GCSE Foundation Scheme of Work
2-year SoW
Scheme of Work: Two-year GCSE course - Foundation
Unit 1
Year 1
Term
Theme and unit
Grammar
Autumn term – first half
Key Stage 3 revision
Nouns
Strategies
Articles
Numbers
Dates and times
Theme 1
Unit 1.1 G
Using avoir (to have) and être (to be)
Ma famille et moi
Possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her)
Unit 1.1 F
Reflexive verbs
Ma famille et mes amis
Adjective agreement
Learning vocabulary
Ignoring words which are not needed
Comparatives and superlatives
Unit 1.2 G
Position of adjectives
On se marie?
Using qui and que
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Including adjectives
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Scheme of Work: Two-year GCSE course - Foundation
Autumn term – second
half
Unit 1
Unit 1.2 F
The immediate future and the future tense
Tu aimerais te marier?
Direct and indirect object pronouns
Unit 2.1. G
The present tense of regular -er verbs
On garde le contact
Using avec and sans
Unit 2.1. F
The present tense of common irregular
verbs
Les réseaux sociaux
Understanding near-cognates when
listening
Memorising phrases
Coping strategies
Using grâce à
Unit 2.2 G
‘It’ and ‘that’: ce, c’, ça
Tu es technophile?
Interrogative adjectives
Unit 2.2 F
Aller, faire and other common irregular
verbs
Tu t’en sers souvent?
Adding extra information
Building your speaking and writing
skills
The pronouns moi, toi, lui and elle
Units 1 and 2 – Test and revise
Spring term – first half
Unit 3.1 G
Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire?
Revision of the present tense of regular
verbs
Using visual clues to understand texts
Question words
Unit 3.1 F
The perfect tense of regular verbs
Qu’est-ce que tu as fait ce weekend?
The perfect tense with être
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Adding opinions to produce more
complex sentences
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2-year SoW
Scheme of Work: Two-year GCSE course - Foundation
Unit 1
Unit 3.2 G
Quantities
On parle de la nourriture
Adverbs of frequency
Unit 3.2 F
Verb + infinitive
Qu’est-ce que tu aimes manger?
The pronoun en
Unit 3.3 G
Using subordinating conjunctions
Tu fais du sport?
Jouer á and faire de
Unit 3.3 F
Developing sentences using quand,
lorsque and si
Le sport, c’est ma passion!
Drawing to convey information
Listening for detail
Reading for detail
Using common patterns between
French and English when reading
Opinion verbs
Spring term – second half
Theme 1
Unit 4.1 G
Revision of the perfect tense with être
On fait la fête!
The rules of agreement in the perfect
tense
Unit 4.1. F
Reflexive verbs in the perfect tense
La fête chez nous
Using en, au / aux / à + countries and
towns
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Using a mnemonic
Requesting help
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2-year SoW
Scheme of Work: Two-year GCSE course - Foundation
Unit 1
Unit 4.2 G
Partout, c’est la fête!
Using common expressions in the
imperfect tense
Developing confidence when
speaking
Indefinite articles
Unit 4.2 F
The imperfect tense of common verbs
La fête pour tout le monde!
Deciding between the perfect and
imperfect tenses
Making use of social and cultural
context when reading
Units 3 and 4 – Test and revise
Summer term – first half
Theme 2
Unit 5.1 G
À la maison
Revision of the position and agreement
of adjectives
Using adjectives to enhance
descriptions
Plurals of nouns
Unit 5.1 F
Negative phrases followed by de
Des maisons différentes
Partitive articles
Unit 5.2 G
Habiter and vivre
Là où j’habite
C’est and il y a
Unit 5.2 F
Demonstrative adjectives
Trouver ta ville jumelée idéale
Prepositions
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Recognising key topic words in reading
and listening tasks
Using verbs which start with a vowel
Simplificaton and paraphrasing
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2-year SoW
Scheme of Work: Two-year GCSE course - Foundation
Summer term – second
half
Unit 1
Unit 6.1 G
Vouloir + infinitive
Les associations caritatives
Indefinite pronouns
Unit 6.1 F
The conditional of vouloir and aimer
Mon travail bénévole
En + present participle
Unit 6.2 G
Devoir and pouvoir + infinitive
Un régime alimentaire équilibré?
Il faut + infinitive
Unit 6.2 F
Imperfect tense of être, avoir and faire
Mon mode de vie avant et maintenant
Expressions of quantity
Using a glossary or bilingual dictionary
Using verbal context when listening
Using adverbs to enhance sentences
Recognising common patterns in
French when listening
Recognising the pluperfect tense
Units 5 and 6 – Test and revise
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2-year SoW
Scheme of Work: Two-year GCSE course - Foundation
Unit 1
Year 2
Term
Theme and unit
Grammar
Strategies
Autumn term – first half
Unit 7.1 G
Revision of devoir and pouvoir + infinitive
Revising known words and phrases
Ma ville, mon environnement
Recognising pouvoir, vouloir and devoir in
the conditional
Unit 7.1 F
Using si + present tense
Les problèmes de l’environnement
Si clauses + present tense + future tense
Unit 7.2 G
The imperative (vous form)
Des problèmes sociaux
The imperative (tu form)
Unit 7.2 F
Verbs of possibility
Les inégalités
Permettre de + infinitive
Unit 8.1 G
Using prepositions for countries and
modes of transport
Autumn term – second
half
On part en vacances!
Making use of social and cultural
context when listening
Justifying answers
Agreeing and disagreeing in a
discussion
Using negatives to improve writing
Using negatives
Unit 8.1 F
Sequencing words and phrases
Moi, je préfère …
Depuis + the present tense
Paraphrasing
The pronoun y
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2-year SoW
Scheme of Work: Two-year GCSE course - Foundation
Unit 1
Unit 8.2 G
Revision of the perfect tense with avoir
Qu’est-ce que tu as fait?
Revision of the perfect tense with être
Unit 8.2 F
Revision of the imperfect tense of –er
verbs
Découverte de la France
Expressing opinions and using
intensifiers
Recognising cognates and nearcognates when reading
Revision of the imperfect tense of avoir,
être and faire
Units 7 and 8 – Test and revise
Spring term – first half
Theme 3
Unit 9.1 G
Using adverbs
L’école et les matières
Using de after quantities
Unit 9.1 F
Revision of using the perfect tense of
regular –er verbs
La journée scolaire
Forming longer sentences
Describing physical properties
Emphatic pronouns
Adverbs of time and place
Unit 10.1 G
Using the comparative of adverbs
La vie scolaire
Superlative adverbs
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Agreeing or disagreeing
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2-year SoW
Scheme of Work: Two-year GCSE course - Foundation
Unit 1
Unit 10.1 F
Le règlement scolaire
Revision of using pouvoir, vouloir and
devoir
Using visual and verbal context in
reading
Revision of il faut
Spring term – second half
Unit 11.1 G
Using the pronouns ce qui and ce que
Continuer ses études ou non?
Using intensifiers
Unit 11.1 F
Revision of si clauses in the present tense
L’orientation
Si clauses with the future tense
Unit 12.1 G
Using verbs of liking and disliking
L’avenir
Using verbs of liking and disliking in the
conditional
Unit 12.1 F
The passive voice in the present tense
Comment obtenir un emploi
Revision of comparatives and superlatives
Using less common prepositions
Ignoring words which are not needed
in listening tests
Using exclamations
Using qui and que to help you refer to
something
Units 9-12 – Test and revise
Summer term – first half
Revision and preparation for the
examination
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