Attached are 10 speaking games, a mixture of fun vocab, translation and grammar tasks and quizzes, to facilitate oral conversations for GCSE students. Each activity takes between 10-20 mn, and can be used as a starter or a revision task. It is suitable for Foundation and Higher candidates.
It’s useful at the start of term when their French is a bit rusty.
This bundle contains a range of activities on Unit 8 for AQA A Level French : LA MARGINALISATION ET LA DISCRIMINATIO, covering these subtopics:
_ La pauvreté
_ les SDF
_ Les handicapés
_ La discrimination contre les femmes, les minorités ethniques et sexuelles
It includes 3 Gap fill activities, 3 Video activities,1 listening task, 2 Reading tasks, a list of exam type questions on this topic, 2 booklets on Discrimination and Handicap for French School children, a list of facts.
Attached are 5 A Level Model Essays of around 300 words each in a word doc on the following titles:
“la Haine est avant tout un film sur le mal-être adolescent.” Dans quelle mesure êtes-vous d’accord avec cette affirmation?
“Des trois protagonistes, Vinz est le moins réaliste et raisonnable”.Dans quelle mesure êtes-vous d’accord avec cette affirmation?
3.“Analysez dans quelle mesure La Haine nous présente une société française fracturée ?
4.Analysez comment kassovitz, le metteur en scène,cherche à provoquer des émotions fortes chez son public dans La Haine.
5.“La haine attire la haine’. Dans quelle mesure cette phrase d’Hubert illustre le thème principal du film.
This resource consists of two series of 20 phrases with 2 Common Grammar mistakes in each sentence.
First part is a series of 20 Foundation phrases and second part is series of 20 Higher Level sentences. Mistakes can be on conjugation, adjectival agreement, gender, prepositions. Students have to identify the mistakes and correct it. I compiled this list of mistakes from the essays of my students.
Also incuded at the end are 5 Sentences to Translate from English to French for early finishers.
This is suitable for both Foundation & Higher Tier students as there’s a mixture of easy and complex sentences
The sentences cover the five main topics and are taken from mistakes I have seen in students productions.
This activity lasts around 1 hour with the corrections and can be used as a diagnostic activity to check pupils grammatical knowledge.
Attached is a bundle of four End of Unit tests for the NEW AQA As FRENCH.
The topics are:
1. Les nouveaux types de familles et les relations.
2. Les nouvelles technologies
3. Le bénévolat
4. Le patrimoine
Each end of unit tests assesses 5 skills: Translation, Reading , Listening, Grammar and Writing
All the language is taken from the activities and vocab lists in the textbook.
Each test starts with a Translation activity with 10 sentences to translate from French to English and 10 from English to French. This is followed by :
_ a Reading Section made up of up 1 or 2 exercises,
_ a Listening Section with the audio tracks provided
_ a Grammar Section to test the points covered
_a Writing Section with some questions
This can be done at the end of each unit or for exam revision. It is suitable both for As and A2 students.
This is a module of work on the topic Le Patrimoine for students preparing the New A Level French comprising:
_ A Comprehensive PPT Presentation,64 slides, to introduce the concept of Patrimoine: Definition and exemples of National and World Heritage Site, History of Unesco, Exemples of Unesco Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage, Exemples and Embedded Video Activities on French World Heritage sites. it includes pictures to elicit Discussion and video activities.
_4 Reading Comprehension on some of the most famous landmarks in Paris such as Sacré-Coeur, Musée d’Orsay, Tour Eiffel, Notre Dame and some less well-known such as Les arènes de Lutece.
_ 5 Reading activities on Le Patrimoine gastronomique in the Pdf booklet
_ 2 Writing and Speaking tasks to complete for homework or in class
_ 2 stimulating and fun quizz in PPT and Word format about French Culture and General Knowledge about different aspects of France. Answers are provided. The quiz work best when done in small groups.
This resource consists of 4 model A Level essays on the film *Entre les Murs *adapted to the new A Level AQA exam.
The first 2 essays explorethe relationships between Francois Marin and his students, and the efficiency of his teaching. The 3rd and 4th one looks at the efficiency of Mr. Marin’s teaching and whether he can be described as a good teacher.
The titles are set as A Level essays, they are between 300 and 700 words each and include quotes. .
Each essay is structured logically with Intro, 3 or 4 paragraphs with Points, Evidence, Evaluation and a conclusion.
Also attached is an activity about the trailer and a 10 pages study booklet on the film.
Attached are 12 model A Level essays on La Haine on themes, characters and techniques between 400 and 1000 words each. Here are the titles covered are:
1.La représentation de la police
2. Similarités et les différences Vinz et Hubert
3. similarites et différences entre Said, Vinz et Hubert
4. Le titre du film La Haine est bien choisi car il reflète exactement le thème principal du film’. Dans quelle mesure êtes-vous d’accord avec ce jugement?
5. L’exclusion sociale
6. Le Mal-être des banlieusards
7. La société française fracturée
8. Vinz est le moins raisonnable des trois jeunes
9. la Haine La technique du Noir et Blanc
10. personnages réalistes ou des stéréotypes
11. La représentation de la famille dans La haine
12. Eprouvez-vous de la compassion pour Vinz ?
13. Examinez le rôle des personnages secondaires
14. Les trois jeunes banlieusards sont en partie responsables des problèmes qui leur arrivent au cours du film.
Attached is a bundle that covers all aspects of the conditional and Si Clauses. It includes:
_ 3 comprehensive PowerPoint to introduce and practice the conditional tense and clauses in French. These Powerpoint are designed both at implementing basic conditional notions for KS4 students and provide more complex work with KS5 student, such as the 3 types of Si clauses. It covers regular and irregular verbs. It includes 10 slides with various exercises, including a song.
Also attached are 7 worksheets in word format to practise the various aspects of the conditional tense (regular and irregular ), past conditional in French clause including a song and a boardgame.
This level is indicated by the title of the doc. These are particularly useful for A Level students who are often confused with Si clause but is also suitable for GCSE students.
This resource consists in 3 docs.
_ a comprehensive PPT with 37 slides to revise the basics ( name, age, date, birthday, numbers, personal information, basic verbs in present tense)
_ a 1h test with a range of reading, vocab and grammar exercices to revise basic French ( name, age, numbers, personal information, etre/ avoir in present tense).
_ A formal assessment produced b y the Frenh Ministry of Education for Young Learners called DELF Prim A1, assessing 3 skills, Listening, Reading and Writing, and lasting 1h.
This resource consists of 11 documents, including 8 in-depth and informative booklets mostly in French on Les 400 Coups, covering :
• A complete plot summary
• A study guide &Character studies
• In-depth Analysis of the Key themes, Scenes and symbols
• A biography of Truffaud
Other docs include Comprehension Questions on the film, reviews and Truffaut’s career
Attached are 2 docs: one is a booklet to revise 10 Key grammar points covered in the New A Level exams and the other is a grammar test made up of 19 exercises.
Students revise each grammar point by completing the exercises provided. At the end of the booklet, a general grammar multiple choice exercise recaps all the points covered. Answers are provided on last page.
This booklet can be done in class or independently. My students found it useful for exam revision.
It is suitable for all A Level French exam boards. Once students have finished the booklet, they can do the test attached.
This is a comprehensive and interactive PPT on asking questions in French.
It goes through:
_ 3 different ways of asking a question in French
_ Asking closed and Open questions
_ Using all the question words
There are 50 slides and half of them are practice activities: gap-filling, multiple choice, sentence building, translation.
It is suitable for KS3,4 and even A Level students. I also included some worksheets for more practice.
This resource consists of 3 Study booklet on la Famille Belier suitable for A Level / Higher GCSE.
One is a 40 slides PPT presentation and brings you:
• A complete plot summary
• Character studies with characterisation task
• Some comprehension questions & exercises
• Activities on the trailer
• An extract from the film and a gap filling task on the famous song from Michel sardou, and a portrait of the main actress.
• Useful quotes
The second booklet is a 11 pages booklet in Word format with lots of interactive activities. It must be used in conjunction with the PPT presentation.
The third booklet is a 10 pages long, also in Word format, with other activities.
Booklet can be be done after watching the movie.
This resource includes some up-to-date facts in French on the AQA A Level topics for the Oral exam. Each topic has 6 to 8 facts presented in full sentences in French.
Also included are Model Questions and Answers on the 2nd Year AQA A Level Topics:
_ Integration / Immigration
_ La Marginalisation et la discrimination
_ La Criminalité
_ Les Manifestations
_ La Politique
Each topic includes a list of around 15 possible exam questions with developed answers in French.
This resource provides a list of comprehension and summary questions chapter per chapter with answers in French. This can help students not only to remember the sequence of events but also to exemplify their points in their essays by recounting these events accurately in French.
This is a fully editable Word document
This A LEVEL Revision Booklet, 80 pages, covers the following topics:
• 1 : La société multiculturelle, l’immigration, l’intégration, le racisme
• 2 : Problèmes sociaux contemporains: la pauvreté et criminalité
• 3 : Les nouvelles technologies
4: Section Grammaire
Each topic includes some vocab lists, a comprehensive range of set phrases and a mixture of Listening/ Reading Comprehension & Translation Tasks.
The 2nd part is a Grammar section comprising practice on a range of grammar points. Answers to the grammar section on Verbs & Adjectives are provided.
This booklet in Word format is editable and can be used for self-study or in class in preparation for the exam.
Attached is a comprehensive PPT Presentation in French of 61 slides on the A Level topic of Immigration & Integration. It includes a wide range of factual information aiming at dispelling misconceptions and prejudices related to this issue:
_ It describes the various waves of immigration since 1850 and the reasons behind them.
_It also explains simply and clearly the evolution of immigration in France since the Industrial Revolution, and the challenges of integration and the benefits of immigration for France
_ Some facts about Racism and
_ the demographics of immigrants (origins, nationalities, age)
_ It contains 8 graphics which require students to describe and interpret the figures related to immigration, a quiz and a True/ False exercices. Answers are provided.
_ A link to a film and a song dealing with this issue
Attached are 4 A Level Model Essays on the following A2 titles :
‘’La Haine est avant tout un film anti-police."
“Kassovitz a réussi à bien dépeindre l’exclusion sociale en France dans La Haine.”
"Dans quelle mesure peut-on éprouver de la compassion pour Vinz ?
"Examinez les similarités et les différences entre Saïd, Vinz et Hubert dans La Haine.
Find attached 3 As Model Essays on La Haine of around 300 words each on the following titles:
Examinez ce qui motive le comportement et les actions de Vinz, Saïd et Hubert dans ce film. Selon vous, quelle est la motivation la plus importante ?
Examinez le rôle des personnages secondaires dans ce film.
Vous pouvez utiliser les points suivants :
• le rôle des membres de la famille des 3 jeunes
• le rôle des membres de la police, Notre Dame et Samir
• le rôle d’Astérix et Darty
Examinez les similarités et les différences entre Vinz et Hubert dans La Haine.
Vous pouvez utiliser les points suivants :
comment ils sont physiquement et leurs caractères
comment sont leurs tempéraments
leurs actions au cours du film et leur motivation
l’évolution des personnages au cours du film.
3 essays are in an editable Word doc