CURRICULUM PLAN MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES YEAR 7 FRENCH
Resources: Encore Tricolore 1 (set textbook), Linguascope, Boardworks, languagesonline, differentiated resources devised by MFL staff.
TERM ONE
Introductory project: Why learn a foreign language?
UNIT 1: Bonjour!
Greetings, say your name and ask someone their name.
Ask how someone is and say how you are. Numbers to 20.
Numbers to 20. Ask and say age. Introduction to masculine and feminine nouns and plurals.
Understand simple classroom instructions and build up classroom
vocabulary.
Use a dictionary effectively.
UNIT 2: J’habite ici
Find out about La Rochelle. Use à or en to say “in” for towns and countries.
Say where you live and ask someone where they live. Compass points.
UNIT 3: Chez moi Possessive adjectives: mon, ma, mes, ton, ta, tes, son, sa, ses.
Family.
Days.
Rooms in a house. Definite articles: le, la, l’, les. Prepositions, être (to be).
Say where things are.
TERM TWO
Numbers to 79.
UNIT 4: Les animaux Avoir: to have.
Pets. Describe pets. Adjectives: colours, size.
Talk about your likes, dislikes and preferences. Ask questions, how to say “you” appropriately.
French alphabet.
Revision of Units 1-4.
Full assessment (listening, speaking, reading and writing).
TERM THREE
UNIT 5: Des fêtes et des festivals
Months, key French dates, “name days”. Birthdays. Être: to be.
Clothes and uniform. Plurals of nouns and adjectives, word order.
UNIT 6: Qu’est-ce que tu fais?
Understand and talk about the weather. Seasons.
Numbers to 100.
TERM FOUR
Telephone numbers.
Hobbies and sports. Regular –er verbs (jouer). Negatives.
UNIT 7: Une ville en France
Buildings in a town.
Ask for information at a tourist office.
TERM FIVE
Ask and understand directions. Prepositions: au, à la, à l’, aux.
Say where places are and how far away they are. Aller: to go.
Revision of Units 5-7.
Full assessment (listening, speaking, reading and writing).
UNIT 8: Une journée scolaire
Ask and understand the time.
Understand and talk about a typical day. Present tense reflexive verbs. Manger: to eat, commencer: to begin.
TERM SIX
French school life. Adjectives and adjectival agreement.
School subjects and opinions of subjects. Possessive adjectives: son, sa, ses, notre, nos, votre, vos, leur, leurs.
UNIT 9: Un repas typique
Food and drink. Partitive articles: du, de la, de l’, des (some). Prendre – to take.
Give opinions of food and drink.
Find out about French food and meals. Adjectives.
Breakfast.
CURRICULUM PLAN MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES YEAR 8 FRENCH
Resources: Encore Tricolore 2 (set textbook), Linguascope, Boardworks, languagesonline, BBC Vingt Minutes video episodes, differentiated
resources devised by MFL staff.
TERM ONE
Introductory project: Preparing for school residential week in France Verbs (present tense): revise and extend use of -er verbs, -re verbs and
(July). -ir verbs.
UNIT 1: En ville Negatives (ne…pas, ne…plus).
French shops and what they sell.
Shop for food.
Extend numbers and use questions, quantities, money, prices to shop.
TERM TWO
UNIT 2: On fait des projets
Different countries (mainly Europe) and prepositions. Use prepositions with towns (à) and countries (au, en, aux).
Use aller + infinitive to describe what and when you are (not) going to Verbs: irregular present tense, including venir, voir, aller, pouvoir.
do something.
Different means of transport.
Describe a village/town/city using pouvoir to say what you can(‘t) do.
Read and write holiday postcards.
TERM THREE
UNIT 3: Au collège
Describe your school. Irregular verbs: dire, lire, écrire, apprendre, comprendre, vouloir.
Talk about the school day, including travel. Use reflexive verbs to describe daily routine.
Talk about morning and evening routines.
Give opinions about school subjects and other aspects of school life.
Say what you (don’t) want to do.
UNIT 4: En famille Perfect tense of regular verbs with “avoir”.
Introduce people, including greetings. Expressions of time.
Ask and answer questions while staying in France. Ce/cet/cette/ces (this/these) with nouns.
Perfect tense: Recognise and use to describe the recent past.
Past times expressions.
TERM FOUR
UNIT 5: Bon appétit
Buy drinks and snacks in a café. Verb boire.
Choose ice creams. Perfect tense of selected irregular verbs.
Discuss what you like to eat and drink. Questions in the perfect tense.
Order a meal in a restaurant. Negatives in the perfect tense.
Describe a meal.
TERM FIVE
UNIT 6: En voyage Present tense of verb partir.
Understand and talk about travel plans. Il faut and infinitive.
Railway station signs. Perfect tense using être.
Buy train tickets.
Travel by air, coach, boat.
Describe a recent day out.
TERM SIX
UNIT 7: Ca va?
Clothes.
Describe people’s appearance. Verb mettre with clothing.
Parts of the body. Extend range of adjectives.
Say how you feel and describe what hurts. Direct object pronouns (le, la, l’, les).
Make an appointment and go to the doctor’s, use a pharmacy. Avoir expressions. Imperatives.
CURRICULUM PLAN MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES YEAR 9 FRENCH
Resources: Encore Tricolore 3 (set textbook), Linguascope, Boardworks, Languages Online, differentiated resources devised by MFL staff.
TERM ONE
Develop greater awareness of francophone world. Revise the present tense.
Review and extend giving personal information. Use adjectives.
Families. Ask questions.
Animals. Use reflexive verbs.
Using ICT.
Describe friends.
Everyday life.
TERM TWO
Revise the perfect tense (with “avoir” and “être”).
Describe places in a town or city. Ask and answer questions (perfect tense).
Understand tourist information. Expressions of time (past).
Describe the weather (past). Use perfect tense with negatives.
Travel by métro.
Describe a recent visit.
Give opinions.
TERM THREE
Adverbs of frequency.
Leisure activities. Comparatives and superlatives.
Express opinions. Introduction to the imperfect tense.
Understand time clues.
Compare past and present.
Television, internet, cinema, books.
TERM FOUR Different forms of the negative.
Use “aller” plus infinitive.
School life. Expressions of time (future).
School subjects and options. Pronoun “y”.
Strengths and weaknesses. Future tense.
Describe future plans (school, work experience and jobs). Negatives.
Describe events past, present and future.
Future plans.
Theme parks.
Hotel accommodation.
Weather forecasts.
TERM FIVE
Adverbs.
Health, lifestyle, fitness. Imperatives.
Parts of the body. Reflexive verbs (perfect tense).
Buy basic medical supplies at a pharmacy. Expressions with “avoir”.
Request and use medical advice. Depuis with present tense.
Make medical appointments. Use perfect and imperfect tenses together.
Give and understand accident details.
TERM SIX
Introduction to pronouns: lui, leur, en.
Plan a holiday. Use qui and que.
Book in and stay at a campsite / self-catering holiday. Understand and use different tenses to refer to past, present and future.
Stay at someone’s home / in a youth hostel.
Deal with some holiday problems.
