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.

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)

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.

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.

Lesson on the A-level French topics: Les ados et l’engagement politique - motivés ou démotivés with listening (video), speaking, writing exercises drawing from actual examples that were in the news.

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.

Summer workbook with many different activities to revise during summer break. This helps bridging the gap and reviewing the main grammar components before moving on.

Tutor time or full lesson on the United Nations asking and answering the following questions: When and why the UN was created? What does it do? How many members does it have? Why do you think we celebrate United Nations Day? Activities to spark discussion, finishing with a quiz.

3 excellent documents to promote French in school: Famous French speakers around the world (displays) Lesson presentation to promote Internation Day of Francophonie (20th March) - ideal for lesson or tutor time Famous French speakers by subjects to promote French across all departments (posters)

A tutor time or PSHE lesson on Racism in football. It focuses on Spain particularly and a bit in Italy to exemplify racism in football. Slides contains short article excerpts, prompts for discussions and reflections, videos and data.

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.

Gap fill activity on song “La semaine prochaine” Great for culture and revise simple future tense.

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.