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Year 6 · Languages · Writing a paragraph · Lesson 3

Writing and checking a paragraph

Writing and checking a French paragraph: planning content, using connectives and reasons, and correcting common errors in age, à/en, gender, agreement, accents and negatives.

Whiteboard video lesson: Writing and checking a paragraph

14-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

  • Plan a French paragraph
  • Write extended sentences
  • Correct common errors
  • Use a checklist

The method

  1. Plan.
  2. Write.
  3. Check.
  4. Read aloud.

Key words: paragraph, accents, gender, agreement, parce que, checking.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

Fix: ‘Je suis dix.’

  1. Step 1: J'ai...

Answer: J'ai dix ans.

Question 2

Fix: ‘J'habite en Leeds.’

  1. Step 1: J'habite à...

Answer: J'habite à Leeds.

Question 3

Fix: ‘Ma père est gentil.’

  1. Step 1: Mon père...

Answer: Mon père est gentil.