Higher Tier
Key Stage 3 Revision (Student Book pages 9–14)
Numbers 1 to 20; Ages; Days of the week; Months; Birthdays; Time; Weather; Seasons; Classroom equipment;
Colours; Parts of the body; Useful words; Numbers and dates.
Context 1 – Lifestyle
Key Stage 3 Revision (Student Book pages 16-17)
Food and drink; family members and pets. Ailments and solutions.
Specification Topic: Health
Specification Purpose: Healthy and unhealthy lifestyles and their consequences
Teaching
Spread
Student
Book
Pages
Main Grammar Point
Subsidiary
Grammar Point
Communication Strategy
1.1 Mon régime
alimentaire
18-19
Present tense of -er
verbs (full paradigm)
The partitive article
Tackling reading tasks
1.2 Le bien-être
20-21
Adverbs of frequency
How to form -ir verbs
and the verbs faire
and dormir
Vocabulary learning
1.3 On parle du
tabac
(includes video)
22-23
Using negative forms
Using devoir +
infinitive
Giving opinions
1.4 L’alcool et la
drogue
24-25
Question forms
Avoir present tense
paradigm and
expressions
Using questions in speaking
Further support: Reading & Listening (Student Book pages 26–27); Grammar practice (Student Book pages 28–29);
Vocabulary (Student Book pages 30–31)
Specification Topic: Relationships and Choices
Specification Purpose: Relationship with family and friends; Future plans regarding: marriage / partnership; Social
issues and equality
1.5 La famille
32-33
Possessive
adjectives, singular
and plural
Position and
agreement of
adjectives
Recognising near cognates
1.6 Les rapports
avec les autres
34-35
Reflexive verbs, full
paradigm
Disjunctive pronouns
Recognising various types of silent
ending, e.g. plural nouns, verb
endings
1.7 L’avenir
36-37
Future tense (regular)
Phrases to express
future intention
Predicting questions
1.8 L’égalité des
chances
38-39
Verbs that take the
infinitive (like, dislike,
modals)
Verbs which are
followed by à or de
before an infinitive
Expressions for agreeing and
disagreeing
1.9 Le racisme
40-41
Comparatives
Gender patterns
Verbs ending in –ger and –cer
1.10 La pauvreté
42-43
Irregular future forms
More irregular future
forms
Picking out key words
Further support: Reading & Listening (Student Book pages 44-45); Grammar practice (Student Book pages 46-47);
Vocabulary (Student Book pages 48-49)
Controlled Assessment – Speaking (Student Book pages 50-51)
Une vie saine
Controlled Assessment – Writing (Student Book pages 52-53)
Les rapports avec les autres
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Context 2 – Leisure
Key Stage 3 Revision (Student Book pages 56-57)
Sports and leisure; clothes. Transport; places in town; simple directions.
Specification Topic: Free Time and the Media
Specification Purpose: Free time activities; Shopping, money, fashion and trends; Advantages and disadvantages of
new technology
Teaching
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Student
Book
Pages
Main Grammar Point
Subsidiary
Grammar Point
Communication Strategy
2.1 Ce que j’ai
fait chez moi
58-59
Perfect tense with
avoir
Adverbial time
expressions, past
and present
Using adverbial time expressions to
work out tense
2.2 Les loisirs
60-61
Perfect tense with
être
Perfect tense with
negatives and
reflexives
Using more than one time frame
2.3 L’argent et le
shopping
(includes video)
62-63
Direct object
pronouns
Demonstrative
pronouns
Using all three time frames
2.4 La mode
64-65
Indirect object
pronouns
Verbs of liking and
disliking + infinitive
Working out meaning from context
2.5 Les nouvelles
technologies
66-67
Superlative adjectives
The pronoun on with
impersonal
expressions
Justifying opinions
Further support: Reading & Listening (Student Book pages 68-69); Grammar practice (Student Book pages 70-71);
Vocabulary (Student Book pages 72-73)
Specification Topic: Holidays
Specification Purpose: Plans, preferences, experiences; What to see and getting around
2.6 Vive les
vacances!
74-75
Imperfect tense
Revision of ‘to’ or ‘in’
with countries /
towns / regions, etc
Saying what you know
2.7 Des projets
de vacances
76-77
Combining the perfect
and future tenses
Using quand with the
future tense
Recognising prefixes
2.8 Que faire en
vacances?
78-79
The conditional
Singular imperatives
Structuring answers in the past
tense using adverbial time
expressions
2.9 Les
excursions
80-81
The pronoun y
Plural or formal
imperatives
Listening for gist
Further support: Reading & Listening (Student Book pages 82-83); Grammar practice (Student Book pages 84-85);
Vocabulary (Student Book pages 86-87)
Controlled Assessment – Speaking (Student Book pages 88-89)
En vacances
Controlled Assessment – Writing (Student Book pages 90-91)
Mes loisirs
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Context 3 – Home and environment
Key Stage 3 Revision (Student Book pages 94-95; 96-97)
Compass points; House types and locations. Rooms in house; furniture and prepositions.
Helping at home; daily routine. Home activities; perfect tense.
Specification Topic: Home and Local Area
Specification Purpose: Special occasions celebrated in the home; Home, town, neighbourhood and region, where it is
and what it is like
Teaching
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Student
Book
Pages
Main Grammar Point
Subsidiary
Grammar Point
Communication Strategy
3.1 On fait la fête
98-99
Combining perfect
and imperfect tenses
Indefinite adjectives
Including various forms of negative
expressions in writing
3.2 Ma maison
100-101
Using depuis and
pendant
Using se trouver and
être situé
Using qualifiers and intensifiers
when speaking
3.3 Là où j’habite
102-103
Adjectives with
special forms
En as a pronoun
Clues about size and quantity
104-105
Passive voice and on
Prepositions of place
Recognising percentages and
fractions
(includes video)
3.4 Des mondes
différents
Further support: Reading & Listening (Student Book pages 106-107); Grammar practice (Student Book pages 108109); Vocabulary (Student Book pages 110-111)
Specification Topic: Environment
Specification Purpose: Current problems facing the planet; Being environmentally friendly within the home and local
area
3.5 La pollution
112-113
Il faut + infinitive or
subjunctive
Revise use of the
definite article
Recognising cognates with French
pronunciation
3.6 Planète en
danger
114-115
Common
subjunctive
expressions
Indefinite pronouns
Fluency techniques
3.7
L’environnement
et ma ville
116-117
Expressions of
sequence
Emphatic pronouns
Recognising words from those
already known
Further support: Reading & Listening (Student Book pages 118-119); Grammar practice (Student Book pages 120121); Vocabulary (Student Book pages 122-123)
Controlled Assessment – Speaking (Student Book pages 124-125)
Chez moi
Controlled Assessment – Writing (Student Book pages 126-127)
L'environnement
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Context 4 – Work and education
Key Stage 3 Revision (Student Book pages 130-131)
School buildings; rooms and equipment. School subjects; jobs.
Specification Topic: School / College and Future Plans
Specification Purpose: What school / college is like; Pressures and problems
Teaching
Spread
Student
Book
Pages
Main Grammar Point
Subsidiary
Grammar Point
Communication Strategy
4.1 Comment est
ton collège?
132-133
Position of direct and
indirect object
pronouns
Demonstrative
adjectives
Inferring information whilst listening
4.2 Des écoles
différentes
134-135
Relative pronouns
qui, que, où
Relative pronoun
dont
Making complex sentences
4.3 Problèmes
scolaires
136-137
Using the pluperfect
tense
Using il y a meaning
‘ago’
Using bullet points to guide you
when writing
138-139
Using modals in the
conditional
Revise a range of
question words
Adding detail using different tenses
(includes video)
4.4 Améliorer la
vie scolaire
Further support: Reading & Listening (Student Book pages 140-141); Grammar practice (Student Book pages 142143); Vocabulary (Student Book pages 144-145)
Specification Topic: Current and Future Jobs
Specification Purpose: Looking for and getting a job; Advantages and disadvantages of different jobs
4.5 Stages et
petits jobs
146-147
Forming and using
the present participle
Object pronouns with
negatives
Distinguishing between -ant (past
participles) and -ement (adverbs)
4.6 Je cherche
un emploi
148-149
Using vous (polite
form)
Demonstrative
pronouns (celui and
celle etc.)
Masculine and feminine forms of
jobs
4.7 La vie
commence
150-151
Interrogative forms
Comparative and
superlative adverbs
Including a range of tenses
4.8 Le monde du
travail
152-153
venir de and après
avoir / être
Nouns without
articles
Checking grammar
Further support: Reading & Listening (Student Book pages 154-155); Grammar practice (Student Book pages 156157); Vocabulary (Student Book pages 158-159)
Controlled Assessment – Speaking (Student Book pages 160-161)
Au travail
Controlled Assessment – Writing (Student Book pages 162-163)
Mon collège
Cross-Context Controlled Assessment – Speaking (Student Book pages 168)
On fait du camping
Cross-Context Controlled Assessment – Writing (Student Book pages 169)
À propos de moi!
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