Term 1

Unit 1: Histoires de famille

Content: personal details; self, family &friends, alphabet, revision of KS3 language
Grammar: adjectives, mon/ma/mes
Skills: using clues in listening, picking out details, adapting a model to prepare for coursework
Assessment: Coursework 1 (Foundation): Write 10 sentences about yourself

Unit 2 – Tous les jours

Content: life at home, daily routine, meals
Grammar: present tense, reflexives, negatives, du/de la/des
Skills: giving opinions, using a model to prepare oral topic answers Assessment: Oral topic 1: Home life

Term 2

Unit 3 – La superforme

Content: health and fitness, parts of the body, at the doctor’s, sports
Grammar: mal au/à la, il faut + devoir
Skills: conjunctions, using more detail

Unit 4 – Rendez-vous sympa

Content: going out, arranging a meeting, favourite sports, teenage problems Grammar: au/à la, revise present tense, revise negatives
Skills: conjunctions, adapting a model for coursework, cognates

Assessment: Coursework 2 (Foundation): Write 10 sentences about what you do in the week

Unit 5 – En voyage

Content: travel and transport, buying tickets
Grammar: perfect tense, countries and nationality
Skills: the perfect grammar pattern

Assessment: Oral Topic 2: Free time

Term 3

Unit 6 – V comme vacances

Content: holidays, tourism, accommodation
Grammar: revise present tense, revise perfect tense, imperfect
Skills: adapting a text, writing a letter, revising for exams, learning styles Assessment: Year 10 summer exams : Foundation Reading & Listening paper; Coursework 3 (Foundation & Higher): Letter booking Hotel rooms; Oral Topic 3: Holidays