Yr7= teach present and ‘je vais’ future tense Year 9 Course content: My social life Future ambitions Me, my family, my house Lifestyle Holidays Me and the world Level Descriptors Level 1 Write 1 or 2 full sentences, spell simple words from memory and look for words in a dictionary. Answer simple questions and give basic information using some full. Understand and read aloud familiar phrases and look up words in a dictionary. Understand familiar spoken phrases and respond using words or actions. Level 2 Write 2/3 short sentences from memory, give simple opinions and look up words in a dictionary. Take part in a short conversation (with prompts) from memory, give simple opinions and change single words. Identify main points, simple opinions and reasons. Level 3 Write my own 3 or 4 sentences, give reasons, opinions, connectives and use a dictionary confidently to look up words/gender/plurals. Give opinions, reasons, some connectives, ask for information and speak to other pupils in French. Understand the gist, opinions, some details and main points referring to the present and past or future. Level 4 Write a longer text, referring to present and past or future events and use more complex opinions. Take part in a conversation giving complex opinions and use the present and past or future tense. Read aloud confidently, recognise different people’s opinions and understand longer texts. Note most complex opinions and understand longer passages. Level 5 Write using a range of complex opinions, structures and connectives to build my own phrases. Refer to the present and past or future in a range of topics, use complex opinions and connectives and give a short prepared talk on my own topic. Work out some unfamiliar words, infer information and identify more difficult structures in a range of passages. Level 6 Write formally & informally at different lengths using a dictionary to help me with my verbs. Also edit and redraft work to form paragraphs. Build my own phrases in a new situation and use more complex structures. Understand a range of different texts, unfamiliar words, difficult structures and infer information successfully. Understand passages with unfamiliar words and recognise attitudes and emotions. Level 7 Write expressing ideas, give justified opinions and different points of view. Answer simple unprepared questions and use my knowledge to pronounce new words correctly. Understand unfamiliar passages, recognise attitudes and emotions, and use new phrases in my own speaking and writing. Level 8 Write using grammar that is generally accurate and use other sources to help me improve my accuracy. Discuss facts, express ideas and justify opinions and points of view confidently on a range of topics. Understand long passages in French (e.g. TV, radio, films) with little need for repetition. Yr7= teach present and ‘je vais’ future tense Yr 8 = teach present and past Yr 9 = teach all three tenses and conditional