Scheme of Work · Year 7 · Connecte 1 · All 3 Cycles
Pages 8–23
| Pages | Unité | Contexte | Grammaire | Phonétique | Liens culturels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8–9 | 1_Intro Mon monde à moi | French-speaking countries | Masculine, feminine and plural nouns | Pronouncing cognates | Recognising French-speaking countries |
| 10–11 | 1.1 Salut! Ça va? | Introductions and greetings | Pronouns je and tu; Conjunction et; Emphatic pronouns moi / toi | ç | French names and where French is spoken (francophone countries) |
| 12–13 | 1.2 Quel âge as-tu? | Saying your age and numbers 1–20 | Using the verb avoir to give your age (j'ai, tu as); Contraction: j'ai | Silent final consonant (SFC) (-s) | — |
| 14–15 | 1.3 Quelle est la date? | Days, dates and birthdays | c'est | in (vingt / juin) | Celebration dates – French-speaking world calendar, e.g. la fête nationale, Noël |
| 16–17 | 1.4 Quelle est ta personnalité? | Describing personalities | être: je suis, tu es; Adjectival agreement (m. / f.); Intensifiers | Silent final -e, -t, -d | — |
| 18–19 | 1.5 Tu es comment? | Describing physical appearance | Adjectival agreement (m. / f. / pl.); Word order; Intensifiers | eu; Silent final -x | Francophone countries – North Africa: people refer to les yeux noirs |
Pages 24–39
| Pages | Unité | Contexte | Grammaire | Phonétique | Liens culturels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24–25 | 2_Intro Ma famille | Famous French-speaking people | Masculine and feminine adjectives (nationalities) | -ien / -ienne | Famous French-speaking people from different francophone countries |
| 26–27 | 2.1 Tu as un animal? | Pets | Indefinite articles: un / une / des; Plural of nouns (-s, -x); je voudrais (avoir); Negative structure: ne … pas; Conjunctions: mais, aussi | oi | — |
| 28–29 | 2.2 Décris ta famille | Family members | Possessive adjectives: mon / ma / mes | è | — |
| 30–31 | 2.3 Quel est son âge? | Talking about other people's ages and birthdays | avoir: full paradigm (j'ai, tu as, il / elle / on a, nous avons, vous avez, ils / elles ont) | œu | Saints' Days |
| 32–33 | 2.4 Comment sont tes amis? | Describing friends | être: full paradigm (je suis, tu es, il / elle / on est, nous sommes, vous êtes, ils / elles sont) | Silent final -t and liaison | Le Petit Nicolas (book and film) |
| 34–35 | 2.5 Tu as un modèle? | Describing your role models | Using être and avoir together | Revisiting key sounds: ç, in, eu, -ien / -ienne, oi, è, œu; Silent final letters: -e, -t, -d, -x, -s | — |
Pages 40–55
| Pages | Unité | Contexte | Grammaire | Phonétique | Liens culturels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40–41 | 3_Intro Au collège | Classroom language | est-ce que | ai | Schools in France and Senegal |
| 42–43 | 3.1 À quelle heure? | Times and school subjects | Definite articles (le / la / les) with school subjects; Preposition à | Silent h | Histoire-géo as school subject in France, combining both history and geography |
| 44–45 | 3.2 Qu'est-ce que tu aimes au collège? | Opinions of school subjects | Regular -er verbs in the je form: aimer, détester, adorer; Conjunctions: parce que, cependant | en / an | — |
| 46–47 | 3.3 Qu'est-ce que tu portes au collège? | School uniform and colours | Regular -er verb: full paradigm of porter; Adjectival agreement; Indefinite articles: un / une / des | r | Most students in France don't wear a school uniform, but there may be a school dress code |
| 48–49 | 3.4 Qu'est-ce qu'il y a au collège? | School facilities | Using de / d' after negatives | i, y | — |
| 50–51 | 3.5 Comment est ton collège? | Describing your school | Question words + est-ce que… (Qu'est-ce que…? Pourquoi est-ce que…? À quelle heure est-ce que…?) | qu | Schools in francophone countries vs UK |