Instructional Video28:52
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Writing the recount section of a journalistic report

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can write the recount section of a journalistic report. Key learning points: - The recount section of a journalistic report provides specific details about a news event in chronological order. - The use of notes from a...
Instructional Video30:57
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This summer: present vs past, perfect tense weak verbs 1st person singular

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use past and present tenses to understand about holiday experiences in German. Key learning points: - [ei] and [ie] are tricky German sounds and need to be read, written and pronounced correctly. - To understand what...
Instructional Video30:34
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Writing the closing of a journalistic report

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can write the closing of a journalistic report. Key learning points: - The closing paragraph of a journalistic report provides the reader with information about what is currently happening. - A shift to present tense is...
Instructional Video29:56
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Planning a setting description in 'Sherlock Holmes'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can plan the structure and content of a setting description in 'Sherlock Holmes'. Key learning points: - Writing is most successful when it is planned. - Setting descriptions can start from a bird's eye view and zoom in...
Instructional Video28:58
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Los días de colegio: 1st person singular present tense with 'g', e.g. 'pongo'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can talk about a typical school day using regular and irregular verbs in the present tense. Key learning points: - [u] and [i] are weak vowels and they merge with other vowels making a single syllable. - 'Contigo' is a...
Instructional Video32:12
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Every week and this weekend: present tense with future meaning, 'choisir' verbs

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the present tense with adverbs of time to describe what I am going to do this week and what I do every week. Key learning points: - The SSC [h] is silent in French, like in the words 'hôtel', 'hôpital' and...
Instructional Video33:09
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Today and yesterday: perfect tense with 'faire' and 'dire'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the perfect tense with 'avoir' to talk about what I did yesterday and compare it to what I am doing today. Key learning points: - [gn] sounds like 'ligne'. - Use the perfect tense to say what you did in the past....
Instructional Video31:27
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Future intentions: 'aller' + infinitive

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the short form of 'aller' with a range of infinitive verbs to express my own, and others' future intentions. Key learning points: - The SSC [qu] has the same sound in French as the hard 'c', like the [qu] in...
Instructional Video32:15
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Weekday routine: -er verbs singular and plural

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can identify and use -er verbs in the present tense to talk about everyday activities. Key learning points: - [um/un] sounds like 'un'. - -er verbs take the following endings in the present tense: je-e, tu-es,...
Instructional Video31:49
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What people do: 'faire' 3rd persons singular and plural

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the 3rd persons singular and plural of ‘faire’ to describe activities. Key learning points: - ‘T’ at the end of a word is usually silent but liaison means that we can pronounce it when followed by a vowel. - To...
Instructional Video33:06
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Actions towards others: Malala, singular -er verbs with preposition 'à'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use my knowledge of vocabulary, cognates and the present tense to understand a French presentation about Malala Yousafzai. Key learning points: - [ien] sounds like 'bien' - The simple present tense singular endings...
Instructional Video31:32
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Preferences: singular verbs of opinion

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can form sentences to give my opinion using singular opinion verbs in the present tense. Key learning points: - The sound-symbol correspondence [oi] makes the sound as in 'trois'. - In French, there is only one way to...
Instructional Video32:01
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At school: singular -er verbs

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use singular -er present tense verbs to understand and talk about activities. Key learning points: - The sound-symbol correspondence [-ez] and ‘et’, meaning and, sound the same as [é] and [-er]. - Verbs in the...
Instructional Video33:38
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Editing descriptive writing based on ‘A monster within’

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can edit, revise and rewrite my descriptive writing. Key learning points: - Editing is the process of making technical corrections to a piece of writing. - Accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar is essential to help...
Instructional Video32:25
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Writing the second diary entry based on 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can write my second diary entry from the perspective of Lila. Key learning points: - We use notes from our plan to form a range of sentence types. - Diary entries shift between past and present tense to explain what has...
Instructional Video31:05
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Using the suffix -ed to make the past tense

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell a verb in the past tense using the suffix -ed. Key learning points: - If the word ends in a consonant, generally just add the suffix -ed. - If the word ends in 'y', remove the 'y' and add -ied. - If the word...
Instructional Video32:25
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Subordination five ways

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use different joining words for subordination. Key learning points: - An adverbial complex sentence is formed of one main idea joined with subordination. - Subordination joining words are 'because', 'so', 'when',...
Instructional Video30:48
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Comparing summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st and 2nd person singular

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the preterite tense to compare my summer experiences with someone else's. Key learning points: - The 2nd person singular preterite of -ar verbs ends in (-aste). - The 1st person singular preterite of -ar verbs...
Instructional Video30:38
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Summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st person present and past

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can say what I normally do and what I did in the summer. Key learning points: - The 1st person singular preterite of -ar verbs ends in '-é' - The 1st person singular present of -ar verbs ends in '-o' - To make a sentence...
Instructional Video34:42
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Writing the first half of a setting description in 'Sherlock Holmes'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can write the first half of a setting description in 'Sherlock Holmes'. Key learning points: - Writing is most successful when structure, content and vocabulary is planned. - Oral rehearsal is an important step in the...
Instructional Video31:47
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Schreib eine E-Mail: informal imperatives, present tense verbs

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can recognise and use the imperative of weak verbs to give instructions or advice in the context of technology. Key learning points: - There is just one present tense in German, used to translate the simple present and...
Instructional Video32:36
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Meine Mannschaft: stem changes 't' not 'st', 'e' before 't'/'st', 'el' stem

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use a range of present tense verbs, including those with small changes to the stem, to discuss sport and free-time pursuits. Key learning points: - Weak verbs follow a regular pattern of changes in the present tense....
Instructional Video31:08
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Meine Freizeit: present tense for future meaning, extended writing

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the present tense with adverbs of time for future meaning and I can use the BORDER acronym to respond fully and accurately in writing. Key learning points: - Future plans can be expressed by using the present...
Instructional Video33:52
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Neu in Deutschland: irregular past participles, perfect tense with 'haben'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the perfect tense with 'haben' and irregular past participles in the context of the experiences of Syrians in Germany. Key learning points: - The past participles of some verbs do not follow a pattern. - [ch] can...