Edexcel GCSE 2009 French (Higher)
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Edexcel GCSE French
Scheme of work
French Higher (Module 1)
Y10 Week / Module and unit coverage / Grammar and skills coverage / Controlled assessment themes / Common topic areas drawn from the specification1 / Module 1: Moi
Déjà vu 1: Moi … et quelques autres
Déjà vu 2: Les choses que j’aime faire / Grammar:
- Revising the present tense of ‘er’ verbs
- Possessive adjectives mon, ma, mes
- Adjectival agreements
- Use of quel, aimer(+ infinitive), jouerà, jouerde
- The negative (present tense verbs)
- Using connectives
Sport and leisure: Hobbies/Interests / Personal information: Family and friends/Leisure activities
2 / Module 1: Moi
Unité1: Moi, moi et encore moi! / Grammar:
- The present tense of reflexive verbs
- Making notes for oral presentations
- Words to give thinking time while speaking
3 / Module 1: Moi
Unité 2: Mes parents / Grammar:
- Using masculine and feminine nouns
- Omission of article before jobs
- How to work out the meaning of new words
Future plans, education and work: Work
4 / Module 1: Moi
Unité 3: Mes copains et mes copines / Grammar:
- More on adjectival agreements
5 / Module 1:Moi
Unité 4: Centre de Loisirs / Grammar:
- Revision of how to form the perfect tense(avoir and être)
Out and about: Local amenities
Y10 Week / Module and unit coverage / Grammar and skills coverage / Controlled assessment themes / Common topic areas drawn from the specification
6 / Module 1: Moi
Unité 5: Les champions sportifs / Grammar:
- More on the alphabet
- Using the infinitive to express –ing
- Verbs followed by de/à (+ infinitive)
- Improving your reading skills
Sport and leisure: Hobbies/ Interests/Sporting events / Personal information: General interests/ Leisure activities
7 / Module 1:Moi
Unité 6: Ma passion / Grammar:
- The near future: aller(+ infinitive)
- The use of depuis (+ the present tense)
- How to use knowledge of grammar to complete gap fill exercises
8 / Module 1: Moi
Contrôle oral: Sport and leisure activities
Contrôle écrit: Your interests / Skills:
- Tips on how to improve oral grades and grades for the controlled assessment
Edexcel GCSE French
Scheme of work
French Higher (Module 2)
Y10 Week / Module and unit coverage / Grammar and skills coverage / Controlled assessment themes / Common topic areas drawn from the specification9 / Module 2: Mon temps libre
Déjà vu: Qu’est-ce qu’on fait?
Unité1: Ça te dit? / Grammar:
- The use of articles
- Direct object pronouns
- The use of y
- Using pronouns after prepositions, emphatic pronouns
- Using expressions of frequency and adjectives to enhance speaking and writing.
Media and culture: Film / Personal information: General interests/Leisure activities
10 / Module 2: Mon temps libre
Unité 2: Désolé, je ne peux pas / Grammar:
- Using modal verbs (devoir, pouvoir, vouloir) (+ infinitive)
- How to tackle complex reading texts
11 / Module 2: Mon temps libre
Unité 3: Ce n’était pas mal / Grammar:
- More revision of the perfect tense — how to form past participles
- Using the perfect and imperfect tenses
- Using intensifiers
- Using different tenses to enhance speaking and writing
- Pronunciation of –ant, -ent, -on
Y10 Week / Module and unit coverage / Grammar and skills coverage / Controlled assessment themes / Common topic areas drawn from the specification
12 / Module 2: Mon temps libre
Unité 4: Il s’agit de quoi? / Grammar:
- How to say better/worse/the best/the worst
- Expressing complex ideas in a simple way
- How to describe a film/book
Sport and leisure: Hobbies/Interests / Personal information:Leisure activities/General interests
13 / Module 2: Mon temps libre
Unité 5: Toujours le sport! / Grammar:
- More on the perfect tenses— verbs with être
- How to improve writing tasks and oral presentations
14 / Module 2: Mon temps libre
Unité6: La technologie est partout! / Grammar:
- Using pour(+ infinitive)
15 / Module 2: Mon temps libre
Contrôle oral: Going to the cinema
Contrôle écrit: Writing a film review / Skills:
- How to improve oral grades and grades for the controlled assessment
Sport and leisure: Hobbies/Interests / Personal information: Leisure activities/General activities
Edexcel GCSE French
Scheme of work
French Higher (Module 3)
Y10 Week / Module and unit coverage / Grammar and skills coverage / Controlled assessment themes / Common topic areas drawn from the specification16 / Module 3: Là où j’habite
Déjà vu: C’est où?
Unité 1: Tout près d’ici / Grammar:
- Using tu and vous
- Using the preposition à (au/à la/à l’/aux)
- The imperative
- Using the preposition de (du/de la/de l’/des)
- Identifying the gender of nouns in a dictionary
- How to work out meaning in reading texts
17 / Module 3: Là où j’habite
Unité 2: J’habite en ville / Grammar:
- Using the adjectives beau/nouveau/vieux
- How to work out meaning in reading texts
18 / Module 3: Là où j’habite
Unité 3: Aujourd’hui et autrefois / Grammar:
- Using the imperfect tense
19 / Module 3: Là où j’habite
Unité 4: Des villes jumelées / Grammar:
- Using superlatives
- How to listen for detail
- Working out the meanings of unknown words in reading texts
Y10 Week / Module and unit coverage / Grammar and skills coverage / Controlled assessment themes / Common topic areas drawn from the specification
20 / Module 3: Là où j’habite
Unité 5:Ma ville / Grammar:
- The modal verb pouvoir(+ infinitive) (present and conditional)
Travel and tourism: Visitor information/Holidays / Out and about: Local amenities/ Directions/Visitor information
21 / Module 3:Là où j’habite
Contrôle oral: Your local area
Contrôle écrit: A webpage to advertise your area / Skills:
- How to improve oral grades and grades for the controlled assessment
Edexcel GCSE French
Scheme of work
French Higher (Module 4)
Y10 Week / Module and unit coverage / Grammar and skills coverage / Controlled assessment themes / Common topic areas drawn from the specification22 / Module 4: Allons-y!
Déja vu: On fait les magasins / Grammar:
- Using the partitive article
- Adjectival agreements (colours)
23 / Module 4: Allons-y!
Unité 1: On ira au festival de rock! / Grammar:
- Using the future tense
Sport and leisure: Interests / Personal information: Leisure activities
24 / Module 4: Allons-y!
Unité 2: Bon voyage! / Grammar:
- More on être with the perfect tense
25 / Module 4: Allons-y!
Unité 3: Ça me va? / Grammar:
- Using ce, lequel, celui, etc
- Using je in the conditional of aimer/préférer/vouloir
26 / Module 4: Allons-y!
Unité 4: C’est la fête! / Grammar:
- The imperfect tense of avoir and être
- Working out meaning from context
27 / Module 4: Allons-y!
Unité 5: À la mode / Grammar:
- Using the present, perfect and imperfect
- Using several adjectives together to enhance speaking and writing responses
28 / Module 4: Allons-y!
Contrôle oral: Shopping for clothes
Contrôle écrit: Win a fashion makeover! / Skills:
- How to improve oral grades and grades for the controlled assessment
Edexcel GCSE French
Scheme of work
French Higher (Module 5)
Week / Module and unit coverage / Grammar and skills coverage / Controlled assessment themes / Common topic areas drawn from the specification29 / Module 5: Le collège
Déjà vu 1: L’emploi du temps
Déjà vu 2: L’uniforme scolaire / Grammar:
- Referring to the past, the present and the future
- Further use of definite articles
- Adjectives of colour
30 / Module 5: Le collège
Unité 1: La formation / Grammar:
- Irregular forms of the 3rd person plural of the present tense
31 / Module 5: Lecollège
Unité 2: Ma journée — aujourd’hui et hier / Grammar:
- Reflexive verbs in the present and the perfect
Personal information: Family
32 / Module 5: Le collège
Unité 3: Vive la différence! / Grammar:
- The comparative
- Negative expressions
- Spotting the negative in listening and reading tests
33 / Module 5: Lecollège
Unité 4: Respectez les consignes! / Grammar:
- Using il faut and il est interditde (+ infinitive)
34 / Module 5: Lecollège
Unité 5: Que feras-tu? / Grammar:
- Using the future (aller + infinitive and the future tense)
- More tips for pronunciation
Week / Module and unit coverage / Grammar and skills coverage / Controlled assessment themes / Common topic areas drawn from the specification
35 / Module 5: Le collège
Contrôle oral: Visiting a school in France
Contrôle écrit: An article about your school / Skills:
- How to improve oral grades and grades for the controlled assessment
Edexcel GCSE French
Scheme of work
French Higher (Module 6)
Y11 Week / Module and unit coverage / Grammar and skills coverage / Controlled assessment themes / Common topic areas drawn from the specification1 / Module 6: Il faut bosser!
Déjà vu: L’argent, l’argent
Unité 1: Avez-vous un job? / Grammar:
- Indirect pronoun objects
- Further use of the partitive (du/de la/de l’/des)
- Looking up words in the dictionary
- Looking for detailed meaning in a text
Sport and leisure: Hobbies/Interests / Future plans, education and work: Work and work experience
Personal information: Leisure activities
2 / Module 6: Il faut bosser!
Unité 2: Au boulot! / Grammar:
- Forming questions
3 / Module 6: Il faut bosser!
Unité 3: C’est dela part de qui?
Unité 4: Ce n’est pas juste! / Grammar:
- Using formal language
- Using qui and que
- Pronunciation of cognates
Customer services and transactions
4 / Module 6: Il faut bosser!
Unité 5: Les stages — pour ou contre? / Grammar:
- Contrasting the perfect and imperfect tenses
5 / Module 6: Il faut bosser!
Contrôle oral: An interview for a job in France
Contrôle écrit: Writing about your work experience / Skills:
- How to improve oral grades and grades for the controlled assessment
Edexcel GCSE French
Scheme of work
French Higher (Module 7)
Y11 Week / Module and unit coverage / Grammar and skills coverage / Controlled assessment themes / Common topic areas drawn from the specification6 / Module 7: Tourisme
Déjà vu 1: Destinations touristiques
Déjà vu 2: La météo / Grammar:
- Using the verb aller
- Using visiter and rendre visite à
- Past, present and future tenses for the weather
7 / Module 7: Tourisme
Unité 1: Choisir un hôtel en France / Grammar:
- Using comparatives and superlatives
8 / Module 7: Tourisme
Unité 2: Mes projets pour les vacances / Grammar:
- The future and the conditional
- J’aurais préféré (+ infinitive)
Sport and leisure: Hobbies/Interests / Out and about: Visitor information/Local amenities
Personal information: Leisure activities
9 / Module 7: Tourisme
Unité 3: Camping la Forêt
Unité 4: Visitez la Côte d’Amour, Bretagne / Grammar:
- Using the nous form in different tenses
- Revision of notre/nos
- Using the perfect and the imperfect
- Using the perfect infinitive
- How to tackle longer reading texts and work out the meaning of new words
Customer services and transactions: Cafés and restaurants
10 / Module 7: Tourisme
Unité 5: La nourriture / Grammar:
- Using the conditional
11 / Module 7: Tourisme
Unité 6: Plage, mer, soleil
Unité 7: L’année dernière / Grammar:
- Using the present, imperfect and conditional
- Using the perfect and pluperfect tenses
Personal information: Leisure activities
12 / Module 7: Tourisme
Contrôle oral: Talking about a holiday
Contrôle écrit: Writing about a past holiday / Skills:
- How to improve oral grades and grades for the controlled assessment
Personal information: Leisure activities
Edexcel GCSE French
Scheme of work
French Higher (Module 8)
Y11 Week / Module and unit coverage / Grammar and skills coverage / Controlled assessment themes / Common topic areas drawn from the specification13 / Module 8: Mode de vie
Déjà vu 1: Ce qu’on mange et ce qu’on boit
Déjà vu 1:Mon corps et moi / Grammar:
- Using en (of it/them)
- Using si to mean ‘yes’
- Expressions with avoir
- Using avoir mal à (au/à la/ à l’/aux)
14 / Module 8: Mode de vie
Unite 1: Ça ne va pas / Grammar:
- Using impersonal verbs (il faut/ il vautmieux + infinitive)
15 / Module 8: Mode de vie
Unite 2: Garder la forme / Grammar:
- Using adverbs
16 / Module 8: Mode de vie
Unite 3: La dépendance
Unite 4: Veux-tu te marier? / Skills:
- Listening for opinion
- Reading strategies
- More practice giving opinions
17 / Module 8: Mode de vie
Contrôle oral: Young people’s lifestyles
Contrôle écrit: Healthy living / Skills:
- How to improve oral grades and grades for the controlled assessment
Edexcel GCSE French
Scheme of work
French Higher (Module 9)
Y11 Week / Module and unit coverage / Grammar and skills coverage / Controlled assessment themes / Common topic areas drawn from the specification18 / Module 9: Le monde en danger
Unité 1: On devrait faire ça! / Grammar:
- The conditional of modal verbs
(devoir/pouvoir/vouloir)
Sport and leisure: Lifestyle choices / Personal information: Lifestyle
19 / Module 9: Le monde en danger
Unité 2: Les problèmes locaux / Grammar:
- Using more negatives
20 / Module 9: Le monde en danger
Unité 3: L’environnement va mal!
Unité 4: Avant et après / Grammar:
- Some irregular present tenses
(éteindre/ouvrir/produire) - More on the future tense
- Using direct object pronouns in the perfect tense
- Pronunciation of e, é, è
Sport and leisure: Lifestyle choices / Out and about: Local amenities
Personal information: Lifestyle
21 / Module 9: Le monde en danger
Unité 5: À la une / Grammar:
- The passive
22 / Module 9: Le monde en danger
Contrôle oral: Environmental problems
Contrôle écrit: A letter to a newspaper about the environment / Skills:
- How to improve oral grades and grades for the controlled assessment
Out and about: Local amenities
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