Essai et exercices de notation/critique sur le film La Haine de Matthieu Kassovitz « Jusqu’ici tout va bien. Ce qui compte, c’est pas la chute, c’est l’atterrissage » Dans quelle mesure pensez-vous que cette phrase illustre les événements dans La Haine?

Presentation revolving around 2 main interactive debates - one about the FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the other one about the “Don’t Say Gay” laws/anti-LGBT+ laws. It’s all very current to engage students. It contains videos and news bites, along with questions to make it more interactive.

Lesson on animal rights aimed for IB students (sharing of the planet) Range of activities to develop reading, listening, speaking and writing. Answers are provided as well as external links. 14 slides to develop thinking skills, debates, language (ie. subjunctive, vocab, grammar)

Great worksheet that lasts a lesson. Many activities to develop reading and writing skills: vocab, information, true or false, and writing using the text as a frame. Great to encourage student to use a range of linguistic elements to reach a higher level (connectives, adverbs, adjectives, specific vocabulary, verbs, etc.)

Lesson with questions and ideas for an essay on the cinematographic aspect of the film Au Revoir Les Enfants (colours, sound, shots, etc.) Prompting students to reflect and produce an essay plan at the end. Includes a mindmap to brainstorm ideas prior to or during lesson.

Arguments for and against arguments with translation. Then writing (or speaking) using the main vocab to develop opinions with complex reasons. Ideal for GCSE School topic.

Great article on racism in France with the example of racism towards Christian Taubira. Range of exam style exercises: vocab (synonyms), reading comprehension questions, speaking questions, translation and summary.

5 exercises to use si clauses in the context of the film Au Revoir Les Enfants by Louis Malle. It contains grammar rule gap fill, verb conjugation gap fill and 2 sets of translations (FR>EN and EN>FR), and a creative exercise. Answers are included.

Full lesson on comparative (using Studio 2 and the topic of housing, but could be adapted) Range of exercises to push students to use a variety of adjectives to describe houses and other objets or people. Speaking, reading and writing skills. Can be easily used for GCSE lessons on the topic “Where I live”.

This presentation contains many outstanding features that would impress an examiner of French A Level: sophisticated vocabulary, compound tenses, grammatical structures, idioms, etc. with exercises and link to extra practice online. Examples can directly be implemented in any essay or speaking practice.

Ideas, quotes, possible plan for an essay on the theme of youth in the film La Haine from Matthieu Kassovitz.

Presentation/lesson on the character of Julien in the film Au Revoir les Enfants of Louis Malle. It contains questions to push discussion and reflection, prompts for ideas and key scenes/quotes to consider to write an essay on this topic. Also, it gives a possible essay plan.

Range of written resources on the immigration of French people abroad with follow up questions (for discussion) De plus en plus de Français partent étudier à l’étranger De plus en plus de Français partent vivre à l’étranger Quelques citations sur l’étranger… L’invitation au voyage de Baudelaire

Essential facts and research about each A-level topics for the speaking exam. Very efficient! Feedback sheet for A-level French speaking exam.

4 articles about the danger of cybersociety or changes it brings in. Each article is followed by question to prompt discussion. Les moyens de communication privilégiés par les Français pendant leurs vacances Frédéric Beigbeder claque la porte de Facebook Recrutement : les employeurs utilisent Facebook Votre employeur peut-il vous coincer sur Facebook ?

Range of written resources followed by questions to prompt discussion and have students reflect on the context in which gay marriage was legalised in France: Historique du mariage Citations sur le mariage A l’Assemblée, l’UMP repousse le mariage homosexuel Les Français favorables au mariage homosexuel

Range of articles on gatronomy in France, great for the topic of heritage (patrimoine) for A-level French. La France des records gatronomiques Le “repas gastronomique des Français” inscrit au patrimoine de l’humanité L’obésité a quasiment doublé en trente ans dans le monde Statistiques surpoids Un député veut éloigner les fast-foods des écoles Alli, la pilule qui permet de perdre du poids La campagne française « manger bouger »

Worksheet to explain and practise the subjunctive mood.

Powerpoint presentation used to have students reflect on if young people should be granted the right to vote at 16 and talk about the absentation rate among young people. This presentation is design to work along the Oxford textbook AQA French Year 2 but can used independently. (“pour ou contre le droit de vote” and “Les ados et l’engagement politique - motivés ou démotivés?”) Reading, listening, writing, translation, speaking exercises. Worth 4/5 hours of lessons (29 slides)