Nelson Primary School
Year 4 French Scheme of Work - Summer Term 1 2016
Ma Famille
(2 lessons)
Pupils will:
1. learn family members
2. listen to a song & recognise family members
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFk9YmJv-jc
3. write an introduction of their family
Vocabulary
/ grammar:
Ma famille
Ma mère
Mon père
Ma soeur
Mon frère
*ma grandmère
*mon grandpère
*ma tante
*mon oncle
*mes
parents
*mes grandparents
Masculine /
feminine
possessive
adjectives
Oracy /
literacy:
Listen to /
repeat
single
words
Choose &
copy single
words
Choose &
copy
sentences
Create
sentences
to
introduce
your family
Ma Famille
est…
(2 lessons)
Pupils will…
1. learn six adjectives to describe personality
2. use the adjectives to describe family members
3. learn about adjectival agreement (reinforcement)
Vocabulary
/ grammar:
bavard
intelligent
gourmand
marrant
paresseux
heureux
Oracy /
literacy:
Listen to /
repeat
single
words
Create
sentences
to describe
your family
Masculine /
feminine
adjectival
agreement
Mes animaux
(2 lessons)
Pupils will…
1. learn 11 animals (pets)
2. learn the difference between masculine & feminine
indefinite articles
3. conduct a survey (beginning to look at the verb avoir)
4. look at negative verbs (je n’ai pas de…)
Vocabulary
/ grammar:
un chien
un poisson
un chat
un cochon
d’Inde
un oiseau
un serpent
un lapin
une tortue
une souris
une
araignée
Oracy /
literacy:
Listen to /
repeat
single
words
Ask
classmates
about pets
they have /
don’t have
Masculine /
feminine
indefinite
articles
Assessment of Learning (adapted from Primary French @ The Holt School, Wokingham)
(E = emerging / W = working towards / S = secure)
During KS2, pupils should learn to:
1. Listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in.
2. Explore patterns & sounds of language through songs and rhymes and link the spelling,
sound and meaning of words.
3. Engage in conversations; ask & answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of
others.
4. Speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases & basic language structures
5. Write phrases from memory, and adapt these to create new sentences and to express ideas
clearly.
6. Describe people, places, objects and actions orally, and in writing.
7. Understand basic grammar, key features and patterns of the language and spot similarities
and differences with English.