French — Whole-Year Scheme for Non-Specialist Teachers
A 36-week French scheme for primary teachers who never trained as language specialists. Six topics across the year, each lasting six weeks, with a fixed weekly lesson structure and the actual French you need pre-written.
Preview
Page count: 11. Print-ready PDF — letter / A4 friendly. Click image to see all pages.
Learning objective
Provide a complete-year French scheme that a non-specialist can deliver confidently with 30 minutes of weekly preparation.
About this resource
- Subject: Languages
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade levels: Grade 2 (ages 7-8, ≈ Year 3), Grade 3 (ages 8-9, ≈ Year 4), Grade 4 (ages 9-10, ≈ Year 5), Grade 5 (ages 10-11, ≈ Year 6), Grade 6 (ages 11-12, ≈ Year 7)
- Pages: 11
- Date added: 2026-10-29
- Credit: Qualified primary teacher
Books for non-specialist French teachers
Convenience links if you'd like to look any of these up. We've recommended these books in the resource above.
Pupil-facing
- F First 100 Words in French — Catherine Bruzzone
- U Usborne First Hundred Words in French — Various
- D DK French English Bilingual Visual Dictionary — Various
Teacher reference
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