Attached are 2 Revision booklets on La Haine including a wide range of activities.
_ 1st booklet is a general revision booklet to refresh the students’
knowledge of the movie. It includes 16 exercices: Gap fill, Multiple Choi ce, quizz, Comprehension Task, True/ False, General and specific questions, 3 Key scene study.
_ 2nd Booklet is a more in-depth study guide, 23 pages and 30 activities
,covering the following points:
L’examen écrit
Le contexte
Le scénario et la structure du film
Le genre
Les thèmes principaux
Les personnages
Les plans cinématographiques
La musique et le bruitage
Le langage
This study guide is in Word format and fully editable.
Answers are provided on the Teacher booklet provided in the attachment
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.
This resource is a series of seven GCSE French sample essays based on the most common topics:
Holidays, School, Hobbies, My Area, Family, Chores and Visits.
It follows the NEW GCSE/IGCSE format for the essay writing: 4 bullet points, around 150 words, 3 tenses
Each essay includes a range of A star structures and has the translation in English below. Each essay includes some complex structures to reach Level 9.
My students found this resource very useful to expand their complex structures and build a range of set phrases.
This resource is also suitable both for AQA, Edexcel and Cambridge IGCSE students. Enjoy!
Attached is a list of 7 worksheets with 20 sentences each.
Each sentence has either a grammar, spelling or vocab mistake, that students have to identify and correct.
Answers are provided on most of the worksheets.
This is suitable for GCSE and As Level students and can be done in class or at home for independent work.
Worksheets are in Word format and fully editable.
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 consist of 4 GCSE sample essays based on popular topics:
Holidays, School, Hobbies, Health& Fitness and Visits.
It follows the NEW GCSE format for the essay writing Higher Question 2: 4 bullet points in target language, around 140 words and use of 3 tenses
Each essay includes a range of A star structures highlighted and has the translation in English below. Some essays have also got some useful tips on the side about the structures.
My students found this resource very useful to expand their complex structures and build a range of set phrases before their exam.
This resource is also suitable both for Edexcel and Cambridge IGCSE students. Enjoy!
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 2 texts on Technology and Dating with a model summary for each one, based on the new A Level AQA exam. It follows the AQA format:
Each text is around 200 words and is summarized into a 80 words summary using the 3 bullets points provided.
The first text is about the rise of online Language learning and the second one about online dating.
My students found them very helpful to understand the skills required for this task.
This bundle includes 14 resources to introduce and reinforce the A Level topic Integration & Discrimination.
It consists of:
_ a comprehensive PPT with 73 slides exploring the issues of immigration, integration and racism in France through the ages with lots of facts, but also quizzes, film extracts, study cases and testimonies.
_ 5 Reading Comprehensions with questions or True/False tasks,
_ 2 Summary Tasks: 1 Reading and 1 Listening
_5 Audio and 2 Video questionnaires
_ Comic Strips and pictures to illustrate the topic of racism
_ 2 Vocab sheets with illustrations and definitions of words related to Racism, Secularism and Discrimination.
_ A translation activity French to English
_ 10 Exams Questions with possible answers
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 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 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.
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.
Attached is an 18 pages IGCSE Handbook aimed at reassuring students taking the Edexcel French IGCSE exam at the beginning of the course.
CONTENTS:
Why choose a modern foreign language at GCSE level
What is the IGCSE course like?
What is the difference between GCSE and IGCSE?
How big is the jump from Year 10 to Year 11?
How will you improve on from what I learnt in Year 10?
What is the IGCSE Edexcel exams like?
Which topics will be covered?
What grammar will be covered?
What do I have to do to get a good grade?
Know your learning style
How to improve your listening skills
How to improve your reading skills
How to improve your writing skills
How to prepare for the oral
Key to success
Attached is a list of 4 A Level AQA style gap-fill tasks, following the format of the exam task: 10 gaps and a choice of 15 words to choose from among verbs, adjectives, nouns and adverbs.
Students are often struggling with this type of task which is worth 10 marks in the Reading Paper.
Answers are provided. Document is a Word format and fully editable.
Attached are 3 Quizzes A Level aimed at A Level students.
_ First one is a multi choice PPT Quizz in French made of 6 categories of 10 questions covering various aspects of the French Speaking Culture and the A Level programs:
Geography, Gastronomy, History, Arts, Literature, Sports, Cinema, Music and some bonus questions.
It lasts around 45 minutes.
_ Second one is a 97 slides PPT with 46 questions on various French cultural topics. Geography, Gastronomy, Politics History, Cinema etc… Answers are provided. Around 40 mn long.
_ Last one is a Word document made of 40 different questions about French culture.
around 20mn
These educational and fun quizzes are fully editable and can be used for end of term activities.
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
Thorough, interactive and fun presentation on the topic of physical description. It works well to introduce and recap this topic. It gives not only a lot of useful vocabulary but also helps to differentiate the use of "etre" and "avoir" in the context of physical description. The communicative exercises provided help checking students comprehension. "The Guess who" game at the end is very successful with all type of ability and can be practised in pairs or in class.
I have designed this Powerpoint for a comprehensive lesson on French geography with A Level and IB students. The aim is to learn about key aspects of France in preparation for their exam.
The presentation consists of 11 maps of France representing different aspects of France : climate, economy, landscapes, counties, regions, rivers and…wine among others! There is also an interactive slide with the main French cities and regions to place correctly on the map. It is followed by other slides illustrating various regions of France . My students found it very useful to revise and reinforce their knowledge of the French territory.
I can be used as a cross-curricular activity with Geography.