Un poème familial: read and read aloud
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use prior knowledge and cognates to understand a French poem and apply adjectival agreement patterns.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [é/er/ez] is pronounced as in 'écrire'.
- Some adjectives follow different patterns. 'Naturel' is 'naturelle' in the feminine form and 'heureux' is 'heureuse'.
- There are many cognates in French which can be used to infer meaning of surrounding words and understand context.
- Cognates may look very similar to English but sound quite different so attention must be paid to pronunciation.
Keywords
[é/er/ez] - pronounced as in 'écrire'
Cognate - words with the same meaning and same or similar spelling in English and French
Common misconception
Add -e to all adjectives to make them feminine.
Some adjectives follow different patterns. 'Heureux' changes to 'heureuse' and 'naturel' changes to 'naturelle'.
Teacher tip
Teachers may want to encourage pupils to rehearse, learn, record and/or perform themselves saying the poem in the last lesson cycle, if time permits.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Tick any words containing a silent final consonant.
Q2.Match the infinitives
to sing, singing
to study, studying
to play, playing
to repeat, repeating
to phone, phoning
Q3.Match the parts of the regular 'er' verb. Jouer - to play.
joue
joues
jouons
jouez
jouent
Q4.Translate 'I play football'.
Q5.Which of these words means 'to make/do'?
Q6.The verb 'faire' is irregular. Can you match the person to the part of the verb?
faisons
faites
font
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.What is a cognate?
Q2.Which of these words are cognates?
Q3.What is the feminine form of the adjective 'heureux'?
Q4.What is the English for 'fin'?
Q5.Put the words in the correct order.
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