Y8 / Y9 / (new) GCSE French (La famille)

This is a lesson that could work well with students of Y9 or for new students of GCSE French, also could be used with some groups of Y8 if it is scaffolded properly. The lesson offers different opportunities for scaffolding.

Skills that could be practised with this lesson: Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking, Dictation and Translation.

Breakdown of the lesson:

1. Objectives to translate and introduce the topic of Family.
2. Starter based with a Sentence Builder that students need to complete themselves that includes vocabulary about:

• Family members
• Physical descriptions
• Hair and eye colour

1. Introduction / Recap to adjectival agreement + explanation
2. Miniwhiteboard task with choice for practice:

• Translation from French to English
• Translation from English to French
• Dictation from French to French (transcribing) (new skill for GCSE 2024)

1. Reading comprehension based on 3 texts.
2. 2 Sets of battleships to practice Être + Avoir with Physical description (Speaking)
3. 3 short listening texts** (with audios included)**
4. Translation task based on the previous listening task.
5. Speaking Noughts and Crosses task.

Handout, Presentation and Audios attached.
Disclaimer:
You will have to make a handout for the Battleship task and the noughs and crosses.