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

Speaking activity to use comparison orally between imperfect tense and present.

Great article on French immigration with reading and speaking activities to see immigration on another point of view. 40% des Français travaillant à l’étranger ne veulent plus revenir vivre en France

Speaking or writing activity.

Series of articles on tourism in France and how the weather may affect it. Good for A-level studies on heritage/tourism to prompt discussion.

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)

Assessment with translations, open writing and questions on the political life in France. Great for an end of unit test.

Work on youth crime from the song “Petit Frère” (easily found on youtube) Several exercises: Fill in the gaps True or false Comprehension Discussion questions Summary (exam style)

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)

Les vacances - questions dans tous les temps à préparer à l’écrit ou à l’oral pour l’unité GCSE “Holidays”

Great reading tasks for students to develop vocab and arguments to say whether they prefer to stay or go abroad on holidays and why. 4 reading tasks and match up, translation, speaking, writing exercises.

Great activity to push student’s writing across KS3 or GCSE. Students are journalist for a gossip magazine and must use a range of vocab, adjectives, adverbs, opinion phrases with reason (simple or complex) This sheet can be adapted for any tense (present or past) and levels (I used it with my year 9 and GCSE classes for instance)

Exercises to push speaking. Context: at the commercial centre. Lots of useful vocab and 3 speaking situations to practise in class.

Full lesson with worksheet to recap the use of articles le, l’, la, les and quantifiers du, de l’, de la, des through a series of activities: dictionary skills, gap fill, translations, match up. Great for KS3 but can also be used in KS4.

Comprehension exercise on the short film included in Paris je t’aime.

Great article to make students reflect on the preservation of a UNESCO site and whether we should rebuild or preserve a destruction of one of them. A series of exam-based exercises: vocab search, translation into English, summary and questions to practise the speaking part of the exam.

Worksheet to match the name of festivals in France with their definition.

Translation to use VOULOIR properly with an infinitive verb after.

Presentation with ideas and key questions on the topic of “l’autorité” in the film Au Revoir Les Enfants by Louis Malle.