RAG checklists for students.
One checklist per unit in Year 2
Suggested use:
At the start of the unit to share the learning objectives and outcomes with students
At the end of the unit to be used as a revision checklist
Bundle of three resources:
Un Sac de Billes est une histoire vraie. Décrivez des épisodes de l’histoire qui la rendent réaliste. Comment l’auteur arrive-t-il à éviter la sentimentalité ?
Analysez le thème du mensonge dans le roman.
« L’occupation de la France est présentée par Joffo comme une grande aventure. » Dans quelle mesure êtes-vous d’accord avec ce jugement ?
PowerPoint to support students with essay planning and writing.
Includes:
Ideas to start discussing and analysing the topic;
How to organise their essay;
How to follow a PEEL template to ensure they have strong evidence and analysis to hit the top marks for AO4.
One example of introduction and conclusion
List of French Speaking films to watch and recommend to A-Level students (in chronological order).
Most are appropriate to show to a younger audience during a MFL film club for example.
Un Sac de Billes est une histoire vraie. Décrivez des épisodes de l’histoire qui la rendent réaliste. Comment l’auteur arrive-t-il à éviter la sentimentalité ?
PowerPoint to support students with essay planning and writing.
Includes:
Ideas to start discussing and analysing the topic;
How to organise their essay;
How to follow a PEEL template to ensure they have strong evidence and analysis to hit the top marks for AO4.
« L’occupation de la France est présentée par Joffo comme une grande aventure. » Dans quelle mesure êtes-vous d’accord avec ce jugement ? - PowerPoint to support students with essay planning and writing.
Includes:
Ideas to start discussing and analysing the topic;
How to organise their essay;
How to follow a PEEL template to ensure they have strong evidence and analysis to hit the top marks for AO4;
An example of introduction and conclusion.
“Analysez le thème du mensonge dans le roman” - PowerPoint to support students with essay planning and writing.
Adapted from two past paper questions:
June 2018 - «Vous êtes juifs mais ne l’avouez jamais.» Analysez dans quelle mesure les conseils du père Joffo sont importants pour la survie des deux frères.
June 2019 - « A présent, nous sommes condamnés au mensonge. » Analysez l’importance du mensonge pour la survie des garçons.
Includes:
Ideas to start discussing and analysing the topic;
How to organise their essay;
How to follow a PEEL template to ensure they have strong evidence and analysis to hit the top marks for AO4;
An example of introduction and conclusion.
Text about animals and a visit to the zoo in the present tense, perfect tense (et imperfect opinions) and near future tense.
“Décodage” activity: finding key language in the text, decode how the text was written, what is good about it.
Created as a revision about a unit about animals, free-time activities, a visit to the zoo.
RAG checklists for students.
One checklist per unit in Year 1
How to use it:
At the start of the unit to share the learning objectives and outcomes with students
At the end of the unit to be used as a revision checklist
Pack of at least two lessons for ‘La criminalité’ (Unit 3 of A Level French AQA): evolution from 2010 to 2023.
Used both as teaching resources to introduce the topic in complement of the textbook and as revision material at the end of the year.
The resources can be adapted to all abilities and teaching styles.
Powerpoint:
discussion starters
up-to-date statistics and information about the topic
gap-filling listening task from a FranceInfo video + answers
comprehension questions in French
article using a 2023 study from INSEE
reading summary
PDF worksheet for students
100 days until GCSE Spanish HT poster to allow student to structure their revisions.
Designed for retrieval practice in small chunks - aimed for 5 minutes a day of revisions.
My Year 11 groups asked me to create a resource to help them know what to revise in Spanish but in small chunks as they are overwhelmed by all the work they have to do in every subject. This resource comes in addition of online tools like LanguageNut or Thisislanguage.
Grammar, vocabulary and topical revisions.
QR to directly take them to the AQA GCSE Spanish Higher Tier vocabulary list on Quizlet.
Pack of at least three lessons for ‘La société diverse’ (Unit 1 of A Level French AQA): what ‘diversity’ means in France (accents, origins, religions, sexual orientations etc), what are the current trends and issues.
Used both as teaching resources to introduce the topic in complement of the textbook and as revision material at the end of the year.
The resources can be adapted to all abilities and teaching styles.
Powerpoint: discussion starters, up-to-date statistics and information about the topic, link to a video from France24, adaptable A Level photocard activity, grammar gap-filling activity, translations from past papers.
Three PDF worksheets to allow pupils to take notes + activities