French - Route to Remarkable - The Ripley Academy

Module 1 – La Rentrée

Overview

To get pupils introducing and talking about themselves.

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• This module also covers any content that pupils might have done in KS2 (numbers, days and months, alphabet, etc.)

New Learning

• introduces pupils to key French sounds which are revisited throughout the year in Pronunciation features.

Module 2 – En Classe

Overview

To continue to develop what pupils can say about themselves and their use of verbs.

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• To allow pupils to express and justify their opinions using a range of opinion verbs.

New Learning

• An opportunity for pupils to learn about schools in France as well as about Christmas in Francophone countries to coincide with the end of the autumn term.

Module 3 – la meteo

Overview

To continue to develop what pupils can say about themselves and their use of verbs and adjectives.

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• To allow pupils to express more opinions. More key French sounds are introduced.

New Learning

• Pupils also have the opportunity to learn about different sports in Francophone countries.

Module 4 – Ma vie de famille

Overview

To expand pupils’ use of verbs into the 3rd person singular and 1st person singular forms.

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• To expand pupils’ use of verbs into the 3rd person singular and plural and 1st person plural forms.

New Learning

• Pupils learn about home-life in Francophone countries as well as about Bastille Day celebrations

Module 5 – En ville

Overview

To give pupils the opportunity to learn transactional language (in a café) and introduce the verb aller ahead of teaching the near future tense.

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• Pupils learn about popular French snacks and drinks, and they also have the opportunity to explore Paris.

New Learning

• To give pupils the opportunity to learn transactional language (in a café).

Module 1 – Vive les vacances

Overview

To allow pupils to talk about the summer they have just had

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• Present tense

New Learning

• introduce them to the perfect tense and using the perfect and present tenses together.

Module 2 – J’adore les fêtes

Overview

To develop what pupils can say about their lives and their likes/dislikes.

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• expand their transactional language in context of buying food at a market. To allow them to revise the present and near future tenses and continue to practise the perfect tense

New Learning

• Pupils learn about festivals and celebrations in the Francophone world and they are introduced to traditional French cuisine.

Module 3 – A loisir

Overview

To allow pupils to express their opinions around TV and digital technology

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• further develop their transactional language in the context of arranging to go out.

New Learning

• To introduce pupils to using three tenses together. Pupils also learn about leisure activities in different Francophone countries.

Module 4 – Le monde est petit

Overview

To continue to develop what pupils can say about their lives and how they express and justify their opinions.

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• To develop their use of different persons of the verb and to introduce modal verbs as well as reflexive verbs in context of daily routine. Further practice with three tenses.

New Learning

• Pupils learn about geographical aspects of France and Francophone countries as well as about famous French painters and their works of art.

Module 5 – Le sport en direct

Overview

Module 5: Le sport en direct
To continue to develop what pupils can say about their lives and their likes/dislikes, including comparatives

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• Give further practice with transactional language in context of talking to the doctor

New Learning

• To introduce the imperative for asking directions. Pupils also learn about some famous sportspeople in the Francophone world.

Module 1 – Ma vie sociale d’ado

Overview

Pupils able to talk about their lives and their likes/dislikes using a wider variety of language

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• Pupils revise all three main tenses (present, near future and perfect).

New Learning

• A wider variety of language.

Module 2 – Bien dans sa peau

Overview

Pupils able to talk about their plans and hopes for the future.

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• asking and answering questions in context of an interview with French inventor, Bertin Nahum.

New Learning

• Pupils are introduced to the (simple) future tense and go on to practise and consolidate their knowledge of three tenses

Module 3 – À l’horizon

Overview

To allow pupils to express their musical tastes, justifying their opinions with reasons.

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• Pupils consolidate their knowledge of the present, perfect and imperfect tenses.

New Learning

• An introduction to the imperfect tense in context of comparing life past and present.

Module 4 – Spécial vacances

Overview

Pupils discuss creating a better world.

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• Pupils continue to develop their command of the present, perfect and imperfect tenses, as well as being introduced to the conditional in context

New Learning

• Pupils are introduced to, and practise using, superlatives. Further practice with three time frames (present, past, conditional).

Module 5 – Moi dans le monde

Overview

Further practice and consolidation of key grammatical structures and tenses. transactional language in the formal register.

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• Pupils operate in three time frames using a wide variety of tenses in context of travel and popular culture in the Francophone world

New Learning

• Also, an opportunity for pupils to practise transactional language in the formal register.

French – Route to Remarkable

Year 7

Module 1 – La Rentrée

Module 2 – En Classe

Module 3 – la meteo

Module 4 – Ma vie de famille

Module 5 – En ville

Year 8

Module 1 – Vive les vacances

Module 2 – J’adore les fêtes

Module 3 – A loisir

Module 4 – Le monde est petit

Module 5 – Le sport en direct

Year 9

Module 1 – Ma vie sociale d’ado

Module 2 – Bien dans sa peau

Module 3 – À l’horizon

Module 4 – Spécial vacances

Module 5 – Moi dans le monde

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