Poem: Matthieu le merveilleux
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can write short sentences using 'être' and adjectives ending in -eux, -euse to say how I, and others, are feeling on different days.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Practising the sound-symbol correspondence [eu] in a poem can anchor the knowledge.
- Adjectives ending in -eux change to -euse in the feminine form.
- ‘Je suis’, ‘tu es’ and ‘elle, il est’ are all parts of the verb ‘être’ (to be, being).
Keywords
Eu - pronounced as in 'jeu'
Adjective - a word that gives information about a noun
Masculine (m) form - form of an adjective that describes a boy, man or masculine noun
Feminine (f) form - form of an adjective that describes a girl, woman or feminine noun
Être - French verb meaning 'to be, being'
Common misconception
Adding an -e to an adjective is the sole way to change an adjective from the masculine to the feminine form.
There are different ways to change a masculine adjective to a feminine adjective; adding an -e to the end being the most common. When an adjective ends in -eux in the masculine form, however, it changes to -euse in the feminine form.
Teacher tip
You may wish to ask pupils to learn the French poem off by heart, in their own time, and to perform it to the class. This will allow for greater consolidation of the SSC [eu] and to practise their oracy skills.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French words below to the correct English translations.
English
pleased
French
tall
short
sad
Q2.What sound is repeated in the following tongue twister? 'Mathieu veut deux jeux bleus; Eugénie veut un jeu rouge.'
Q3.Fill in the gap: 'lundi, mardi, , jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche'.
Q4.Choose the correct meaning of the image pictured.
Q5.Change the following adjective to the feminine form: 'content'.
Q6.Change the following adjective to the masculine form: 'curieuse'.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What sounds are in the following word? 'dangereux'
Q2.Match the adjectives below to their opposites.
triste
petit
malheureux
Q3.Choose the correct meaning of the image pictured.
Q4.How do you say 'it is' in French?
Q5.Fill in the gap based on the emotion pictured: 'Il est .'
Q6.Choose the correct translation of the following sentence: 'It is Thursday today, she is brave.'
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