Scheme of learning overview – Year 8 French
(from September 2014)
Module 1 – Personal information
Unit 1
Learning objectives
Saying hello/ goodbye
Giving your name/asking someone’s name
Asking someone how he/she is and saying how you are
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/1
Understand someone saying his/her name and how he/she feels
responding
Speaking
AT2/2-3 Take part in an exchange asking and giving name and saying you how you feel
Reading and
AT3/
responding
Writing
AT4/2
Write sentences and a short dialogue giving and asking for information
Module 1
Learning objectives
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/1-3
responding
Speaking
AT2/2-3
Reading and
AT3/3
responding
Writing
AT4/2
Module 1
Learning objectives
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/2-3
responding
Speaking
AT2/1/3
Reading and
AT3/1
responding
Writing
AT4/1
Module 1
Learning objectives
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/1/3
responding
Speaking
AT2/1/3
Reading and
AT3/1/3
responding
Writing
AT4/1
Module 1 C’est parti!
Learning objectives
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/1
responding
Speaking
AT2/2
Reading and
AT3/2
responding
Writing
AT4/2
Module 1
Learning objectives
Learning outcomes …
Unit 2
Talking about school objects
Saying and understanding the alphabet
Understand the names of classroom objects: the alphabet and someone spelling
his/her name
Ask and say what classroom objects are; ask and give name and spell it out
Understand a description of what someone has in his/her bag
Write list/short sentences giving contents of a bag
Unit 3
Counting up to 20
Saying how old you are and asking someone’s age
Understand numbers and someone giving his/her age
Say numbers, ask and give age, name and spelling
Understand someone giving his/her age
Write out numbers
Unit 4
Saying when your birthday is
Giving the date
Understand days of the week and dates
Say numbers, ask and give age and birthday
Understand numbers and someone giving his/her age and birthday
Write the days of the week
Unit 5
Talking about the classroom
Understanding instructions
Understand classroom vocabulary and instructions
Ask and name what classroom objects are (including number); give instructions
Understand classroom vocab and instructions
Write short sentences saying to whom objects belong.
Unit 6
Saying what colour things are
Listening and
responding
Speaking
Reading and
responding
Writing
AT1/1
Understand and identify adjectives of colour and adjective agreements
AT2/2
AT3/2
Name and give the colour of objects
Understand names and colours of objects
AT4/1-2
Copy and complete sentences naming and describing the colour of objects
Module 1
Learning objectives
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/2-3
responding
Speaking
AT2/
Reading and
AT3/3
responding
Writing
AT4/2/3
En plus
Learning about la rentrée and the euro
Revising numbers and school objects
Learning about ID cards
Revising how to give personal information
Learning some facts about France
Understand some prices and someone spelling name
Understand short texts about classroom objects; personal ID and information about
France
List familiar words (school objects); write short paragraphs giving personal
information about self and family
Module 2 Family and friends
Unit 1
Learning objectives
Talking about brothers and sisters
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/1
Understand someone saying if he/she has any brothers or sisters
responding
Speaking
AT2/2
Ask someone and say how many brothers and sisters you have
Reading and
AT3/2
Understand someone giving information about how many brothers and sisters
responding
he/she has and their names
Writing
AT4/2-3 Write short sentences to say how many brothers and sisters someone has
Module 2
Unit 2
Learning objectives
Talking about your family
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/1
Understand someone introducing the members of his/her family
responding
Speaking
AT2/2-3 Ask and say who the members of your family are and their names
Reading and
AT3/1-2 Understand someone saying who the members of his/her family are
responding
Writing
AT4/2-3 Write a paragraph of at least five sentences to give information about someone in
your family
Module 2
Unit 3
Learning objectives
Talking about your pets
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/1
Understand the names of pets
responding
Speaking
AT2/2
Ask and say if have any pets
Reading and
AT3/2
Understand someone saying what pets he/she has
responding
Writing
AT4/2
Writing sentences saying what pets you have and their names
Module 2
Unit 4
Learning objectives
Describing yourself and others
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/2
Understand someone describing him/herself and friends
responding
Speaking
AT2/2
Describe someone; physical description and character
Reading and
AT3/2
Understand someone describing him/herself
responding
Writing
AT4/2
Write short sentences to describe different people.
Module 2
Unit 5
Learning objectives
Talking about hair and eyes
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/2
responding
Speaking
AT2/3
Reading and
AT3/2
responding
Writing
AT4/3
Module 2
Learning objectives
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/3
responding
Speaking
AT2/1-3
Reading and
AT3/2-3
responding
Writing
AT4/2-3
Module 3 Where I live
Learning objectives
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/2-3
responding
Speaking
AT2/3
Reading and
AT3/3
responding
Writing
AT4/2
Module 3
Learning objectives
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/2-3
responding
Speaking
AT2/2-3
Reading and
AT3/3
responding
Writing
AT4/2-4
Module 3
Learning objectives
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/3-4
responding
Speaking
AT2/2
Reading and
AT3/2
responding
Writing
AT4/3
Module 3
Learning objectives
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/3
responding
Speaking
AT2/2
Reading and
AT3/2
responding
Writing
AT4/3
Module 3
Learning objectives
Learning outcomes …
Understand someone describing his/her hair and colour of eyes.
Ask and say what colour eyes or hair someone has, describe someone
Understand short written descriptions of people.
Write a short paragraph describing someone
En plus
Looking at some French comic-book characters
More on describing yourself and other people
Understand someone describing his/her family and him/herself
Give personal information about someone
Understand someone writing about themselves, work out the meaning of words
Write sentences/a paragraph describing self
Unit 1
Talking about where people live
Saying what kind of town you live in
Saying where it is
Understand someone describing where he/she lives
Ask someone and say where you live
Understand someone describing where he/she lives
Copy and complete sentences to say where you live
Unit 2
Saying what kind of house you live in
Naming the rooms in a house
Saying what there is on each floor
Understand someone saying where he/she lives and describing his/her house
Say what the rooms in a house are and where they are
Understand a short description of someone’s house
Complete sentences and write a short paragraph to describe your house
Unit 3
Describing your bedroom
Saying where things are
Understand someone describing what is in his/her bedroom
Name the objects in a bedroom, say where they are
Understand sentences and texts describing someone’s bedroom
Copy and complete a paragraph to describe someone’s bedroom
Unit 4
Talking about what you do at home
Saying what you don’t do
Understand someone saying what he/she does or doesn’t do in the evening
Say what you do in the evening on different days of the week
Understand sentences describing what someone does or doesn’t do in the evening
Write short sentences in answer to questions about what you do in the evening
Unit 5
Telling the time
Counting up to 69
Listening and AT1/2
responding
Speaking
AT2/2
Reading and
AT3/1/3
responding
Writing
AT4/2
Module 3
Learning objectives
Learning outcomes …
Listening and AT1/2-4
responding
Speaking
AT2/
Reading and
AT3/1/4
responding
Writing
AT4/4
Understand someone telling the time
Ask and give the time
Understand numbers and times in a short text
Write short sentences giving the time
En plus
Knowing other countries where French is spoken
Finding out about people from French-speaking countries
Understand the names of French-speaking countries, understand someone talking
about where he/she lives
Understand short paragraphs and a longer text where someone is describing where
he/she lives
Write verses for a song; write a letter describing where you live