICT Links
www.linguafun.eu Click on Au café for activities revising food
and drink
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Lesson two
Y4 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 5
Resources/preparation: Flashcards, mini-flashcards, class set of ice cream cones one per child
Framework
refs
Learning
Objective
To recognise
O 4.1 memorise and repeat
and present a
simple phrases
short spoken
text
O 4..2
Listen for
specific words
and phrases
To ask for a
specific flavour
of ice cream
Introduction/
Warm up
Echoing activity
Intro phrase ‘une
glace à la vanille etc
Activities
Teacher models ‘Quel parfum?
Using flashcards.
Paired work
Using mini flashcards play ‘Ice
Cream Stall’
‘Une glace s’il vous plait
Quel parfum?
Pistache s’il vous plait’
O 4.4 ask and
answer
questions on
several topics
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Could also practise paying for ice creams and using euros
Copy writing
Une boule ou deux?
DT Make ice cream – use French instruction sheet (Early Start p.126)
Evaluation
ICT Links
Plenary/
consolidation
Colour the cone in
favourite flavour
Play ‘Jump to the
flavour’
Class in two
teamsteacher/confident
pupil calls flavour
and pupils should
try to be the first
to jump and repeat
flavour
KAL
New
Language
Une glace à la
fraise/pistache/
vanille/au
chocolat etc
Quel parfum?
une boule
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Lesson three
Y4 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 5
Resources/preparation: Un Pique Nique Big book, tape and ppt, flashcards of picnic items,
mininflashcards of picnic.
Framework
Learning
Introduction/
refs
Objective
Warm up
L4.2 make
Read the story
To
links
/listen
to the tape all
recognise
between
the way through,
picnic items
spoken and
checking the pupils
vocabulary
in
written words
understand what is
written and
being said, Using
verbal form. actions to reinforce
KAL
Recognise
To follow the meaning, but NOT
that texts in story un
translating each
different
word. E.g what does
pique nique
languages
he like? Biscuits!
and
will often
What do you think
understand
have the
that means? Why?
what is
same
Because that’s
conventions happening
what’s in the picture
of style and
etc
layout
Activities
Draw an enormous basket on the
board. Re-read the story getting
pupils to blutac the correct
flashcards onto the basket as they
are said. (or get real items and real
basket and fill it)
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

Evaluation
Plenary/
consolidation
Re-read the
story, in pairs
the pupils
should hold up
mini flashcards
of the
vocabulary
items to show
understanding.
Ensure correct
left right
sequencing for
J’aime (smiley
face) and
object
ICT Links
IWB Fill the basket activity
KAL
Look at the
layout of the
text. It is
the same as
English.
Left to right,
capital
letters etc.
New
Language
Y4 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 5
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Lesson four
Resources/preparation:
Framework
refs
KAL
Recognise
and apply
simple
agreement
singular and
plural
Un pique-nique big book, flash cards, mini flash cards
Learning
Objective
Distinguish
between
plural and
singular
nouns and
articles.
Introduction/
Warm up
Re-read story asking
pupils to join in with
key vocabulary
Activities
Split board in half labelling the
halves singular and plural. Reread story pinning up flashcards
into the correct half and noting
what the words look like des/les
and an s. Remind the pupils
that the s at the end is silent .
In pairs, divide mini flash cards,
role play preparing the picnic.
Voici des biscuits, J’aime les
biscuits! Etc
Extend children by getting them
to discuss what to take.
“Non, je n’aime pas les biscuits.”
Pairs can choose different
things to take on the picnic
using vocabulary they know.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Science/PSHE – healthy eating. Pour le santé (for good health) what
should be in a packed lunch
 Register – answer with what is in your packed lunch, what you had for
dinner J’ai mangé (I ate) des sandwichs
Evaluation
ICT Links
Plenary/
consolidation
Get pairs to say
what they are
taking on their
picnic using
Du, des or d’
Ask
“Pourquoi les
biscuits?” (why
biscuits?)
“J’aime les
biscuits.”
« Pourquois pas
le chocolat? »
Why not
chocolate?
« Je n’aime pas
le chocolat. »
etc
KAL
We pluralise
using an s
because the
French
conquered us
in 1066.
before that
we used the
German way
using n or
double vowel.
Some words
still do this
e.g men,
oxen, feet
New
Language
du
des
Pourquoi?
Y4 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 5
Medway
Lesson five
Resources/preparation: big book Un pique nique
Framework
refs
L4.1 read
and
understand a
range of
familiar
written
phrases
Learning
Objective
To read and
understand a
familiar written
passage.
Write a simple
phrase using a
model.
Introduction/
Warm up
Re-read the text.
Repetition
techniques for
weather vocabulary.
Il fait beau
aujourd’hui?
Ou Il y a des
nuages?
Des gros nuages ?
Plenary/
consolidation
In pairs or groups children
Check that children
sort text into order. Include 1
have used du/des
blank text box – children can
etc correctly in their
choose to change 1 section of changed text.
text with their choice to add to
the picnic which they write in
the blank box. They use
picture clues to help them sort
the text and draw a picture to
show how they have changed
the text.
Provide vocabulary food
choices on the board.
L4.4 write
simple words
and phrases
using a
model and
some words
from memory
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Register – weather Il fait beau/Il y a des nuages/ Il pleut?
 Use dictionaries to find spellings for food to add to picnic
Evaluation
Activities
KAL
des
du
New
Language
Il fait beau
(it is nice)
Les nuages
(clouds)
Les gros nuages
(big clouds)
Il pleut
ICT Links
www.linguafun.eu click on Quel temps fait-il ?
>presentation 1 Introduces simple weather vocabulary
Y4 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 5
Medway
Lesson six
Resources/preparation: weather flash cards
Framework
refs
04.1
memorise
and present
a short
spoken text
L4.3 read
some
familiar
words and
phrases
aloud and
pronounce
them
accurately
Learning
Objective
Introduction/
Warm up
Use
repetition
To use
directions to techniques to
learn new
describe
weather
weather on a phrases
map of
france.
Activities
Revise directions
Au nord, à l’est, à l’ouest, au sud
On IWB match words and weather symbols.
Role play weather presenter in pairs.
Draw symbols on map of France and talk
about the weather.
Plenary/
consolidation
Get children to
come to IWB
and act out
weather
presenter role
changing the
weather
symbols to
match their
maps.
KAL
New
Language
Il fait
mauvais
Il fait froid
Il fait du
vent
Il neige
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES ICT Links

Display weather cards daily, change at register
Evaluation
www.linguafun.eu click on on Quel temps fait-il ?> Activity
1 – listen to the weather in French cities and match to
symbols
IWB La France weather map
Ppt la pluie sur mon cou