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YEAR 7 FRENCH

 Learning objectives

 

Module 1:  C’est parti

Grammar and key language

 

Meeting and greeting

Date/age/birthdays

classroom items …

numbers 1-30

classroom instructions

 

Gender - un/une/des, le/la/les

1-31

Avoir, classroom items

Commands

Adjectives and agreements

 

Talking about your family                   

Talking about your pets

Describing yourself and others

Talking about hair and eyes

   

Module 2:  En famille

Term 1 Assessment = Speaking task   

 

Recognising the negative

avoir/être

mon/ton/son

prepositions

agreement of adjectives; qualifying adjectives

 

 

Talking about where you live

What kind of house you live in ; rooms               

Describing your bedroom

Saying what you do / don’t do at home

Telling the time; counting to 69

 

Module 3:  Chez moi

 

-ER verbs; habiter

Où?/qui? Questions

Prepositions

à + town/hour

numbers to 69

 

Asking / talking about places in a town

Adking / understanding simple directions

Saying where you are / where you are going

Making / responding to suggestions for going out

Ordering drinks / snacks / dealing with prices

Module 4:  On va en ville

Term 2 assessment = Listening and reading

 

il y a un …/ une …

tu &  vous

où est… / où sont…?

Aller / on va… au / à la / à l’ / aux

Euros

 

Talking about daily routine

Talking about school subjects

Saying what you like / don’t like giving opinions and reasons

Talking about school timetable

Understanding and writing longer texts

 

Module 5:  Ma journée

 

reflexive verbs (singular)

asking questions

opinions + pourquoi/parce que

time phrases

faire paradigm

numbers 70-100

très/assez/un peu/trop

 

Talking about sports and games

Talking about musical instruments

Talking about things you’d like to do 

Talking about leisure centre activities / holiday activities

 

Module 6:  On s’amuse

Term 3 assessment = Writing task

 

jouer à, jouer de

j’aime etc + infinitive

on peut + infinitive

adverbs

expressions with faire

aller + infinitive

  

 

YEAR 8 FRENCH

Learning objectives

 Module 7:  Famille et domicile

Grammar and key language

 

Talking about yourself and families

Talking about jobs people do

Talking about where people live

Describing the weather

 

 

Je / tu + avoir; il / elle / on

Il est / elle est  + jobs

Compass points

Depuis, quand, si

 

Talking about what you like doing

Talking about what sports you do

Talking about what you do with your friends

Talking about TV programmes you have watched

Saying what you and your friends did

 Module 8:  Temps libre

 

J’aime + infinitive

Je fais / je joue

Using the pronoun nous

Perfect tense –ER verbs

 

Making and reacting to invitations

Making excuses

Talking about clothes

Buying clothes

Saying where you went

Negotiating and stating future plans and intentions

 

 Module 9:  Les sorties

 

Modal verbs (pouvoir, devoir, vouloir)

Adjectival agreement

The immediate future (aller + infinitive)

Numbers 1-100

Perfect tense with aller

 

 

Food you like and don’t like

Breakfast, lunch and evening meals

Preparing for a party

Buying groceries

Healthy and unhealthy foods

 Module 10: Manger et boire

Term 2 Assessment

 

Partitive article du, de la, de l’, des

Il faut + infinitive

Size, quantity and measures

Transactional dialogues

 

Countries and nationalities

Talking about holidays

Describing a holiday centre

Finding out about a holiday destination

Talking about a past holiday

 

 Module 11: Voyages et vacances

 

Using en/au with countries; à with towns etc

Using est-ce que …? and other question words

Using il y a / il n’y a pas DE and other quantifiers

Practice with the perfect tense


 

Talking about your friends

Pocket money

Talking about gadgets

Plans for the holidays

Module 12: Les copains

Term 3 Assessment

 

Comparisons plus/moins …que etc

Using ne…jamais

Adjectival agreements

Je vais / je voudrais  + infinitive

 

                                                             

YEAR 9 FRENCH

Learning objectives

Module 13: Ça t’intéresse?

Grammar and key language

 

Talking about what you watch on TV

Talking about going to the cinema

Describing yourself and others

Talking about what you like reading

Talking about what you did last weekend

 

 

Present tense –ER verbs, aller

Present tense of avoir and être

Perfect tense of –ER verbs and some irregular forms

 

Planning what you are going to do

Talking about what is going to happen in the future

Talking about future careers

Why languages are important / using languages

Module 14:  L’avenir

Term 1 Assessment

 

On va + infinitive

Immediate future Je vais + infinitive

Modal verbs devoir, pouvoir, vouloir

Using connectives

 

Talking about illness / saying what’s wrong

Healthy living

Understanding and giving advice

Keep-fit activities

 

Module 15: En bonne santé?
 
Avoir mal au / à la / à l’ / aux

Expressions with avoir and être

Ne … plus / jamais

Vous and tu  imperative

Perfect tense of faire

  

 

French-speaking sportspeople

Understanding information about people

A whodunit! / Who did it?


Module 16: 
Les gens comme nous

Term 2 Assessment

 

Using son, sa, ses

Adjectival agreements

Perfect tense with avoir and être verbs

 

Learning about a region of France

Travel arrangements

Arranging hotel accommodation

A visit to an attraction (e.g. a motor race)

Understanding hotel brochures/ tourist information

 

 Module 17: On y va

 

Vous  imperatives

Using y

Je voudrais + infinitive

Understanding the perfect tense

Using vous in formal contexts

 

Schools in different countries

Young people and work

Tackling hunger in the world

Learning about religion in France

Human rights activists

 

Module 18:  Les droits des jeunes

 

Possessive adjectives

Question words

Reflexive verbs

On peut + infinitive

FRENCH GCSE COURSE – AQA (MODULAR B) 

Module

Content

Assessment

1 – My World

 

1A Self, Family and Friends

1B Interests and Hobbies

1C Home and Local Environment

1D Daily Routine

1E School and Future Plans (to 18)

December of Y10:– prepare and record prepared information under supervision; marked by teacher

Speaking 5 mins max (12.5%)

2 – Holiday Time & Travel

2A Travel, Transport and Finding the Way

2B Tourism

2C Accommodation

2D Holiday Activities

2E Services

 

 May of Y10 – externally set and marked tests

Listening 25 mins + 5 mins prep (12.5%)

Reading 30 mins (12.5%)

 

3 – Work & Lifestyle

3A Home Life

3B Healthy Living

3C Part-time Jobs and Work Experience

3D Leisure

3E Shopping

December of Y11coursework

You produce two written assignments chosen from a list

Writing (12.5%)

4 – The Young Person in Society

4A Character and Personal Relationships

4B The Environment

4C Education

4D Careers and Future Plans (post 18)

4E Social Issues, Choices and Responsibilities

June of Y11 – terminal examination; NB subject content of Modules 1-3 is also assessed

Listening 25 mins + 5 mins prep (12.5%)

Speaking - Foundation 5 mins, Higher 8 mins (12.5 %) – tested by your teacher, taped and externally marked Reading 30 mins (12.5%)

Writing Foundation 40 mins, Higher 50 mins (12.5%)

 

 

21/11/2008