KS2 · French · Year 4
Mother's day in 'la Francophonie': 'il' and 'elle' meaning 'it'
People, places, things: adjective agreement, subject pronouns 'it'
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Your learning goal
I can read and understand a text about ‘la fête des mères’ in 'la Francophonie'.
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I can read and understand a text about ‘la fête des mères’ in 'la Francophonie'.
Key learning points
- The letter c makes a soft sound before the letters e and i. It makes a hard sound before the letters a, o and u.
- The letter ç (c cedilla) makes a soft sound before a, o and u.
- The pronouns 'il' and 'elle' can be translated as 'it' in French, as every French noun has a gender.
- 'La Francophonie' refers to countries in the world which share the common language of French.
- La fête des mères is celebrated across 'la Francophonie'.
Words to know
- [c/ç]
- pronounced as in 'ici'
- pronoun
- word that takes the place of a noun, like 'it', 'you', 'she'
- il
- French pronoun meaning 'he' or 'it'
- elle
- French pronoun meaning 'she' or 'it'
- Francophonie
- a group of countries in which the language is culturally significant
Common mistakes
The pronouns 'il' and 'elle' can only mean 'he' and 'she' in French.
The pronouns 'il' and 'elle' mean 'he' and 'she', they can also be translated as 'it' as all noun have a gender in French.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Start a class discussion about French speaking countries, whether pupils have family in them, what other languages are spoken in them, research their native cultural heritage and postcolonial cultural practices.