Year 8: Solar system
In Year 8, pupils will continue in French the topics covered in Year 7 in Science on Space (Lessons 12)
| TERM |
Topic |
Grammar +Main Points |
Cross reference to science SoW |
| Term 1 |
Les planètes et le système solaire
AfL: Writing sentences with Comparaisons |
- comparaisons
- questions-réponses
- culture générale
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- Lesson 12.2 + 12.3
- Solar system and distance
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| Term 2 |
Expo 2 vert: Module 2 Temps libre Joyeux Noël / Père Noël |
- Opinions + Infinitif / jouer / faire
- Passé composé
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| Term 3 |
- Daily Routine + Time
- Text:Vivre dans l'espace
- Journée d'un astronaute
AfL: Letter about a day in space |
- Thinking skills + dictionary skills:
- Nouns into infinitives into present tense
- Sequencing : expressions of time
- Present tense : er + reflexives
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- Lesson 12.5
- How long would the letter take?
- (Letter in the present tense)
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| Term 4 |
- Same topic as term 4 but in the past tense
- +adding other activities when on earth or on another planet (Clés Junior)
- Armstrong on the moon (videos clips + articles)
- Mobiclick worksheets on the moon
- Quiz_TV5_Lune
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- manipulating the language: change infinitive and present tense in past tense
- past tense (Passé composé + some imparfait)
- Sequencing : expressions of time in the past tense
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- 12.3 : Position of the moon
- Look at which activities could be done on the different planets according to their nature (See Clés de l'actualité Junior: A la conquête de l'espace for ideas with real texts in French)
- 12.6: questions 4 /5 /6
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| Term 5 |
- Expo 2 vert: Module 5: Voyages et vacances: Future holidays
- p102-103: Où vas-tu aller en vacances?
- p104-105: Rêves d'avenir
- Expo 2 Module 4: Manger et boire (To be related to eating and drinking on Mars)
- Text: Deux ans et demi dans l'espace
An imaginary dialogue on Mars around a meal |
- Future tense
- Conditional ?
- Expressing likes and dislikes
- il faut + infinitive
- quantities (partitive articles)
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- 12.1 + 12.2: Activities according to weather + light hours (Compare possibilities with other planets)
- (Text: tempête sur Mars)
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| Term 6 |
- Mission to Mars
- Un voyage vers Mars
- Texte: Des touristes dans les étoiles
- PPT: Mars ou la planète rouge
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- Means of transport
- comparisons
- Change the text (with pictures) into future and personalise the text
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- 12.6: Mission to Mars
- Many scientific facts about Mars in PPT
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