Year 3 - French
Story: Lulu, la tortue
What I and others have: singular 'avoir' and nouns
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Unit Summary
In this unit a dream, a story and packing a bag offer multiple contexts for learning that nouns have grammatical gender and that this determines the word for a/an. Pupils learn to use c'est, it is, with liaison, and singular forms of the verb 'avoir'. Key sounds learnt are un, on, ch, au, u and ou.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to read and understand a story with mostly familiar and individual unfamiliar words.
Key Notes
- The sound-symbol correspondence [u] sounds like the 'u' in 'tu' which means 'you'.
- The sound-symbol correspondence [ou] sounds like the 'ou' in 'nous' which means 'we'.
- These two SSCs sound similar but they are different, so it is important to practise their pronunciation.
- Reading a French story may seem challenging; focus first on all the words you know, using these to work out other words.
Vocabulary To Learn
- [u]: pronounced as in 'tu', meaning you.
- [ou]: pronounced as in 'nous', meaning we.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- I have to know every word in a story in order to understand it.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
The sound-symbol correspondence [u] sounds like the 'u' in 'tu' which means 'you'. The sound-symbol correspondence [ou] sounds like the 'ou' in 'nous' which means 'we'.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. '[u]'
pronounced as in 'tu', meaning you. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: I have to know every word in a story in order to understand it. Correction: To understand a story which contains a few unfamiliar words, you can use the surrounding words that you do know to work out the probable meanings of unfamiliar words. There may be other visual cues as well.
More Lessons In This Unit
- A strange dream: practice with key sounds Study Guide
- An excursion: 'tu as' and intonation questions Study Guide
- Packing a bag: singular 'avoir' Study Guide
- What I and others have: 'j'ai' and 'il, elle a' Study Guide
- What is it? C'est and liaison Study Guide
- What is it? Intonation questions and 'quoi' Study Guide
- What is it? Naming belongings with 'un' and 'une' Study Guide
- Who has what? Singular 'avoir' and 'être' Study Guide
- Who has what? Singular 'avoir' and intonation questions Study Guide
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