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Me and you: être 1st and 2nd persons singular

Describe a person or thing: regular gender adjective agreement

Describe a person or thing: être 1st and 3rd persons singular

Ask about someone: yes/no intonation questions

In this unit  pupils use the singular forms of 'être' in order to meet and greet friends and to ask and answer questions. Regular high frequency adjectives in masculine and feminine forms are used to describe friends. The Silent Final Consonant is introduced along with the SSCs a, i and eu.

Greeting: singular  'être' and regular adjectives

What is that? C'est and singular indefinite articles

What someone has: avoir 1st and 3rd persons singular

Ask what someone has: 'avoir' 2nd person singular

Belongings: adjective position after nouns and the alphabet

In this unit, pupils are introduced to the singular forms of 'avoir' as they describe possessions. Indefinite articles and grammatical genders are introduced, along with adjectives positioned after the noun. Pupils learn t-liaison and the sound-symbol correspondences e, au,eau, u and ou.

Belongings: singular 'avoir', nouns and indefinite articles

Read about friends: feminisation of person nouns

Write about a friend:  'il' and 'elle' meaning 'it'

The person or a person? Singular definite articles 'le' and 'la'

More than one: plural nouns and plural definite article 'les'

Pupils use the singular forms of 'être' and 'avoir, adjectives and indefinite articles to describe a friend. They learn definite articles, plural 's' on nouns, and the feminisation of job titles to extend their descriptions. Silent  final 'e' and  é, (-er and -ez) and s-liaison are introduced.

People: singular 'avoir' and 'être' and definite articles

What someone does: intonation questions with 'quoi'

What someone does: 'faire' singular persons

In this unit, pupils use the highly irregular high frequency verb 'faire' in singular persons. They use 'faire' followed by le, la, les and learn the English equivalents 'do' and 'make'. Pupils ask and answer questions using the question word 'quoi'.  The SSCs  ain/in and è/ê are introduced.

Activities: singular 'faire'

Sept Couleurs Magiques (Mymi Doinet)

Write a poem: using 'comme' in French similes

In this unit, pupils expand their vocabulary with an extended reading text by a French poet. They consolidate their knowledge of vocabulary agreement, revisit sound symbol correspondences, add new ones (qu, j and soft g)  and apply their knowledge in creating their own versions of the poem.

Poem: Sept Couleurs Magiques

What people do: 'faire', meaning 'go'

What people do: 'en', meaning 'in' and 'by'

What people do: regular singular -er verbs

What people like doing: 2-verb phrases with 'aimer'

Actions: singular -er verbs in simple present and present continuous

Actions towards others: Malala, singular -er verbs with preposition 'à'

In this unit, pupils revisit the verb faire, with meanings other than 'do' or 'make'. Pupils use singular forms of -er verbs with new high frequency vocabulary to talk about activities. They use two-verb structures with 'aimer' and practise the sound spelling links ch, ç, ai, oi, -tion and -ien.

Activities: singular verbs in the present tense

What you do with others: -er verbs 1st persons singular and plural

What you do with others: -er verbs and favourite things

Understand what others do: -er verbs 3rd persons singular and plural

Talk about what others do: -er verbs 3rd persons singular and plural

Talk to others: -er verbs 2nd persons singular and plural

Ask others: -er verbs 2nd persons singular and plural

In this unit, pupils apply and extend their verb knowledge to include the plural forms of '-er' verbs.With new high frequency vocabulary they talk, ask and answer questions about a broader range of activities in and out of school and in holiday activities. They revisit sound spelling links, a and i.

Activities: plural verbs in the present tense

Numbers 1-12: 'il y a'

Family activities: plural indefinite article 'des'

Describe people: 'être' 1st and 2nd persons plural and regular plural adjectives

Describe people: 'être' 3rd person plural and regular plural adjectives

What people have: 'avoir' 1st and 2nd persons plural

What people have: 'avoir' 3rd persons singular and plural

Pupils extend their knowledge of 'être'and 'avoir' to include plural forms. 'il y a' is introduced with numbers and nouns. Pupils consolidate regular plural 's' on nouns and adjectives, adjective agreement and indefinite articles, including the plural 'des'. Sound spelling links are revisited.

Family life: numbers, plural nouns, plural 'avoir' & 'être'

What people do: 'faire' 1st and 2nd persons plural

What people do: 'faire' 3rd persons singular and plural

Belongings: possessive adjectives 'mon', 'ma', 'mes' and 'ton', 'ta', 'tes'

Family: extended practice

In this unit, pupils expand their core verb lexicon with plural forms of 'faire'. With existing and new high frequency vocabulary, they apply this to say what people do in everyday situations. They learn some possessive adjectives and revisit intonation questions. Several SSC are revisited.

Everyday situations: plural 'faire'

Places in town: 'aller' 1st and 3rd persons singular, 'au' and 'à la'

Ask where: 'vas', intonation questions with 'où', 'comment', 'quand'

Where people go: 'à l'' and 'aux'

Ask about destinations: using reference materials

Un poème familial: read and read aloud

In this unit, pupils learn the highly frequent verb 'aller' in all forms. Talking of going to places, they learn the forms of 'à' meaning 'to'. Practice of intonation questions is expanded with the question words 'où', 'comment' and 'quand'.  Silent final e and é (-er, -ez) are revisited.

Places to go: singular 'aller'

Where we go: 'aller' 1st person plural

Where they go: 'aller' plural persons, prepositions 'à', 'en', 'chez'

People's lives: prepositions 'à', 'en', 'chez', 'de'

Famous people: -er verbs in the present tense

In this unit, pupils add the plural forms of 'aller' to their verb lexicon. They apply this when using à, 'en'  and 'chez' for to' in different contexts. Pupils reactivate '-er verbs and mostly known vocabulary in extended reading and writing tasks about famous French people.  [en,an] is revisited.

Places and people: plural 'aller' and -ER present tense verbs

Conversations: verbs like 'prendre' and 'dire'

Inversion questions

Questions about others: verbs 'sortir', 'venir' and two-verb inversion questions

Questions about others: inversion questions (il/elle)

Information questions: inversion questions with question words

Different types of questions

In this unit, pupils use singular forms of common irregular -re and -ir verbs whilst forming inversion questions with 'tu' and il,elle'. They also practise inversion questions with two-verb structures and with five different question words.  SSCs ain,in and ai are revisited.

School life: inversion questions and singular common  -RE & -IR verbs

What isn't happening: 'ne … pas' negation

What people do and don't do: 'ne … pas' negation

What isn't there: negation before a noun with 'il y a'

What isn't done: negation before a noun with 'avoir', 'être', 'faire'

In this unit, pupils are introduced to the verb 'dormir' in singular persons.They use negation 'ne...pas' with single verb structures and 'ne...pas de' before nouns, as they use high frequency vocabulary for activities they don't do or say what isn't in a place. SSCs [ai] and [ch] are revisited.

Everyday life: negation with ne … pas in the present tense

Describe places: common irregular and pre-nominal adjectives

Describe people and places: using correct adjectival position

Trip preparations

Paris

In this unit, pupils learn and practise the position of certain common adjectives before the noun. They practise irregular feminine forms of some high frequency adjectives.  Pupils also revisit ç and soft c and a range of other SSCs as they revisit high frequency vocabulary in describing places.

Paris and Nice: adjective placement

Future intentions: 'aller' + infinitive

What people are not going to do: negation with two-verb structures

Make plans: 'aller' 1st and 2nd persons plural + infinitive

Ask about plans: inversion questions with question words

In this unit, pupils use 'aller' plus infinitive to express future intentions for weekend and holiday plans. Knowledge of negation is extended to include two-verb structures and inversion questions are practised in two-verb structures. The SSCS qu and j are revisited.

My plans: aller + infinitive

Want and must: 'vouloir' and 'devoir' 1st and 3rd persons singular

What others want or have to do: 'vouloir' and 'devoir' singular

What you can and can't do: 'pouvoir' and 'savoir' singular persons

What you can and can't do: negation with modal verbs + infinitive

Une personne sans tête : responding to a poem

In this unit, pupils extend their knowledge of two-verb structures as modal verbs with dependent infinitives are introduced.  'Devoir' 'vouloir' and 'pouvoir' in singular persons are taught so pupils can express what they want to, have to and can do on holidays. SSCs -ien and -tion are revisited.

Summer activities: modal verbs in two-verb structures

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