I am a former Head teacher , teacher of Geography and PSHE in French, teacher of Geography in English and other subjects . I used CLIL to improve standards at 3 schools when in a leadership position. I also delivered assemblies and INSET hence the resources included . June 16th 2023 I uploaded the results of 18 years of CLIL and how it has improved progress and attainment across all subjects in schools not just languages. A wonderful way to improve schools. Find it under WHOLE school section
I am a former Head teacher , teacher of Geography and PSHE in French, teacher of Geography in English and other subjects . I used CLIL to improve standards at 3 schools when in a leadership position. I also delivered assemblies and INSET hence the resources included . June 16th 2023 I uploaded the results of 18 years of CLIL and how it has improved progress and attainment across all subjects in schools not just languages. A wonderful way to improve schools. Find it under WHOLE school section
This lesson uses statistics and authentic resources to determine the primary, secondary and tertiary industrial composition of Reunion island. Correct drawing of bar charts is a key skill that underpins this lesson.
This lesson looks at the difference between primary, secondary and tertiary industries. Students then classify job types into primary, secondary and tertiary. They then ask other students via a questionnaire what jobs their parents and carers do and then classify them. They produce a bar chart to display the information. They compare these stats with national data.
This lesson followed the unit on quarry ridge settlement design. The aim was to look at biodiversity within an urban setting and garden design. It was part of a national competition in its first year but I repeated the task in subsequent years as the students loved it. It also fitted into the school site as we designed a wildlife friendly garden in the school site at the same time in honour of a retiring head teacher Mrs Westbook. Students develop mapwork skills of designing in plan view , on a grid where there is a scale . The students developed detailed colour coded keys which also helped with map drawing skills . I had a whole series of laminated cards with pictures of environmentally friendly artefacts such as insect hotels, bee houses, hedgehog houses, bird and bat boxes etc .
This lesson takes a fictitious settlement and looks at locating it in the best possible position . This can take up to 3 lessons as the students , decide on location, then look at the amenities that they need. They question each other in french to find the best amenities. they then draw a plan view of the settlement which uses mapping skills. Then they explain why they have chosen site and the amenities. There is a wrting frame to support with writing in French.
As this was a module near the beginning of the course there are some instructions in English. However when delivering the teacher would use French and point to the english at the same time so that students became used to the unit vocabulary.
This unit was put together for a Year 7 year long course , with lessons being an hour per week. It begins with definitions of primary, secondary and tertiary industries then looks in detail at
What is Geography?
Settlement (a brief locational task where students locate a settlement and then choose which amenities should go in it and why)
Designing a leaflet about the local area assessment )
Primary Secondary and Tertiary industries : a comparison of local, national and data about Reunion Island . Authentic job adverts and photos of Reunion included
agriculture (primary) France is used as a location with case studies of France and Brittany.
( assessment writing letters to argue for and against intensive agriculture assessment )
the car industry(secondary ) . A case study of Peugeot in Coventry , using maps and looking at the multiplier effect . Assessment is a debate for and against the use of cars .
shopping (tertiary). The unit looks at the theories behind shopping habits and lcoation and also compares with Reunion island. Assessment is designing a shopping centre .this involves synthesis of retail theories
Tourism (tertiary) A case study of Antartica and pros and cons of tourism
A trip around Paris (assessment)
Throughout there are comparisons to industry in Reunion Island.
Each module contains assessments which synthesise the concepts that were introduced .
Please read the copyright master document first .
There is a student handbook which I printed out and students wrote on and used as a reference .NB some pages appear blank. This is because the resources were glued into the booklet orignally. The original documents are available as separte documents.
The lessons consist of interactive activities, powerpoints, card sorts and really motivating summative assessments which the students love doing. All helping to motivate students’ love of both Geography and French.
Lesson plan in methodology document in unit overview resource page 22 onwards
This series of lessons supports students on how to write an essay on tropical rainforest deforestation. They are given literacy guidance and develop the ability to construct an essay that they have reseached themselves using french resources . It is amazing what they are able to do !! They are all so proud and well motivated having achieved this challenge.
Lesson plan in methodology booklet page 22 onwards unit resource
The next few lessons concentrate on problems in Amazonia and the students aim to solve the mystery of who killed the rubber tapper Chico Mendez. This is a true event but the trial is fictitious. The lessons take you through understanding the problems, looking at the evidence and students preparing their speeches in role. Then a trial take place . This is challenging but the students enjoy using their French to good effect .
lesson plan in methodoogy document in unit overview resource .
Extracts from student handbook in word .
This lesson uses an RSPB campaign to show students that campaigns need to exemplify the reasons for the need to save and solutions . the rest of the materials take students through why orangutans are endangered and how they can be saved. Students then work in groups to produce a campaign . Groups set up stalls with their campaign materials and students go around the stalls and peer assess the work. They do this in French .Students absolutely love this and go the extra mile often producing DVDs broadcasts etc to accompany their campaigns .
Lesson plans in unit overview methodology document page 22 onwards
Handbook extracts in word
This lesson uses interactive video card activities to introduce animal adaptations. Plant adaptations and structure identified. Assessment combines research skills in French .
Lesson plan available in resource on unit overview methodology booklet page 22 onwards.
Word versions of student handbook extract
There is a video clip of the recycling card sort and Qui suis je ? activity in the resource called CLIL videos for CPD. It is the Chenderit video
Lesson plan in resource on unit overview . The first lesson on rainforest structure is a video based lesson using a David Attenborough resource . This helps to introduce key concepts and specialist vocab.
Unfortunately the powerpoint with the video link will not load . The video to use is available on Bing video and Daily motion. Just google David Attenborough the Living Planet episode 4 Jungle .
The lesson plan is included in the unit overview methodology booklet from page 22 onwards. Word student handbook extract included for this lesson . this is a living graph activity involving a climate graph. There is a video clip and students are encouraged to reflect on the impact of climate change.
Students play a nine number board game to introduce rainforests then they produce a map to identify the location of the forest .
There is a video clip of the introduction activity on the video clip of Chenderit school contained in the resource called CLIL video clips for cpd .
NB detailed plans for lessons contained in unit overview methodology booklet
The handbook in pdf in the unit overview is included in section in word in case you find it useful to edit and use lesson by lesson
The Tropical Rainforest unit ideally follows on from the mapwork unit in Year 7 and lasts for two terms if there is an hour per week devoted to it.
Read the copyright section on rainforests before using the materials
The methodology booklet from page 22 onwards describes and illustrates how to teach each lesson. There is a brief lesson overview and there is a copy of the student handbook which students could refer to and write in .
students absolutely love the unit n tropical rainforests because of the range of very creative assessments contajned within it . The first assessment is a rainforest structure diagram with research about animals and plants , the second is a group work task to design a campaign to save orangutans , the third is an oral assessment in the form of a trial and the fourth is an essay on tropical forest deforestation. There are exemplar pieces of work to illustrate what students can produce. There are writing and speaking frames which help the students to produce a very high standard of work. This is how to motivate young people to enjoy languages, enjoying interesting content and challenge. They will naturally pick up lots of those frequent words needed for GCSE without even realising they are doing it .
There are video clips of a number of these lessons on the resource called CLIL video clips for cpd.
Read copyright doc, use lesson plan and student booklet all available on mapwork unit resource.
Students work with maps to identify a tour for a French family visiting the local area. They produce a leaflet and then present to the class .
There are examples of student work included here which can be used as exemplars .
Read copyright details, lesson plan and use student handbook …all available in mapwork unit overview resource.
Get yourself some potatoes as if each student has a potato and draws the contours on this and then does a plan view , they will get the concept easily
Students complete contour maps in student handbook . They then follow up with task in handbook and can apply to ordnance survey maps .
Read copyright info, lesson plan and refer to student handbook all available on unit overview resource .
Scale is a tricky topic ans so this lesson starts with a plan of a bedroom and then applies scale to maps. It then finally shows French maps which add a cultural dimension.
Please read copyright doc and refer to lesson plan and student handbook in mapwork unit resource.
This is a difficult lesson for many students. Students fill in their answers in their booklets and I usually go around the class to check that every student has correct answers to the 4 figure references before going onto 6 figure. If there are students who find this difficult then I also get other students to support until the whole class is confident. I also get students up to the front to demonstrate how they get the answers as this helps less confident students.
This lesson contains powerpoints and powerpoints which can be made into cards for use with the powerpoint. The student booklet available in the unit overview has a page where students can enter their answers. There are links for homework to consolidate learning. The first powerpoint to use is the one which identifies common symbols and asks students to understand the concept of a symbol and why it is used. The further resources use symbols from ordnance survey maps.
Please read copyright document available on unit overview. There is a video clip of this activity being taught on the CLIL cpd videos resource. The lesson plan is in the unit overview resource.