Le tabagisme et le vapotage chez les jeunes

A lesson on smoking and vaping amongst young people, aimed at higher level, Leaving Cert students.

The first document is a sentence builder worksheet. I ask students to work together to translate the key vocab (dictionaries are available to them for this if required). I then mix up the student pairings so that everyone is working with someone new, and ask the students to categorise the vocab into nouns, verbs and adjectives (this helps to prepare them for the ‘trouvez dans le texte’ questions often seen in the comprehensions in LC exams). Once the words have been translated, categorised and corrected, students work alone to translate the sentences on the worksheet from French to English. These sentences can then be used in an opinion piece on this topic.

The second document is a text which can be used to further build and enrich vocab, can be used as a reading activity, or as a comprehension. Useful vocab and expressions can be identified and copied into a notes copy or added to the first worksheet for future use in opinion pieces.

I find these activities really useful for preparing students for opinion questions or oral questions on these themes.

Differentiation can be facilitated through the student pairings.

For more Higher Level Leaving Cert French resources, see ‘My Shop’.