Modern Languages

TERM 1

Unit 1: Phonics and Basics

By end of this unit students will be able to read and pronounce French sounds correctly. Students will also learn about Christmas in Francophone countries.

Topics Include:

• Colours
• Days
• Numbers 0-31
• Months
• Dates & Birthdays
• What's in my pencil case
• Male, Female and Plural Nouns
• Adjective rules

TERM 2

Unit 2: My school

By end of this unit students will be able to talk about their life at school, giving and justifying their opinions using adjectives.

Topics Include:

• Saying what you think of your school subjects and why.
• Talking about what you wear to school.
• Talking about your school day.
• Telling the time,
• Describing a picture
• Negatives
• Opinions and Reasons

TERM 3

Unit 3: My free-time

By the end of this unit pupils will be able to talk about sports and activities, using the verbs jouer (to play) and faire (to do) and give their opinions using the verb aimer (to like) + infinitive.

They will also learn about different sports in Francophone countries.

Topics Include:

• Talking about which sports you play
• Talking about activities you do
• The weather
• Opinions and reasons
• Time and frequency phrases

TERM 1

Unit 1: My Family

By the end of this unit, students will be able to describe themselves and their family using the verbs avoir (to have) and être (to be)

Topics Include:

• Family Members
• Avoir
• Être
• Physical descriptions (hair, eyes, height)
• Personality description (adjectives)
• Pets
• Adjective rules
• Who I get on with and why

TERM 2

Unit 2: My house and town

By the end of this unit students will be able to describe and give justified opinions about their house and town.

Topics Include:

• Countries
• Rooms of the house
• Places in town
• Directions
• Negatives

TERM 3

Unit 3: My holidays

By the end of this unit students will be able to describe a future holiday using the verb aller (to go) and the near future tense.

Topics Include:

• Aller (to go) and the near future tense
• Countries
• Transport
• Accommodation
• Holiday Activities
• Food

TERM 1

Unit 1: Jobs

By the end of this unit students will be able to use the conditional tense to talk about what career they would like to do when they are older and why. 

Topics Include:

• The conditional tense (Je voudrais = I would like)
• Jobs
• Places of work
• Reasons for and against jobs
• Future Plans
• Chores
• The near future tense

Unit 2: Festivals

By the end of this unit students will be able to say how they usually celebrate festivals and what they did last year.

Topics Include:

• Festivals (including francophone festivals)
• Festival activities
• The perfect past tense
• Food
• My next birthday
• Numbers revision
• The near future tense

TERM 2

Unit 3: Media and Technology

By the end of this unit students will be able to say how they use technology and spend their free time.

Topics Include:

• Genres of film, TV and music
• Time and frequency phrases
• Opinions and Reason
• Negatives
• Online Activities
• Free time activities
• The near future tense
• The perfect past tense

Unit 4: Where I live

By the end of this unit students will be able to say what you and can't do in their town and other francophone regions.

Topics Include:

• Modal verbs (on peut = you can)
• Places in town
• Types of towns
• Activities in town
• Weather and seasons
• Negatives

TERM 3

Unit 5: Sport and Health

By the end of this unit pupils will be able to discuss their sporting hobbies, describe health issues and what it takes to become a champion.

Topics Include:

• Sports and activities (jouer and faire)
• Body parts (j'ai mal)
• Illnesses and injuries
• Food and drinks
• What it takes to be a champion

TERM 1

Unit 1: Grammar

By the end of this unit, students will have a deepened understanding of French grammar, adjectives rules and conjugation. 

Topics include: 

• The present tense (regular er, ir, re verbs) 
• Avoir 
• Être 
• Aller
• Faire 
• Adjective rules (BRAGS)
• Possessive pronouns 

Unit 2: Tu as de temps à perdre

By the end of this unit, students will be able to talk about how they spend their free time and why. 

Topics include: 

• Online activities
• The risks online 
• Media (TV, films, music)
• Direct object pronouns 
• Last weekend (the perfect past)
• Next weekend (the near future) 

TERM 2

Unit 3: Mon clan, ma tribu 

By the end of this unit, students will be able to discuss their family, friends, celebrations, celebrity life and what makes a good role model. 

Topics include: 

• Weekend routines (reflexive verbs)
• Favourite festivals 
• Who do you get on well with and why
• Favourite celebrities
• The qualities of a good role model and good friend 

Unit 4: Ma vie scolaire

By the end of this unit, students will be able to describe their daily life at school, discuss future school plans and describe their time at primary school. 

Topics include: 

• School subjects 
• Places in school 
• Comparison
• School rules 
• Making progress at school (perfect past tense)
• Describing primary school (imperfect past tense)
• Future school plans (near future tense) 
• Modal verbs (on doit, il faut) 

TERM 3

Unit 5 : En plein forme

By the end of this unit, students will be able to give and understand advice about staying healthy as well as discuss their lifestyle choices. 

Topics include: 

• Food / drinks 
• Sports / activities 
• Body parts and illness 
• Advice 
• Past habits and future resolutions 
• Modal verbs 
• Imperatives 

Unit 6: Numéro Vacances 

By the end of this unit, students will be able to talk about their past, habitual, future and dream holidays. 

Topics include: 

• Countries
• Transport 
• Accommodation 
• Activities 
• Festivals 
• Weather 
• The conditional tense
• The simple future tense 
• The perfect past tense
• The imperfect tense 

TERM 1

Unit 1: Notre Planète

By the end of this unit, students will be able to talk about environment issues and potential solutions. 

Topics include: 

• Large numbers 
• The climate
• Environmental problems 
• Small and large acts 
• Green technology 
• Comparisons and superlatives 
• En + present participles 
• Imperfect vs perfect past tense 

TERM 2 & 3

Unit 2: My future plans

By the end of this unit, students will be able to discuss where they live in detail as well as their dreams for where they want to live in the future. 

Topics include: 

• House and town vocabulary 
• Directions 
• My dream house 
• Shopping and clothes 
• The pronoun y
• Depuis and the present tense 

Unit 3: Mes projets d’avenir 

By the end of this unit, students will be able to discuss their future hopes and plans. 

Topics include: 

• Jobs
• Career plans 
• Opinions on influencers (celebrities)
• Reasons for and against jobs 
• The future and conditional tenses

Unit 4: Revision 

Students recap all topics while developing exam skills and strategies.

Topics Include:

• Identifying relevant information
• Understanding a range of verbs and verbs structures
• Recognising and understanding grammatical clues
• Inferring meaning
• Using different clues to understand unfamiliar language
• Writing effectively about the future and the past
• Choosing and linking your ideas
• Expressing opinions
• Avoiding the pitfalls of translation
• Using impressive language