| Term 1/Term 2 | Ma vie sociale | |
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| Students revise French pronunciation and the use of present tense. They recap how to describe themselves, and how to use correct adjective agreement. There is an introduction to the perfect tense and the development of writing skills by inclusion of more complex sentences while developing the habit of checking accuracy. |
| Assessment: Students will be assessed on speaking and writing which will include GCSE style tasks in order to begin to prepare students for their language learning journey at GCSE. They will also have regular vocabulary tests on topic vocabulary. | Key Words and Terms |
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| Term 2/Term 3 | Bien dans sa peau | |
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| Students will consider language for healthy lifestyles and sport. They will revise different grammar concepts such as partitive articles and 'il faut'. The near future tense will be revised and reinforced using two tenses together. Students will be challenged to use more and more complex sentences and self-assess their work afterwards. |
| Assessment: Students will be assessed on Listening and Reading, and continue to have regular vocabulary tests on topic vocabulary. The assessment will mainly include structures and vocabulary from the current unit, but also recall on prior knowledge. | Key Words and Terms |
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| Term 4/Term 5 | A l'horizon | |
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| Students will learn vocabulary related to jobs, choices and reasons and will consider the importance of languages in jobs. They will compare past personality traits with present and talk about future job ambitions as well as understand job descriptions. The grammar aspects include direct object pronouns, comparatives, superlative irregular adjectives and comparatives. Students will use expressions with 'avoir' and 'si' to mean 'if' in complex phrases. There will be a focus on the imperitive (tu form). |
| Assessment: Students will be assessed on Writing, Speaking and Translation. Students will prepare their answers to a set of questions in class, and will then be asked to answer these questions orally as part of the assessment. They will be assessed on communication, complexity of tenses of structures, pronunciation and fluency. They will also complete a GCSE Foundation style writing task. | Key Words and Terms |
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| Term 5/6 | Special Vacances | |
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| Students will talk about past and future holidays, extend opinions with justifications and make suggestions. They will consider adventure holidays and react to plans and ideas. Students will discuss holiday activities and tourist attractions. Grammar aspects include questions using inversion, the pronoun 'Y', comparatives and superlatives. There will be a focus on reflexives, conditional tense and combining tenses. Emphatic pronouns will be introduced. |
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| New time | New title | |
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