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Sept Couleurs Magiques (Mymi Doinet)
Learning outcomes
I can use prior knowledge and cognates to read a French poem and apply adjectival agreement to colours.
I can recognise and pronounce [qu].
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- Year 7
Sept Couleurs Magiques (Mymi Doinet)
Learning outcomes
I can use prior knowledge and cognates to read a French poem and apply adjectival agreement to colours.
I can recognise and pronounce [qu].
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [qu] sounds like 'question'.
- Colours can be used as adjectives and must agree with what they are describing.
- Use prior knowledge and cognates when reading longer French texts.
Keywords
[qu] - pronounced as in question
Cognate - words with the same meaning and same or similar spelling in English and French
Adjective - word that gives information about a noun
Common misconception
Colours are always nouns.
Colours can be used as nouns or adjectives. When used as adjectives, they must agree with the noun they are describing e.g. une chose bleue.
There are several opportunities for reading aloud using the entire poem or just sections of it.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which sound does 'amusant' not contain?
Which sound does 'amusant' not contain?
SFC
[u]
[a]
Q2.Match the French and English articles.
Match the French and English articles.
Q3.Tick the adjectives that could be describing feminine nouns.
Tick the adjectives that could be describing feminine nouns.
faux
intéressant
vrai
Q4.In French, adjectives usually come the noun they are describing.
In French, adjectives usually come the noun they are describing.
Q5.Tick the nouns that apply to women.
Tick the nouns that apply to women.
chanteur
garçon
Q6.Add the missing articles. 'I have a dog and she has the computers.' J'ai __________ chien et elle a __________ ordinateurs.
Add the missing articles. 'I have a dog and she has the computers.' J'ai __________ chien et elle a __________ ordinateurs.
une, les
le, les
la, les
les, les
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French colours with the English.
Match the French colours with the English.
Q2.'Musique', 'quatre' and 'expliquer' all contain the SSC.
'Musique', 'quatre' and 'expliquer' all contain the SSC.
Q3.The sentence 'la vague est bleu.' is grammatically correct. True or false?
The sentence 'la vague est bleu.' is grammatically correct. True or false?
Q4.'Papillon' is the French for ...
'Papillon' is the French for ...
wave
rainbow
volcano
sand
Q5.Put these nouns in the order 'friend, singer, man, woman, teacher'.
Put these nouns in the order 'friend, singer, man, woman, teacher'.
Q6.In the phrase 'vert comme un sorbet', 'comme' means ...
In the phrase 'vert comme un sorbet', 'comme' means ...
