Schemes of Work
Key Stage 3
Each unit should last seven to eight weeks.
Year 7
Unit 1
Topic Title and Details
“Bonjour!”
(Doddle Unit 1: C’est parti!)
Introduction to group talk
Introductions and greetings
Alphabet
Classroom Items and Instructions
Numbers, Ages, Dates
Language Focus
Phonics
Gender – un, une/ le, la, les
Possession using “de”
Regular plurals
Il y a
Language Learning Strategy
Identify patterns in French
Listen for gist and detail
Assessments
Alphabet
Numbers 1-31
Days of week
Months
In pairs prepare and take part in a short conversation to include greetings, questions and answers re basic personal details.
Unit 2
Topic Title and Details
“Voici ma famille” (Doddle Unit 2: En famille)
Family members
Animals
Colours
Adjectives – personal description
“Où est la souris?” – Prepositions in the classroom
Language Focus
Subj. pronouns (il/elle etc)
Present tense of avoir, s’appeler, être, aimer
Possessive adjectives (mon/ma)
Adjectival endings (+plural)
Opinions – j’aime
Negatives
Prepositions
Assessments
Family members
Animals
Colours
Write a short presentation about yourself and your family / pets. Include descriptions of yourself and 1 person or pet.
Unit 3
Topic Title and Details
“Chez moi”
(Doddle Unit 3: Chez moi)
Where we live – countries, cities
House description
To let – authentic texts
Bedroom description
Chores
Time
Language Focus
Place prepositions – en, au, à
Dictionary skills
Opinions – je préfère
Regular –er verbs
Il y a
Assessments
Rooms in house
Household chores
Time
Translation and reading comprehension
Unit 4
Topic Title and Details
“En ville”
(Doddle Unit 4: Comme d’habitude)
Around town
Directions
Ce weekend je vais aller à …
Language Focus
Il y a/ Il n’y a pas
à + definite article
Present Tense
Present tense of aller
Aller + infinitive to express simple future in first person
Est-ce que vs. qu’est-ce que
Opinions – pos. and negative
Imperative with « tu »
Assessments
Places in town
Directions
Prepositions of place
Focus on developing listening skills throughout unit
Listening comprehension
Unit 5
Topic Title and Details
“Ma journée”
(Doddle Unit 5: Daily routine)
24h clock
Numbers 70-100
Daily routine – morning and evening
Language Focus
Quantifiers
Reflexive verbs in the present tense
Pronunciation and spelling
Assessments
Time
Numbers
End of year exam to be done during this period
Year 8
Unit 1
Topic Title and Details
‘’Ma journée au collège’’
(Doddle Unit 5: Une journée)
Les matières
Opinions
Mon emploi du temps
24 hr clock
Ma journée scolaire
Les maths en Français
Mon numéro de téléphone
La vie scolaire en France et ailleurs
Language Focus
Pourquoi / parce que
Numbers
Revision of reflexive verbs
Quantifiers
Assessments
Schools subjects
Numbers 1-100
Focus on developing listening skills throughout unit
Listening comprehension
Unit 2
Topic Title and Details
Le travail
Jobs
Where you work
Language Focus
Je voudrais + infinitive + opinions
Assessments
Translation and reading comprehension
Unit 3
Topic Title and Details
“Je m’amuse”
(Doddle Unit 6: Comment tu t’amuses?)
Leisure activities
Sport
Musique
Future activities
Language Focus
Aimer + infinitive
Jouer + à
Present tense of faire
Adverbs of time and frequency
Ne… jamais
Jouer + de
Connectives
Simple future – aller + infinitive
Assessments
Sports
Leisure activities
Focus on developing listening skills throughout unit
Listening comprehension
Unit 4
Topic Title and Details
“Qu’est-ce qu’on va faire?”
(Doddle Unit 9)
My diary
Plans for this weekend
Plans for the holidays
“Tu veux sortir ce soir?”
(evening plans)
Language Focus
The immediate future
use of time expressions
use of modal verbs
Assessments
Expressions of time
Roleplay about going out in the evening “Tu veux sortir ce soir?”
Unit 5
Topic Title and Details
“A la mode”
(Doddle Unit 11)
Clothes
Fashion / pressures on young people etc
School uniform
Saying what you are going to wear / would like to wear
Language Focus
Revision of adjectival endings,
demonstrative adjectives
position of adjectives
Simple future tense
Je voudrais / J’aimerais + infinitive
comparisons
Assessments
Colours
Clothes
End of year exam to be done during this period
Year 9
Unit 1
Topic Title and Details
‘’Déjà ‘’
(Doddle Unit 14)
Last Weekend
-Reinforcement of classroom language
-Consolidation of the present tense, in the context of personal information.
-The formation of the past tense
-Using the negative in the past tense
Language Focus
-Questions & answers
-Recognising the present tense
-Regular & irregular verbs taking Avoir
-Verbs which take etre in the past tense.
Assessments
-Learn the key classroom phrases
-Prepare a dialogue with your partner
-Write a letter / email about yourself and your family
-Write a detailed passage about your last weekend- say what you did and why
Milestone assessment
Describe your last birthday, using the past tense and connectives
Unit 2
Topic Title and Details
‘’Les autres pays’’
(Doddle Unit 5)
European countries Paying in Euros
French speaking countries
The weather
Language Focus
En/au + country Connectives (quand / si / mais)
Assessments
Weather
Numbers 1-100
Focus on developing listening skills throughout unit
Listening comprehension
Unit 3
Topic Title and Details
‘’Une visite’’
(Doddle Unit 15)
Une visite
Le transport
Le lodgement
Les activités
L’office de tourisme
Language Focus
Contrasting tenses Superlatives
Perfect tense
More about aller + infinitive
Assessments
Translation and reading comprehension
Unit 4
Topic Title and Details
“Qu’est-ce qu’on mange?”
(Doddle Unit 10)
Food (breakfast/lunch, tea and dinner)
Saying what foods we like
Healthy eating
Eating out – fast food
At the restaurant, at the market
Food in other countries
Language Focus
Partitive article
Use of quantities and measures,
Perfect Tense
Assessments
Items of food
Meals
Quantities / measures
Focus on developing listening skills throughout unit
Listening Comprehension
Unit 5
Topic Title and Details
“Ca va ?”
(Doddle Unit 13)
Mon corps
J’ai mal
Chez le medicin/dentiste
Urgences
Une vie saine
Language Focus
Depuis + present tense
Au/ à la/ à la /aux
Expressions with avoir / etre
Adverbs of time
Assessments
Parts of the body
End of year exam to be done during this period
Key Stage 4 Languages (French and German)
Year 10 and 11 students follow the WJEC specification in languages.
The GCSE course in MFL will enable learners to:
– develop knowledge of the foreign language and language learning skill.
– develop the ability to communicate effectively in the language.
-develop awareness and understanding of countries and communities where the language is spoken.
Topics Covered
The content that will be studied will cover the following broad contexts:
Personal and Social Life – Self, family, friends, home life, shopping, meals, healthy living, illness and accident, free time, fashion, relationships, future plans.
The Local Community – Home town, school, education, local environment, pollution, recycling, local facilities, comparisons with other towns and regions, weather and seasons.
The World of Work – Work experience, part-time jobs, future careers, technology (sending messages, accessing information).
The Wider World – Travel and holidays, media, social issues (e,g, life of young people today, homelessness, crime, drugs, healthy living, religion, politics),life in the countries and communities where the language is spoken.
Assessment
Assessment for GCSE French is tiered, i.e. externally assessed components/units are targeted at the grade ranges of A*-D (Higher Tier) and C-G (Foundation Tier).
The scheme of assessment will consist of:
External Assessment
Listening – Unit 1
The examination, lasting about 35 minutes (+ 5 minutes reading time) at Foundation Level and 45 minutes (+ 5 minutes reading time) at Higher Level. Each item will be heard twice. Students will be allowed five minutes to study the questions before the recording is played.
The listening test may assess, among other things, the comprehension of public announcements, instructions and requests, interviews, news items, short dialogues and monologues such as weather forecasts.
Reading – Unit 3 The examination, lasting 35 minutes at Foundation Tier and 45 minutes at Higher Tier, will assess, among other things, the comprehension of written public notices and signs, magazines or newspaper articles and personal information such as that found in letters, notes, e-mails or messages.
Controlled Assessments
Speaking – Unit 2
Students must complete two tasks:
- A Structured conversation 2. A presentation
Writing – Unit 4
Students must complete two tasks, 20 marks each, which may be taken from a task bank provided by WJEC, or may be adapted by the teacher.
