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School: Instructions in class
Learning outcomes
I can greet different people, understand simple class instructions and ask/answer ‘How are you?’.
I can recognise and pronounce words with silent final letters.
Lesson 1 of 3
New
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- Year 6
School: Instructions in class
Learning outcomes
I can greet different people, understand simple class instructions and ask/answer ‘How are you?’.
I can recognise and pronounce words with silent final letters.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The final letter of a word is often silent in French due to SFCs (silent final consonants) and SFes (silent final 'e's).
- To greet a teacher we use 'bonjour' and to greet a classmate we use 'salut'.
- Learning classroom instructions as a rhyme helps us to remember when to give the teacher our full attention.
- The verb 'être' means 'to be' or 'being'. Use the verb être with adjectives to describe people: il est heureux.
- An adjective must agree with the gender of the noun it describes; this is called adjective agreement: elle est heureuse.
Keywords
SFC - silent final consonant: silent letter (d, s, t, x) at the end of a word
SFe - silent final ‘e’ at the end of a word
Être - French verb meaning ‘to be, being’
Common misconception
To say 'and you' I use 'et tu ?'
To say 'and you' we use the emphatic pronoun 'toi'; 'et toi ?'.
There are rhymes and songs in this lesson, so you might want to warm up the students' singing voices first. Perhaps singing the French oral and nasal vowel sounds.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French words to the correct English meaning.
Match the French words to the correct English meaning.
Q2.Which of these is the correct form of ‘être’ (to be) for 'I am'?
Which of these is the correct form of ‘être’ (to be) for 'I am'?
tu es
il est
nous sommes
Q3.Put these numbers in the correct order from smallest to largest.
Put these numbers in the correct order from smallest to largest.
Q4.Translate into English: 'Il y a cinq chiens'
Translate into English: 'Il y a cinq chiens'
Q5.Which if these translates correctly 'I am not ready'?
Which if these translates correctly 'I am not ready'?
Je suis ne pas prêt.
Je ne pas suis prêt.
Ne je suis pas prêt.
Q6.Match the meaning of these adjectives.
Match the meaning of these adjectives.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.How would you greet your teacher in the morning in French?
How would you greet your teacher in the morning in French?
Salut
Ça va ?
et toi?
Q2.Match the French word to its English meaning.
Match the French word to its English meaning.
Q3.Which letter is silent when we say the word 'courageux'?
Which letter is silent when we say the word 'courageux'?
Q4.Which sentence uses the verb 'être' correctly?
Which sentence uses the verb 'être' correctly?
il a triste
il va heureux
il suis triste
Q5.What is the feminine form of the adjective 'courageux'?
What is the feminine form of the adjective 'courageux'?
