Worksheet to explain and practise the subjunctive mood.

Presentation/lesson/ideas on the topic of Resistance in the film. Lots of ideas, key scenes and quotes about the topic so that students should be able to come up with an essay plan by the end.

Worksheet to give student essential facts about volunteering in France. From this, students have to do an exam type summary and have some questions to answer (either in writing or speaking) to practise for the speaking exam (the card part)

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.

Great settling activity that pushes literacy in French by having students spell words properly, read and translate a text, judge it and write a reply. This has worked very well with my wildest students! Used it for Year 7 and Y8 students, can be adapted to include past tense. Answer is provided.

Listening activity on what Unions, how they act, who for, etc. Introduction of the main vocab that ends with discussions and students writing their own definitions with key words.

Lessons on the A-level topic of politics “L’Union Européenne a-t-elle un avenir?” with 2 videos, speaking and writing activities.

Examplar essay on La Haine by Matthieu Kassovitz on the title: Pour beaucoup de critiques, La Haine est un chef d’œuvre du cinéma. Dans quelle mesure êtes-vous d’accord avec ce jugement? Students must assess it.

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?

Whole A-level lesson on how France is trying to save French cinema through festivals and incentives such as le printemps du cinéma and la fête du cinéma as well as its tax program. The lesson contains a starter with subjunctive, listening activities (videos - adverts and news report) as well as a speaking activity and a slide to prompt them to present about francophone film festival (to help promote it)

Introductory lesson on Unit 12 (la politique et l’immigration) with some statistics and facts. Then it prompts students to prepare presentations on each main political party’s programme for immigration.

Resources for tutor time or assembly, exploring the origins of the commemoration, the different ceremonies, and wondering about the reason we should carry on remembering.

Lesson that can be used in tutor time or in a full lesson to have student reflect on Black people’s representation in the media (cinema) Activities design to have students debate respectfully using videos, posters, information.

Presentation with information on homophobia in France, using mainly the example of Bilal Hassani (French Eurovision singer) The presentation contains some listening (videos), speaking and reading tasks. It prompts some good discussion around the theme of homophobia and what is being done about it by the government and organisations.

Lesson on the gilets jaunes movement including speaking/writing questions, research work, videos, information. UPDATED on 11/12/2018.

Lesson based on the song “Mercy” (Madame Monsieur) to talk about the immigration policies and personal stories. This lesson is designed to push speaking skills but questions can be used for writing productions.

Set of 3 lessons designed for either tutor time or full lessons for KS3, 4 & 5. All lessons features short informative activities. KS3 focuses on the terminology and challenges facing LGBT History Month KS4 focuses on challenges faced by LGBT teenagers (suicide rates, attacks, etc.) KS5 focuses on Section 28 All lessons push students to debate and reflect on reasons why we celebrate LGBT History Month and the tolerance policies in schools.

Example of an oral card description for students with activities to assess it on the topic of experience (travelling, tourism)

Match up activity

Lesson to explain what freshers’ flu and meningitis are (symptoms, reasons, solutions)