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Adopting different perspectives
Pupil outcome: I can switch between third person and first person perspectives in writing and I can use a range of techniques to write a detailed internal monologue. Key learning points: - Narratives are often written in the third...
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Exploring Addie's speech in the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'
Pupil outcome: I can create a summarised version of Addie’s speech and I can empathise with her emotions and observations as she speaks. Key learning points: - Writing is most successful when it is planned. - Vocabulary can be generated...
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Writing the first half of the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark'
Pupil outcome: I can write the first half of a section of the build-up in ‘A Kind of Spark’, switching between a third person perspective and internal monologue. Key learning points: - We are writing about an event from the build-up,...
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Writing the final sections of the climax, including a flashback
Pupil outcome: I can write a third person flashback section of the climax of ‘A Kind of Spark’ and I can write a first person section showing the reaction to Addie’s speech. Key learning points: - In this lesson, we are writing a third...
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Planning the climax of 'A Kind of Spark' including flashbacks
Pupil outcome: I can plan to write about Addie's speech from her perspective, incorporating third person flashbacks to the witch trials. Key learning points: - Writing is most successful when it is planned. - Writing can include a shift...
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Writing the next two sections of the climax, including a flashback
Pupil outcome: I can write a third person flashback section of the climax of ‘A Kind of Spark’ and I can write a first person section showing Addie’s speech. Key learning points: - In this lesson, we are writing a third person flashback...
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Writing the first section of the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'
Pupil outcome: I can write the first section of the climax of ‘A Kind of Spark’, adopting Addie’s perspective and using a range of language features. Key learning points: - We are writing a narrative that includes switches in perspective...
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Improving an essay on Prospero's power over Caliban in 'The Tempest'
Pupil outcome: I can understand how to review and edit my work. Key learning points: - Having accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar allows your work to be clearly understood. - Using synonyms for key words in the question shows a...
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Exploring the characters' emotions in 'The Day the Crayons Quit'
Pupil outcome: I can understand the reasons that the different characters write a letter in ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by exploring their emotions. Key learning points: - The crayons in ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ use letters to explain...
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Verbs: doing and being verbs
Pupil outcome: I can identify the difference between a doing and a being verb. Key learning points: - Verbs are doing and being words. - Being verbs are "is", "are", "was" and "were". - Verbs can be in different tenses. - A being verb...
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Wer ist Bella? Was macht sie? Present tense verbs, yes/ no questions
Pupil outcome: I can differentiate simple present and present continuous in German when asking and answering questions. Key learning points: - There is just one present tense in German. - Time adverbs help to translate German present...
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Länder, Sprachen, Nationalitäten: nationality, 'sein', present tense weak verbs
Pupil outcome: I can form nationality nouns to talk about people and events. Key learning points: - Some nouns behave like adjectives and take the same endings. - 'Sein' is irregular in the present tense. - Present tense weak verbs are...
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Drei starke Frauen: subject pronouns, relative clauses, historic present
Pupil outcome: I can understand relative clauses and the historic present in an extended text. Key learning points: - Relative clauses add information about the noun in a main clause, without starting another sentence. - Some relative...
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Activities at home: verb infinitives and singular persons
Pupil outcome: I can recognise regular verbs in the infinitive and singular persons, use reference materials to identify unknown words, and translate accurately from German to English. Key learning points: - [ch] is a hard sound after a,...
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Life at home: building sentences, present tense singular
Pupil outcome: I can use weak verbs in the present tense in singular persons to translate or write a letter to a penfriend in German. Key learning points: - [u] can be either short (followed by 2 or more consonants) or long (followed by...
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Yourself and others: present tense questions and answers
Pupil outcome: I can form open and closed questions in German and reconstruct a dialogue in the present tense in a dictagloss task. Key learning points: - [er] can be stressed or unstressed. It is stressed when it is the first syllable...
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Où habiter : extended writing
Pupil outcome: I can write about different places to live using a writing frame for support. Key learning points: - Moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles are used to mean me, you, him, her, us, you and them as emphatic pronouns. -...
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Avec mes amis: verbs like connaitre in present and perfect tense
Pupil outcome: I can use a range of verbs like connaitre in the present and perfect tense to discuss friendships. Key learning points: - The past participles of most verbs like connaitre are formed with a 'u' ending e.g. connu, disparu,...
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Une rencontre : verbs like connaitre in present tense
Pupil outcome: I can recognise and use a range of verbs like connaitre in the present tense in the context of meeting new friends. Key learning points: - Connaitre is conjugated as follows in the present tense: connais, connais, connait,...
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Le chef : voir, boire, croire and faire in present, the imperative
Pupil outcome: I can use a range of irregular present tense verbs to describe people's roles at work and I can recognise the imperative. Key learning points: - The verbs voir (to see), boire (to drink), croire (to believe) and faire (to...
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Collègues et amis : the imperative
Pupil outcome: I can use the imperative when talking to friends and in more formal situations to give instructions or advice. Key learning points: - The imperative is used to tell somebody to do something, give commands and advice. - The...
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When, where and how? Singular verbs like 'sortir', 'venir', adverb placement
Pupil outcome: I can use singular -ir verbs like sortir and venir in the present tense with adverbs to describe everyday activities. Key learning points: - [a] sounds like 'animal'. - [ail/ail] sounds like 'taille'. - Verbs like 'sortir'...
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Family activities: singular regular -er verbs
Pupil outcome: I can use singular -er verbs to say what I do at the weekend. Key learning points: - Accents can change the pronunciation of a letter in French. The SSCs [e], [è] and [é] make different sounds. - 'Manger' (to eat) and...
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Liest du Romane? Questions and informal imperatives with strong verbs
Pupil outcome: I can use present tense strong verbs to ask questions and use the informal imperative to give instructions or advice in the context of free-time activities. Key learning points: - Strong verbs in the present tense change...