Buckswood School

Schemes of work/Academic Year Planner 2017/18

Subject / French
Group/Class / 2a, 2b & 2c
Course book / Studio Rouge differentiated to make the course accessible to weaker as well as G and T pupils
Week / Date / Topic

CHRISTMAS TERM

1 / September 11 / Course intro Module 1: T’esbranché? Class rules & Target setting.
2 / September 18 / Talking about TV programmes.
Subject pronouns: je, tu, il, elle + key lexis
J’aime, J’adore, Je déteste
3 / September 25 / Talking about films
The present tense of Avoir & Etre
4 / October 03 / Talking about reading
Ir & re verbs in the present
5 / October 9 / Talking about the internet:
Using the verbs "aller & faire’
6 / October 16 / 1st Assessment Week + Talking about what you did yesterday using the perfect tense.
7 / October 23 / Half Term
Module 2: Paris.
8 / October 30 / Saying what you did using the perfect tense of regular verbs.
9 / November 06 / Saying when you did things using the perfect tense of irregular verbs.
10 / November 13 / Understanding information about a tourist attraction using "C'était....j'aitrouvéça...."
11 / November 20 / Saying where you went and how using the perfect with "Etre".
12 / November 27 / Interviewing a suspect asking questions in the perfect tense.
13 / December 04 / Revisions of present or past. Talking about what you do/did in Paris.
14 / December 11 / EoT Exams

EASTER TERM

1 / January 08 / Target setting & revisions.Module 3: Mon identité. Talking about personality. Adjectival agreement.
2 / January 15 / Talking about relationships. Reflexive verbs.
3 / January 22 / Talking about music. Agreeing, disagreeing & giving reasons.
4 / January 29 / Talking about clothesUsing ‘near future’ tense
5 / February 05 / Talking about your passion using past, present & future tenses. Assessment week
6 / February 12 / Half term
7 / February 19 / Module 4: Chez moi/chez toi.Saying where you live. Comparative adjectives. Describing your homeUsing prepositions
8 / February 26 / À table tout le monde!Talking about mealsUsing "du, de la, de l’, des" & "boire, prendre"
9 / March 05 / C’est la chandeleur!Discussing what food to buy using ‘il faut+ infinitive’
10 / March 12 / On estallé au carnaval! Talking about an event. Further practice of three tenses
11 / March 19 / EoT exams

SUMMER TERM

1 / April 16 / Target setting & revisions
2 / April 23 / Module 5: La France a du talent!Talking about talent and ambition. Using the infinitive and the verb "vouloir"
3 / April 30 / Saying what you must and can doUsing ‘devoir’ and ‘pouvoir’ + infinitive
4 / May 07 / Telling someone what do using the imperative + negative
5 / May 14 / Showing how much you can do with the French language using a variety of structures and tenses.
6 / May 21 / Revisions and Assessment Week
7 / May 28 / Half Term
8 / June 4 / Studio Découverte
World Geography and the Francophone world
9 / June 11 / Science: How to plant a garden. The French Revolution
10 / June 18 / Revision week
11 / June 25 / End of Year Exam Week