In amongst the madness that is modern-day teaching, I still find time (somehow) and enjoy creating my own resources, from Key Stage 3 worksheets and PowerPoint presentations to Key Stage 5 model A-Level French & German essays, and everything in between. PLEASE leave an honest review if you purchase any of my resources! Thanks, Paul
In amongst the madness that is modern-day teaching, I still find time (somehow) and enjoy creating my own resources, from Key Stage 3 worksheets and PowerPoint presentations to Key Stage 5 model A-Level French & German essays, and everything in between. PLEASE leave an honest review if you purchase any of my resources! Thanks, Paul
This 545-word essay is a strong model in response to the French A-Level AQA Paper 2 November 2020 question “Analysez les aspects du film qui expliquent pourquoi La Haine reste pertinent en 2020.”
It includes a list of 7 possible points/ideas in English that pupils could use to base paragraphs in their main body on.
It is useful to exploit in detail in conjunction with my La Haine essay writing framework to draw out key structural expressions and also to delve into the use of synonyms to avoid repetition.
A 34 slide PowerPoint with at least 4 lessons worth of activities for students to become more familiar with the novel Kiffe Kiffe Demain by Faïza Guène, specifically the context and the storyline of the work.
The lessons based around the book's context include activities on the author herself, as well as it's literary milieu as a celebrated piece of littérature beur. There is also a lesson based around gaining a greater understanding of the history of immigration in France .
The storyline lessons build knowledge of the key events in the book, culminating in a task requiring pupils to match summary titles to each "chapter" from the book, complete with page number references. This will enable pupils to build a useful table to refer back to, when looking for evidence of particular aspects of the storyline when writing A-level essays.
The PowerPoint includes gap-fill tasks, reading and listening comprehension tasks, summary tasks, phrase finder tasks, as well as translation and grammar activities, with answers to facilitate self- and peer assessment of activities.
My own model response to the new-style AQA A-level Paper2 question "Wie ändert sich das Leben für Alex nach dem Fall der Mauer? Inwiefern wird alles besser für ihn?". The essay also includes a comprehensive vocabulary list which has been drawn from the essay itself. Many of these phrases and expressions are generic and could be used for other essays.
The essay can be accessed in many ways, including:
- Asking pupils to highlight the Point, Evidence and Evaluation in each of the main body's paragraphs. They could summarise these in English which is a useful precursor from them to write their own plan in English following the Point, Evidence and Evaluation model.
- Highlighting certain sections, phrases or passages for translation to consolidate on grammar structures which may have already been taught.
- Asking pupils to read the essay and then consulting the mark scheme they could give the essay a mark and then justify why they chose the mark when discussing with peers. This would help to familiarise pupils with what is needed in order to score the higher marks.
I hope you find this resource useful!
Paul
A 580-word model essay response to the new AQA AS Paper 2 essay writing question "Welche Bedeutung hat das Koma der Mutter für die Familie Kerner? Inwiefern ist es symbolisch wichtig?" The essay also has a comprehensive vocabulary list of words and expressions used throughout the essay. This essay can be exploited in a variety of ways, including asking pupils to highlight the point, evidence and evaluation sections of each paragraph, removing expressions or specific vocabulary and asking pupils to fill in the gaps (this can be tailored to the needs of the class), summarising key ideas in English. I also ask pupils to assess it according to the new AQA marks scheme to help to familiarise them with the new marks and how they are obtained.
A detailed booklet of 22 themes and page-referenced quotes/examples for each which corresponds to the edition by the publisher Livre de Poche Jeunesse
(ISBN: 9782012490185). My AS and A-level students have found this to be a really useful resource when looking for evidence to include in essay responses.
This is not a workbook with activities, but a booklet with categorised examples whose purpose it is to be accessed a crutch when completing or when preparing for AS and A-level essays on the Kiffe Kiffe Demain novel.
Le Silence de la Mer Questions & Ideas - Some exemplar speaking questions based around the story chapter by chapter with model answers.
Le Silence de la Mer Discussion webs - Pupils read the statement in the middle and then to skim through novel to find relevant quotes or section to back up statement. E.g. "Werner aime le silence"
Commentez le rôle de l’oncle et son importance dans « le Silence de la Mer » - Model plan in English to respond to an A2 essay writing question.
LE SILENCE DE LA MER Questions for entire novel: Questions with gaps for pupils to jot down their own answers for subsequent discussion in class. This allows a structured step-by-step approach to covering the Guided Study Topic.
A 31-slide PowerPoint which includes at least 3 lessons worth of materials and activities enabling pupils to build a greater knowledge of the general, social, cinematographic and biographical contexts of the film La Haine by Mathieu Kassovitz.
Activities include timed gap-fill tasks, reading comprehension tasks, grammar tasks, speaking tasks, research-based 70-word reading summary tasks and translation tasks.
A 522-word model essay responding to the 2022 A-level Paper 2 question on La Haine entitled “Analysez les moyens par lesquels Kassovitz présente le thème du conflit dans le film. Comment jugez-vous son traitement de ce thème ?”. The piece includes a wide range of vocabulary and structures to exploit as a model, and sticks loyally to the point, evidence, evalutaion/analysis model.
This makes for a useful model essay resource in preparing A-level pupils for the Paper 2 exam.
Phonics-focused lesson geared towards GCSE-level pupils on the topic of Music. Includes a retrieval practice starter which can easily be adapted to suit prior learning/topics.
Activity based around a Stromae song which includes examples of the phonics.
There are then some modelling and repetition of vocab from the topic of Music, TV & Cinema from the AQA spec, as well as a differentiated listening and transcribing task with answers and suggested WWW/EBIs.
A 28- page French helping hand booklet, which can be used from Year 7 right up to those struggling in Sixth Form. Contents include;
Foundation level GCSE key verbs
Higher level GCSE key verbs – 8-9 stuff
Articles & Genders of nouns
Connectives and conjunctions
Opinion phrases – 8-9 stuff
Tenses
Qualifiers
Fancy adjectives – 8-9 stuff
Time phrases
Sequencers
Relative clauses – 8-9 stuff
Comparisons and superlatives
Infinitive phrases
Idioms – 8-9 stuff
Photo Card language
Phonics
Response from pupils and colleagues has been very positive, and this can be tailored by simply removing pages to suit KS3.
This is a very thorough resource that will enable pupils to prepare fully for either a GCSE Writing or Speaking assessment on the topic of Healthy Living. This includes wide-ranging reading comprehension tasks, verb manipulation tasks and model texts on following aspects:
- Past & current eating habits (Present, Imperfect)
- Past & current exercise habits (Present, Imperfect, Perfect)
- Comparisons between past & current habits (Connectives & Present, Imperfect)
- Advice for leading a healthy lifestyle (Modals in Present and Conditional)
- Things which are harmful for your health (Cigarettes, Alcohol, Drugs - Expressing Opinions)
- Leading a healthy life in the future (Future & Near Future Tenses)
- What you would do for your health if you were rich/lived abroad (Conditional & si clauses)
All exercises have supporting colourful & easy-to-understand verb-tense summaries.
1) A-LEVEL FRENCH La Haine French Model Essay - Main themes of film director and reaction
My response to the A-level essay question Analysez les principaux thèmes ou les principales idées du metteur en scène que vous avez étudié. Comment avez-vous réagi à ces thèmes ou à ces idées ? which is relevant for either the legacy or the new-style A-level courses. This is a great model resource to discuss the importance of structure and to access for vocabulary and essay-writing phrases. We discuss the importance of the PEE model (Point-Evidence-Evaluation) and sometimes get pupils to do group work whereby each group evaluates a paragraph and explains PEE in each to other groups. ***NOW INCLUDES ASSOCIATED EXERCISES FOR PUPILS, INCLUDING PHRASE-FINDER AND TRANSLATION OF EXPRESSIONS WITHIN ESSAY***
"I think this essay will be helpful to any students struggling to get to grips with the demands of the challenge of writing a target language essay on a cultural topic. It would serve as a sound model for how to structure a sufficiently well-argued response, and demonstrates effectively how details should be adduced to explain and justify the points raised."
2) A2 FRENCH La Haine A2 Model Essay - Points positifs et aspects qu'on pourrait critiquer + exercises
A model essay on La Haine for the A2 French cultural studies essay writing question "Quels aspects de l’œuvre du metteur en scène que vous avez etudié est-ce que vous trouvez plutôt positifs ? Est-ce qu’il y a des aspects de l’œuvre que vous critiqueriez ? Expliquez pourquoi."
This resource includes a 732-word model essay with a variety of points, vocabulary and grammatical structures and also 3 exercises for pupils to complete, including a vocabulary finder task, a reading comprehension and target language response task, and a third task which invites pupils to think of further positives and criticisms of La Haine.
3) La Haine A2 FRENCH Model Essay - Le facteur le plus important pour le succès du film
Another model essay in response to an A2 essay writing question from the AQA FREN3 June 2013 Q14b. This can be accessed in a variety of ways in order to help pupils make progress with their essay writing.
4) La Haine A2 Model Essay - How does the film's director seek to provoke strong emotions among viewers
A model A2 French essay on the film La Haine and on how Kassovitz seeks to provoke strong emotions among viewers.
5) La Haine A2 Model Essay - Influences of director
An exemplar model A2 French essay I wrote on the film La Haine about the influences of the film's director Mathieu Kassovitz. It has a few comprehension exercises thereafter.
5* "Thank you very much for this essay. I really like the exercises at the end too." Mlle Pierre
5* "Excellent - very useful resource. I am not teaching La Haine but it has still provided some valuable inspiration to help support my students on the film we are studying" afyvvmc
6) La Haine A2 Model Essay - To what extent does originality play a role in the film's success
A model A2 French essay on the film La Haine. Pupils could be asked to pick out key vocabulary, identify structures used, adapt ideas or even pick out key points made, evidence presented or evaluation made.
Extent originality contributes to success
Some of the essays have accompanying exercises. Bundle price 18% cheaper than buying essays individually.
