Year 10 - French
Un membre de la famille que j'admire : extended writing and speaking
My personal world: Ma famille
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Unit Summary
This unit revisits definite, indefinite and partitive articles, possessive adjectives, as well as adjective agreement and positioning rules. Pupils will learn one further adjective agreement rule. Lessons also further practise liaison and silent final letters.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe family members and relationships using a range of articles, possessive adjectives, and gender and number agreement of nouns.
Key Notes
- 'Moi-même', 'toi-même', etc. emphasise a person's involvement in an action and are translated as myself, yourself, etc.
- It is important to plan the ideas, the vocabulary and the grammar to be included when writing a longer text.
- Careful planning of a speaking task, pre-rehearsal and immediate repetition of the task all improve performance.
- When developing a personal response, it's helpful to use a dictionary to look up new vocabulary.
Vocabulary To Learn
- même: pronominal adjective meaning 'same', e.g. 'la même personne'
- moi-même: emphatic reflexive pronoun 'myself'
- toi-même: emphatic reflexive pronoun 'yourself'
- elle-même: emphatic reflexive pronoun 'herself'
- lui-même: emphatic reflexive pronoun 'himself'
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- You can just learn set sentences by heart and produce them mechanically when requested.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
'Moi-même', 'toi-même', etc. emphasise a person's involvement in an action and are translated as myself, yourself, etc. It is important to plan the ideas, the vocabulary and the grammar to be included when writing a longer text.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'même'
pronominal adjective meaning 'same', e.g. 'la même personne'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: You can just learn set sentences by heart and produce them mechanically when requested. Correction: Both writing and speaking must be adapted to the question and have a level of personalisation and spontaneity.
More Lessons In This Unit
- C'est de famille ! Gender and number agreement with nouns Study Guide
- Conflits et solutions en famille : extended writing and speaking Study Guide
- L'arrivée d'un réfugié chez nous : articles and possessive adjectives Study Guide
- La valeur de la famille : feminine adjective agreement Study Guide
- Un bon déjeuner familial : adjectives used as nouns and position of adjectives Study Guide
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