My Life
Overview
Students will be introduced to fundamental grammatical concepts and how to introduce themselves and have basic conversations in the target language.
Building On
This unit will teach students how to learn a language effectively regardless of whether they have learnt Spanish or French at primary.
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
Sports and Hobbies
Overview
Students will be able to explain what sports and activities they do. They will also be able to describe which extreme sport they would like to try, and discover more about France/Spain at the Olympics.
Building On
Students will start to conjugate verbs into the present tense into a full verb paradigm
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
Christmas traditions in France and Spain
School
Overview
In this topic, we will look at school subjects and what your dream school would be like. Students will also compare schools in the UK with French/Spanish schools
Building On
This topic consolidates verb conjugations into the present tense. Students will also begin to develop their opinions
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
House and Home
Overview
Throughout this topic, students will learn how to explain where they live, what their house is like and they will be able to answer a GCSE writing question in target language.
Building On
Students will be able to embed adjectival agreements and distinguishing masculine and feminine nouns.
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
Colombia country study - watch Encanto Belgium country study - watch Tintin
In the Town
Overview
This topic follows on from House and Home and will allow students to describe their town and what you can do there. We will explore other cities such as Paris and Madrid.
Building On
Students will learn how to construct the future tense, while consolidating their present tense skills.
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
Tomatina festival study Bastille Day festival study
Fairytales
Overview
In this exciting new topic, students will discover fairytales from across the globe as well as being able to interpret well known stories in target language. Learners will have the opportunity to create their own fairytale story which they can then perform in French/Spanish
Building On
This topic allows students to consolidate their learning with new material. Students will be able to learn about hispanic/ francophone fairytales, and read and listen to longer extended texts with authentic materials.
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
MFL residential
Holidays
Overview
This topic will allow students to describe where they went on a past holiday. The vocabulary included will range from dream destinations and disaster trips to transport and countries, as well as items you might pack for a holiday
Building On
Students will be able to use the past tense with both regular and irregular verbs
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
Day of the Dead festival study - watch Coco La Fête Nationale history study
Media
Overview
Students will explore the different types of media and express what they prefer to watch, read and listen to and why. Students will be able to explore Hispanic/Francophone festivals and celebrations such as El Día de los Muertos and La Fête Nationale. In addition, students will learn about flamenco and French fashion.
Building On
Students will be able to revisit fundamental grammar taught in year 7 and write in three to four tenses.
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
Christmas traditions - French Christmas markets Christmas traditions - El Gordo lottery in Spain
Food
Overview
In this topic, students will learn about traditional dishes of France and Spain and beyond. They will learn how to order in restaurants and buy food when shopping. They will also learn about tapas culture and what makes a "proper" Parisian baguette.
Building On
Simple grammatical structures will be consolidated in this module. However, students will be exposed to more challenging constructions in the conditional and future tenses.
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
Restaurant trip French cuisine around the world study - watch Ratatouille
Going Out
Overview
This module enables students to link their prior learning to new ideas. Students will learn how to make plans with people in target language, accept and decline those plans, explain how they help at home and their daily routine. Students will also learn vocabulary for shopping for clothes
Building On
Students will revisit the present tense in order to better understand the concept of reflexive verbs.
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
Dream Summer
Overview
This topic builds on the Holidays module and allows students to focus in depth on travel and tourism. We will learn about tourism and holiday activities on the islands of Mallorca and Corsica. Students will be able to describe what they would like to do if they visited these locations
Building On
This unit builds on the infinitive constructions learnt in Year 7 alongside the future and conditional tenses
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
Corsica geography study Mallorca geography study
Cross Curricular
Overview
In this exciting new module, during their MFL lessons students will have a variety of other timetabled lessons taught in French or Spanish. They will learn about historical figures, architecture, the planets, artists, read famous poems, explore music from Hispanic/Francophone countries and much more..
Building On
This module allows students to summarise their learning from the past 2 years. They are able to revisit vocabulary, skills and grammar with new and exciting content.
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
MFL residential
My Life
Overview
Students will be able to explain what makes them unique. They will be able to describe their family and friendships and who is important to them. They will also be able to express their likes and dislikes and how they prefer to spend their free time and celebrate their birthdays. This half term prepares students for the GCSE Friends and Family module
Building On
Students will be able to consolidate and deepen their understanding of previous topics while learning more challenging vocabulary and applying those structures
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
Jobs
Overview
This topic encourages students to think about their future aspirations and where they want to be in the future. We will cover different job types, job descriptions, dream jobs, writing CVs and what other people do for work. This half term prepares students for the GCSE Future Plans module.
Building On
We will be consolidating students' knowledge of the conditional and future tenses as well as exploring a range of adjectives and opinion phrases
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
Explore what jobs use languages with a careers link
School
Overview
As students have an understanding of school vocabulary from Year 7, they will now be given the opportunity to embed and develop their learning further. Students will be able to compare UK schools with those in France/Spain, argue whether school uniform is a good idea and discuss what school rules are effective and important. This module prepares students for the GCSE Education unit.
Building On
This topic builds on the vocabulary learnt in the Year 7 school topic. Students will be able to apply more complex grammatical structures and embed and expand on vocabulary.
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
French/Spanish school comparison study
Healthy Living
Overview
Now students have learnt about sport and food, they can combine their learning to talk about healthy lifestyles and balanced diets. They will learn how to ask for help in a pharmacy and be able to create a healthy living plan in French or Spanish. This half term prepares students for the GCSE Healthy Living topic.
Building On
Although this topic contains lots of new vocabulary, students will be able to link back to phrases learnt in the Year 7 Free Time topic and the Year 8 Food topic.
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
Social Issues
Overview
This module allows students to discuss real world issues in the Target Language. We will be covering important topics such as human rights, recycling, charity work and being eco-friendly. This topic prepares students for the GCSE Global and Social Issues unit.
Building On
This topic builds on students' knowledge from other subjects such as Geography, Science and History. They will be able to apply their knowledge from these subjects in French or Spanish
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
Travel and Tourism
Overview
For the final topic of students' Key Stage 3 MFL journey, they will explore more about the regions and overseas territories of France and Spain. Students will be able to describe tourism trends, climates, geographical features, tourist activities and use that information create a holiday brochure in target language. This module prepares students for the GCSE Travel and Tourism topic
Building On
In our last module, students will be able to draw together a range of tenses and grammatical structures while learning more about the French/Spanish speaking world.
New Knowledge
Skills
Cultural Capital
MFL residential
