In Year 7, students start with Accès. They are taught how to conjugate verbs and techniques to help them memorise vocabulary and understand grammar. Topics include describing themselves and others, talking about school, free time activities, where they live and their family. We use an interactive book and each lesson focuses on developing students’ listening, reading, writing and speaking skills. By the end of Year 7, students should have a core understanding of the French language and be able to hold a basic conversation in French.
| TERM | PROGRAMME OF STUDY | KEY ASSESSMENT TASKS |
| AUTUMN |
- Greetings, alphabet
- Numbers to 21, J’ai …ans, avoir with je/tu/il/elle
- Days, months, dates
- C’est
- Items in the pencil case
- Feminine and masculine genders, plurals
- Questions and answers
| Formal vocabulary test Listening test Reading test Independent Learning Tasks |
| SPRING | - What is in your classroom
- Indefinite and definite articles
- Commands in French
- Hobbies (Verbs: “to play” / “to do” / “to go”.)
- Opinions
- Connectives and intensifiers
- Colours and agreements
- Animals
- Joyeux Noël – Christmas in France or French-speaking countries
| Formal vocabulary test Writing test Grammar test Independent Learning Tasks |
| SUMMER | - Family members
- Possessive adjectives (mon, ma, mes – my)
- Where I live
- Understand places in town
- Understand people’s opinions about the town/village where they live.
- Opinions about where I live
- Grand and petit(e), their position in front of the noun
- Food and drink
- What you eat fro breakfast and lunch
- Conjugation of “manger” and “boir” in the Present tense
- Ordering the food in a café
- Nationalities and countries
- The verb “être” – to be on the Present tenseGrand and petit(e), their position in front of the noun
| Various vocabulary tests. Speaking photo card |
| SUMMER |
- La météo
- Description of the weather
- Use of constructions “il y a” and “il fait”
- Frequency expressions
- Revision of grammar and tenses
- Close future with some activities (au/à la/à l’/chez/à+town) what you can do, and what you want to do (vouloir) and what you can do (pouvoir),
- La Francophonie
| Various vocabulary tests. End of year project. |