Redhill School Outline Programmes of Study 2014-15
Foundation Tier French
Key Stage 3 Revision (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; Dates.
Context 1 – Lifestyle
Key Stage 3 Revision (18–19)
Food and drink; Family members and pets; Ailments; Solutions.
Specification Topic: Health
Specification Purpose: Healthy and unhealthy lifestyles and their consequences
Teaching
Spread
Pages
Main Grammar Point
Subsidiary Grammar
Point
Communication Strategy
Ce que je mange
20-21
-er verbs and boire (full
paradigm)
Partitive article
Using clues to tackle reading tasks
Le bien-être
22-23
Faire and dormir (full
paradigm)
Adverbs of frequency
Vocabulary learning
On parle de
l’alcool et de la
drogue
24-25
Negative forms
Using avoir and être
(present tense, full
paradigm)
Giving opinions in speaking
Further support: Reading & Listening (26-27); Grammar (28-29); Vocabulary (30-31)
Specification Topic: Relationships and Choices
Specification Purpose: Relationship with family and friends; Future plans regarding: marriage/partnership;
Social issues and equality
La famille
32-33
Possessive adjectives
(singular)
Position and
agreement of
adjectives
Recognising near cognates when
reading
Les rapports
avec les autres
34-35
Reflexive verbs
(singular)
Disjunctive pronouns
Recognising silent endings
L’avenir
36-37
Aller + the infinitive
Expressing future
intentions with je
voudrais, j’aimerais,
j’ai l’intention de +
infinitive
Predicting questions
La pauvreté
38-39
-ir and –re verbs
Modal verbs +
infinitives: pouvoir,
devoir, vouloir
Checking written work
(includes video)
Further support: Reading & Listening (40-41); Grammar (42-43); Vocabulary (44-45)
Controlled Assessment
Speaking (46-47)
Une vie saine
Writing (48-49)
Les rapports avec les autres
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Context 2 – Leisure
Key Stage 3 Revision (52–53)
Sports and leisure activities; Clothes and colours; 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
Ce que j’ai fait
chez moi
54-55
Perfect tense with
avoir, -er and -ir verbs
Forming questions in
French – Est-ce que,
qu’est-ce que, or
intonation
Using adverbial time expressions to
establish tense
Les loisirs
56-57
Perfect tense with être
Forming negative
perfect tense
sentences (singular)
Combining two tenses in one
sentence
L’argent et le
shopping
58-59
Perfect tense of
irregular verbs
Demonstrative
pronouns (ça and
cela)
Using three time frames in one
conversation
La mode
60-61
Adjectives before
nouns
Verbs of liking and
disliking + infinitive
Using context for clues as to
meaning
Les nouvelles
technologies
62-63
Comparative adjectives
Using on with
impersonal
expressions, and
meaning ‘we’
Justifying opinions
Further support: Reading & Listening (64-65); Grammar (66-67); Vocabulary (68-69)
Specification Topic: Holidays
Specification Purpose: Plans, preferences, experiences; What to see and getting around
70-71
Use of en, au, à etc
with towns and
countries
Recognising the
imperfect tense
(c’était, il y avait, il
faisait)
Using language you know to ensure
accuracy
Des projets de
vacances
72-73
Using past and future
tenses
Using the superlative
Recognising prefixes
Que faire en
vacances?
74-75
Adverbs for sequencing
Use of the singular
imperative
Sequencing
Les excursions
76-77
Plural / polite
imperative
Using the correct
preposition after à and
de
Listening for gist
Vive les
vacances!
(includes video)
Further support: Reading & Listening (78–79); Grammar (80–81); Vocabulary (82–83)
Controlled Assessment
Speaking (84-85)
En vacances
Writing (86-87)
Mes loisirs
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Context 3 – Home and Environment
Key Stage 3 Revision (90–91; 92–93)
House types; House locations; Rooms in house; Items of furniture + prepositions.
Helping at home; Morning and evening routine; Activities carried out at home + periods of time; Various
household tasks and routines in past.
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
On fait la fête
94-95
Common imperfect
forms
Recognising imperfect
verbs other than avoir,
être and faire
Using negative expressions
Ma maison
96-97
Habiter and depuis
Use of en as a direct
object pronoun
Qualifiers and intensifiers
Là où j’habite
98-99
On peut and on ne peut
pas + infinitive
Position and
agreement of
adjectives
Clues about size and quantity
(includes video)
Further support: Reading & Listening (100–101); Grammar (102–103); Vocabulary (104–105)
Specification Topic: Environment
Specification Purpose: Current problems facing the planet; Being environmentally friendly within the home
and local area
Les problèmes
de
l’environnement
106-107
Present participle
Indefinite pronouns
(tout le monde,
personne)
Common French grapheme –
phoneme links
L’environnement
et ma ville
108-109
Faire (present and
perfect)
Emphatic pronouns
Recognising nouns from verbs
already known and vice versa
Further support: Reading & Listening (110–111); Grammar (112–113); Vocabulary (114–115)
Controlled Assessment
Speaking (116-117)
Chez moi
Writing (118-119)
L'environnement
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Context 4 – Work and Education
Key Stage 3 Revision (122–123)
School and office buildings / rooms; School and office equipment; School subjects; Jobs.
Specification Topic: School/College and Future Plans
Specification Purpose: What school/college is like; Pressures and problems
Comment est ton
collège?
124-125
Perfect tense of –re
verbs
Practising
demonstrative
adjectives
Focus for listening
La vie au collège
en France
126-127
Negatives with de
Recognising relative
pronouns qui, que and
où
Using connectives and relative
pronouns to make complex
sentences
Problèmes
scolaires
128-129
Direct object
pronouns
Indirect object
pronouns including y
Correcting spelling and accents
(includes video)
Further support: Reading & Listening (130–131); Grammar (132–133); Vocabulary (134–135)
Specification Topic: Current and Future Jobs
Specification Purpose: Looking for and getting a job; Advantages and disadvantages of different jobs
Stages et petits
jobs
136-137
Forming common
adverbs
Recognising the
passive form
Listening for different tenses
Je cherche un
emploi
138-139
Register and using
vous (polite form)
Recognising the
pluperfect tense
Masculine and feminine forms of
jobs
La vie
professionelle
140-141
Recognising the
future tense
When to use the
definite article
Checking work for accuracy
Further support: Reading & Listening (142-143); Grammar (144-145); Vocabulary (146-147)
Controlled Assessment
Speaking (148-149)
Au travail
Writing (150-151)
Mon collège
Cross-Context Controlled Assessment
Speaking (156)
On fait du camping
Writing (157)
À propos de moi!
.
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