Introductory lesson on Unit 12 (la politique et l’immigration) with some statistics and facts. Then it prompts students to prepare presentations on each main political party’s programme for immigration.

Lesson on the gilets jaunes movement including speaking/writing questions, research work, videos, information. UPDATED on 11/12/2018.

Lesson on Comment sauver la musique française? Videos, speaking, listening and writing tasks. This covers la fête de la musique and famous francophone festivals to promote music.

Lesson on l’exception culturelle francaise in music with video, discussion and writing task using subjunctive.

A-level French lesson to introduce the topic of heritage (patrimoine) with video, key words, listening, speaking and writing tasks.

Lessons on the A-level topic of politics “L’Union Européenne a-t-elle un avenir?” with 2 videos, speaking and writing activities.

Lesson on the A-level French topics: Les ados et l’engagement politique - motivés ou démotivés with listening (video), speaking, writing exercises drawing from actual examples that were in the news.

Lesson on the voting age in France “Faut-il accorder le droit de vote dès 16 ans?” with speaking and writing tasks.

3 sets of questions about the A-level topic of manifestation to prepare students for the speaking exams. The lesson is based on 2 listening (videos) activities on the example of the company GOODYEAR.

Listening activity on what Unions, how they act, who for, etc. Introduction of the main vocab that ends with discussions and students writing their own definitions with key words.

Introductory lessons to explain how the French mentality is built on the power of the people and rebellion - through history, art, institutions.

Speaking, listening and writing activities on the topic of protests and strikes in France. Vocab and videos to engage students in discussion on this A-level topic.

Introductory lesson on heritage. Contains writing, listening/video, speaking, vocab and student presentations activities. This is worth 2 or 3 lessons.

Assessment with translations, open writing and questions on the political life in France. Great for an end of unit test.

Powerpoint presentation used to have students reflect on if young people should be granted the right to vote at 16 and talk about the absentation rate among young people. This presentation is design to work along the Oxford textbook AQA French Year 2 but can used independently. (“pour ou contre le droit de vote” and “Les ados et l’engagement politique - motivés ou démotivés?”) Reading, listening, writing, translation, speaking exercises. Worth 4/5 hours of lessons (29 slides)

Powerpoint presentation to introduce students with the main facts they need to know about the French political system. Then it prompts them into presenting about the main political parties with specific guidelines.

Summer workbook with many different activities to revise during summer break. This helps bridging the gap and reviewing the main grammar components before moving on.

Examplar essay on La Haine by Matthieu Kassovitz on the title: Pour beaucoup de critiques, La Haine est un chef d’œuvre du cinéma. Dans quelle mesure êtes-vous d’accord avec ce jugement? Students must assess it.

Essai et exercices de notation/critique sur le film La Haine de Matthieu Kassovitz « Jusqu’ici tout va bien. Ce qui compte, c’est pas la chute, c’est l’atterrissage » Dans quelle mesure pensez-vous que cette phrase illustre les événements dans La Haine?