L'école chez nous: extended writing and speaking
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can describe school experiences, preferences and strengths using a range of adjectives, comparatives and superlatives and interesting vocabulary.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Comparative and superlative adverbs can be used to describe actions more precisely.
- Known adjectives can be used in comparative or superlative sentences to make writing and speaking more complex.
- Extended reading texts can be exploited to enrich our vocabulary and use of complex structures in familiar topics.
- Immediate repetition of a speaking task, with reduced support, improves performance.
Keywords
Comparative adjective, adverb - a form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas
Superlative adjective, adverb - a form of adjective or adverb used to describe the highest degree of a quality e.g the fastest, the most difficult
Common misconception
Students should develop their answers in role play tasks.
In role play tasks, students should concentrate on clearly communicating the stated information in a complete phrase and with conjugated verbs. There is no advantage to developing their answer further than is required.
Teacher tip
The role play task has two versions. Option 1 is more suitable for higher level students and is the version that is included in the video. Teachers should choose which task is best for their students.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French and English vocabulary.
death
work, task
half
twin
title
separation
Q2.Translate the sentence: It's me who sings the worst.
Q3.Complete the sentence: The word 'pire' in the phrase 'Elle écrit pire que toi' is a adverb.
Q4.Translate: my brother is older than me.
Q5.Identify the sentence with a superlative adverb.
Q6.Which past participle translates 'born'?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Complete the sentence: Comparative and superlative can be used to describe actions more precisely.
Q2.Translate the following sentence: I am in Year 12 and I am working very hard.
Q3.Match the French and English pronouns together
herself
yourselves
yourself
themselves (f)
ourselves
themselves (m, mixed)
Q4.Year 9 is which French school class?
Q5.What shouldn't you do in a role play?
Q6.Complete the sentence: Immediate repetition of a speaking task, with support, helps to improve performance.
To help you plan your 10 French lesson on: L'école chez nous: extended writing and speaking, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 10 French lesson on: L'école chez nous: extended writing and speaking, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
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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