Attached are 4 A Level Model Essays on the following A2 titles :
‘’La Haine est avant tout un film anti-police."
“Kassovitz a réussi à bien dépeindre l’exclusion sociale en France dans La Haine.”
"Dans quelle mesure peut-on éprouver de la compassion pour Vinz ?
"Examinez les similarités et les différences entre Saïd, Vinz et Hubert dans La Haine.
Attached are 5 A Level Model Essays of around 300 words each in a word doc on the following titles:
“la Haine est avant tout un film sur le mal-être adolescent.” Dans quelle mesure êtes-vous d’accord avec cette affirmation?
“Des trois protagonistes, Vinz est le moins réaliste et raisonnable”.Dans quelle mesure êtes-vous d’accord avec cette affirmation?
3.“Analysez dans quelle mesure La Haine nous présente une société française fracturée ?
4.Analysez comment kassovitz, le metteur en scène,cherche à provoquer des émotions fortes chez son public dans La Haine.
5.“La haine attire la haine’. Dans quelle mesure cette phrase d’Hubert illustre le thème principal du film.
Find attached 3 As Model Essays on La Haine of around 300 words each on the following titles:
Examinez ce qui motive le comportement et les actions de Vinz, Saïd et Hubert dans ce film. Selon vous, quelle est la motivation la plus importante ?
Examinez le rôle des personnages secondaires dans ce film.
Vous pouvez utiliser les points suivants :
• le rôle des membres de la famille des 3 jeunes
• le rôle des membres de la police, Notre Dame et Samir
• le rôle d’Astérix et Darty
Examinez les similarités et les différences entre Vinz et Hubert dans La Haine.
Vous pouvez utiliser les points suivants :
comment ils sont physiquement et leurs caractères
comment sont leurs tempéraments
leurs actions au cours du film et leur motivation
l’évolution des personnages au cours du film.
3 essays are in an editable Word doc
This bundle on Comparatives and Superlatives include 3 resources.
_a PPT with tutorials and practice exercises on the uses of the comparatives and superlatives in French.
It consists of 28 slides and proved clear explanation and useful practice on this tricky grammar point. this is suitable both for GCSE and A Level students.
_ A PPT comparing 2 French speaking countries, France & Canada
_ A word document with a recap of the rules and 4 stimulating exercises
It is suitable both for GCSE and A Level students
A very comprehensive powerpoint (114 slides) which introduces and practises language on the topic of sport and hobbies for GCSE French. It is suitable for KS3 to introduce the vocab or KS4 to revise and provide further practice. It includes a tutorial on which verbs and prepositions to use for each sport.
An editable Word booklet with 10 Reading and Writing further practice on sports and hobbies is provided.
This bundle consists of 10 PPT tutorials with practice, each resource covering a different grammar points. The points covered are:
_ the main tenses in French ( Present, Perfect, Imperfect, Future and Conditional, all with irregular verbs)
_ Adjectives
_ articles
_ Comparatives
_ Pronouns
_ Prepositions
+ An editable booklet to revise all these points
This bundle consists of 2 booklets:
_ A revision booklet (52 pages) in Word format with plenty of key vocab and structures drawn from the GCSE exam list and split into topics. It also includes 15 reading activities and some useful exam tips.
This resource can be used in class or independently by the students throughout the year. It is suitable for Foundation and Higher Level students and fits all exam boards, including Igcse. Booklet has around 5 hours of work.
_ A different Revision booklet in PPT format made of 32 slides, to revise core structures for Productive skills
_ A Grammar game also in PPT, to add a bit of fun.
Attached is a bundle that covers all aspects of the conditional and Si Clauses. It includes:
_ 3 comprehensive PowerPoint to introduce and practice the conditional tense and clauses in French. These Powerpoint are designed both at implementing basic conditional notions for KS4 students and provide more complex work with KS5 student, such as the 3 types of Si clauses. It covers regular and irregular verbs. It includes 10 slides with various exercises, including a song.
Also attached are 7 worksheets in word format to practise the various aspects of the conditional tense (regular and irregular ), past conditional in French clause including a song and a boardgame.
This level is indicated by the title of the doc. These are particularly useful for A Level students who are often confused with Si clause but is also suitable for GCSE students.
Attached is a comprehensive Study Booklet with Answers of the movie Un Sac de Billes. Its 33 pages consists of:
_A summary
_ worksheet with Comprehension Questions on the book
_Activities to explore the main characters
_ Analysis of key scenes
_ Extracts from the film to illustrate the main themes
_ Analysis of the representation of war
_ Questions on the main topic: Un film d’apprentissage
Answers are provided at the back
This is a bundle of activities on French Gastronomy as part of the Unit on French heritage and is suitable for A Level students.
It includes:
_ 6 Video/Listening activities with questionnaires on Gastronomy
_ 5 Reading activities on Gastronomy with answers provided
_ PPT presentation on food
Some caricatures to trigger discussion
_ Idiomatic expressions with food
_ 2 Texts on Specialities from the Provence and the Savoie Areas
_ A matchup exercise with Specialities and their region
_ A level Questions on food
_ Quiz on French cheese
_ A recipe from a French chef
All the comprehension resources are in Word Format and fully editable.
Bon appétit!
Attached are 10 speaking games, a mixture of fun vocab, translation and grammar tasks and quizzes, to facilitate oral conversations for GCSE students. Each activity takes between 10-20 mn, and can be used as a starter or a revision task. It is suitable for Foundation and Higher candidates.
It’s useful at the start of term when their French is a bit rusty.
This resource includes some up-to-date facts in French on the AQA A Level topics for the Oral exam. Each topic has 6 to 8 facts presented in full sentences in French.
Also included are Model Questions and Answers on the 2nd Year AQA A Level Topics:
_ Integration / Immigration
_ La Marginalisation et la discrimination
_ La Criminalité
_ Les Manifestations
_ La Politique
Each topic includes a list of around 15 possible exam questions with developed answers in French.
Attached is a collection of 7 resources to introduce and reinforce the A Level subtopic “La Discrimination contre les femmes” including:
_ A range of facts and statistics about Discrimination against women in the world to be used as a
_ Translation activities Eng-Fr. and Fr. -Eng.
_ A Video questionnaire about the history of women rights in France
_ A Gap Fill activity about Discrimination against women at work
_ A Video activity about equal pay
_ An Level Listening Comprehension on discrimination against women with answers provided
_ An article on discrimination against women
_ 6 posters on Gender Inequality to elicit some discussion as starters
This A LEVEL Revision Booklet, 80 pages, covers the following topics:
• 1 : La société multiculturelle, l’immigration, l’intégration, le racisme
• 2 : Problèmes sociaux contemporains: la pauvreté et criminalité
• 3 : Les nouvelles technologies
4: Section Grammaire
Each topic includes some vocab lists, a comprehensive range of set phrases and a mixture of Listening/ Reading Comprehension & Translation Tasks.
The 2nd part is a Grammar section comprising practice on a range of grammar points. Answers to the grammar section on Verbs & Adjectives are provided.
This booklet in Word format is editable and can be used for self-study or in class in preparation for the exam.
Attached are 3 long sample essays in French on the novel No et Moi suitable for the new French A Level exam AQA or EDEXCEL on the following titles
_No et Moi est un roman sur une ado pour un public ado
_On dit qu’un vrai héros n’est ni tout à fait bon ni tout à fait mauvais. Examinez dans quelle mesure cette affirmation est vraie en ce qui concerne le personnage de Lou.*
_ Evaluer dans quelle mesure ce livre est avant tout une étude sérieuse de la vie des sans-abris.
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Each essay includes quotes and is made of 700 words minimum.
My students found these essays very useful to write their own essays on the novel.
Essays are in a editable Word doc
_ A Comprehensive PPT Presentation,64 slides, to introduce the concept of Patrimoine: it includes Definition and exemples of French and World Heritage Site, History of Unesco, exemples of Unesco Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage, Exemples and Embedded Video Activities on French World Heritage sites. Some slides consist of French speaking Unesco sites to elicit Discussion.
Comprehensive Powerpoint presentation on the conjugation of the verb "Aller" in the present tense and the prepositions following this verb. It gives lots of useful sentences with "Aller" and is a very efficient way to practice sentence building. This is suitable for Year 9 to 11 pupils, but also works as revision with KS5 students.
I designed this resource after I noticed the recurrent mistakes on the preposition after this verb. This Powerpoint is also an opportunity to revise countries, places, and transport as well as adverbs of frequency and the pronoun "Y".
Revision booklet covering various topics and grammar points.
It contains 5 main areas, each one comprising a tutorial on a specific point/topic followed by 3 to 5 worksheets for practice. (see list of topics below).
This booklet is suitable both for teenagers and young professionals as there is a focus on business French. It can be done either in class using a projector or at home . I wanted to show my A Level students that the language can be used in real work life situation. They enjoyed this work and found it a nice change from the usual exam practice.
Below is a list of the topics covered:
Welcoming a visitor
What did you do last
week end?
Describing a week end
Inviting
Talking about past events
A company profile and history
Talking about your education and career
Comparing company performances
Describing people
Attached are 2 docs: one is a booklet to revise 10 Key grammar points covered in the New A Level exams and the other is a grammar test made up of 19 exercises.
Students revise each grammar point by completing the exercises provided. At the end of the booklet, a general grammar multiple choice exercise recaps all the points covered. Answers are provided on last page.
This booklet can be done in class or independently. My students found it useful for exam revision.
It is suitable for all A Level French exam boards. Once students have finished the booklet, they can do the test attached.
This resource is a series of 5 model essays on No et Moi written based on titles from the A Level Legacy past papers, but adapted to the new A Level AQA exam, both at As and A2 Level.
Each essay is minimum 400 words.
The first 2 essays are on an important topic in the book, the third one is on a main character,
the 4th essay is a comprehensive stylistic analysis of the novel , around 1400 words.
The last essay explores the various social backgrounds in the novel.
My students found these model essays very useful to structure their own essays include quotes and improve their analytical skills.
Also attached is a video link to an interview with De Vigan about this novel.