This is a bundle of 8 resources about Christmas in France suitable for A Level French students. It includes a PPT in French made of 46 slides, 2 video activities with questionnaires, a booklet and a Gap filling exercise to go along the film Joyeux Noel, two PDF files in colour with a range of reading and vocab activities around Christmas holidays and a quizz.
Obviously these activities are mainly designed to be done around Christmas time, but can be integrated within your Scheme of Work as it actually fits well with the new AQA A Level topic Le Patrimoine.
Joyeux Noel!
This resource consists of a PPT and a Word Booklet on all Tenses from the A Level syllabus.
_ The extensive PPT presentation, 60 slides, covers all tenses in a structured way and its aim is to review verb conjugation and practise translation with a range of tenses. it takes 5 hours minimum to complete.
Each section starts with a recap of the formation and verb ending of the tense with some verb tables with the regular and main irregular verbs. It is followed by a range of conjugation and translation tasks. Answers are provided on the next slide.
Tenses and modes covered:
Présent
Futur proche
Passé composé
Imparfait
Futur simple
Conditionnel
Subjonctif
Plus-que-parfait
Conditionnel passé
Futur antérieur
la voix passive
Subjonctif passé
le passé simple
The Word booklet provides 11 long exercises to practice all the indicative tenses. It is divided into 5 parts:
• présent
• passé-composé, imparfait, plus que parfait,
• futur simple, futur proche, futur antérieur
• All indicative tenses including conditionnel présent, conditionnel passé.
Conjugation exercise with 100 sentences in all tenses. Students conjugate the verb in bracket in the right tense. Answers are provided when to select Review tab, then Final: show up.
Most of the exercices consists of gap fill exercises with the correct conjugation to insert or multiple choice with the right verb or time word to insert. Exercises are graded in difficulty.
The booklet takes between 3 and 4 hours to complete and is ideal for home learning, homework and end of Year Revision for As and A2 Students.
My students find these resources useful to manipulate various tenses and improve their translation skill.
These 2 resources can be used for independent learning or in class, and are fully editable.
Comprehensive Multiple Choice French PPT Quiz based on the Millionaire game to revise and consolidate aspects of French culture ina fun and interactive way.
It consists of:
_38 slides on French culture, 20 single questions on language and culture and 7 riddles. Answers are provided on next slide.
_It’s suitable for A Level students and can be played in teams, individually or with whole class. Usually takes up to 45 mn.
Comprehensive and interactive multi choice grammar quiz (72 slides) to revise a range of grammar points: tenses, adjectives, gender etc …in a fun way.
Also included is a 15 slides PPT with gap-fill tasks to practice conjugation and adjectival agreement.
Both PPT are Suitable for As and A2 students, this is a very effective resource to revise a range of grammar points in 30mn.
This resource consists of 8 French Higher GCSE Model Essays for the 130-150 words task ( 24 markers) based on Edexcel & AQA Past Writing Paper.
It a fully editable Word doc
The following topics are covered:
_ Food& Drink
_Sports & Hobbies
_ New Technologies
_ Friendship & Relationships
_ Holidays
_ School
_ My area and the Environment
_ Future Work
These essays are also useful for the IGCSE 130-150 words essays .
Here is a compilation of 45 practice speaking cards to for A Level AQA on the 12 topics that , there are 3 to 6 cards per topics and they follow the format of the exam:
Q1.Describing the card
Q.2 Opinion on the issue
Q.3 Knowledge question
Some cards have a few extra questions.
This resource consists of 12 French GCSE Model Essays for the 80-90 words task ( 16 markers) based on Edexcel & AQA Past Writing Paper.
It a fully editable Word doc
The following topics are covered:
_ Holidays
_ School
_ Friendship
_ Work
_ My area
_ Food& Drink
_Sports & Hobbies
_ Music
_ Heath
_ Celebrations
_ Relationships
_ Routine
These essays are also useful for GCSE/ IGCSE 130-150 words essays .
This resource is a series of seven GCSE French sample essays based on the most common topics:
Holidays, School, Hobbies, My Area, Family, Chores and Visits.
It follows the NEW GCSE/IGCSE format for the essay writing: 4 bullet points, around 150 words, 3 tenses
Each essay includes a range of A star structures and has the translation in English below. Each essay includes some complex structures to reach Level 9.
My students found this resource very useful to expand their complex structures and build a range of set phrases.
This resource is also suitable both for AQA, Edexcel and Cambridge IGCSE students. Enjoy!
This resource consists in 3 docs.
_ a comprehensive PPT with 37 slides to revise the basics ( name, age, date, birthday, numbers, personal information, basic verbs in present tense)
_ a 1h test with a range of reading, vocab and grammar exercices to revise basic French ( name, age, numbers, personal information, etre/ avoir in present tense).
_ A formal assessment produced b y the Frenh Ministry of Education for Young Learners called DELF Prim A1, assessing 3 skills, Listening, Reading and Writing, and lasting 1h.
Attached are 3 Quizzes A Level aimed at A Level students.
_ First one is a multi choice PPT Quizz in French made of 6 categories of 10 questions covering various aspects of the French Speaking Culture and the A Level programs:
Geography, Gastronomy, History, Arts, Literature, Sports, Cinema, Music and some bonus questions.
It lasts around 45 minutes.
_ Second one is a 97 slides PPT with 46 questions on various French cultural topics. Geography, Gastronomy, Politics History, Cinema etc… Answers are provided. Around 40 mn long.
_ Last one is a Word document made of 40 different questions about French culture.
around 20mn
These educational and fun quizzes are fully editable and can be used for end of term activities.
This is a comprehensive and interactive PPT on asking questions in French.
It goes through:
_ 3 different ways of asking a question in French
_ Asking closed and Open questions
_ Using all the question words
There are 50 slides and half of them are practice activities: gap-filling, multiple choice, sentence building, translation.
It is suitable for KS3,4 and even A Level students. I also included some worksheets for more practice.
Attached is a bundle of four End of Unit tests for the NEW AQA As FRENCH.
The topics are:
1. Les nouveaux types de familles et les relations.
2. Les nouvelles technologies
3. Le bénévolat
4. Le patrimoine
Each end of unit tests assesses 5 skills: Translation, Reading , Listening, Grammar and Writing
All the language is taken from the activities and vocab lists in the textbook.
Each test starts with a Translation activity with 10 sentences to translate from French to English and 10 from English to French. This is followed by :
_ a Reading Section made up of up 1 or 2 exercises,
_ a Listening Section with the audio tracks provided
_ a Grammar Section to test the points covered
_a Writing Section with some questions
This can be done at the end of each unit or for exam revision. It is suitable both for As and A2 students.
This resource consists of two series of 20 phrases with 2 Common Grammar mistakes in each sentence.
First part is a series of 20 Foundation phrases and second part is series of 20 Higher Level sentences. Mistakes can be on conjugation, adjectival agreement, gender, prepositions. Students have to identify the mistakes and correct it. I compiled this list of mistakes from the essays of my students.
Also incuded at the end are 5 Sentences to Translate from English to French for early finishers.
This is suitable for both Foundation & Higher Tier students as there’s a mixture of easy and complex sentences
The sentences cover the five main topics and are taken from mistakes I have seen in students productions.
This activity lasts around 1 hour with the corrections and can be used as a diagnostic activity to check pupils grammatical knowledge.
This resource consists of 14 documents, including:
A comprehensive Introduction to the film in a 48 slide PPT including a biography of Kassovitz, the historical & social context of the film, the actors, the plots and some recap actvities
in-depth and informative booklets mostly in French on La Haine :
A complete plot summary
Reviews and analyses of the movies
In-depth Analysis of Key Scenes
4 study guide & Character studies
In-depth Analysis of the main themes
Analysis of Techniques used in the film
The documents can be used at various stages of the film study.
This bundle on Bénévolat includes:
_ 4 Video resources on worksheets with answers provided. Each video last around 2mn and talks about a charity in a different French speaking countries
_ A speaking Card
_ 10 graphs about volunteering in France.
_ 2 booklets on Les Restos du Coeur & volunteer workcamps for teenagers
_ 3 Translation tasks
_ A matching up activity (charity with definition)
_ An overview sheet to introduce the topic.
_ A quizz to see if students would make a good volunteer
_ A list of 30 questions
Thorough, interactive and fun presentation on the topic of physical description. It works well to introduce and recap this topic. It gives not only a lot of useful vocabulary but also helps to differentiate the use of "etre" and "avoir" in the context of physical description. The communicative exercises provided help checking students comprehension. "The Guess who" game at the end is very successful with all type of ability and can be practised in pairs or in class.
This resource consists of a bundle of activities on the topic for the A Level topic La famille en voie de changement :
_ A comprehensive PPT presentation 32 slides to introduce the various types of families, the PACS, and graphs to describe the evolution of the family unit.
_ A Gap-fill timeline of the major changes since the 50’s WITH ANSWERS.
_ A video activity about the evolution of family
_ 5 Reading activities
_ 2 Translations, one French to English and another English to French
_ An extensive Vocab worksheet with 5 activities
The Word document for the video consists of an extensive questionnaire with global and detailed comprehension activities and independent work to be done at home .Answers are provided along with transcript, links and further information on the evolution of family. It is suggested to spend at least 45 mn on this activity.T he video file is provided.
The Word doc with the reading activities help to introduce and practice the vocab on the various types of family; it can be done in class or at home and takes around 1 hour to complete.
This bundle consists of 20 GCSE tests, each on a specific topic and covering different grammar points. Each test is made up of 2 or more Reading Activities, some Grammar exercises and a Writing Task. Some of the tests will have the answers provided, so they can be used for independent learning by GCSE students.
Each test lasts between 45mn and 1h20. It is aimed at GCSE Higher but easily can be adapted for Foundation.
The following topics are covered :
_ FOOD
_ HEALTH
_ HOBBIES
_ NEW TECHNOLOGIES
_ FAMILY
_ HOLIDAYS
_ TRANSPORTS
_ SCHOOL
_ ROUTINE
_ SHOPPING
_ OUTINGS
_ CLOTHES & FASHION
_ ENVIRONMENT
_ DESCRIPTION
_ JOBS
_ HOUSE & AREA
All the grammar points for GCSE
These assessments are in Word docs and are therefore fully editable.
Attached is an editable word document with 7 GCSE FRENCH SAMPLE ESSAYS of around 130 words on common topic areas ( Hobbies, Holidays, My area, Shopping, School, Health, Hobbies) with their translation below.
Also included is a list of French GCSE Grade 7-9 phrases and useful structures, very useful for essay writing at GCSE & IGCSE Levels. .
This resource consists in 3 comprehensive Study Booklets on Intouchables.
One is 22 pages pdf doc and brings you:
• A complete plot summary
• Character studies
• Some comprehension questions & exercises
• Useful quotes
The second booklet is a 10 pages booklet in Word format with lots of interactive activities. It can be used in conjunction with the 19 slides PPT presentation.
These in depth and booklets can be used in class or for independent study.