MFL

HALF TERM 1

French. Module 1. C'est perso GCSE theme: Identity and Culture. 

• Talking about likes and dislikes
• Using regular –er verbs (je, tu, il/elle)
• Talking about your survival kit, using avoir (je,tu,il,elle).
• Describing yourself, understanding adjective agreement (plural).
• Talking about other people
• Understanding adjective agreement (plural)
• Describing a musician
• Using the present tense (je, tu, il/elle)
• Introduce yourself in detail
• Spanish Getting used to Spanish pronunciation
• Introducing yourself
• Talking about your personality
• Using adjectives that end in -o/-a
• Talking about age, brothers and sisters
• Using the verb tener (to have)
• Saying when your birthday is
• Using numbers and the alphabet
• Talking about your pets
• Making adjectives agree with nouns
• Writing a text for a time capsule
• Adding variety to your writing.

HALF TERM 2

Module 2:  Mon collège (GCSE theme: School)Talking about school subjects

• Asking questions
• Giving opinions and reasons
• Agreeing and disagreeing
• Describing your timetable
• Using the 12-hour clock
• Describing your school day
• Using on to say ‘we’
• Talking about food
• Using the partitive article (du/de la/de l’/des)
• Schools in other French-speaking countries
• Developing reading skills
• Talking about winter celebrations
• Developing speaking skills

HALF TERM 3

Mes passetemps (GCSE theme: Identity and culture)Talking about computers and mobiles

• Using regular –er verbs
• Talking about which sports you play
• Using jouer à
• Talking about activities
• Using the verb faire
• Saying what you like doing
• Using aimer + the infinitive
• Describing what other people do
• Using ils and ells

SPANISH Módulo 3 :  Mi insti (GCSE theme :  Current and future study and employment)Saying what subjects you study

• Using -ar verbs to say what ‘we’ do
• Giving opinions about school subjects
• Using me gusta(n) + el/la/los/las
• Describing your school
• Using the words for ‘a’, ‘some’ and ‘the’
• Talking about break time
• Using -er and -ir verbs’
• Understanding details about schools
• Using prediction as a listening strategy

HALF TERM 4

Module 4: Ma zone (GCSE theme: Local area, holiday and travel) Talking about your town/village

• Using il y a …/il n’y a pas de …
• Giving directions
• Understanding when to use tu and vous
• Talking about where you go
• Using à + the definite article
• Asking someone to go somewhere
• Using je veux/tu veux + infinitive
• Saying what you can do in town
• Using on peut + infinitive

HALF TERM 5

Module 5: 3 … 2 … 1 Partez! (GCSE theme: Local area, holiday and travel)Using nous to say ‘we’

• Talking about your holidays
• Talking about getting ready to go out
• Using reflexive verbs (singular)
• Buying drinks and snacks
• Using higher numbers
• Talking about holiday plans
• Using the near future tense
• Saying what you would like to do
• Using je voudrais + infinitive

 

SPANISH Módulo 5 :  Mi ciudad (GCSE theme :  Local, national, international and global areas of interest)Describing your town or village

• Using ‘a’, ‘some’ and ‘many’ in Spanish
• Telling the time
• Using the verb ir (to go)
• Ordering in a café
• Using the verb querer (to want)
• Saying what you are going to do at the weekend
• Using the near future tense
• Understanding people describing their town
• Listening for detail

HALF TERM 6

HALF TERM 1

FRENCH Module 1 - T’es branché(e)? (GCSE theme: Identity and culture) Talking about television programmes

• Using subject pronouns: je, tu, il, elle
• Talking about films
• Using j’aime, j’adore and je déteste
• Talking about reading
• Using un, une and le, la, les
• Talking about the internet
• Using the verb faire
• Talking about what you do in different weather
• Using on
• Talking about your favourite television programmes, films and books

 

SPANISH Módulo 1 :  Mis vacaciones (GCSE theme :  Local, national, international and global areas of interest) Talking about a past holiday

• Using the preterite of ir
• Saying what you did on holiday
• Using the preterite of regular -ar verbs
• Describing the last day on holiday
• Using the preterite of -er and –ir verbs
• Saying what your holiday was like
• Using the preterite of ser
• Giving a presentation about your holiday
• Making your sentences interesting
• Using the present and the preterite together
• Describing an amazing holiday

HALF TERM 2

Module 2 - Paris, je t’adore! (GCSE theme: Local area, holiday and travel) Saying what you can do in Paris

• Using on peut + infinitive
• Saying what you like doing
• Using j’aime + the infinitive
• Asking for tourist information
• Using question words
• Saying what you visited and what it was like
• Using the perfect tense of visiter
• Saying what you did
• Using the perfect tense of –er verbs
• Understanding information about tourist attractions

HALF TERM 3

Module 3 - Mon identité (GCSE theme: Identity and culture) Talking about personality

• Adjectival agreement
• Talking about friendships
• More practice with the pronoun on
• Talking about music
• Giving opinions
• Talking about clothes
• Using the near future tense
• Talking about last weekend
• Using the perfect tense

 

SPANISH Módulo 3 : ¡A comer! (GCSE theme :  Identity and culture) Saying what food you like

• Using a wider range of opinions
• Describing mealtimes
• Using negatives
• Ordering a meal
• Using usted / ustedes
• Discussing what to buy for a party
• Using the near future
• Giving an account of a party
• Using three tenses together

HALF TERM 4

Module 4 - Chez moi, chez toi (GCSE theme: Local area, holiday and travel) Saying where you would like to live

• Using j’habite and je voudrais habiter
• Describing your home
• Using prepositions
• Talking about meals
• Using du, de la, de l’, des
• Discussing what food to buy
• Using il faut + infinitive
• Talking about a forthcoming event
• More practice with the near future

 

SPANISH Módulo 4 : ¿Qué hacemos? (GCSE theme :  Identity and culture) Arranging to go out

• Using me gustaría + infinitive
• Making excuses
• Using querer and poder
• Saying what other people look like
• Using verbs in the third person
• Talking about clothes
• Saying ‘this/these’
• Talking about sporting events
• Using three tenses

HALF TERM 5

Module 5 - Quel talent?! (GCSE theme: Identity and culture)  Talking about talent and ambition

• Using the infinitive
• Saying what you must and can do
• Using devoir and pouvoir + infinitive
• Telling someone what to do
• Using the imperative
• Describing people’s personalities
• Using more adjectives
• Showing how much you can do with the French language
• Using a variety of structures

 

SPANISH Módulo 5 : Operación verano (GCSE theme : Local, national, international and global areas of interest)

• Describing a holiday home
• Discovering more about the comparative
• Describing holiday activities
• Using the superlative
• Asking for directions
• Using the imperative
• Talking about summer camps
• Learning more about using three tenses
• Describing a world trip
• Tackling challenging listening

HALF TERM 6

Revision and Assessment

Could use the following, with their corresponding digital resources:

• Pupil Book, pp. 18–19 Bilan and Révisions
• Pupil Book, pp. 38–39 Bilan and Révisions
• Pupil Book, pp. 58-59 Bilan and Révisions
• Pupil Book, pp. 78-79 Bilan and Révisions
• Pupil Book, pp. 98-99 Bilan and Révisions
• Pupil Book, pp. 114-123 À toi
• Assessment Pack, End of Year test

 

Homework/practice activities can also be used for revision

World geography and French-speaking countries

How to plant a garden

The French Revolution

 

SPANISH Revision and Assessment

Could use:

• ¡Resumen! and ¡Prepárate!: Pupil Book pp. 20-21, 42-43, 66-67, 90-91, 112-113, ¡Te toca a ti!: Pupil Book pp. 120-129. Homework/practice activities can also be used for revision.
• Assessment Pack End of Year test and 8/8th Step Assessment

Project/cross-curricular work

Could use:

• Pupil Book pp. 26-27 Zona Proyecto: ¡Jugamos!, pp. 48-49 Zona Proyecto: ¡Tiene mucho talento!, pp. 72-73 Zona Proyecto: ¡Listos para cocinar!, pp. 96-97 Zona Proyecto: ¡Desfile de moda!, pp. 116-117 Zona Proyecto: ¡Visita mi ciudad!, with their corresponding digital resources.

HALF TERM 1

FRENCH Edexcel Studio Foundation: Module 1 – Qui suis-je? (GCSE theme: Identity and culture)Revising family and describing people

• Revising places in town, activities and times
• Talking about friends and what makes a good friend
• Using regular -er verbs in the present tense
• Talking about family relationships
• Using reflexive verbs in the present tense
• Making arrangements to go out
• Using the near future tense
• Describing a day out
• Using the perfect tense

 

SPANISH ¡Viva! Edexcel Foundation Módulo 1: ¡Desconéctate! (GCSE theme: Local, national, international and global areas of interest) Discussing holiday activities and weather

• Revising the present tense of regular verbs
• Talking about holiday preferences
• Revising the present tense of irregular verbs
• Using verbs of opinion to refer to different people
• Talking about a past holiday
• Using the preterite tense Giving an account of a holiday in the past
• Using three tenses together
• Identifying positive and negative opinions
• Writing a longer text
• Describing a trip to Barcelona
• Using two past tenses
• Giving opinions in the past
• Booking accommodation and dealing with problems
• Using verbs with usted
• Understanding higher numbers

HALF TERM 2

FRENCH Module 1 – Qui suis-je? (GCSE theme: Identity and culture)

Module 2 – Le temps de loisirs (GCSE theme: Identity and culture)

• Using the present and perfect tenses together
• An opportunity for students to work on their Reading and Listening skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Speaking skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Writing skills.
• Revising leisure activities
• Talking about sport
• Using depuis + the present tense
• Talking about using technology
• Using irregular verbs in the present tense
• Discussing reading habits and music
• Using negatives
• Talking about television programmes
• Using the comparative
• Talking about a night out with friends
• More on the perfect tense

 

SPANISH Módulos 1/2: ¡Desconéctate! (GCSE theme : Local, national, international and global areas of interest) / Mi vida en el insti (GCSE theme: Current and future study and employment) An opportunity for students to work on their Reading and Listening skills.

• An opportunity for students to work on their Speaking skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Writing skills.
• Giving opinions about school subjects
• Comparing subjects and teachers
• Describing school uniform and the school day
• Using adjectives
• Describing your school
• Using negatives
• Distinguishing between the present and the imperfect

HALF TERM 3

FRENCH : Module 2 – Le temps de loisirs (GCSE theme: Identity and culture) Talking about sport

• Using depuis + the present tense
• Talking about using technology
• Using irregular verbs in the present tense
• Discussing reading habits and music
• Using negatives
• Talking about television programmes
• Using the comparative
• Talking about a night out with friends
• More on the perfect tense

 

SPANISH  Módulo 2: Mi vida en el insti (GCSE theme : Current and future study and employment) Talking about school rules and problems

• Using phrases followed by the infinitive
• Tackling harder listening exercises
• Talking about plans for a school exchange
• Using the near future tense
• Asking and answering questions
• Talking about activities and achievements
• Understanding object pronouns
• Using three tenses together
• An opportunity for students to work on their Reading and Listening skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Speaking skills.

HALF TERM 4

FRENCH Module 2 – Le temps de loisirs (GCSE theme: Identity and culture)

Module 3 – Jour ordinaires, jours de fête (GCSE theme: Identity and culture)

• An opportunity for students to work on their Reading and Listening skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Speaking skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Writing skills.
• Talking about food and meals
• Discussing clothes and what to wear SPANISH Módulos 2/3: Mi vida en el insti (GCSE theme : Current and future study and employment) / Mi gente (GCSE theme : Identity and culture) An opportunity for students to work on their Writing skills.
• Talking about socialising and family
• Using verbs in the present tense
• Describing people
• Using adjectival agreement
• Talking about social networks
• Using para with infinitives
• Extending responses by referring to others
• Making arrangements
• Using the present continuous
• Improvising dialogues

HALF TERM 5

FRENCH Module 3 – Jour ordinaires, jours de fête (GCSE theme: Identity and culture) Describing your daily life

• Using devoir and pouvoir
• Shopping for clothes
• Using quel(s) / quelle(s) and ce / cet / cette / ces
• Describing festivals and traditions
• Asking questions using est-ce que …? and qu’est-ce que …?
• Talking about shopping for a special meal
• Using the present and near future tenses
• Describing family celebrations
• Using past, present and future tenses

 

SPANISH Módulo 3: Mi gente (GCSE theme: Identity and culture) Talking about reading preferences

• Using a range of connectives
• Recognising similar ideas expressed differently
• Describing relationships
• Using ser and estar
• Understanding more detailed descriptions
• An opportunity for students to work on their Reading and Listening skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Speaking skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Writing skills.

HALF TERM 6

FRENCH Module 3 – Jour ordinaires, jours de fête (GCSE theme: Identity and culture) An opportunity for students to work on their Reading and Listening skills.

• An opportunity for students to work on their Speaking skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Writing skills.
• Revision and Assessment

Could use:

Pupil Book pp. 70-71 Vocabulaire, p. 193 À toi, with their corresponding digital resources.

Assessment Pack End of Module 3 tests, End of Year 9 tests

 

SPANISH Módulo 4: Intereses e influencias (GCSE theme : Identity and culture) Talking about free-time activities

• Using stem-changing verbs
• Talking about TV programmes and films
• Using adjectives of nationality
• Talking about what you usually do
• Using suelo + infinitive
• Looking at context to identify missing words

Revision and Assessment

• End of Year 9 test

HALF TERM 1

FRENCH Module 4 – De la ville à la campagne (GCSE theme: Local area, holiday and travel) Talking about where you live and what you can do there

• Revising places in a town and asking the way
• Describing a region
• Using the superlative
• Finding out tourist information
• Asking questions
• Discussing plans and the weather
• Using si clauses
• Talking about your town, village or neighbourhood
• Using negatives

 

SPANISH Módulo 4: Intereses e influencias (GCSE theme : Identity and culture) Talking about sports

• Using the imperfect tense to say what you used to do
• Listening for different tenses
• Talking about what’s trending
• Using the perfect tense
• Listening for clues
• Discussing different types of entertainment
• Using algunos / otros / muchos / demasiados
• Agreeing and disagreeing
• Talking about who inspires you
• Using the he/she form of the perfect tense
• Translating a text into English
• An opportunity for students to work on their Reading and Listening skills.

HALF TERM 2

FRENCH: Module 4 – De la ville à la campagne (GCSE theme: Local area, holiday and travel)

• Module 5 – Le grand large… (GCSE theme: Local area, holiday and travel)
• An opportunity for students to work on their Reading and Listening skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Speaking skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Writing skills.
• Talking about what you normally do on holiday
• Dealing with a hotel stay
• Using the nous form of the verb and notre/nos (‘our’)
• Talking about travelling
• More practice of the comparative

 

SPANISH Módulos 4/5: Intereses e influencias (GCSE theme: Identity and culture) / Ciudades (GCSE theme: Local, national, international and global areas of interest) an opportunity for students to work on their Speaking skills.

 

• An opportunity for students to work on their Writing skills.
• Talking about the places in a town or city
• Asking for and understanding directions
• Talking about shops
• Shopping for souvenirs
• Describing the features of a region
• Using se puede and se pueden
• Asking and responding to questions
• Planning what to do
• Using the future tense
• Using exclamations

HALF TERM 3

FRENCH Module 5 – Le grand large… (GCSE theme: Local area, holiday and travel) Saying what you do and did on holiday

• Using the present and perfect tenses
• Ordering in a restaurant
• Using expressions with avoir
• Talking about holiday disasters
• Using three time frames
• An opportunity for students to work on their Reading and Listening skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Speaking and Writing skills.

 

SPANISH Módulo 5: Ciudades (GCSE theme: Local, national, international and global areas of interest) Shopping for clothes and presents

• Using demonstrative adjectives
• Explaining preferences
• Talking about problems in a town
• Using tan and tanto
• Using antonyms
• Describing a visit in the past
• Using different tenses together
• Extending spoken answers
• An opportunity for students to work on their Reading and Listening skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Speaking and Writing skills.

HALF TERM 4

FRENCH Module 6 – Au collège (GCSE theme: School) Revising school subjects and talking about your timetable

• Giving opinions on school subjects and facilities
• Understanding direct object pronouns
• Talking about your school and school in France
• Using the ils form of the verb
• Discussing rules and regulations
• Using il faut and il est interdit de
• Talking about school activities
• Recognising and using the imperfect tense

 

SPANISH Módulo 6: De costumbre (GCSE theme : Identity and culture) Describing mealtimes

• Talking about daily routine
• Talking about illnesses and injuries
• Asking for help at the pharmacy
• Talking about typical foods
• Using me gusta / me gustaría
• Using quantity expressions
• Comparing different festivals
• Using verbs in the ‘we’ and ‘they’ form
• Working out the meaning of new words
• Describing a special day
• Using reflexive verbs in the preterite
• Inferring meaning in a literary text

HALF TERM 5

FRENCH Module 6 – Au collège (GCSE theme: School) Talking about successes at school

• Using past, present and future time frames
• An opportunity for students to work on their Reading and Listening skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Speaking skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Writing skills.

 

SPANISH Módulo 6: De costumbre (GCSE theme : Identity and culture)  Ordering in a restaurant

• Using estar to describe a temporary state
• Understanding adjectives ending in –ísimo
• Talking about a music festival
• Saying ‘before’ / ‘after’ (doing)
• Using acabar de + infinitive
• An opportunity for students to work on their Reading and Listening skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Speaking skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Writing skills.

HALF TERM 6

FRENCH Revision and Assessment

Could use the following, with their corresponding digital resources:

• Pupil Book, pp. 90-91 Vocabulaire, p. 193 À toi
• Pupil Book, pp. 110-111 Vocabulaire, p. 194 À toi
• Pupil Book, pp. 130-131 Vocabulaire, p. 195 À toi

Homework/practice activities can also be used for revision

This term could finish with a mock exam which could be the End of Year 10 test or Edexcel SAMS.

SPANISH Viva! Edexcel Foundation Teaching and resources this is an opportunity to work through any Leer y escuchar, Prueba oral, Prueba escrita pages

HALF TERM 1

FRENCH Module 7 – Bon travail! (GCSE theme: Future aspirations, study and work)Talking about jobs

• Discussing work preferences
• Using the conditional
• Talking about plans, hopes and wishes
• Understanding the simple future tense (‘will’ or ‘shall’)
• Discussing the importance of languages
• Using adverbs
• Talking about how you earn money
• Using the present, perfect and conditional
• Discussing work experience
• Using the perfect and imperfect tenses

 

SPANISH Módulo 7: ¡A currar! (GCSE theme : Current and future study and employment) Talking about different jobs

• Discussing job preferences
• Talking about how you earn money
• Using verbs followed by the infinitive
• Words with more than one meaning
• Talking about work experience
• Using the preterite and imperfect together
• Extending your answers when speaking
• Talking about languages and travel
• Using lo + adjective
• Using the 24-hour clock
• Applying for a summer job
• Revising the perfect tense
• Writing a formal letter
• Discussing plans for the future
• Using different ways to express future plans
• Using ‘if’ clauses

HALF TERM 2

FRENCH  Module 7 – Bon travail! (GCSE theme: Future aspirations, study and work)

Module 8 – Un œil sur le monde (GCSE theme: International and global dimension)

• An opportunity for students to work on their Reading and Listening skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Speaking skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Writing skills.
• Talking about what makes you tick and what concerns you Discussing the weather and natural disasters
• More on the simple future tense

 

SPANISH Módulo 7/8: ¡A currar! (GCSE theme : Current and future study and employment) / Hacia un mundo mejor (GCSE theme: Local, national, international and global areas of interest) An opportunity for students to work on their Reading and Listening skills.

• An opportunity for students to work on their Speaking skills.
• An opportunity for students to work on their Writing skills.
• Describing types of houses
• Talking about the environment
• Talking about healthy eating
• Discussing diet-related problems

HALF TERM 3

FRENCH Module 8 – Un œil sur le monde (GCSE theme: International and global dimension) Talking about protecting the environment

• Using on doit and on peut + the infinitive
• Discussing ethical shopping
• Understanding the passive
• Talking about volunteering
• Using emphatic pronouns
• Discussing big events
• Using three time frames
• An opportunity for students to work on their Reading and Listening

 

SPANISH Módulo 8: Hacia un mundo mejor  (GCSE theme: Local, national, international and global areas of interest) Considering global issues

• Using the superlative
• Listening for high numbers
• Talking about local actions
• Using se debería
• Using synonyms
• Discussing healthy lifestyles
• Understanding different tenses
• Giving extended reasons
• Talking about international sporting events
• Using verbs in the third person plural
• Understanding equivalent expressions

HALF TERM 4

FRENCH Revision and Assessment

SPANISH Revision and Assessment

HALF TERM 5

FRENCH Revision, Practice Papers and Exams SPANISH Revision/practice papers /exams

HALF TERM 6