Communication and the world around us: mon nouveau pays
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Why this why now
Having previously met both the perfect tense and direct and indirect object pronouns, pupils will now combine these skills in this unit.They will meet texts focusing on contemporary contexts such as immigration and environmental issues and will respond by completing extended, scaffolded writing using prior knowledge as well as new, higher level structures. Pupils learn to communicate about real, topical matters of global importance using a range of tenses and grammatical structures which will be useful in a variety of future KS4 themes.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know how to use direct object pronouns in the present tense.
- Pupils know how to use indirect object pronouns in the present tense.
- Pupils know how to form the perfect tense using an auxiliary verb (avoir or être) and a past participle.
- Pupils know how to form past participles of verbs like prendre, choisir, entendre, partir, venir, ouvrir, écrire and traduire.
- Pupils know to form questions using intonation, inversion and by using est-ce que in the perfect tense.
- Pupils know how to use negation in the perfect tense.
- Pupils know that the perfect tense can be used as the equivalent of the present perfect.
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Why this why now
Having previously met both the perfect tense and direct and indirect object pronouns, pupils will now combine these skills in this unit.They will meet texts focusing on contemporary contexts such as immigration and environmental issues and will respond by completing extended, scaffolded writing using prior knowledge as well as new, higher level structures. Pupils learn to communicate about real, topical matters of global importance using a range of tenses and grammatical structures which will be useful in a variety of future KS4 themes.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know how to use direct object pronouns in the present tense.
- Pupils know how to use indirect object pronouns in the present tense.
- Pupils know how to form the perfect tense using an auxiliary verb (avoir or être) and a past participle.
- Pupils know how to form past participles of verbs like prendre, choisir, entendre, partir, venir, ouvrir, écrire and traduire.
- Pupils know to form questions using intonation, inversion and by using est-ce que in the perfect tense.
- Pupils know how to use negation in the perfect tense.
- Pupils know that the perfect tense can be used as the equivalent of the present perfect.
Communication and the world around us: mon nouveau pays
This unit examines the use of direct and indirect object pronouns in the past tense, infinitives used as nouns, and the perfect tense when used as the equivalent of the present perfect. Furthermore, pupils will meet the present tense with depuis, être en train de, and venir de + infinitive.
9 lessons in unit
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