This unit is linked to other units on primary , secondary and tertiary industry plus case studies of the car industry, tourism and retailing .This unit uses agriculture as a case study looking at current issues in agriculture. It uses Britanny in France as a location charting changes in the intensification of agriculture that have happened since 1940. There is a case study on the green algae that has impacted on Britanny’s beaches and its causes and effects are identified. There is an assessment where students have to write letters for and against intensif farming . There are video clips and interactive activities to brng the unit to life . There is a student handbook, although a few pages on the topic of agricuture appear blank. This is because the images were orginally stuck in before copying. These missing images are included in the lesson resources as picture files. There are are pieces of exemplar student work .

There is a powerpoint where students spot the differences between post war and today’s agriculture . Students then explore reasons for these differences using a card sort activity.

These powerpoints contain links to video clips which provide student views about CLIL. They were filmed in two different schools in the UK as part of CLIL programmes . One programme lasted 10 years and the other 6 years. Both programmes contributed to improved progress and attainment by the students involved and shows in whole school improvement figures… Each programme was followed by all students in Year groups 7 and 8 as an entitlement. The clips show Geography, ICT and PHSE in FRench and German. Please read the copyright article which has been produced to accompany all of the CLIL materials produced by Judith Woodfield. OFSTED produced a good practice guide about one of these schools and this is also included . Judith Woodfield is on the advisory panel of Learning Through Languages UK. Her FREE resources are available in the resources section of the website. Copies of talks given on April 20th 2020 and October 11th 2021 are also available on the site in the “CLIL Mondays” section. CLIL mondays is a series of free talks by CLIL professionals and provides an opportunity for teachers involved in CLIL to share their good practice.

Lesson plan available in resource on unit overview methodology booklet page 22 onwards. Word versions of student handbook extract There is a video clip of the recycling card sort and Qui suis je ? activity in the resource called CLIL videos for CPD. It is the Chenderit video

Lesson plans in unit overview methodology document page 22 onwards Handbook extracts in word This lesson uses interactive video card activities to introduce animal adaptations. Plant adaptations and structure identified. Assessment combines research skills in French .

lesson plan in methodoogy document in unit overview resource . Extracts from student handbook in word . This lesson uses an RSPB campaign to show students that campaigns need to exemplify the reasons for the need to save and solutions . the rest of the materials take students through why orangutans are endangered and how they can be saved. Students then work in groups to produce a campaign . Groups set up stalls with their campaign materials and students go around the stalls and peer assess the work. They do this in French .Students absolutely love this and go the extra mile often producing DVDs broadcasts etc to accompany their campaigns .

Lesson plan in methodology booklet page 22 onwards unit resource The next few lessons concentrate on problems in Amazonia and the students aim to solve the mystery of who killed the rubber tapper Chico Mendez. This is a true event but the trial is fictitious. The lessons take you through understanding the problems, looking at the evidence and students preparing their speeches in role. Then a trial take place . This is challenging but the students enjoy using their French to good effect .

This lesson introduces continents and oceans, map projections and the concept of longitude and latitude. Year 7 students produce a map of the world, labelling continents and oceans . They will find this surprisingly difficult as they are often unfamiliar with the world and what is land and what is sea. There is a basic powerpoint plus various video clips which can be used for homework. The lesson will probably take two lessons …it depends how much time you have allocated . The methodology document for CLIL may help you with teaching CLIL id you have not done so previously. There are also video clips of clil lessons in action in the video for cpd resource that I have made available. Lesson plan , student handbook and copyright details are all available on previous resource .

Please read copyright doc and refer to lesson plan and student handbook in mapwork unit resource. This is a difficult lesson for many students. Students fill in their answers in their booklets and I usually go around the class to check that every student has correct answers to the 4 figure references before going onto 6 figure. If there are students who find this difficult then I also get other students to support until the whole class is confident. I also get students up to the front to demonstrate how they get the answers as this helps less confident students.

Read copyright info, lesson plan and refer to student handbook all available on unit overview resource . Scale is a tricky topic ans so this lesson starts with a plan of a bedroom and then applies scale to maps. It then finally shows French maps which add a cultural dimension.

Read copyright doc, use lesson plan and student booklet all available on mapwork unit resource. Students work with maps to identify a tour for a French family visiting the local area. They produce a leaflet and then present to the class . There are examples of student work included here which can be used as exemplars .

This lesson contains powerpoints and powerpoints which can be made into cards for use with the powerpoint. The student booklet available in the unit overview has a page where students can enter their answers. There are links for homework to consolidate learning. The first powerpoint to use is the one which identifies common symbols and asks students to understand the concept of a symbol and why it is used. The further resources use symbols from ordnance survey maps. Please read copyright document available on unit overview. There is a video clip of this activity being taught on the CLIL cpd videos resource. The lesson plan is in the unit overview resource.

Read copyright details, lesson plan and use student handbook …all available in mapwork unit overview resource. Get yourself some potatoes as if each student has a potato and draws the contours on this and then does a plan view , they will get the concept easily Students complete contour maps in student handbook . They then follow up with task in handbook and can apply to ordnance survey maps .

The Tropical Rainforest unit ideally follows on from the mapwork unit in Year 7 and lasts for two terms if there is an hour per week devoted to it. Read the copyright section on rainforests before using the materials The methodology booklet from page 22 onwards describes and illustrates how to teach each lesson. There is a brief lesson overview and there is a copy of the student handbook which students could refer to and write in . students absolutely love the unit n tropical rainforests because of the range of very creative assessments contajned within it . The first assessment is a rainforest structure diagram with research about animals and plants , the second is a group work task to design a campaign to save orangutans , the third is an oral assessment in the form of a trial and the fourth is an essay on tropical forest deforestation. There are exemplar pieces of work to illustrate what students can produce. There are writing and speaking frames which help the students to produce a very high standard of work. This is how to motivate young people to enjoy languages, enjoying interesting content and challenge. They will naturally pick up lots of those frequent words needed for GCSE without even realising they are doing it . There are video clips of a number of these lessons on the resource called CLIL video clips for cpd.

Students play a nine number board game to introduce rainforests then they produce a map to identify the location of the forest . There is a video clip of the introduction activity on the video clip of Chenderit school contained in the resource called CLIL video clips for cpd . NB detailed plans for lessons contained in unit overview methodology booklet The handbook in pdf in the unit overview is included in section in word in case you find it useful to edit and use lesson by lesson

The lesson plan is included in the unit overview methodology booklet from page 22 onwards. Word student handbook extract included for this lesson . this is a living graph activity involving a climate graph. There is a video clip and students are encouraged to reflect on the impact of climate change.

Please read the copyright document before starting this unit . I have found that this is the best unit to start Year 7 with . This is because it is conceptually challenging , yet can be accessed easily through French. Much of the French can be simply used. There are detailed lesson plans and a student booklet which can be printed off for students to write in and use to refer to . Lesson by lesson resources follow in other files. This unit lasts a term and a half if taught for one hour per week. It builds up skills and then culminates in an assessment which applies the skills to a real life scenario. Once the students have completed the final piece of work they are encouraged to present it to the rest of the class in French. By the time this unit has been completed the students are confident in the use of French by their teacher and the majority love Geography in French. I have found that the best unit to follow the mapwork unit is the tropical rainforest unit. Some of the lessons in this unit are shown on the videos which I have made available for CPD (see resource on CLIL videos to support CPD)

This is a short powerpoint which shows use of classroom French to help with a CLIL lesson

This unit of work was delivered to Year 6 students in a primary school during one whole day of Geography in French. It was designed as a transition unit to show students what learning Geography in French would be like when they started secondary school. Students really loved it and said that they had learnt more French in one day than they had learnt all year during their primary French lessons. The materials are also suitable for Year 7 students . Please read the copyright master document before use . particularly the section on the hydrological cycle . The lesson starts with a video clip with a card sort, then students study the hydrological cycle using a powerpoint and a further card sort. They then are introduced to more complex hydrological terms and build a model of the cycle. I used pet food boxes , but show boxes are also good to make models in. Then the students look at the differences between urban and rural areas and how that impacts the hydrological cycle ie they are applying their knowledge to a different situation and there is a support sheet using the near future which predicts what happens in each location. Finally they choose to be a simpson’s character who explains the cycle to an audience. There is a writing/speaking frame which will support their explanations. A challenging unit but very accessible for Year 6 students.

This is a unit which introduces the locational Geography of Europe . It identifies countries,capital cities rivers, mountains, seas and Oceans . It ends with a task to devise a tour of Europe which is undertaken individually , pairs or groups. The tour is presented to the class and is peer assessed. There are four examples of student work. Some of it is good and others are less os . For example it is important to point out that the students need to understand the French ie do not cut and paste . Also the level of detail needs to show detailed and accurate research .