French Year 8 · Stage 4-5

My Town and Getting Around

Describing where things are and asking for directions, with the verbs of movement.

Dot points
8
Module
3 of 3
Course
French Year 8
01What this module asks of you

The 8 syllabus dot points in My Town and Getting Around

These are the statements the French Year 8 syllabus makes about My Town and Getting Around. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.

  1. 01

    Places in town

    Places in town - My Town and Getting Around, Year 8.

  2. 02

    Prepositions of place

    Prepositions of place - My Town and Getting Around, Year 8.

  3. 03

    Asking for and giving directions

    Asking for and giving directions - My Town and Getting Around, Year 8.

  4. 04

    Imperative forms

    Imperative forms - My Town and Getting Around, Year 8.

  5. 05

    The verb aller and its contractions

    The verb aller and its contractions - My Town and Getting Around, Year 8.

  6. 06

    Transport vocabulary

    Transport vocabulary - My Town and Getting Around, Year 8.

  7. 07

    Describing a town: positives and negatives

    Describing a town: positives and negatives - My Town and Getting Around, Year 8.

  8. 08

    Distance and time expressions

    Distance and time expressions - My Town and Getting Around, Year 8.

02How it is examined

What a My Town and Getting Around question asks you to do

Year 8 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on My Town and Getting Around are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones French Year 8 uses.

apply3–4compose3–5compose4–6identify1translate2–3

Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.

03Where this module sits

My Town and Getting Around in the French Year 8 course

My Town and Getting Around is module 3 of 3 in French Year 8. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.

Find the My Town and Getting Around dot points you have never been asked

Dux diagnoses French Year 8 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.