I like to create interactive and engaging resources to broaden the students' knowledge in their subject and to expand their general knowledge with cultural activities (the tasks are often link to paintings analysis, songs, film extracts, etc.)
You will find neat and organised PowerPoint presentations to engage the students and to give them the motivation to learn !
I like to create interactive and engaging resources to broaden the students' knowledge in their subject and to expand their general knowledge with cultural activities (the tasks are often link to paintings analysis, songs, film extracts, etc.)
You will find neat and organised PowerPoint presentations to engage the students and to give them the motivation to learn !
Who are the mechanicals and why did Shakespeare choose that name?
Writing task - making predictions and describing the characters.
Meeting the characters and knowing who they are.
The music A Midsummer Night's Dream written by Felix Mendelssohn.
Writing task - what kind of music would you compose for the play?
Who was Mendelssohn? What music did he compose for the play? What instruments did he use?
Youtube video listening - Op. 21 and Op. 61
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Understanding the difference between 'an act' and 'a scene'.
Listening comprehension through a Sparksnotes video.
Study of an extract of Act 1, scene 1 - reading, analysis and writing task from old to modern English.
Characters' analysis and reading task.
Film analysis - A Midsummer Night's Dream by Michael Hoffman 1999.
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Lesson starter - vocabulary/spelling game
What is a hatter? General knowledge introduction
Writing task - describe the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's movie
Creative writing task
Compare the three characters (original illustration from the novel, the Walt Disney cartoon and the movie).
Plenary - What would your mad hatter look like?
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Who are the fairies ?
Analyse of an extract of the Pacific Northwest Ballet's performance to describe the kingdom of the fairies.
Writing task: Who is Puck? Describe him and make predictions.
Reading task: extract of the play + re-writing few lines in modern English
Analyse of a second extract of the ballet to understand who the characters are.
Why can we recognise them?
Plenary: persuasive writing
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Beautiful A3 posters to display in your classroom or simply to print for your IB students, explaining what the five themes are for the 2020 French IB examination and giving ideas of sub-topics to study in class. All the content comes from the official IB French B teacher guide.
Can also be used in a PowerPoint presentation to explain the new IB criterias.
One poster per theme :
Experiences
Identites
Ingeniosites humaines
Organisation sociale
Partage de la planete
35 slides to introduce the writing techniques MADFOREST.
One slide to explain the technique and one slide to practice it with an exercise each time.
Metaphor
Alliteration
Direct address
Facts
Opinions
Repetition
Exaggeration / Emotive language
Similes
Triples
Can be used as part of a lesson when needed or as a display/poster in the classroom.
Are you planning to visit Le Louvre with some students during a trip to Paris ?
Why don’t you organise a treasure hunt to discover the wonderful secrets of this museum in a fun way !
This treasure hunt lasts approximately 60-90 minutes. It is aiming at KS3 and KS4 English speaking students who are learning French. Most of the questions are in English, only one is in French (but can be easily adapted if need be).
The students have to find 10 artworks, picked among the most famous ones in the museum : the Venus de Milo, the caryatids statues and the sculpture of Artemis goddess of the hunt, known as the Diana of Versailles, the Seated Scribe, the ‘Regent’ Diamond, The Winged Victory of Samothrace, The Coronation of Napoleon, The Raft of the Medusa, Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People, The Mona Lisa of course, and finally the monumental Wedding Feast at Cana.
For each artwork, the students have to answer specific questions which will help them discover the historical context, and focus on some details of the sculptures and paintings. A short and accessible explanation retrieved from the Louvre Educational Resources official website will be given in English for each artwork.
I am a French teacher in a British school and I created this treasure hunt for my Year 7, 8, 9, and 10 students as we stopped in Le Louvre during our Paris trip. If you spot any mistakes please leave a comment so I can modify the document. You will also be able to easily add, remove or edit it as it is in a Word format.
