Month Unit / Title Topic / grammar

July 1 – En ville  Identify French shops and what they sell

(In Town)  Shop for food
 Say how much of something you want to buy
 Talk about numbers, money and prices
 Use acheter and preferer and other -er verbs
 Use the verb vendre and other -re verbs
 Use the verb choisir and other -ir verbs
 Using ne…pas de (d’)
 Using ne…plus de (d’)
July + 2 – On fait des projets  Talk about different countries
August (Making plans)  Talk about different means of transport
 Say what you are going (and not going) to do
 Say when you are going (and not going) to do something
 Describe a town / region and say what you can do there
 Talk about what you can and can’t do
 Ask permission to do something
 Read and write holiday postcards
 Use prepositions with towns and countries
 Use the verb voir
 Use the verbvenir
 Use the verballer + infinitive
 Use the verb pouvoir + infinitive
August 3 – Au collège  Describe our school
(In high school)  Talk about your school day
 Describe how you travel to school
 Talk about morning and evening routines
 Give opinions about school subjects and aspects of school life
 Say what you want and don’t want to do
 Use the verb dire, lire, ecrire
 Use the verb prendre, comprendre, apprendre
 Use reflexiveverbs
 Use the verbvouloir
SEPT9 – 20 SA 1
October 4 – En famille  Introduce people
(With family)  Ask and answer questions when staying with a French family
 Talk about what you have done recently
 Talk about presents and souvenirs
 Say goodbye and thank you
 Use the perfect tense or regular verbs with avoir
 Use expressions of past time
 Use ce, cet, cette, ces + noun
October 5 – Bon appétit  Buy drinks and snacks in a café
(Bon appetite)  Choose ice creams
 Discuss what you like to eat and drink
 Order a meal in a restaurant
 Describe a meal
 Use the verb boire
 Use the perfect tense of some irregular verbs
 Ask questions in the perfect tense
 Use the negative in the perfect tense
Nov 25 – SA 2
Dec 6
Jan 6 – En voyage  Talk about travel plans
(Travelling)  Understand signs at a station
 Buy a train ticket
 Say what must or should not be done
 Understand travel information
 Travel by air, coach and boat
 Describe a recent day out
 Use the verbpartir
 Use the expression il faut + infinitive
 Use the perfect tense with etre
Feb 24 – SA 3
Mar 6
Feb 7 – Ça va  Discuss clothes and what to wear
(Is this fine?)  Describe people’s appearance
 Talk about parts of the body
 Say how you feel and describe what hurts
 Use the verb metre with clothing
 Use adjectives
 Use the direct object pronoun (le,la, l’, les)
 Use avoir expressions
 Use the imperative tense
March 8 – Rendez-vous  Find out about what’s on
(Meeting up)  Discuss what to do
 Ask someone to go out
 Accept or refuse invitations
 Arrange to meet and buy tickets, etc.
 Discuss leisure activities
 Talk about some things you have done
 Use the verb sortir
 Use conjunctions si, quand and mais
 Make comparisons
 Revise and practise the perfect tense
Apr 27 – SA 4
May 8