French
Resources including scope and sequences, units and assessment tasks with marking guidelines to help you plan, program and assess French in Years 7–10.
In 2024, implementation of the Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus (2022) commenced in schools, with:
- 7–10 mandatory 100-hour courses
- new 100 and 200-hour elective courses.
Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus (2022) – support for French
French scope and sequence and sample units for the Modern Languages Syllabus (2022).
Stage 4
- Sample scope and sequence (100 hours) – French, Stage 4 (DOCX 4.3 MB)
- Sample scope and sequence (student-facing) – French, Stage 4 (PDF 6.82 MB)
- Sample scope and sequence – Stages 4 and 5 – grammar, vocabulary and structures (DOCX 4.09 MB)
Assessment
Sample summative assessment task for Term 2 – French, Stage 4 (DOCX 948 KB)
This 10-week (25-hour) unit introduces students to ways of describing their home and local area. Students will develop language skills and intercultural capability related to describing where they live, where places are located and how to get there.
Weeks 1 to 3
- My town – listening activity (student-facing) (DOCX 3.74 MB)
- Where is …? – interacting gap activity (student-facing) (DOCX 4.98 MB)
- Where do you live? (teacher) (PPTX 5.82 MB)
- Sentence builders and conversation scaffolds (student-facing) (PPTX 780 KB)
- Describing where you live (student-facing) (DOCX 7.58 MB)
- Where I live – listening activity (student-facing) (DOCX 3.76 MB)
- I live ... (student-facing) (DOCX 4.25 MB)
- In France (teacher) (PPTX 2.71 MB)
- In my house there is ... (teacher) (PPTX 12 MB)
- Describing homes (student-facing) (DOCX 10.1 MB)
- Where I live (student-facing) (DOCX 14.5 MB)
- Floor plans (teacher) (PPTX 1.87 MB)
Weeks 4 to 6
- Sentence builders and conversation scaffolds (student-facing) (PPTX 780 KB)
- What's this house like? (teacher) (PPTX 5.3 MB)
- Oral ping pong (teacher) (DOCX 3.67 MB)
- What's your house like? (student-facing) (DOCX 5.06 MB)
- Where I live (student-facing) (DOCX 14.5 MB)
- Placement of adjectives (student-facing) (DOCX 10.2 MB)
- Floor plans (teacher) (PPTX 1.87 MB)
- In my house there is … (teacher) (PPTX 12 MB)
- Role-play challenge (student-facing) (DOCX 3.66 MB)
- Describing a home – card game (student-facing) (DOCX 3.91 MB)
- Blog posts (student-facing) (DOCX 17.9 MB)
Weeks 7 to 9
- In town (teacher) (PPTX 8.82 MB)
- A survey – in my ideal town (student-facing) (DOCX 3.7 MB)
- Giving directions (teacher) (PPTX 1.69 MB)
- Sentence builders and conversation scaffolds (student-facing) (PPTX 780 KB)
- Directions (student-facing) (DOCX 4.76 MB)
- Team card game (teacher) (DOCX 4.23 MB)
- How do you get to …? (student-facing) (DOCX 4.24 MB)
- Map of a town (student-facing) (DOCX 5.37 MB)
- Asking for directions – activity cards (teacher) (DOCX 3.78 MB)
- Map task (teacher) (DOCX 4.23 MB)
Stage 5
This 10-week (25-hour) unit explores popular culture, sport and hobby choices of young people around the world. Students will learn to exchange information about their leisure activities using the past and present tense, including the frequency of the activity. Students will develop the language skills to express preferences and justify their opinions about activities, popular culture and lifestyle choices. Students will learn about language choices and develop intercultural capability to make plans and compare seasonal hobbies and recreational activities in francophone countries.
Resources weeks 1 to 3
- Quels sont tes passe-temps ? (PPTX 2.72 MB)
- Sentence builders and conversation scaffolds (PPTX 1.01 MB)
- Mes passe-temps (DOCX 3.43 MB)
- Nos passe-temps (DOCX 83 KB)
- Expressions of frequency (DOCX 272 KB)
- How often? – interacting activities (DOCX 2.63 MB)
- Listening activity (DOCX 82 KB)
- Frequency cards (DOCX 80 KB)
- One pen, one dice (DOCX 81KB)
- Blog posts (DOCX 4.5 MB)
- Depuis quand (DOCX 657 KB)
- Un sondage – les passe-temps (DOCX 79 KB)
Weeks 4 to 6
Weeks 7 to 10
- Les sports d’hiver et d’été (DOCX 913 KB)
- Sentence builders and conversation scaffolds (PPTX 1.01 MB)
- Role play challenge (DOCX 80 KB)
- Passé compose activities (DOCX 82 KB)
- Passé compose cards (DOCX 81 KB)
- Listening slalom (DOCX 80 KB)
- Les vacances actives (DOCX 284 KB)
- Information gap activity (DOCX 302 KB)
- Les stars du sport (DOCX 188 KB)
- Mon star préféré/Ma star préférée (DOCX 78 KB)
- Les sportifs au monde francophone (DOCX 2 MB)
Interactive resources
Virtual excursion to the Eiffel Tower is an interactive website that explores this iconic landmark's geography, history and culture, supporting students to learn and practise French virtually.