5x Model Essays on "Un Sac de Billes" (+ extra revision resources!): A-LEVEL FRENCH LITERATURE

This is a pack of 5x A* example essays in perfect written French on “Un Sac de Billes”, with clear and relevant points, lots of advanced essay phrases throughout, sophisticated vocabulary and the occasional subjunctive. You could use these as examples to show your students the structure of an excellent essay, and also show them the points that they should be making for these types of questions.

You will get one big, 10-page pdf document: feel free to print as many times as you like, and encourage your students to steal impressive vocabulary and essay phrases from them! :)

**The pack also comes with an A-Level French Essay Phrases Cheat Sheet AND a character/theme revision document! The cheat sheet is a collection of high level sentence starters that I personally find easy to slip in every now and then in paragraphs. The character/theme revision document has lots of great notes about Joseph and Maurice, and there is a section with important quotations and analysis about the following themes: le racisme, la guerre, l’innocence/l’enfance, le passage à l’âge adulte/la perte d’innocence, l’espoir, le mal contre le bon, l’amour. There is also an extra page going through Joseph’s relationship with Maurice, his father and Monsieur Mancelier. Your students will be sure to impress the examiners!

The essay titles are:
-Faites le portrait de Maurice. Joseph présente-t-il des similarités avec son frère ?
-“Un sac de billes est un livre initiatique.” Êtes-vous d’accord ?
-Expliquez en analysant l’œuvre que vous avez étudié les sources du “plaisir” et “malaise” éprouvées par les lecteurs de l’ouvrage.
-Analysez le rôle des personnages centraux dans Un Sac de Billes.
-Analysez le développement des thèmes principaux dans le livre que vous avez étudié. À votre avis, lequel de ces thèmes est le plus important et pourquoi ?

Hope it helps :)