Achievement Standard French Years 3 and 4
By the end of Year 4, students interact with teachers and each other through classroom routines, action-related talk and play. They exchange greetings and wishes, respond to familiar instructions and to questions such as Qu’est-ce que c’est? …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLFRC004
shared reading of texts such as Big Book stories about familiar events or contexts (for example, Les amis de la ferme or Raconte et Chante), using pictures, intonation and contextual clues to predict meaning and identify key characters and events
Elaboration (2) | ACLFRC004 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLFRC005
contributing to a class photo story, for example, writing and reading aloud captions to own photos (Je suis triste/content/fâché) and points of personal information (J’aime le chocolat; je suis petite; j’ai un chat noir)
Elaboration (1) | ACLFRC005 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLFRC006
listening to or viewing French versions of familiar stories such as Le Navet Géant or Boucle d’Or et les Trois Ours, comparing French expressions at key points in the story with English language versions, and re-enacting with puppets, props and actio …
Elaboration | ACLFRC006 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLFRC009
designing and using bilingual fiches personnelles with identifying details supplied in both languages, for example, nom, prénom(s), ȃge, mes amis sont…, j’habite…, j’aime…
Elaboration (1) | ACLFRC009 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLFRC010
noticing French ways of talking and behaving that appear different to own ways, finding examples in children’s stories such as Marie de Paris or Je veux pas aller à l’école or in recordings of French-speaking children in different contexts
Elaboration | ACLFRC010 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLFRU015
noticing that different kinds of language are used in different situations and with different people, for example, exchanges between children and parents (Un bisou, Papa! Je t’aime, ma puce!) and exchanges between children and unfamiliar adults (Bonjour, …
Elaboration | ACLFRU015 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLFRU015
understanding that language varies according to context and situation, for example, language used for play with friends (vas-y! bravo! cours! à moi!) is less formal than language used with teachers (Pardon, Monsieur Falcon; je suis désolé; je m’excus …
Elaboration (1) | ACLFRU015 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLFRC021
negotiating turns (for example, C’est à toi? Non, c’est à moi), and praising and evaluating each other, for example, Super! Pas mal. Bon travail! Excellent! Bravo!
Elaboration (2) | ACLFRC021 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLFRC022
collecting information about different animal species (for example, les insectes, les animaux domestiques/sauvages), and creating a display with names and appropriate adjectives, for example, la fourmi — minuscule; le lion — féroce
Elaboration | ACLFRC022 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLFRC023
using simple descriptive language and supporting resources to introduce family members and friends, identifying relationships (c’est mon cousin/ma sœur/ma grand-mère/mon copain) and cultural backgrounds (il est chinois/espagnol/australien)
Elaboration | ACLFRC023 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLFRC023
collecting information about each other’s likes, dislikes or interests, using checklists, surveys or question cues such as combien de…? à quelle heure…? to create a class profile, chart or database, for example, les sports préférés, les plats de choi …
Elaboration (1) | ACLFRC023 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLFRC023
presenting information on events or topics of possible interest to French children of their own age (for example, les fêtes d’anniversaire, les vacances or les copains), using multimodal resources and realia support and building vocabulary to describe …
Elaboration (2) | ACLFRC023 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLFRU031
developing a metalanguage in French for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English, such as le verbe, l’adjectif, l’adverbe, la conjonction and le vocabulaire
Elaboration | ACLFRU031 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLFRC040
extracting points of information from sources such as websites, books and magazines on social and environmental issues such as le recyclage or la conservation de l’eau, and recording key phrases and vocabulary for use in group projects
Elaboration | ACLFRC040 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLFRC043
introducing new elements to a familiar story, for example, a new neighbour in Astérix’s village in Gaul, an additional ailment for Nicolas in Le Petit Nicolas: Je suis malade, or an alternative ending to a traditional tale such as Cendrillon
Elaboration | ACLFRC043 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLFRC043
teaching younger children French versions of familiar nursery rhymes and songs with repetitive phrases and actions, for example, comptines such as A vous dirais-je Maman, La chanson de l’alphabet
Elaboration (1) | ACLFRC043 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLFRC043
adapting French children’s stories, songs or cartoons to suit particular audiences, for example, scripting, rehearsing and performing a puppet show version of Pirouette Cacahuète or children’s songs such as Ah les crocrocro…, Coucou, Petit Loulou
Elaboration (3) | ACLFRC043 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACLFRF049
playing games such as ‘matching pairs’ to reinforce grammatical rules, for example, pairing nouns and subject pronouns (Jean travaille: il travaille; Marianne aime le fromage: elle aime le fromage) or a subject with a conjugated verb (nous parlons, tu …
Elaboration (5) | ACLFRF049 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACLFRF049
formulating questions using est-ce que…, the inverted form of the verb, or changed intonation, for example, est-ce que tu as un chien? as-tu un chien? tu as un chien…?
Elaboration (7) | ACLFRF049 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum