2019-2020

Unit

Topics

Assessment

Term  1

Départ

Bienvenue!

• Language awareness
• Greetings + name
• How you feel and why
• Classroom instructions
• Classroom equipment + avoir
• Numbers 1-31
• Age, months, birthday
• Where you live
• ICT activities

DC1:

Speaking

5 qu and answers

Ma Famille

• Brothers and sisters
• Pets
• Family members
• Personality
• Physical description
• Likes and dislikes
• Noël

Writing

 Extended write: 40 words to introduce yourself and family

Term 2

Au Collège

• Cultural differences/ French school system
• School subjects
• Opinions and reasons
• Time: 12 hour clock
• School timetable
• Describing your school day

DC2

Reading and Listening

Les Passe-Temps

• Sports
• Hobbies
• Last weekend
• weather
• Jouer and faire
• Likes and dislikes
• Use of the internet and my mobile
• Describing what others do (il/ils)

Writing

Extended write: 40 words on opinions and hobbies

Term 3

Bon Appétit!

• Ordering drinks and snacks
• Food items and opinions
• Mealtimes
• Quantities of food
• Numbers to 100: prices, the euro
• At the market

DC3

Speaking

Role play at the café and shopping at the market

Chez Moi

• Describe where you live/would like to live
• Places in town
• Where you go in town
• Rooms of the house and adjectives
• furniture
• Prepositions/colours
• Ideal bedroom

Reading and Listening

Yr 7 exam

2019-2020

Unit

Topics

Assessment

Term  1

Recap Yr7

Mode Ado

• Revision of personal information.
• Questions and answers on home and school life
• Translation of extended text

• Clothes and colours
• Types and styles of clothes
• Outfits for different occasions/weather

DC1

Writing

Extended write: 50 words on fashion

En Forme!

• Parts of the body
• Creating a monster
• Pains and illnesses
• At the doctor
• Advice for a healthy lifestyle
• Past tense: health diary

Reading and Listening

Term 2

On se relaxe!

• TV programmes
• Likes, dislikes and reasons
• Film genres
• 24 hour clock
• Immediate future: aller+ infinitive
• Arranging to go out
• Giving excuses

DC2

Speaking

Dialogue arranging to go out

Tous les jours

• Sports
• Musical instruments
• Expressions of time
• Daily routine
• Household chores
• Negatives in the perfect tense
• Description in the past

Writing

Extended write: Storyboard about daily routine

Term 3

Voyages et Vacances

• Countries
• Transport
• Holiday activities
• Past holiday
• Perfect tense être and avoir
• Next year’s holiday plans

Speaking Assessment

DC3

Writing

Extended write: 50 words on a past holiday

Une Visite en France

• Places in town
• Directions
• Tourist information
• Paris monuments
• Planning a visit to Paris

Reading and Listening

Yr 8 exam

2019-2020

AQA Spec

Topics

Assessment

Term 1

GCSE

Theme: Current and future study and employment

Topic1 – my studies

Topic 2 – Life at school

• Introduction to GCSE/expectations/ assessments
• School subjects likes and dislikes
• Opinions on subjects, school and teachers
• Timetable
• Primary school: imperfect tense
• Similarities and differences of French/English school systems
• Clubs and sports teams
• Description of school facilities
• For/ against school uniform
• School rules

DC1

Reading and Listening

exam questions

Writing

Extended write: Paper 4 qu 4

90 words

Topic 3 – Education post 16

Topic 4 – jobs, careers and ambitions

• careers
• Advantages and disadvantages of jobs
• Future educational plans
• Ideal job
• Future/conditional Tense

Speaking: questions and answers

Term  2

GCSE

Theme: Identity and Culture

Topic 3- food and eating out

Topic 4 – customs and traditions

Theme 2: Local, national, global areas of interest

Topic 2- healthy/unhealthy livivng

• Food items and food categories
• Preferences and opinions on food/drink
• Mealtimes: past, present and future
• Eating habits
• Healthy eating
• Shopping for food

• Ordering out
• Problems at the restaurant
• Festivals - Easter

DC2

Reading and Listening

exam questions

Speaking and writing

Describing a photo

• Sport and exercise
• Describing a sportsperson

• Describing a sporting event
• Opinions past and present
• Likes and dislikes
• Hobbies
• What you have done and are going to do

Writing

Extended write:

90 words on Weekend past,present, future

Term 3

GCSE

Media and communication

Module 2

• Arranging to go out
• TV and Cinema
• Books and reading
• Modal verbs
• Going out/ making excuses

DC3

Speaking

Photocards

Questions and answers

Film review

• New technology
• Music
• Les Choristes project
• Reviewing and describing a foreign film

2019-2020

AQA Spec

Topics

Assessment

Term  1

Theme: Identity and culture

Topic 1:

Me, my family and friends.

• Descriptions of self and family: personality and appearance
• Family relationships
• Marriage and children
• What makes a good friend
• A night out with friends
• Talking about life when you were younger
• Talking about role-models
• Who I admire
• Daily life

DC1

Writing

Extended write:

90 words on theme 1 topics

Topic 3- food and eating out

Topic 4 – customs and traditions

• Food, drinks and preferences
• Food for special occasions
• Describing your daily life
• Lifestyle advice
• Addiction: smoking, drugs and alcohol
• Family celebrations
• Customs and festivals
• Christmas

Reading and Listening

Exam questions

Speaking

Photocards

Term 2

Theme: Local. National, Internationa and global areas of interest

Topic 1 – Home, town neighbourhood and region

• Where you live
• Describing your town and region
• My local area: Advantages and disadvantages
• What there is to see and do
• My ideal town
• tourism

DC2

Writing

Extended write:

90 words on town

• House description
• Where I used to live
• Comparative and superlative
• Improving my area
• Environment

PPE exams

Term 3

Theme: Local. National, Internationa and global areas of interest; identity and Culture

Topic 4 travel and tourism

• Usual holiday plans
• Describing a past holiday
• Future holiday plans
• An ideal holiday
• Booking in a hotel
• Problems in the hotel
• Reviewing and complaining
• Talking about travelling
• Buying souvenirs
• Holiday disasters
• Describing holiday photos

DC3

Speaking

PPE Oral exam

Listening and reading

Exam questions

Writing

90 words on holidays

2019-2020

AQA Spec

Topics

Assessment

Term  1

Term 2

Theme: Local. National, Internationa and global areas of interest

Topic 2 – social issues

Topic 3 –global issues

• Environmental issues: natural disasters
• Discussing the environment
• Protecting the environment
• Problems in your local area
• A letter to a newspaper
• Ethical shopping
• Fair trade

DC1

PPE 1

Reading, Listening and Writing

Speaking

Role-plays

Theme-Identity and Culture

Topic 2 - technology

• Buying souvenirs
• Shopping for clothes
• Volunteering
• Discussing big events
• Charity work
• Mobile technology
• Use of Internet
• Social media
• For or against

PPE 2

Reading, Listening and Writing

PPE Speaking exam

Term 3

Preparation for speaking exam: role-play, photocard and conversation

Revision

GCSE Papers1-4