S2 Languages: Reporting Window 1

Term 1 Topic:  Animals

Aims: 

• To research an animal of your choice and using your new range of vocabulary, describe them accurately and in detail in French. 

• Writing assessment on the Animal research you have done.

Vocab covered: Habitat, Physical descriptions, Diet, Personality / character, Predators, Noise the animal makes.

Skills: Literacy skills, Confidence, Communication skills, Dictionary skills, Research skills.

Grammar: Reminder of complete verbs, Using third person subject pronoun, Negatives, Adjective agreements, Introduction to perfect tense phrases and essay phrases.

Term 2 Topic:  At the Doctor

Aims: 

• To learn how to describe an illness or injury and use transactional language to get by in an appointment with a doctor or chemist in France

• To write, rehearse and learn a short dialogue, based in doctor’s surgery or hospital, in small groups to present to the class

Vocab covered: Body parts, Illnesses, Cures, Transactional, polite language. 

Skills: Literacy skills, Confidence, Communication.

Grammar: Partitives, Using ‘vous’ instead of ‘tu’, Imperative.

The majority of work covered in S2 French is based around CfE Level 3 outcomes with scope to progress into Level 4 as the year goes on. Most pupils at this stage of S2 are working at Third level C or above. This does not mean that pupils performing below this level are not making progress - all pupils are making progress, but some require more support with CfE Level 3 content than others. 

 Working Level and Working Grade descriptions for S2 Languages:

Third A: Making excellent progress with the Level 3 outcomes in all 4 skill areas. Confident grasp of new concepts and vocabulary.  Accurate in written and spoken work and excellent understanding in reading and listening activities.  When topics allow for extension into CfE Level 4 outcomes, copes very well with the increased challenge. 

Third B: Making good progress with the Level 3 outcomes in all 4 skill areas or excellent progress in certain skill areas but not so confident with others. Good grasp of new concepts and vocabulary.  Mostly accurate in written and spoken work and good understanding in reading and listening activities. When topics allow for extension into CfE Level 4 outcomes, copes well with the increased challenge. 

Third C: Making reasonable progress with the Level 3 outcomes in all 4 skill areas or good progress in certain skill areas but not so confident with others. Good grasp of new concepts and vocabulary with practice, although may find some of the concepts challenging.  Fairly accurate in written and spoken work and shows some understanding in reading and listening activities. When topics allow for extension into CfE Level 4 outcomes, finds the increased difficulty challenging but manageable with support. 

Third D: Some progress with the Level 3 outcomes in all 4 skill areas or more progress in certain skill areas but not so confident with others. Some grasp of new concepts and vocabulary, although may find a lot of this challenging, especially some of the grammatical concepts.  Some accuracy in written and spoken work but mainly in simple, familiar phrases.  Limited understanding in reading and listening activities, needs more support to understand texts. When topics allow for extension into CfE Level 4 outcomes, finds the increased challenge tricky. 

Second A-D: While still working on Level 3 work in class, extra support is usually provided to build confidence and skills.  Grading of A-D reflects where a pupil sits within this group