Year 10 - French
L'école chez nous: extended writing and speaking
Studying and my future: Au collège
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Unit Summary
This unit secures understanding of both regular and irregular comparative adjectives and adverbs, and then introduces pupils to regular and irregular superlative adjectives and adverbs. Pupils learn to use these in the context of expressing preferences and strengths at school.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe school experiences, preferences and strengths using a range of adjectives, comparatives and superlatives and interesting vocabulary.
Key Notes
- Comparative and superlative adverbs can be used to describe actions more precisely.
- Known adjectives can be used in comparative or superlative sentences to make writing and speaking more complex.
- Extended reading texts can be exploited to enrich our vocabulary and use of complex structures in familiar topics.
- Immediate repetition of a speaking task, with reduced support, improves performance.
Vocabulary To Learn
- comparative adjective, adverb: a form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas
- superlative adjective, adverb: a form of adjective or adverb used to describe the highest degree of a quality e.g the fastest, the most difficult
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Students should develop their answers in role play tasks.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Comparative and superlative adverbs can be used to describe actions more precisely. Known adjectives can be used in comparative or superlative sentences to make writing and speaking more complex.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'comparative adjective, adverb'
a form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Students should develop their answers in role play tasks. Correction: In role play tasks, students should concentrate on clearly communicating the stated information in a complete phrase and with conjugated verbs. There is no advantage to developing their answer further than is required.
More Lessons In This Unit
- C'est ma passion: comparative and superlative adjectives Study Guide
- Forces et faiblesses au collège: comparative and superlative adverbs Study Guide
- Les matières les plus utiles: comparative and superlative adjectives Study Guide
- Mes préférences au collège : extended writing and speaking Study Guide
- Mieux et le mieux : comparative and superlative adverbs Study Guide
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