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Year 5

Celebrations in France and Haiti: plural -ER verbs, est-ce que, negation

6 lessons

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  • Cultural spotlight
  • Listen and respond to songs and rhymes
  • Negation
  • The present

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In this unit, pupils use plural -er verbs, negation and est-ce que questions to ask and answer about important festivals in France and Haiti, including Christmas, New Year, Haitian Independence, 'La Chandeleur' and Mardi Gras. Knowledge of key 'e' sounds is strengthened.

Pupils will already have learnt plural pronouns and 'être'. This unit builds verb knowledge, introducing plural -er verbs and ne...pas negation. Having secured intonation questions, this unit teaches est-ce que questions. Together these new structures expand pupils' communicative repertoire substantially, appropriate to the depth of new cultural content in the unit. Key sound-symbol correspondences are further secured through activities that contrast two similar sounds.

  1. Christmas in Haiti and France: -er verbs 'nous' and 'vous'
  2. New Year's traditions: 'vous' meaning formal you
  3. 1st January in Haiti: -er verbs 'ils' and 'elles'
  4. Presentation about Haiti: est-ce que questions
  5. La Chandeleur: negation, -er singular verbs
  6. Mardi gras: negation, singular verbs

  • Pupils have secure knowledge of the most common sound-symbol correspondences in French.
  • Pupils know plural pronouns 'ils' and 'elles' and the plural forms of the irregular verb 'êt'e
  • Pupils know how to create information questions adding a range of interrogatives (quoi, comment, qui) to intonation questions.
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