Year 8 Progression Route 2015-16
French
Year 8 Term 1 (22lessons)
8 Studio 2 Rouge (m1/2) Vert (m3-c2)
Year 8 / Term 1 (Total 22 lessons – Sept – Dec)Progress Steps: 2nd – 4th
Band Progress: W and A lower/middle Careers – European Day of Languages.
B Lower Why do we study a language? Why are
languages useful?
Phonics / Baseline / Baseline
T’esbranché(e)? Studio 2 rouge Module 1
Describing self and others / T’esbranché(e)? Studio2 Vert Module1
Describing self and other
TV programmes+ er verbs present tense / TV programmes + subject pronouns
Films + avoir and être present tense / Films + opinions, intensifiers and adjectives
Reading +ir/re verbs present tense
J’aime +infinitve and nouns / Reading + un/une/le/la/les
Half term 1
Faire and aller +internet + frequency words+ opinions / Faire (singular)+ internet + opinions+ frequency words
PERFECT TENSE –er verbs and faire (Last weekend) / Aller (on) + weather
Grammar revision / Grammar revision
Assessment + DIRT + PLUG / Assessment + DIRT+ PLUG
Xmas Holiday
Year 8 / Term 2 (Total 21 lessons – Jan – April)Progress Steps: 2nd – 5th Careers – Jobs in Paris. What jobs are
available in the French capital? What skills
would be needed? Careers in travel and
tourism using languages.
Band Progress: W and A lower/middle
B Lower/middle
Phonics / DIRT TIME from assessment if needed
Module 2 Studio 2 Rouge ‘Paris, je t’adore!’ / DIRT TIME from assessment if needed
Module 2 Studio 2 Vert ‘Paris, je t’adore!’
Say what you did in Paris using the perfect tense of regular verbs / Say what you can do in Paris using on peut + infinitive
Saying when you did things with the perfect tense of irregular verbs / Say what you like doing using j’aime+ infinitive. Revision of possessive adjectives.
Describing what you did and expressing opinions using the past tense / Using question words to find out tourist information
Studio Grammaire Revision / Studio Grammaire Revision
Half term 2
Saying where you went using perfect tense with être / Use the perfect tense with visiter to say where you went in Paris and what it was like
Ask and answering questions in the perfect tense to find who has stolen the Mona Lisa! / Use the perfect tense with –er verbs to say what you did in Paris.
Extension of the perfect tense – meet Mrs Vandertramp! / Extension – perfect tense of regular and irregular verbs
Revision and Assessments
DIRT TIME and PLUG / Revision and Assessments
DIRT TIME and PLUG
Easter Holidays
Year 8 / Term 3 (Total 20 lessons – April – July)Progress Steps: 2nd – 5/6th
Band Progress: W and A lower/middle
B Lower/middle/upper
Careers – “A day in the life of…” using different language-based jobs.
Phonics / DIRT TIME from assessment if needed
Module 3 Studio 2 Rouge ‘Mon identité’ / DIRT TIME from assessment if needed
Module 3’ Studio 2 Vert ‘Mon identité’
Talk about personality using adjectival agreements / Talk about personality using adjectival agreements
Talk about relationships using reflexive verbs / Talk about relationships using the pronoun ‘on’
Talk about clothes using the near future tense / Talk about music and give opinions
Talk about your passions using past, present and future tenses. / Talk about clothes using the near future tense
Half term 3
Revision and preparation for end of year exams / Revision and preparation for end of year exams
Assessment/DIRT and PLUGS / Assessment/DIRT and PLUGS
Preparation for Speaking exam – photocard and general conversation / Preparation for exam –
End of year project. / End of year project.