Métro 1 – Year 7 French
Scheme of work - overview
Module
Time scale
1. Bienvenue (Welcome)
Autumn term (first half)
Saying your name and greeting someone
Saying what you have or haven’t got. Naming classroom items.
Saying the alphabet and spelling words out
Talking about age
Talking about dates and birthdays
Talking about colour
Using target language in the classroom
2. Toi et moi (You and me)
Autumn term (second half)
Talking about where you live and nationality
Talking about brothers and sisters
Talking about pets
Talking about what you look like
Talking about what you are like
3. Au collège (At school)
Spring term (first half)
Talking about school subjects and opinions
Asking and telling the time
Talking about your timetable and teachers
Talking about your day at school
Saying what you wear at school
4. Mes loisirs (My free time)
Spring term (second half)
Talking about sports and opinions
Talking about what sports you do in your free time
Talking about other free time activities
Talking about what you do at the weekend
Talking about the weather
5. Chez moi (At home)
Summer term (first half)
Talking about where you live
Talking about your house
Talking about rooms in a house
Talking about what you do at home
Talking about what you have in your room and where things are
6. En vacances (On holiday)
Talking about your holiday plans
Talking about what you’re going to do during the holidays
Talking about where places are in a town
Asking for things in a shop
Buying a snack
Summer term (second half)
Métro 2 (Red) – Year 8 French (Sets 1-2)
Scheme of work - overview
Module
1. Salut! (Hi!)
Time scale
Autumn term (first half)
Talking about yourself and someone else
Saying what you did yesterday
Talking about the past
Saying where you have been and what you have done
Talking about a special day out
2. Ma vie (My life)
Autumn term (second half)
Talking about what you do in the morning
Saying when you get up and go to bed at the weekend
Talking about clubs you go to
Making arrangements to go out
Talking about going to the cinema
3. Famille et copains (Family and friends)
Spring term (first half)
Talking about your family
Talking about your friends
Talking about your favourite things
Talking about parts of the body
Saying what is wrong with you and what you need
4. À table! (Food and drink)
Spring term (second half)
Saying what you have for breakfast and lunch#
Shopping for food
Saying how much you want
Ordering food and drink
Describing a day in the past
5. Une semaine à Paris (A week in Paris)
Summer term (first half)
Arranging a visit
Talking about how to get to Paris
Getting to know Paris
Getting around in Paris
Talking about what you have done in Paris
6. À nous la France! (In France)
Choosing what you would like to do
Choosing a youth hostel
Making a booking at a youth hostel
Understanding instructions at a youth hostel
Talking about where you have been and what you have done
Summer term (second half)
Métro 2 (Green) – Year 8 French (Sets 3-4)
Scheme of work - overview
Module
1. Salut! (Hi!)
Time scale
Autumn term (first half)
Talking about yourself
Talking about someone else
Saying what you do after school
Saying where you go and what you do in the evening
Talking about a special day out
2. Ma vie (My life)
Autumn term (second half)
Talking about what you do in the morning
Saying when you get up and go to bed
Talking about clubs you go to
Making arrangements to go out
Talking about going to the cinema
3. Famille et copains (Family and friends)
Spring term (first half)
Talking about your family
Saying how tall you are
Talking about parts of the face
Talking about parts of the body
Saying what is wrong with you and what you need
4. À table! (Food and drink)
Spring term (second half)
Saying what you have for breakfast
Saying what you eat for lunch
Shopping for food
Saying how much you want
Eating out
5. Une semaine à Paris (A week in Paris)
Summer term (first half)
Arranging a visit
Talking about how to get to Paris
Getting to know Paris
Getting around in Paris
Talking about what you have done in Paris
6. Visite en France (Visit to France)
Choosing what you would like to do
Choosing a youth hostel
Making a booking at a youth hostel
Choosing an activity holiday
Talking about an activity holiday
Summer term (second half)
Métro 3 (Red) – Year 9 French (Sets 1 & 2)
Scheme of Work - overview
Module
1. L’Hexagone (The Hexagon)
Time scale
Autumn term (first half)
Getting to know your way around France
Talking about French towns.
Talking about where you live
Saying why you like or don’t like it there
Talking about what you do and what you have done.
Talking about where you live: in the country.
2. J’arrive (I’m here)
Autumn term (second half)
Talking about your family: saying who they are and what they do
Talking about your home
Asking if you may do something
Saying you are hungry / thirsty / cold / hot etc
Helping with the preparation for a party and saying what you need
Choosing a menu
Talking about how you get on with people
Saying what you have to do
Setting the table
3. Programme de la visite (The visit)
Spring term (first half)
Saying what you are going to do
Naming five places that you would like to visit
Saying what you thought about a visit
Asking where places are and how to get there
Giving directions and saying how long it takes to get there
Talking about the past
Reading and listening for gist
Talking about what happened using the perfect and imperfect tenses
4. La forme (Keeping fit)
Asking someone what they do to keep fit
Saying what you do to keep fit, how often, and why you do it
Making up an exercise programme
Giving instructions using the tu and vous forms
Talking about healthy eating, and about what you eat and drink
Saying what you ate and drank yesterday
Talking about what you used to do
Talking about keeping fit and giving others advice about healthy eating
Spring term (second half)
5. La mode (Fashion)
Summer term (first half)
Talking about what you are wearing
Discussing colour of clothes
Ask for something in a shop
Ask how much it costs
Ask if there is anything cheaper
Revise larger numbers
Use connecting words
Saying how much pocket money you get, and what you do with it
Saying what you think about fashion
Talking about teenage problems
Saying what someone is like
Talking about a singer
6. En plein dans l’actu (Current affairs)
Talking about what is happening in the news, and understanding news
headlines
Talking about a soap opera Talk about star signs and what is going to
happen using the near future
Saying what the weather is like
Saying what the weather will be like, using the future tense
Talk about going on an expedition
Summer term (second half)
Métro 3 (Green) – Year 9 French (Sets 3 & 4)
Scheme of Work - overview
Module
1. L’Hexagone (The Hexagon)
Time scale
Autumn term (first half)
Get to know geographical features of France
Talk about towns
Talk about where you live; say how long you have lived there or whether you
were born there
Talk about your own town and what you can do there
Say what you like and don’t like doing
Talk about what you have done
Talk about jobs in the house and ask someone to help
2. J’arrive (I’m here)
Autumn term (second half)
Talk about your family and what they do
Talk about your own house
Say what is wrong and ask for something
Talk about jobs in the house and ask someone to help
Say how to lay the table
3. Programme de la visite (The visit)
Spring term (first half)
Name the days of the week and the times of day
Ask what you are going to do; talk about what you are going to do
Talk about where you are going to go
Ask where places are and how to get there
Talk about an exchange visit
Talk about shopping
4. La forme (Keeping fit)
Spring term (second half)
Talk about keeping fit
Tell someone what to do on an exercise programme
Talk about healthy eating
Tell someone what they ought to do
Give advice about healthy living
Describe your lifestyle
Talk about sport
5. La mode (Fashion)
Summer term (first half)
Talk about what you are wearing; say what colours suit and don’t suit you
Shopping for clothes
Talk about pocket money
Talk about problems
Say what you are like and what someone else is like
6. En plein dans l’actu (Current affairs)
Understand what is happening in the news
Understand a magazine interview
Asking questions in an interview in the vous form
Read and understand a survey
Talk about the weather
Summer term (second half)