A 13 week course of half an hour revision sessions covering all AQA French topics. Worksheets for pupils with PowerPoint of Answers including vocab, grammar, reading, writing and translation skills.
1-2 lessons to help to prepare students for AQA French speaking exams - new spec 2018.
Pronunciation practice and print out
Cross theme high grade stuctures and example answers
Role Play approach
Photocard approach
Revision ideas
Used for a range of abiltiies and both higher and foundation
This A4 21 page booklet includes:
A breakdown of timings for each part of the speaking for Foundation and Higher with description of each section
A breakdown of topics within each theme
Advice for the role play including how to form questions, common question words and frequent words that appear in the French role plays
Advice for photocard including sentence builder to answer “what’s in the photo”, common questions that trigger past and future tense and how to answer them
Advice for general conversation including brief overview of what to include for top marks and revision techniques
Page with 10 common verbs in all tenses required at GCSE (broken down into Foundation and Higher knowledge) and other helpful verbs
Complex language knowledge organiser
Opinions and reasons (with adjectives) knowledge organiser
6 questions + 2 for higher for each topic (family+customs; school+jobs and social+global issues topics combined) - questions in French and English with space for responses
In this pack, you will find 10 high quality photocards for the new AQA French GCSE on one of the 12 topics covered by the syllabus: Social Issues
I hand-picked the photos on these cards and discussed them with my students from a range of abilities. Everyone should find something to say about the photo, especially on topics that students generally find more difficult, such as customs and festivals or global issues.
The questions on the cards have been finely balanced, and like in the real examination, they offer opportunities to use a range of tenses and timeframes.
The teacher questions have been conveniently grouped on one single size of A4 in order to keep your printing costs down and to save paper and the environment. You may decide to either stick to the suggested unknown questions like in the real examination, or you may choose to pick your own question from the last page which offers a convenient way to tailor the unknown questions to the ability of your students. For this reason, the cards are suitable for both Foundation and Higher tiers.
I am a French native speaker, and I put a lot of care to ensure that there are no mistakes in the French, the variety of questions that I used, and in the overall quality of this set.
The licensing terms are extremely simple. You may use these cards as you see fit. You may reproduce them, pass them to you colleagues in other schools and encourage them to buy their own license if they decide to use them too. You may not however translate them, resell them in whole or in part, or include them in some of your work that you intend to sell.
You may want to consider buying the full pack of 120 photocards covering all the required topics:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/120-high-quality-french-gcse-photocards-for-aqa-11994151
In addition to a generous discount, this pack gives you free access to the original Word files too!
This PowerPoint covers all the vocabulary from the ‘Theme 3’ section of the AQA GCSE French vocabulary list.
The slides are designed to be used for revision and starters or plenaries in general teaching. There are 16 slides of vocabulary with another 16 slides of answers (the answer slide comes straight after the accompanying question slide). The answers appear on a mouse click.
The slides cover:
My studies x 1
Life at school/college x 6
Education post-16 x 1
Job, career choices and ambitions x 3
Higher tier vocab only x 5
Many of the slides would also make great revision for A-Level students at the start of the course.
In this pack, you will find all the photocard materials needed to run a successful French mock speaking examination.
Please note that role-plays are NOT included in this pack.
What you will get in this pack is:
12high quality photocards for the new AQA French GCSE on each and every of the 12 topics covered by the syllabus.
12 sets of 2 unknown questions that complement the timeframes printed on the photocards.
1 randomisation sheet that will tell you exactly which photocards to assign to each candidate.
I hand-picked the photos on these cards and discussed them with my students from a range of abilities. Everyone should find something to say about the photo, especially on topics that students generally find more difficult, such as customs and festivals or global issues.
The questions on the cards have been finely balanced, and like in the real examination, they offer opportunities to use a range of tenses and timeframes.
The teacher questions have been conveniently grouped on one single size of A4 in order to keep your printing costs down and to save paper and the environment.
I am a French native speaker, and I put a lot of care to ensure that there are no mistakes in the French, the variety of questions that I used, and in the overall quality of this set.
The licensing terms are extremely simple. You may use these cards as you see fit. You may reproduce them, pass them to you colleagues in other schools and encourage them to buy their own license if they decide to use them too. You may not however translate them, resell them in whole or in part, or include them in some of your work that you intend to sell.
You may want to consider buying the full pack of 120 photocards covering all the required topics:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/120-high-quality-french-gcse-photocards-for-aqa-11994151
In addition to a generous discount, this pack gives you free access to the original Word files too!
It also provides 12 sets of questions for the general conversation, based on the unpredictable questions of the photocards, arranged in levels of difficulty.
This 36 page GCSE french booklet for AQA includes -
Writing frames for describing a photo
Writing frames for a 90 word answer
Writing checklist
Revision Top Tips
Exemplar translation and breakdown
Past tense - examples and exercises
Future tense - examples and exercises
Imperfect tense - examples and exercises
Translation questions for every AQA topic
Learning checkpoints and French vocabulary used in the exam
Can be used as a teaching tool or an independent learning resource
A 52-page workbook with sample writing questions for the new specification French GCSE (AQA) with model answers for every question.
There are 6 sections, for the 6 different question types in the new exam, and each section has a sample question for each sub-topic (with vocab taken from the AQA specification vocab list). There are translations (sentences and paragraphs) from English into French for each sub-topic as well.
This will last students for their entire GCSE course, or can be given in Year 11 for revision.
Can also be split apart and used for assessments in Key Stage 4, as a time-saver for setting homework or in-class writing tasks, or as extension tasks for high-ability Year 9 pupils, to help them get prepared for the GCSE.
Once the students have prepared answers to the longer tasks, they could also be used to help with preparation for the speaking exam.
A free sample of this workbook is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-aqa-writing-workbook-free-sample-me-my-family-and-friends-11947624
This workbook has been professionally proofread by a native speaker.
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I have to thank @MissDavie_MFL for her support to adapt the Edexcel plans to the AQA specification. Thank you so much!
Tiering
A booklet has been created for both Foundation and Higher tier as there are some elements not assessed in both exams.
Foundation booklet
In the Foundation booklet, I have reminded the pupils of the ‘I can’ statements for their four parts to their writing exam; photo card, 40 words, 90 words and five sentence translation. For each part of these, pupils have their assessment grids with WAGOLL examples and space for them to prepare their own responses. Also, I have chosen different topics for pupils to plan writing questions on.
Higher booklet
In the Higher booklet, again, I have provided the pupils with their ‘I can’ statements for their three parts; 90 words, 150 words and paragraph translation. Similarly to the Foundation booklet, pupil have their assessment grids with WAGOLL examples and space for them to prepare their own responses.
Writing planning
The acronyms P.P.OF and J.O.E are key to our writing planning and they are explained below.
P.P.O.F
Past Present Opinion and Future is one acronym all our pupils in Languages are used to as we encourage all written and spoken communication to contain the four parts. These are also the fundamental four parts that are included in the 90 and 150 words writing tasks. For each part of P.P.O.F I have provided the most essential parts to them and also given pupils a blank version for them to jot anything down to help them remember and add in their own individuality.
J.O.E
Remember to Justify your Opinion with an Example. There is always a need for pupils to elaborate their opinions and we encourage them to use J.O.E. This is very important for the 150 words writing task as pupils need to justify their ideas and opinions.
This powerpoint lesson covers all aspects of the AQA FRENCH GCSE Role Play and can be used at any point in the GCSE course - at the start, as part of a wider sequence of lessons, or just before the assessments as revision. It can also be used for teacher-training. It clearly explains and checks all aspects of the Role Play so that students can feel confident of achieving the highest marks. The lesson also includes a useful A4 student handout for the Role Play and Role Play practice. For an excellent student booklet on the Role Play and other resources in French, Spanish and German, please search mwilde94210.
Writing Mat designed to assist students in the writing of the 150 words, 32 mark task, in the new AQA paper 4 writing exam. Higher Only. Has a checklist of advised ingredients to include in the written task, as well as lots of vocab, suggested phrases and vocabulary. Ideal to use in class when completing writing activities. Can also be printed out to stick in pupils' books.
Full sentence builder booklet for all topics for AQA French GCSE
Includes a range of questions that can be used as preparation for the speaking exam, but these sentence builders are also applicable to writing tasks or other sentence builder focused tasks in lessons.
Also available in Spanish - see my TES shop.
A 35-page document designed for AQA French students to revise the topics of ‘Social issues’ and 'Global issues’. This document contains the vocabulary, grammar points and numerous activities (reading/writing/EN>FR translations/FR>EN translations) along with answers.
Certain sections are designed for ‘higher-tier’ students, as they contain more complex grammar/vocabulary.
A page is dedicated to the DOCTOR acronym, highlighting how students can work towards a higher grade in this topic, within their writing and speaking exams.
Layout of the document includes:
Page 2 – Voluntary work vocabulary
a) Verb faire du bénévolat
b) Verb vouloir (conditional)
c) Verb aimer (conditional)
d) Gerund + present participle complex grammar structure
Page 3 – Specific drugs and alcohol vocabulary
a) Time phrases with depuis
Page 4 – Specific charity vocabulary
a) Verb s’occuper de
b) Charity causes
Page 5 – Charity roles
Page 6 - Specific drug vocabulary
Page 7 – Complex phrases relating to social issues
a) Verb s’inquièter
b) Verb se faire peur
Page 8 – Developing answers based on social problems
Page 9 – Il faut and Il faut que
a) Social problem solutions
b) Verb protéger (indicative and subjunctive present)
Page 10 – Verb devoir (conditional)
a) Imperative tense
Page 11 – Miscellaneous vocabulary relating to social issues
Page 12 – Environmental vocabulary
a) Higher level opinion phrases
b) Developing opinions with reasons
Page 13 – Reasoning opinions on environmental issues
Page 14 – Recycling materials
a) Verb recycler (present and imperfect)
Page 16 – Energy vocabulary
a) Comparison phrases
Page 17 – Direct object pronouns
a) Actions to help the environment
b) Obligation phrases
Page 19 – Si clauses
Page 21 – Environmental adjectives
a) Comparing present town with the past
b) Miscellaneous vocabulary relating to the environment
Page 23 – Parts of the body vocabulary
a) Verb avoir mal à
b) Preposition à
c) Verb se casser
d) Verb se blesser
e) Miscellaneous ailment vocabulary
Page 24 – Verb se tordre
a) Other body part vocabulary
b) Miscellaneous malady vocabulary
Page 26 – How to live a healthy lifestyle
Page 30 – DOCTOR acronym
DISCLAIMER Some of the resources within this document were not created by me. Rather, I have collated mine, and others’ work, to make a handy revision document for Y11 students.
This is all of the Vocabulary Lists, provided by AQA in their GCSE Specification, translated into English. It has been proof-read by a native speaker but please let me know if there are any mistakes. - UPDATED 21/22/14 - PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU SPOT ANY OTHER TYPOS
Here’s a feedback template for the speaking - card - A-level containing the AQA mark scheme. It will be very handy as it’s compact and contains sections for: strengths, areas to work on, and student’s response.
Do you want your students to create successful 150 word paragraphs?
Then look no further. My 24 slide powerpoint will show them how to do that with:
A student friendly version of the mark scheme
Examples of past questions
Model answers for 3 questions
One model answer unpicked and explained
A range of high scoring structures and language students can pick from when drafting their own answers.
Revision mindmaps on the AQA topics of
-relationship and friends
-technology and new media
- free time
- custom and festivals
- home town, neighbourhood and region
- social issues
- global issues - environment
- global issues - poverty and homelessness
- Travel and tourism
- Current and future Study and Employment
A powerpoint which I used with Year 11 to help them understand what to expect in the role-play element of the speaking exam. There are some slides to help them make sense of what’s being asked of them on the card, some useful sentence starters, the mark scheme (higher) and a worked example at the end on the theme of free time.
This power point outlines the whole AQA GCSE oral exam. It then goes through the role play, photo card, and general conversation systematically. It outlines the assessment criteria, gives top tips, gives example tasks, suggestions on how to prepare and then example answers.
It can be downloaded as a microsoft document, or there are links to Canva on the second slide of the power point. One Canva link requires no sign in and the power point can be used as is and presented. The other Canva link is a template link which means that you can use the presentation as a template and amend it, as you wish to adjust to your school and student needs.
THIS GOES WELL WITH:
- The Perfect Tense Lessons with être and avoir and booklet
- The Future Tenses Lessons with booklet
- The Conditional (exam focus: reading and writing)
-The Present Tense - Lesson with booklet
- A complete AQA Oral GCSE revision lesson with mark scheme, help sheet and tips, practise tasks and example answers
- Comparatives and Superlatives Lesson
- Vocabulary Lesson
-GCSE Revision Bundle of lot’s of Resources!
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Here is a power point that drills the most common words that students needed to know as the actual answer on the French GCSE AQA papers from 2018-2022. I have put the list together from QLA of the papers.
Includes:
The LIST of the TOP 50 WORDS! -Great revision to boost those grades last minute.
self quiz sheet/vocab learner
word stealer game
twist and shout activity
snakes and ladders
tetris translation
test/checking sheets
pyramid spelling sheet.