Native speaker, practising teacher of French from KS3, GCSE to A Level.
Specialist in French Grammar.
My resources feature Grammar & the new AQA exams at GCSE and AS/A Level.
Native speaker, practising teacher of French from KS3, GCSE to A Level.
Specialist in French Grammar.
My resources feature Grammar & the new AQA exams at GCSE and AS/A Level.
This Powerpoint is a set of 8 Role-Plays for the Higher Tier on the three themes that are required to study at GCSE Level .
It also includes the mark scheme and Teacher’s questions and suggestions of students’ answers as well as more suggestions for Role-Play situations.
GCSE French
This PowerPoint helps to cover different aspects on the following topic: Prison: Failure or success?
Activities include: Several texts with comprehension exercise, a gap fill, translations (French to English and English to French), a discussion, a stimulus card.
Thème: Comment on traite les criminels
La prison: Échec ou succès?
New A level French
This PowerPoint is a compilation of 20 TRANSLATIONS from English to French with ANSWERS (5 per theme, 10 for theme 2) tailored for the new AQA French GCSE Specifications.
ANSWERS are included for each translation.
The 20 translations cover the 3 themes:
Theme 1: Identity and Culture
Theme 2: Local, National, International and Global areas of interest
Theme 3: Current and Future Study and Employment
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A PowerPoint to help with understanding of possessive adjectives (my/your/his/her/its/our/their)
It includes:
1) An explanation of the use of the possessive adjectives
2) three exercises to practise the grammar point effectively
3) Answers
This PowerPoint helps to cover the sub-theme on ‘Travel and tourism’ under the ‘Local, national, international and global areas of interest’ theme.
It includes activities such as verb conjugation, key vocabulary, translations , a role play, photo card activities, a discussion, reading comprehension and written tasks.
It is a resource designed to introduce or revise several aspects of the topic area.
A total of 33 slides
Typo corrected on 5 Dec 2016
This PowerPoint helps to cover the sub-theme on ‘My studies: Life at school’ under the ‘Current and future study and employment’ theme focusing specifically on school rules and the uniform.
It includes activities such as verb conjugation, vocabulary, translations , a role play, photo card activities, reading comprehension and written tasks.
It is a resource designed to introduce or revise several aspects of the topic area.
A total of 35 slides
TYPO corrected
This Powerpoint is a set of 7 Role-Plays for the Foundation Tier. on the three themes that are required to study at GCSE Level. It includes the mark scheme and Teacher’s questions and suggestions of students’ answers. New GCSE French with AQA Specifications 2016+.
This PowerPoint Presentation (65 slides) provides an extensive range of resources for the French novel ‘Un Sac de billes’ by Joseph Joffo at A Level.
It will help with the understanding of the following aspects:
* Preliminary work
* Historical background
* Key events
* A list of questions provided for each chapter, the prologue and the epilogue
* Analysis of key themes
* The characters
* A list of 16 essay questions for the new A Level.
This PowerPoint (40 slides) helps to cover the topic of “Quelle vie pour les marginalisés” as part of the new A Level French.
The subtopics include:
Qui sont les marginalisés?
Quelle aide pour les marginalisés?
Quelles attitudes envers les marginalisés?
The activities include: Translations, summary, gap fills, texts with comprehension exercises, Speaking cards/ stimulus with questions and conversation on several aspects of the topics.
This is an ideal resources for introducing the topic or revision.
(A total of 40 slides)
A Level French
This PowerPoint (40 slides) helps to cover the topic of “Les aspects positifs d’une société diverse” as part of the new A Level French from 2016.
The subtopics include:
1.L’ENRICHISSEMENT DÛ À LA DIVERSITÉ ETHNIQUE
2. DIVERSITÉ, TOLÉRANCE ET RESPECT
3. DIVERSITÉ:UN APPRENTISSAGE POUR LA VIE
The activities include: Translations, summary, gap fills, texts with comprehension exercises, Speaking cards/ stimulus with questions and conversation/ discussion questions on several aspects of the topics.
This is an ideal resources for introducing the topic or revision.
(A total of 53 slides)
This PowerPoint helps to cover aspects of the theme about Cybersociety of the new syllabus (2016+) - La cybersociété.
It focuses on the first sub theme - Comment la technologie facilite la vie quotidienne - with the following activities: translations, a Kahoot quiz, vocabulary, a video-based comprehension exercise, discussions, a reading comprehension and writing practice.
To be followed:
- Quels dangers la cybersociété pose-t-elle?
- Qui sont les cybernautes"
This PowerPoint is an ideal resource for your introductory lesson with Year 12 following the AS Level course (new AQA Specifications from 2016 in French)
It includes:
A) Some admin to get the class started (timetable, brief explanation of exam requirements at AS Level, the themes covered, organisation of students' files)
B) Five activities to 'break the ice' with your new class:
1) Getting to know the teacher
2) Find someone who (in French)
3) A slide with key words to prompt student to introduce themselves to their partner / class (You can use the slide and invent your own activity from it such as '2 minutes to introduce yourself to your partner, partner takes notes and then introduces them to the class' 'truths and lies' etc)
4) A grammar based activity - To classify some words in 4 categories (nouns, verbs. adjectives, adverbs)
5) A poem on the topic of friendship for students to read out loud and then translate into English.
A total of 10 slides - See preview.
SEE ALSO
*********A ppt that will help you introduce the new theme of the new AQA syllabus (2016+) 'La famille en voie de changement' (The changing nature of family). It covers the three sub themes with a range of activities (Translations, Gap fills, quizzes, speaking and writing practice). The three subthemes are:
- Grands-parents, parents et enfants – soucis et problèmes
- Monoparentalité, homoparentalité, familles recomposées
- La vie de couple – nouvelles tendances
'La famille en voie de changement': https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/la-famille-en-voie-de-changement-the-changing-nature-of-family-as-level-french-new-aqa-2016-11353040
*********Speaking Preparation & Practice for the topic "Famille en voie de changement "
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/famille-en-voie-de-changement-speaking-preparation-practice-as-level-french-2016-aqa-new-11363110
********* Theme: 'Le rôle du bénévolat': https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/le-r-le-du-b-n-volat-the-place-of-voluntary-work-as-level-french-new-aqa-2016-11358773
A PowerPoint which includes the assessment criteria at both Foundation and Higher level: Role Play, Photo card and General conversation (New AQA Specifications 2016)
This PowerPoint covers 11 important scenes in the film "La Haine" It provides questions to guide students in their understanding and analysis of the film. One of the films from the suggested list of AQA's new AS / A Level specifications 2016+.
10/12/16 Typo corrected
This PowerPoint is a compilation of twelve 90 words structured writing tasks required at GCSE Level, Higher Tier.
The twelve tasks enclosed cover the three prescribed themes on the new AQA Specifications from 2016. The mark scheme for the question type is also included.
A PowerPoint for the "150 words Open-ended two bullet points type question will be available soon!
This PowerPoint is to be used to introduce the film 'La Haine' guiding students to research the background of the making of the film. (Social and political setting, the producer, key terms & individuals influencing the film.)
See also:
7/11/2016: Updated with answers / typo corrected
This PowerPoint helps understand the concept of noun, pronoun, verb, adverb and adjective through a series of exercises and activities in French and English.
This series of worksheets include:
1) An explanation of the perfect tense
2) Exercise to practise the perfect tense effectively
3) A worksheet with a battleship (for speaking practice), Noughts and crosses and irregular past participles
4) A worksheet that help remembering the 'Mrs Vandertramp' verbs. (Verbs with 'être')