Year 8 French Ark Globe Academy

Remote Learning Pack 4

Session Title Work to

be completed

Resource Provided Outcome On-Line support

Week 1 Lesson 1:

Mon caractère

Lesson 1a and 1b + online lesson

Work book I can talk about my

personality

None required. Use wordreference.com

if needed.

Week 2 Lesson 2: On se dit

tout

Lesson 2a and 2b+ online lesson

Work book I can talk about my

relationships with friends

None required. Use wordreference.com

if needed.

UNIT1- Lesson 1a : Mon caractère (My personality)

Learning objective: To describe your personality and someone else’s Do now: Translate into English

1. J’ai visité la Tour Eiffel - 2. C’était génial - 3. Hier, j’ai pris le bus - 4. J’ai trouvé ça horrible - 5. J’ai vu la Joconde -

Genius task: Translate into French: ‘We went to Paris by train, I think that* it was interesting .’ *I think that=je pense que ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Key Grammar / Vocabulary

Practise saying the phrases

in French and English until

you can say them without

looking.

Reading Comprehension: Lis ’interview

Key activities/ comprehension questions/ tasks- Vrai (V) ou Faux (F) (True or False)

1. Noah is 15 years old. ………..

2. He lives in Marseille. …………

3. He is kind and intelligent. ……………

4. He is also lazy. …………..

5. Noah is very selfish. …………

6. He is not very patient. ………….

7. He speaks French and Spanish. ……………

8. He spends hours listening to music with his friends. ………….

9. His best friend is not very optimistic. …………….

10. His best friend likes R’n’B. …………….

UNIT1- Lesson 1b : Mon caractère (My personality)

Key Grammar:

Key activities/ comprehension questions/ tasks- Write the correct form of the adjectives in brackets.

Ce soir, je vais sortir et je vais porter une chemise (noir) …noire……. , un jean (bleu) ……………….., une écharpe (vert) ……………………….. et un chapeau (marron) …………………….. . Ma copine Céline, qui est très (gentil) …………………………. , va venir avec moi. Elle va porter une jupe (bleu) ………………….. , un tee-shirt (rose) ………………………. et des bottes (gris) ………………………. . Ca va être super!. Extended writing task: (25 mins) Write a paragraph about yourself and about your best friend. Use the table below as well as the vocabulary provided at the beginning of the lesson.

Your extended writing : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

UNIT 2- Lesson 2a : On se dit tout (We tell each other everything)

Learning objective: To use reflexive verbs to talk about relationships Do now: - translate into English

1. Je suis débrouillarde- 2. Je ne suis pas du tout égoïste - 3. Je pense que je suis optimiste - 4. Ma meilleure amie est drôle- 5. Mon meilleur ami n’est pas casse-pieds-

Genius task: Translate into French: ‘I think that I am curious but my best friend thinks that I am not pessimistic at all.’ Key Vocabulary

Reading Comprehension: Texts 1-5 gives a general statement about people’s relationships and texts a-e are in English and give an example for each of the statements. Match up the statement to the example. Exemple: 1-b (in text 1, it is mentioned “ma demi-soeur” which means my step-sister, implying that they don’t have the same dad/mum.

Practise saying the phrases

in French and English until

you can say them without

looking.

a- Every day we play football together and we have a

laugh. Yesterday, we played for three hours.

b- We exchange secrets and swap clothes. When we

bicker, we make up very quickly after. We don’t have the

same dad, but it’s not important.

c- We argue all the time because he is nasty and annoying.

d- We go out together, we go to the cinema or in town.

Last year, we went together on holidays. It was great. In

general, we get on very well.

e- He doesn’t do anything at home and on top of this, he

takes my stuff. He is annoying.

UNIT 2- Lesson 2a : On se dit tout (We tell each other everything) Key Grammar With reflexive verbs, you need an extra part: a reflexive pronoun. Reflexive verbs are often actions you do to yourself or to one another. Je me douche – I have a shower (I shower myself) Tu t’habilles* – you get (yourself) dressed Il / Elle se prepare – he/she gets (him/herself) ready *If the verb begins with a vowel or a silent “h”, you need to use an apostrophe. Here are all the reflexive pronouns: Je me fâche – I get (myself) angry Tu te lève - You get (yourself) up Il/Elle se lave – he/she washes (him/herself) Nous nous amusons – we have a laugh (with each other) Vous vous disputez - you (all) argue (with one another) Ils/elles se chamaillent – they squabble (with one another)

Key activities/ comprehension questions/ tasks Circle the correct version of each verb.

Extended writing task: (25 mins)- Translate the following paragraph into 1) English 2) Challenge: French 1) Je ne m’entends pas bien avec mon frère car il est très méchant. On se dispute tout le temps. Il pense que je suis arrogante mais je suis tout sauf ça. Je pense qu’il est égoïste et casse-pieds. De plus, il se fâche pour rien. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2) CHALLENGE I get on well with my mum because she is very kind. We rarely argue because we tell each other everything. I love my mum. Yesterday, we went to town and we did shopping together. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

End of Unit 1 Quiz

1) Select the correct spelling ‘annoying’: a) cassepieds b) casse-pieds c) cassez les pieds

2) Translate ‘on se confie des secrets’ a) she tells us secrets b) we trust in secrets c) we tell each other secrets 3) Translate ‘On passe des heures à bavarder’ a) I spend hours chatting b) we spend hours chatting c) we spend hours reading 4) Translate ‘we quarrel’ a) on se chamaille b) je me chamaille c) elle se chamaille 5) Complete: ‘Elle n’est pas …’ a) arrogant b) arrogante c) arrogantes 6) Translate ‘I have fun with my friends’ a) je m’amuse bien avec mes amis b) je t’amuse bien avec mes amis c) je s’amuse bien avec mes amis 7) Which of these adjectives is negative? a) rigolote b) sympa c) casse-pieds 8) ‘se chamailler’ is a reflexive verb a) TRUE b) FALSE 9) Complete: ‘elles …… disputent’ a) se b) me c) s’ 10) ‘je ne suis pas du tout fâchée’ means ‘I’m not annoying at all’ a) TRUE b) FALSE

11) Translate ‘my best friend’ (girl): d) mon meilleure amie e) ma meilleure amie f) mon amie meilleure

12) Choose: ‘tu …… entends bien avec ta mère?’ a) t’ b) te c) tu 13) Translate ‘je pense que je suis optimiste’ a) you think I’m optimistic b) I think I am pessimistic c) I think I am optimistic 14) Choose the correct spelling a) se chamayer b) se chamaillez c) se chamailler 15) Translate ‘se dire’ a) to tell each other b) to say c) to tell me 16) Translate ‘you (all) argue’ a) tu te dispute b) vous vous disputer c) vous vous disputez 17) Translate: ‘Quels sont tes défauts?’ a) what are your qualities? b) what are your flaws? c) what are his flaws? 18) ‘débrouillarde’ means ‘resourceful’ a) TRUE b) FALSE 19) Complete the ending: ‘elles s’entend…….’ a) ez b) ent c) ons 20) ‘Mon frère est paresseux’ means ‘my brother is hardworking’ a) TRUE b) FALSE