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Aim Key/New Words Resources

Speak in sentences, using familiar Le français (m) [French], l’anglais (m) Lesson Pack
vocabulary, phrases and basic language [English], les sciences (f. pl.) [science],
structures in the context of subjects studied les maths (f. pl.) [maths], la musique (f)
at school. [music], l’éducation physique (f) [physical
education], l’histoire (f) [history], la
To express opinions about school subjects.
géographie (f) [geography], l’informatique
(f) [ICT], le dessin (m) [art], aimes-tu… ? [do
you like…?], j’aime… (f) [I like…], je n’aime
pas… [I don’t like…], oui [yes], non [no].
Success Criteria Additional Useful Vocabulary Preparation
I can name a range of school subjects. Les matières (f) [subjects], et [and], les School Subjects Word Mat – one per group
opinions (f) [opinions], aide ! [help!]. (if required)
I can say whether I like or dislike subjects
using ‘j’aime…’ and ‘je n’aime pas…’. Differentiated School Subjects Matching/
Snap Cards – one set per group
I can ask someone if they like a subject.
School Subjects Activity Sheets – one per
child

Prior Learning It will be helpful if children have previously heard the phrases J’aime… [I like…] , and Je n’aime pas… [I don’t like…].

Learning Sequence
Les matières [School Subjects]: Use the Lesson Presentation to introduce the vocabulary for ten school subjects.
Show children the word in French and listen to the sound file. Can they guess what each word means? Click to 10
reveal a picture or click on the Aide ! [Help!] button for the translation. Encourage children to repeat each item of mins
vocabulary to consolidate the meaning and practise their pronunciation. Then, play the spinning wheel game to
check understanding of the school subjects. Click to spin the wheel and play the word it lands on. Children repeat
the word and identify the matching illustration. Can they name a range of school subjects?

Les opinions [Opinions]: Follow the Lesson Presentation to introduce the opinions J’aime… [I like…] and Je
n’aime pas… [I don’t like…]. Can the children guess what is being said? Can they see the difference between the two 10
sentences? Then children read and listen to the opinions about school subjects in French and find the matching mins
illustration from a choice of five books. Encourage them to use their knowledge of French numbers to identify their
chosen answer.

Aimes-tu… ? [Do You Like…?]: Using the prompts on the Lesson Presentation children work with a partner and take
it in turns to say which subjects they like and don’t like. Can they say whether they like or dislike subjects using 10
‘j’aime…’ and ‘je n’aime pas…’?. mins

Then, follow the Lesson Presentation to introduce the question Aimes-tu… ? [Do you like…?], pointing out oui [yes]
and non [no]. Children then work with a partner to ask and answer the questions, giving full answers each time, e.g.
Oui, j’aime l’histoire [Yes, I like history] or Non, je n’aime pas les sciences [No, I don’t like science]. Can they ask
someone if they like a subject?

Jouez ! [Play!]: Children work in small groups with a set of differentiated School Subjects Matching/Snap Cards
and a School Subjects Word Mat, if required, per group. They match the pictures to the correct French opinion, 10
saying the French aloud each time to practise their pronunciation. Encourage them to use the question Aimes-tu… ? mins
[Do you like…?] each time as well. Once they have matched up the cards, children can play a fun pairs game. Having
placed the cards face down on the table, children take turns to try and find the matching pairs, reading the French
aloud as they turn the cards over. For an extra challenge, there is also a set of word cards with just the initial letters
of the French words with dashes and a set with the initials and full lines for children to fill in the gaps themselves.
They can use the School Subjects Word Mat to support if needed.

Allez-y ! [Off you go!]: Using the differentiated School Subjects Activity Sheets, children conduct a survey of
the class’s subject likes and dislikes. Then, they complete a short writing task to say which subjects they like and 20
mins
dislike. Can they express opinions about school subjects?

Full questions provided Question and answer Children ask the questions
with illustrations and prompts provided by themselves using the
answer prompts. Writing with a word bank. question and answer
activity can be completed Writing activity can be prompts and word banks.
using the vocabulary completed using the Writing activity can be
from the previous vocabulary from the completed using the
exercise. Prompts previous exercise. vocabulary from the
provided for support. previous exercise.

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 Taskit
Designit: Ask children to plan their own week at school using the Design Your Own School Timetable Worksheet. Once downloaded and
printed, you’ll find this worksheet is split into two sections. Firstly, there is the blank timetable template, splitting the weekdays up
into lesson times. This is where your students compile what they think is the best schedule, filling in the subjects in French. The
second part of the worksheet is the section with the conditions. For example, they need to include at least five lessons a week for
English and Maths. They can colour code the timetable and also use a dictionary to look up more subjects in French or to fill in
more information in French, such as days of the week.
Snapit: Why not play a game of snap in small groups with the School Subjects Matching/Snap Cards? Children may also need a copy of
the School Subjects Word Mat per group. To play snap, shuffle the picture and word cards together and deal all cards out to the
players. Players take their top card, name it in French (by either reading the sentence in French or naming the picture) and place
it in the playing pile in the middle. Players continue to place their cards until there are two matching cards. They then race to be
the first player to touch the middle pile and shout casser ! [snap], therefore collecting all the cards in the pile. The winner is the
person with the biggest pile of cards when the time runs out. Encourage more able linguists to try and play the game using the
differentiated cards.

Language Notes:
• In this lesson you may wish to point out that in French none of the subject names begin with a capital letter, whereas in English, subjects
which are languages do.
• This may also be a suitable time to explain that if le or la is followed by a word starting with a vowel or the letter ’h’, the ‘e’ or ‘a’ is omitted and
an apostrophe replaces the missing letter.
• The question form Aimes-tu… ? is used in this lesson, but it’s also common to use the longer Est-ce que tu aimes… ? It’s also possible to ask
the same question simply by changing tone of voice: Tu aimes… ?

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