SCHEME OF WORK FOR YEAR 7 The main resource used for teaching Year 7 is quipe Nouvelle 1, published by Oxford.

Teaching methods include: audio recordings related to the textbook; video recording for cultural information and reinforcement of learning; flashcards; role-play activities; recordings of songs for pupils to sing; various language games (including French bingo) on board or with partner or in groups.

TERM

TOPICS & GRAMMAR

A U T U M N Language awareness: understanding about different languages in the world; French numbers up to 69; learning classroom language; greetings; French alphabet; where you live; age, months & birthdays; pets; French plurals and gender; family members; personal qualities; physical descriptions TEST FOR UNITS 1 & 2 School bag items; school subjects; expressing likes and dislikes; telling the time; days of the week; introduction to verbs; sports and leisure activities; going to places in town; using verb tables TEST FOR UNITS 3 & 4 Food and drinks: ordering them in a caf; meals; quantities and prices of food; near future tense; numbers to 100; weather and climate; French-speaking countries; home area, type of house where you live; rooms in a house; objects in bedroom & colours TEST FOR UNITS 5 & 6

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