Download French Curriculum Outline KS3

French Curriculum Outline KS3
The French classes use the Expo course
throughout KS3, following either the
Rouge or Vert course depending on ability.
(Based on 1 lesson /week. Pace and progress will vary on ability)
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Autumn 1
C’est parti
 meeting people (pronouns je and tu)
 school objects and the alphabet (un/une)
 numbers up to 20 (introduction to verb
avoir)
 saying when our birthday is/giving the date
 talking about the classroom (using le/la)
 saying what colour things are
On va en ville
 asking about places in a town (using Est-ce qu’il
ya ...?)
 asking for directions (using tu and vous)
 saying where you are/where you are going
(using preposition à)
 expressing opinions (practising à la, à l’, au,
aux)
 ordering drinks and snacks (practising numbers)
T’es branché(e)?
Talking about television programmes, films, reading, the
internet and what you do in different weathers using the
present tense (adjectival agreement, opinions + nouns,
frequency, connectives)
Spring
Famille et copains
 talking about brothers and sisters (practising
verb avoir)
 talking about your family (using
mon/ma/mes)
 talking about your pets (using plurals)
 describing yourself and others (adjectives
agree with noun)  talking about hair and eyes
Ma journée
 talking about what you do in the morning (using
reflexive verbs)
 talking about your school subjects (using
pronoun nous)
 giving opinions and reasons (using connectives)
 talking about your timetable (composing a
longer text)
 talking about what you do after school (using
the verb faire)
On s’amuse
 talking about sports and games (using jouer + à)
 talking about musical instruments (using jouer +
d)
 saying what you like to do (using aimer +
infinitive)
 talking about leisure centres (using on peut +
infinitive)
 going on holiday (using aller + infinitive)
Paris, je t’adore!
Saying what you can do in Paris, what you like to do, asking for
information, saying what you did using the Past tense (On peut
+ infinitive, opinions +infinitives, question words, Perfect tense)
Summer
Chez moi
 talking about where people live (using the
verb habiter)  describing your home
(practising verb habiter)
 describing your bedroom (using simple
prepositions)
 talking about what you do in the evening
(using pronoun on)
 telling the time
Mon identité
Talking about personality, relationships, giving opinions about
music and clothes, talking about last weekend (adjectival
agreement practice, talking about practice with ‘on’, practising
opinions with justifications Introduction to Future tense,
practising Perfect tense)
Based on 3
lessons/week
French Curriculum KS3
The French classes use the Expo course throughout KS3,
following either the Rouge or Vert course depending on
ability.
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Year 7
C’est parti
 meeting people (pronouns je and tu)
 school objects and the alphabet (un/une)
 numbers up to 20 (introduction to verb avoir)
 saying when our birthday is/giving the date
 talking about the classroom (using le/la)
 saying what colour things are
Famille et copains
 talking about brothers and sisters (practising verb avoir)
 talking about your family (using mon/ma/mes)
 talking about your pets (using plurals)
 describing yourself and others (adjectives agree with noun)
 talking about hair and eyes
Chez moi
 talking about where people live (using the verb habiter)  describing your
home (practising verb habiter)
 describing your bedroom (using simple prepositions)
 talking about what you do in the evening (using pronoun on)
 telling the time
Year 8
T’es branché(e)?
Talking about television programmes, films, reading,
the internet and what you do in different weathers
using the present tense (adjectival agreement,
opinions + nouns, frequency, connectives)
Paris, je t’adore!
Saying what you can do in Paris, what you like to do,
asking for information, saying what you did using the
Past tense (On peut + infinitive, opinions +infinitives,
question words, Perfect tense)
Mon identité
Talking about personality, relationships, giving
opinions about music and clothes, talking about last
weekend (adjectival agreement practice, talking
about practice with ‘on’, practising opinions with
justifications Introduction to Future tense, practising
Perfect tense)
Ma journée
 talking about what you do in the morning (using reflexive verbs)
 talking about your school subjects (using pronoun nous)
 giving opinions and reasons (using connectives)  talking about your
timetable (composing a longer text)
 talking about what you do after school (using the verb faire)
Quel talent?!
Talking about talent and ambition, saying what you
must and can do, giving instructions, showing how
much you can do with the French language now (the
verbs ‘devoir’ and ‘pouvoir’, the Imperative, revision
of key structures from the year)
On s’amuse
 talking about sports and games (using jouer + à)  talking about musical
instruments (using jouer + d)
 saying what you like to do (using aimer + infinitive)
 talking about leisure centres (using on peut + infinitive)
 going on holiday (using aller + infinitive)
Studio découverte
Learning about world geography and Frenchspeaking countries, learning about the French
Revolution (using structures from the year to learn
about French geography, science and history)
Year 9
Ma vie sociale d’ado
Describing yourself, talking about Facebook and social
networking, inviting someone out, describing a date in the
Past tense, describing a music event in the Past tense
(revising avoir and être, revising the Present tense, revising
the Perfect tense)
Bien dans sa peau
Learning parts of the body, learning about sport, learning
about healthy eating, making plans to get fit, describing levels
of fitness (à + indefinite article, il faut +infinitive, the Future
tense, using the Present tense with the Future tense)
A l’horizon
Discussing your future, talking about learning languages,
talking about your job and what it involves, talking about your
ambitions (revising the Future tense, practise with ‘on peut +
infinitive’, practise with common Present tense irregular
verbs, asking questions, using masculine and feminine nouns)
Spécial vacances
Discussing holidays, imagining adventure holidays, talking
about what you take on holiday, describing a holiday disaster,
describing a past visit (Je voudrais + infinitive, reflexive verbs,
revising the Perfect tense)
Moi dans le monde
Discussing what you are allowed to do, explaining what is
important to you, talking about things you buy, describing
what makes you happy, learning about human rights issues
(j’ai le droit de + infinitive, possessive adjectives, using three
tenses together, using infinitives to mean ‘ing’)
KS3 German Curriculum
The KS3 German course is called Echo Express. There are twelve
modules over the two books, six of which are to be learnt in Year 78 or 8-9, based on lesson per week. The modules, outlined below,
are based around topics of interest. Grammar is taught alongside
the topics and it is expected that students will be able to apply
their knowledge of grammar to new contexts as the course
progresses.
Year 8
Autumn
Module 1: Names, ages, where you live, the alphabet, school equipment, birthdays.
Year 9
Module 4: Sports, hobbies, frequency, arranging to go out,
understanding holiday brochures.
Spring
Summer
Module 2: School subjects, giving opinions about school, telling the time, describing your timetable, food and
Module 5: Talking in more detail about where you live, describing a
drink, uniform, school life in German-speaking countries.
house / flat etc describing a room, furniture, giving opinions.
Module 3: Family, describing appearance and personality, pets, writing emails.
Module 6: Learning about some towns in German-speaking
countries, saying what is in a town, discussing transport, the
weather, directions, buying food and drink, discussing holiday
plans.