YEAR 9 FRENCH SCHEME OF WORK 2023-2024
TEXTBOOK : TRICOLORE TOTAL 3
Extension work/topics highlighted in yellow
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YEARLY OUTLINE
AUTUMN TERM SPRING TERM
E N SUMMER TERM
Unit 1 - De jeunes francophones
(Personal information, families, descriptions)
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Unit 2 - Bienvenue à Paris! (cont.)
(Paris, places in a town, recent events)
Unit 5 - Au travail
(School life, future plans)
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Unit 2 - Bienvenue à Paris! Unit 3 - Ca me passionne Summer exam
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(Paris, places in a town, recent events) (Leisure activities and what life used to be like)
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Unit 1: De jeunes francophones AUTUMN TERM 1
Content and Language Grammar Resources/Extension/ICT Homework options
French-speaking world Present tense regular verbs TT3 Unit 1 Google Slides Learn regular present tense verb endings
Revision of countries and continents Present tense irregular verbs
TT3 Unit 1
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too)
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(avoir, être, faire, aller) Sondage de classe
Personal ID Learn avoir and être
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Asking questions using est-ce que Mini whiteboards to practise verbs
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Technology and the Internet and question words (ext. with Present tense revision sheet
inversion of verb and subject too) Battleships with reg/irreg verbs
Families and relationships
C Learn family members vocab (ext. more
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Adjectives Family tree (ext. written description of family) uncommon ones too)
Describing people
Daily routine
Reflexive verbs (ext. in the
negative form) D
Describing people in class game Grammar workbook unit 1
Possessive adjectives
N G Written descriptions of celebrities Written description of daily routine (guided
writing/sentence builder if needed)
K I Possessive adjectives sheet
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Use of internet (ext. show pour + infin.)
O Describing how you get on with someone (ext.
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time expressions and reasons too)
Grammar workbook unit 1
Au choix section at end of book
Rappel Section (pp20-21)
Copymasters Unit 1
END OF UNIT 1 ASSESSMENT Languages Online Unit 1
Unit 2: Bienvenue à Paris AUTUMN TERM 2 + SPRING TERM 1
Content and Language Grammar Resources/Extension/ICT Homework
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Places in Paris Regular perfect tense with avoir TT3 Unit 2 Google Slides Paris-Jeux Copymasters sheet
TT3 Unit 2
Describing places of interest Irregular perfect tense with avoir
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Introduction to Paris YouTube clip
Learn places in a town vocab
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Understand tourist and travel information Reg/Irreg perfect tense with être Learn perfect tense regular avoir verbs
(ext. show reflexive verbs too) Paris monuments match up
Describing a recent activity
Giving opinions
Asking questions in the perfect
tense
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Perfect tense worksheets and practice (in file)
Learn perfect tense irregular avoir verbs
Irregular avoir verbs question sheet
Using the negative with the
perfect tense (ext. other
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Mini whiteboards for verb practice
Perfect tense dictée (ext. spellings, identifying
Learn perfect tense être verbs and
agreements
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negatives eg. ne…personne, common mistakes)
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ne…rien etc.) Write postcard about visit to Paris, sentence
I Word cards perfect tense sentence reordering builder and common verb sheet if needed
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game (ext. meanings, adapting sentence) (ext. use time expressions, perfect and
present tense, give opinions)
R Understanding postcards about a recent visit
O Être verbs castle sheet – label arrows
W Mr Bean on holiday DVD – section with Paris
monuments
Metro maps – giving and understanding
directions
Copymasters unit 2
Grammar workbook unit 2
Au Choix unit 2
END OF UNIT 2 ASSESSMENT
Languages Online unit 2
Vocab Express unit 2
Unit 3: Ça me passionne SPRING TERM 2
Content and Language Grammar Resources/Extension/ICT Homework
Leisure activities Imperfect tense TT3 Unit 3 Google Slides Learn ‘loisirs’ vocab (in French as well with
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TT3 Unit 3 accurate spellings)
TV, cinema and books Making comparisons
Talking about when you were younger When to use perfect vs imperfect
tense
using past tense as well)
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Written work on usual leisure activities (ext.
Learn common imperfect tense verbs in je
form (in other forms too with correct
Comparing past and present
Expressions of time and M
Opinions + infinitives grammar notes
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endings)
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Famous French people frequency Adverbs of frequency vocab sheet – use in Description of self as a baby plus photo for
writing
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class guess who competition
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Cinema – bandes announces (www.allocine.fr)
Review of a TV programme/book/film (add
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Types of TV shows/film genres vocab + opinions perfect tense too – when you saw it etc.)
I N Book/film review (sentence builder for weaker 5+ sentences to compare life in the past
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pupils) with the present (present and imperfect
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tenses)
On compare la classe gap fill – comparative
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exercise
Researching famous French people – class
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Authentic magazines – film/book/TV reviews – presentations
read and present back to class
Déclaration judicial – imperfect tense, what were
you doing
Present and imperfect tense paired dictation
exercise
Imperfect tense verb wordsearch
Copymasters unit 3
Au choix unit 3
END OF UNIT 3 ASSESSMENT Grammar workbook unit 3
Languages Online unit 3
Vocab Express unit 3
Unit 5: Au travail SUMMER TERM 1+2
Content and Language Grammar Resources/Extension/ICT Homework
Describing your school and school routine Aller + infinitive TT3 Unit 5 Google Slides
TT3 Unit 5.pptx
N T Learn school vocab
School subjects and opinions Forms of the negative:
E Written piece on daily school routine
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ne…pas/plus/jamais/rien/person Education en France PP + text
Careers and describing someone’s work ne Paragraph on options for next year and
Future plans Understand and use different
CU
Card sort – subjects and opinions why
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tenses for the past, present School vocab triangles game Learn formation of future tense
Work experience and future (aller+infin) (Ext – learn futur simple too,
Using future time expressions Position of adjectives D
Recap reflexive verbs – daily routine writing some common irregulars)
Famous French people
N G School blockbusters PP
K I Choisir les options pour l’année prochaine
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Recap future tense formation (aller + infin ; Ext –
show futur simple)
O On pense à l’avenir listening activity
W Jobs PP
Jobs descriptions game with points
Negatives grammar sheet (Ext - in the perfect
tense and in questions)
Copymasters unit 5
Au choix unit 5
END OF UNIT 5 ASSESSMENT Grammar workbook unit 5
Languages Online unit 5
Vocab Express unit 5
