KS2 French curriculum

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. Christmas in Haiti and France: focus on liaison
3. New Year's traditions: 'vous' meaning formal you
4. New Year's traditions: intonation questions with 'tu' and 'vous'
5. 1st January in Haiti: -er verbs 'ils' and 'elles'
6. Independence day in Haiti: -er verbs 'ils' and 'elles'
7. Presentation about Haiti: est-ce que questions
8. 1st January in Haiti: est-ce que questions
9. La Chandeleur: negation, -er singular verbs
10. La Chandeleur: negation, -er plural verbs
11. Mardi gras: negation, singular verbs
12. At the festival: est-ce que questions

• 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.