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.

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.

Lesson to make students reflect on how antisemitism is portrayed in the film Au Revoir Les Enfants (Louis Malle) The Powerpoints not only gives them ideas but prompt them to reflect and to eventually come up with an essay plan.

Lesson to make students reflect on how Joseph is portrayed in the film Au Revoir Les Enfants (Louis Malle) The Powerpoints not only gives them ideas but prompt them to reflect and to eventually come up with an essay plan.

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

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

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

Worksheet to explain and practise the subjunctive mood.

Great vocab activity to spot patterns to be able to change word category.

Presentation/lesson with key questions, ideas, scenes, quotes on the topic of secondary characters in Au Revoir Les Enfants of Louis Malle.

Worksheet to build up vocab and sentences through 5 exercises of match up and translation exercises focusing on: 1. vocab of facilities 2. advanced adjectives to describe them 3. what you can do in the facilities using “on peut” + infinitive 4. using higher features to describe the school such as si clause, conditional, conectives, adverbs. The aim is for them to be able to produce a paragraph (or in speaking) on their school.

Presentation to work on the essay title “Où se passe l’action de l’œuvre que vous avez étudiée ? Croyez-vous que cet aspect de l’œuvre soit bien illustré par l’auteur ou le directeur ? Justifiez votre réponse.” This is worth a full lesson. Several activities to have students discuss the importance of social class in the film, give students ideas with concrete scenes and examples, and have them come up with an essay/essay plan by the end of the lesson.

Presentation / lesson on the topic of division in the film. The presentation contains a lot of questions and ideas that lead to an essay plan. Great to foster students’ reflection.

This is a fun activity to revise each and every unit studied in the new French A-level program. It contains essential questions. Students have to speak for at least 1 minute on each question with high order structures. I have put those questions on a separate document if you want to have them prepare them in advance or at home. Once downloaded, questions can be altered to suit your teaching.

A-level French lesson to introduce the topic of heritage (patrimoine) with video, key words, listening, speaking and writing tasks.

This is a fun activity to revise each and every unit studied in the new French A-level program. It contains essential questions. Students have to speak for at least 1 minute on each question with high order structures. Once downloaded, questions can be altered to suit your teaching.

Quiz with 15 questions to check students’ knowledge of key facts of the film. Answers are included. There is also a reflection’s section and a creative section for students to push their knowledge.

Useful sheet with the main connectives. Great for GCSE and A-level students.