Family: extended practice
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use a range of high frequency vocabulary with grammatical accuracy to describe daily life.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Revisiting sound-symbol correspondences regularly supports accurate spelling and pronunciation of new/familiar words.
- To really ‘know’ a word, you need to be able to understand it and use it to listen, read, speak and write.
- Secure knowledge of high frequency verbs is essential for independent communication.
Keywords
Sound-symbol correspondence - relationship between letters and their sounds, also known by the acronym SSC
Vocabulary - body of words used in a particular language; mon vocabulaire (my vocabulary) is the body of words I know in French
High-frequency verb - verb used most frequently in a language and therefore the most useful, e.g. 'être', 'avoir', 'faire', and -er verbs, e.g. 'parler', 'penser', 'regarder'
Common misconception
Once you 'know' some vocabulary, you should move on.
Vocabulary and grammatical concepts need consistently revisiting in order to move it in to your long term memory. Work out what learning techniques work for you but the most important thing is repetition.
Teacher tip
Activity A1 with the French-speaking singers could be exploited further as a cultural homework or additional lesson where students find out more about the bands or singers and/or listen to some French music.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the key verbs.
Q2.Tick any of the sound-symbol correspondences that appear in the sentence, 'Mon ordinateur est rapide mais cher.'
Q3.What's the French for 'sad'?
Q4.Tick any examples of the indefinite article.
Q5.Translate 'il y a' into English.
Q6.Order the translation, I like going shopping and every week I do the food shopping.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Tick any sound-spelling correspondences in the sentence 'Il fait les devoirs dans le jardin.'
Q2.Match each word to a category.
Q3.Choose the correct definition for 'mon vocabulaire'.
Q4.Put the phrases in order in French 'there is, a house, when, okay, difficult, for, a present'.
Q5.Match the subjects with the high frequency verbs.
Q6.What is the verb 'to close' in French?
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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