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Topic title: My hobbies

Year group: 7

What are we learning?

  • Talking about new technologies
  • Talking about sports
  • Using ‘jouer’ / ‘faire’ and prepositions that apply to both verbs
  • Using intensifiers and the negative form
  • Reinforcing -er verb understanding & using the third person singular (il / elle)
  • Saying what you do when / if it’s a type of weather (quand / si)
  • Using the structure ‘opinion verb + infinitive’
  • Times of the day and frequencies

Why is this important to know? 

  • Understanding how to talk about new technologies and sports enables conversations and shared interests with native speakers.
  • Knowing the correct verbs (faire jouer) and prepositions helps students form accurate sentences.
  • Intensifiers allow students to emphasize how strongly they feel about something and using frequency words helps them make sentences more expressive.
  • Expressing thoughts and being able to use negative sentences is essential for daily conversation. The structure of ‘opinion verb + infinitive’ helps students say what you think about activities in a more nuanced way.
  • Using -er verbs is key for everyday communication. Knowing how to use them helps students describe others’ hobbies and preferences.
  • Weather is a common topic of conversation in any language, and being able to explain your activities based on the weather helps students engage in more dynamic and varied conversations.

Where does this link into our past and future learning? 

  • This links to recent learning on introducing ourselves and talking about likes and dislikes.
  • In Year 8 and beyond, a solid understanding of how verbs work is needed to better deal with other tenses.
  • At GCSE level, we look at how we can include more structures (similar to ‘quand / si’).

How will we be assessed on this topic?

  • Short vocabulary and grammar tests
  • This module will form part of the Yr7 exam

What makes a strong piece of work in this topic?  What are teachers hoping to see?  

  • Attention to detail and use of correct verb forms
  • Using correctly key terms (see below)
  • Giving a variety of opinions
  • At the highest level, students will be able to write about other people as well as themselves.

What key words are there in this topic?

Quizlet 

What can I try if I want to stretch and challenge myself on this topic?

  • Research about the various sports / activities that are the most popular in French-speaking countries
  • Practise more -er verbs on ‘languagesonline’

Languages Online 

Languages Online 

What wider reading can be done on this topic?

  • Have a look at the very visual videos or see how much you can pick up from articles on ‘un jour une actu’

Sport 

Internet