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2.4 Reading for fluency
French · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Reading time sentences aloud: Quelle heure est-il ? Il est 11h00. Il est onze heures. Il est 5h30. Il est cinq heures et demie
- Using a clock face while reading: the short hand is the hour, the long hand is the minutes
- A short original poem on time, read with rhythm and line-end breaths
- Reading a school timetable aloud as full sentences, not as bare numbers
What you will be able to do
- decode familiar sounds in words to read simple short texts
- read texts with correct intonation, pace and fluency
- display a sense of enjoyment and satisfaction when reading
Key questions
“What role does time play in our lives?”
Lessons
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Quelle heure est-il ? Read the clock
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRead 11h00 and 5h30 as full French sentences from a clock, then recite a short time poem with its rhythm.
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Read the timetable, line by line
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRead a Kenyan school emploi du temps aloud as full sentences and say what role those hours play in the day.