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French S1 Term 2-4

Topic:  Where I live

Aim1: to expand your range of vocabulary on the subject of where you live, including places in town, description of town and opinions. Learn some new grammatical structures and verbs.

Aim 2: Complete a Writing assessment in French in which pupils write about where they live using vocabulary and grammar from the topic.

Aim 3: to research a French speaking country or city, produce a PowerPoint, poster or leaflet about this area in English and present it to the rest of the class.

Vocab covered:                                                                                                           

-          Places in town                                                             

-          Description of place in which you live (town, countryside etc)                    

-          Opinions of where you live                                                               

-          Adjectives to describe where you live

-          Essay phrases to introduce new paragraphs

Skills:

-          Literacy skills

-          Confidence

-          Communication skills

Grammar:

-          Further use of complete verbs

-          Using subject pronouns other than je e.g., il / elle

-          Negatives

-          Adjective agreements

-          Impersonal expressions, e.g. il y a , on peut

-          Comparatives

French S1 Term 3

Topic:  Mon collège

Aim 1: to learn how to talk about your school, subjects and school day.

Aim 2: to produce a booklet in French for the current P7 pupils in our local primary schools full of information about Mearns Academy.

Vocab covered:

-          How to say which subjects you study                                             

-          Opinions of your subjects                                                                 

-          School uniform

-          Your timetable

-          Description of your school day                                                                     

Skills:

-          literacy skills

-          confidence

-          communication

Grammar:                                                                                                                      

-          Regular verbs

-          Negatives

-          Adjective agreements

French S1 Term 4

Topic:  Sports and Hobbies

Aim 1: to learn how to talk about what sports you do and play, to discuss other hobbies, what you do in different weathers and seasons.

Aim 2: a Reading and Listening assessments in which pupils read / listen to a text in French and answer questions in English.  The assessments will use the vocabulary we have covered in this unit of work.

Vocab covered:

-          How to say which sports you do / play                                                       

-          Opinions of sports and other hobbies                                             

-          What other hobbies you have apart from sports

-          Weather and seasons

-          Frequency                                                                    

Skills:

-          Literacy skills

-          Confidence

-          Communication

Grammar:                                                                                                                      

-          Irregular verbs

-          Negatives

-          Partitive

The majority of work covered in S1 French is based around CfE Level 2 outcomes with scope to progress into Level 3 as the year goes on. Most pupils at this stage of S1 are working at Second 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 2 content than others. 

Working Level and Working Grade descriptions for S1 Languages:

Second A: Making excellent progress with the Level 2 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 3 outcomes, copes very well with the increased challenge. 

Second B: Making good progress with the Level 2 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 3 outcomes, copes well with the increased challenge. 

Second C: Making reasonable progress with the Level 2 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 3 outcomes, finds the increased difficulty challenging but manageable with support. 

Second D: Some progress with the Level 2 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 3 outcomes, finds the increased challenge tricky.