Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 2
Medway
Lesson one
Resources/preparation:
Framework
refs
O3.2 listen,
identify
phonemes,
speak clearly
O3.4 repeat
Flashcards (colours), small colour cards, coloured pencils, tape - OK Chantez
ICT – Pilote Moi CD ROM ‘les couleurs’
Learning
Introduction/
Plenary/
Activities
Objective
Warm up
consolidation
To understand Greet class with
Present using flashcards and
In pairs give
and say 6
Bonjour, Ca va? and various repetition techniques.
each child a set
colours
elicit a few
Listen to bleu blanc, rouge on OK
of coloured
responses.
Chantez. Give each child a piece
pencils or
To use c’est in Play a favourite
of coloured card. When it is their
multilink cubes.
response to the game from last term
colour they need to jump up and
Call out colours
question c’est
using as much of the hold their card up.
and ask them to
de quelle
vocab as possible
Use colours on smaller cards
hold up the right
couleur?.
(squares and rectangles to
one. Call out up
represent short and long notes) to
to 3 at a time or
compose a short song to the tune
ask the to put
of Frere Jaques ask pupils to take
them in order.
turns to compose and conduct.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Repeat for register daily (have colours on display in a specific order).
 Play #Devinez?
 Use when asking pupils to get out exercise books and for any other
colour related activity – painting etc.
Evaluation
KAL
New
Language
Passive
C’est de
quelle
couleur?
Active
C’est …
rouge
vert
bleu
blanc
noir
jaune
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
www.linguafun.eu click on les couleurs, Presentation 1
both parties for sound files, Activity 1 - match sounds to
colours, 2 – pairs, 3 – remember list of colours in order,
5 - sudoku, 6 - beat the clock
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/mfl/mfl_french.htm for a variety of flash and powerpoint activites.
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Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 2
Lesson two
Resources/preparation:
Early Start DVD 1, flashcards (days), flashcards (colours), Singing French CD
ICT – Pilote Moi CD ROM ‘les jours’
Framework
Learning
Introduction/
Plenary/
Activities
refs
Objective
Warm up
consolidation
O3.1 sing
Ask children to
To understand Revise colours using Watch DVD. Echo the days as they
songs
are said on screen. Pupils say the
discuss what
and say the
flashcards. Use
O3.2 listen,
days
in
sequence.
Write
the
initial
actions are
days of the
#graded questions to
identify
letters
of
the
days
to
help
them
associated with
week.
vary the responses.
phonemes,
remember.
various days of
To use c’est … Play repetition
speak clearly
Sing the sequence of days of the
the week.
in response to
games such as Find week to the tune of “Frère Jacques”.
O3.4 repeat,
Eg. book on
the question
the trickster,
remember
Mouth the days silently and ask them
Monday (start of
c’est quel
Hot/Cold and Slap.
sequence
to decide which day you are saying.
school), Tossing
L3.1 identify & jour?
Flashcards: as a group, pupils put the pancakes on
read simple
words
L3.2
pronounce
accurately
common
letters
days into the correct order.
Place the flashcards in the correct
order, face up. Then turn one card
face down and recite the days
including the one, which is hidden.
Gradually increase the number of face
down cards.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Ask what day is it everyday.
 List the days of the week beside the blackboard and encourage
pupils to use them when they date their work if they want to.
If they do this, be prepared to correct it.
Evaluation
Tuesday etc.
Take turns to
mime actions and
ask everyone to
guess which day.
Join in with track
11 of Singing
French
KAL
Recognise
sounds in
written form
*‘i’ - all end
in ‘i’ apart
from
Sunday
*Days do
not have
capital
letters in
French
New
Language
Passive
C’est quel
jour ?
Active
lundi
mardi
mercredi
jeudi
vendredi
samedi
dimanche
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
www.linguafun.eu Click on Les jours de la semaine, Presentation 1,
Activity 1 – pairs, 2 – match sounds to words, 3 – noughts and
crosses, 4 – match sounds to words, 6 –spotlight, 7 – beat the clock,
8- hangman
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/mfl/mfl_french.htm -for a variety
of flash and powerpoint activites.
http://www.leclubfrancais.co.uk/babelzone/babelzoneland.htm
Click on French > teacher tools > les jours de la semaine (in Je
me présente)
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Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 2
Lesson three
Resources/preparation:
Early Start DVD 1, flashcards (numbers), mini whiteboards, Singing French CD
ICT – Pilote Moi CD ROM ’11 - 20’
Framework
Learning
Introduction/
Plenary/
New
Activities
KAL
refs
Objective
Warm up
consolidation
Language
O3.2 listen, To understand Play #Fruit Salad
*Watch video clip
Count up to 20
Passive
identify
and say
with Days of week
*Repeat treize, quatorze, quinze,
inserting
phonemes, numbers 12 to terms.
seize several times separately.
Bonjour for the
speak clearly 20.
*Class decide on appropriate
even numbers,
O3.4 repeat
action to prompt -trays, cat/oars,
then repeat
Active
cans, says.
inserting Salut
treize
*Teacher says number, children
for the odd
quatorze
respond with the mime and vice
numbers. Lots
quinze
versa.
of support
seize
*Teacher says a number, children
needed +
dix-sept
write it on the whiteboards.
numbers/prompt
dix-huit
Write 2 numbers, children say
cards on
dix-neuf
missing numbers.
display. Or join
vingt
in with track 13
Singing French
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
www.linguafun.eu click on Les nombres 13-21, Presentation 1,
 P.E. warm up, getting into groups of (French) numbers.
Activity 1 – match sounds to numbers, 2 – maths activity, 3 –
 Answer register as a number.
pairs, 4 – list, 5 – noughts and crosses, 6 – sudoku, , 8
 Numeracy – calculations using numbers 12-20.
spotlight
 Numeracy warm up #Play your cards right.
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/mfl/mfl_french.htm -for a
 The songs and #Noughts and Crosses are good time fillers.
variety of flash and powerpoint activites.
 Play #Bingo.
Evaluation
Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 2
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Lesson four
Resources/preparation:
Framework
refs
O3.2 listen,
speak
clearly
O3.4 repeat
Flashcards (numbers), scrap paper/mini whiteboards, Singing French CD
ICT – Pilote Moi CD ROM ’11 – 20’ & ’20 – 39’
Learning
Introduction/
Plenary/
Activities
Objective
Warm up
consolidation
To reinforce
* Sing track 13
Count through 20 – 30 in front of
Put all the
numbers 12 to
Singing French
the class and ask what they notice flashcards up on
20
* Play #Elevens but
(same formation as English 20 1
display as a
To understand
start at 11 and count 20 2 etc)
visual prompt.
and say
to 20 instead of 1 Split the class in half and count 20 Play #Bingo
numbers 20 to
10
– 30 with one half saying ‘vingt’
choosing
30.
and the other saying the unit and
numbers at
To say J’ai fini
all saying ‘trente’ together. Repeat random.
to indicate they
and switch sides.
have finished.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
 P.E. warm up, getting into groups of (French) numbers.
 Answer register as a number.
 Numeracy – simple calculations using numbers 0-12.
 Numeracy warm up #Play your cards right.
 The songs and #Noughts and Crosses are good time fillers.
Evaluation
KAL
New
Language
Passive
Active
vingt-un
vingt deux
vingt trois
vingt quatre
vingt cinq
vingt six
vingt sept
vingt huit
vingt neuf
trente
J’ai fini!!
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
www.linguafun.eu click on les nombres 22-31
Presentation 1, Activity list as lesson 3.
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/mfl/mfl_french.htm -for
a variety of flash and powerpoint activites.
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Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 2
Lesson five
Resources/preparation: Early Start DVD 1, Singing French CD
ICT – Pilote Moi CD ROM ‘les mois’ & ‘la date’
Framework
Learning
Introduction/
Activities
refs
Objective
Warm up
O3.1 sing
To understand *Revise numbers
*Watch video Clip and discuss
songs
and say the
using any of the
activities traditions observed.
O3.2 listen, months of the
previous activities /
* list months on board and read
identify
year.
songs
through several times. Begin
phonemes, To understand
removing months until eventually
speak clearly the question
only janvier is left.
O3.3 recall Quelle est la
*Divide into 2 teams. Call out
vocabulary date de ton
months alternating between
ask and
anniversaire?
sides, then swap.
answer
questions
O3.4 repeat
IU 3.3 know
some facts
about one
country
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Ask Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire? For the register.
 Play #WILDFIRE.
 Play #WILDFIRE extension.
Evaluation
Plenary/
consolidation
*Listen to track
23 Singing
French ‘and
stand up when
it’s their
birthday.
KAL
No capital
letters for
months.
They are
similar to
English
because
we get the
names
from Latin
(July and
August
from the
Roman
Emperors
Julius and
Augustus).
New
Language
Passive
Quelle est la
date de ton
anniversaire?
Active
janvier
février
mars
avril
mai
juin
juillet
aôut
septembre
octobre
novembre
décembre
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
www.linguafun.eu click on Les mois et la date > 1ère partie> Presentation 1
Activity 1 – pairs, 2 – list, 3 – noughts and crosses, 4 – put months in
order, 6 – spotlight, 8 – beat the clock, 9 - hangman
http://www.leclubfrancais.co.uk/babelzone/upload7/French07/Fmonthgam
eUntimed.htm
sound files of seasons + reading game – putting months in order
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Y3 French 30 minute Lesson Plans – Term 2
Lesson six
Resources/preparation:
Early Start DVD 1, flashcards (days),
ICT – Pilote Moi CD ROM ‘la date’ & ‘la date continue’
Framework
Learning
Introduction/
Activities
refs
Objective
Warm up
L3.1
To learn how to *Revise days of
*Watch Video clip
understand read and write
week using
*Display the days and months
words
the date.
flashcards
for reference.
displayed,
To revise
*Play repetition
*Write today’s date together.
identify and Quelle est la
games such as Find *Ask them to write the date of
read simple date de ton
the trickster,
their birthday clearly on scrap
words
anniversaire? Hot/Cold and Slap.
paper. Put all the scraps into a
L3.2 read
To understand *Display months in a bag and get individuals to draw
aloud
the question
list and read through. on out and read it aloud. The
L3.3 write
‘Quelle est la
person who wrote it should
simple words date aujourd’
claim it with ‘oui’ or ‘oui c’est
using a
hui?
moi’ if they wish.
model
To use oui in
context
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Write the date together in the morning
 Write the date into their books next to/under the English date
Evaluation
Plenary/
consolidation
*When they all
have their
scraps of paper
they should get
themselves into
order in silence
by reading each
others’ slips.
KAL
New
Language
Passive
Quelle est la
date aujourd’
hui?
Active
oui
ON-LINE ACTIVITIES
www.linguafun.eu Click on les mois et la date > 2ème
partie > Presentation 2. Activity 5 – dates
http://www.prescot-school.knowsley.sch.uk/prescotlanguage/mfl-site/primarySchool/FrenchPrimary.htm
Click on birthdays for a reading exercise