MFL Curriculum Map for Keystage 3 2016-17
Year group
Focus
Year 7
Autumn 1
Access French
Key content:
Introductions and
basic opinions;
colours, numbers
and classroom
vocabulary
Key Grammar:
Introductions
including key
questions / age &
numbers;
vocabulary and
simple introduction
to present tense
Assessment:
Speaking
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
C’est perso!
Key content:
Likes & dislikes;
introducing
yourself;
describing yourself
and others
Mon Collège
Key content:
Talking about
school subjects and
the school day;
giving opinions
Mes Passetemps
Key content:
Talking about
mobiles and
computers; talking
about hobbies and
what others play
Ma zone!
Key content:
Talking about your
town and what you
can there; asking for
and giving directions
3..2..1.. Partez!
Key content:
Talking about your
holidays; making
plans for going out
and holidays using
the near future
Key Grammar:
Asking questions
(intonation, est-ce
que … ? qu’est-ce
que … ?); using on;
the partitive article
Key Grammar:
Verbs – present
tense (regular –er
verbs); faire (and
faire de + sport
/activity); jouer à
+sport/game ; using
verbs with nouns
and infinitives;
saying ‘they’ in
French
Key Grammar:
Il y a + neg; où; aller ;
modal verbs &
infinitive
Key Grammar:
regular –er verbs in
present tense; using
nous in present tense;
reflexive verbs ; je
voudrais +infinitive;
the near future tense
using aller
Assessment:
Reading / listening
Assessment:
Reading / listening /
writing
Assessment:
Reading / listening /
speaking / writing
Assessment:
Reading / listening /
speaking / writing
Key Grammar:
Present tense
(regular –er
verbs, singular);
irregular verbs
(avoir, être –
present, singular);
adjectives
(agreement);
possessive
adjectives
Assessment:
Speaking / Writing
Summer 2
Year group
Focus
8 Higher
8 Foundation
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
T’es branché?
Key content:
Talking about TV,
films, books and
Internet; the recent
past
Paris je t’adore!
Key content:
Describing a trip to
Paris using past
tense
Key Grammar:
the present tense
of –er verbs; avoir
and être; –ir and –
re verbs; aller and
faire; the perfect
tense; expressing
opinions; negatives
Spring 2 / Sum1
Summer 1 /
Sum2
Summer 2
Mon identité
Key content:
Talking about
personality,
hobbies, clothes
and relationships
Chez moi, chez toi
Key content:
Describing where
you live, your home
and what you eat &
drink
Quel talent?!
Key content:
Talking about talent
and ambition,
persuading people &
saying who is best
Studio découverte
Key content:
World geography,
gardening and the
French Revolution
Key Grammar:
the perfect tense
regular verbs;
irregular verbs;
using negatives;
perfect tense with
être; questions in
the perfect tense
Key Grammar:
adjectives; reflexive
verbs; possessive
adjectives; the near
future tense
Assessment:
Speaking
Assessment:
reading / listening
Key content:
Talking about TV,
films, books and
Internet; leisure
time; the weather.
Key content:
Describing a trip to
Paris saying what
you like and using
some past tense
Key content:
Describing yourself
and others in detail
Key Grammar:
infinitives ; modal
verbs: vouloir, devoir
& pouvoir ; uses of
the infinitive ; the
imperative;
superlative; past,
present and future
tenses
Assessment:
reading / listening /
speaking / writing
Key content:
Talking about talent
and telling people
what to do;
describing people
Key Grammar:
il faut + infinitive ; the
perfect tense ; using
what you know in
different contexts; a
range of tenses;
preparing for a writing
task
Assessment:
Writing
Key Grammar:
adjectives;
comparatives;
prepositions; boire &
prendre; partitive
article; il faut; 3
tenses (present,
perfect & near
future)
Assessment:
reading / listening /
writing
Key content:
Saying where you
live and talking
about meals; an
event in the future
Key Grammar:
the present tense;
regular –er verbs;
irregular verbs:
avoir and être;
irregular verbs:
aller and faire;
negatives
Assessment:
writing
Key Grammar:
the infinitive; on
peut ; j’aime; the
perfect tense of –
er verbs; making
perfect tense verbs
negative
Key Grammar:
adjectives, all
present tense verb
forms, negatives
pas/jamais,
possessives; perfect
tense regular and
irregular forms;
Assessment:
reading / listening
Key Grammar:
je mange or je
voudrais manger;
the partitive article ;
prendre ; il faut +
the near future
tense
Key Grammar:
Infinitives ; modal
verbs: vouloir, devoir
and pouvoir;
adjectives ; using a
variety of structures;
perfect tense
Key Grammar:
Il faut ; using two
tenses preparation for
extended writing;
preparation for
extended writing
Assessment:
reading / listening /
writing
Assessment:
reading / listening /
speaking / writing
Assessment:
reading / listening /
speaking / writing
Assessment:
speaking
Spring 1
Assessment:
reading / listening /
speaking / writing /
Key content:
World geography,
gardening and the
French Revolution
Year group
Autumn 1
Focus
Vie Sociale d’ado
Key content:
Talking about
Facebook;
arranging to go out
and describing a
concert
9 Higher
Bien dans sa
peau!
Key content:
Body parts;
describing sports
and fitness;
healthy eating &
planning to get fit
Spring 1
Spring 2 / Summer 1
Summer 1 / Summer 2
A L’horizon
Spécial Vacances
Moi dans le monde
Key content:
describing jobs and
languages;
describing what you
used to do
Key content:
Discussing holidays and what
you take on holiday; describing
holidays you’ve been on
Key content:
Talking about your rights and
what is important to you; things
that you buy and what makes
you happy
Key Grammar:
Using nous in
present tense; il
faut + infinitive;
future tense ;
negatives; using 3
tenses together
Assessment:
Speaking
Key content:
Body parts;
describing sports
and fitness;
healthy eating &
planning to get fit
Key Grammar:
Modal verbs; future
tense; question
forms; imperfect
tense; using 3
tenses together
Key Grammar:
Pronoun y; perfect tense verbs;
using 3 tenses; questions;
conditional; reflexive verbs;
emphatic pronouns;
Key Grammar:
Using different time frames;
direct object pronouns; ce qui,
ce que ; expressions with avoir ;
informal imperative
Assessment:
Listening / reading
Key content:
Discussing your
future; learning
languages;
discussing jobs and
future ambitions
Assessment:
Listening / reading / writing
Assessment:
Listening / reading / (speaking)
Key content:
Discussing holidays and what
you take on holiday; describing
holidays you’ve been on
Key content:
Talking about what you’re
allowed to do and what is
important to you; things that you
buy and what makes you happy
Key Grammar:
Adjectives; present
tense: regular –er
verbs; irregular
verbs:aller, avoir,
être and faire ;
perfect tense with
avoir; perfect
tense with être
Key Grammar:
à + definite article;
partitive article; il
faut ; negatives ;
near future tense;
je vais or je vais
faire?
Key Grammar:
Near future tense;
some common
irregular verbs;
asking questions; je
fais or je voudrais
faire?
Key Grammar:
Asking questions using
question words ; je voudrais +
infinitive; perfect tense; using
perfect tense to say what other
people did
Assessment:
Writing
Assessment:
Speaking
Assessment:
Listening / reading
Assessment:
Listening / reading / writing
Key Grammar:
Present tense;
direct object
pronouns; near
future tense;
perfect tense
Assessment:
Writing
Key content:
Describing
yourself; talking
about Facebook;
inviting someone
out; describing a
music event
9 Foundation
Autumn 2
Key Grammar:
Avoir phrases; possessive
Adjectives; using a variety
of structures; using different
time frames: which tense to
use?
Assessment:
Listening / reading / (speaking)