This lessons uses an English language video but you can add French sub titles to it . It is a brilliant overview of how to survive in the desert . There are powerpoint summaries in French to conclude the lesson. Students make notes on how to survive which will help in subsequent lessons .

This lesson uses a combination of video clips, listening cards and a powerpoint to work out how deserts form .

Lesson plan in methodology document in unit overview resource page 22 onwards This series of lessons supports students on how to write an essay on tropical rainforest deforestation. They are given literacy guidance and develop the ability to construct an essay that they have reseached themselves using french resources . It is amazing what they are able to do !! They are all so proud and well motivated having achieved this challenge.

This lesson links cause and effect . This activity is shown in the video about Chenderit school available in the pedagogy section in my resources shop.

There are a few sections of this lesson as the files are large. The first part uses a living graph to show how people’s activities link to the climate of the island. There is also a brief lesson plan .There are cards to go with the living graph.

There are two powerpoints available . This one in part 2 has an introduction in english , the other one only contains French and is in part 3. There are cards to match explanations to the climate related observation. The idea of this lesson is that you have just arrived in Reunion and observe landscape and cultural clues all around you and you have to make sense of these features to explain them. This is a reat task to use to apply learning about climate concepts such as altitude , distance from the sea, albedo , rain shadows etc .

Students use their local OS map to research and design a tour for a German family. They need to carry out internet research to find out prices and details of the attractions . A key part of the assessment is the presentation at the end when students show their leaflet and describe how they coped with using German . There is therefore much metacognition which helps the others in the class to learn. Peer, self and teacher feedback strengthen the process. Students love this assessment .

This activity is shown in the video about Chenderit school in the pedagogy section of my resources shop . Who am I involves introducing the vocab that was included in the David Attenborough video and build on this . Then more details about rainforest structure are introduced .

Students map the location of tropical rainforests around the world

This video links to all of the resources that have been uploaded by Judith Woodfield . You will see that many of the top tips described and explained in this video are used in the resources available .

This lesson involves use of the student handbook. Students fill in a table to compare deserts around the world , using authentic text. This lesson is designed for independent study and can be left as a cover lesson if necessary .

This lesson uses statistics and authentic resources to determine the primary, secondary and tertiary industrial composition of Reunion island. Correct drawing of bar charts is a key skill that underpins this lesson.

This unit was part of a Year 8 year long course with lessons taught for an hour a week. It was the first unit of the year and followed on from the Tropical rainforest unit of Year 7 . This was a good follow on because the tropical rainforest unit contains links to climate and adapatation and so the students were familiar with some concepts and vocabulary . The unit consists of many interactive activities, video clips and two very motivating assessments , one where students produce a humourous leaflet about desert survival and the other where they design an imaginary desert animal to survive in a desert environment. Students are challenged by many thinking skills . There are exemplars of student work .

Students use the outline in the handbook and cut and stick the events that have occured throughout the history of the EU. They use the dates on the written bubbles and rectangles to work out where they go , then they get the gist of the events.

Lesson 2 uses the genre of soap opera to explore emotions seen in relationships. Lesson 3 follows on with a look at fidelity and infidelity and what makes people be faithful or unfaithful and what the impacts of infidelity are.

Students assess all types of fuel and weigh up their advantages and disadvantages. They use video clips and other resources , then put answers into a table .

Students review current political thoughts and make up their own party and produce a campaign on energy .

This is a lesson that simulates arrival on an island and choices of energy .

Looking at the characteristics of left and right sides of the brain.

This lesson explores reptilian reactions.