KS3 & KS4 French curriculum

In this unit, pupils consolidate their knowledge of the past tense, as they add the imperfect tense of -er verbs and frequent irregular verbs (such as prendre, venir, sortir lire, choisir, and écrire) to their repertoire. The context of the past and present school system in France, and childhood memories of French speaking celebrities supports pupils in consolidating the uses of the imperfect tense for habitual activities vs the perfect tense for one-off completed events. Pupils will continue to consolidate this in extended writing and speaking tasks.

1. School in France - then and now: -er verbs imperfect tense
2. Primary and secondary school: -er verbs imperfect tense, ordinal numbers
3. Childhood: then and now: key - RE and -IR verbs in the imperfect tense
4. Childhood: present and imperfect tenses, 'il y a' meaning 'ago'
5. Montreal - a diverse city: gender neutral pronouns
6. Montreal - habitual and one-off past events: imperfect and perfect
7. Spring holidays: perfect tense with 'être', pronouns 'moi', 'toi', 'qui'
8. Celebrities: perfect and imperfect
9. School experiences: extended writing
10. Interactions about school: extended speaking

• Pupils know how to form the perfect tense with 'avoir' or ‘être’ as the auxiliary verb.
• Pupils know how to form past participles of regular -er verbs, including feminine and plural past participle agreement.
• Pupils can use intonation questions in the present and perfect tenses.
• Pupils know how to negate perfect tense sentences using 'ne...pas' and 'ne…jamais'.
• Pupils can use emphatic pronouns ‘moi’ and ‘toi’ after prepositions.
• Pupils can use the relative pronoun ‘qui’ with subordinate clauses.
• Pupils can use verbs like 'prendre', ‘venir’, ‘sortir’, ‘entendre’, ‘lire’, ‘choisir’ and ‘écrire’ in the present tense.