A Level Student at the Tiffin Girls' School || Beginner - AS French/Bio/Chem tutor
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A Level Student at the Tiffin Girls' School || Beginner - AS French/Bio/Chem tutor
Any profit made from these resources will go towards uni funding for my medicine degree in September :)
Final revision resource for AQA French GCSE Writing, listing Grade 9 vocabulary, complex grammatic structures, and common errors such as accents. Memorise a few of your favourite phrases from each section, or use this as a writing guide of what to include in your writing to allow you to access top bands.
Contents:
Connectives
Reasons
Opinions
Infinitive Phrases
Subordinate clauses
Adverbs
Negatives
Tenses + time phrases
Subjunctive
Other phrases (idioms, connective phrases, metaphors and similes, rhetorical questions etc.)
Tips (things to make sure to include to achieve advanced writing)
Verbs (for when you get writer’s block)
Direct Object Pronouns
Indirect Object Pronouns
Verbs that are followed by *à *
Different ways to say “in” (e.g in + town vs in + country etc.)
Verbs that use etre as the auxiliary
Si phrases
Health idioms/phrases
Advice specific to Question 1
Advice specific to Question 2
This biography is a PDF English summary revision resource of the life of the last French queen, Marie Antoinette, for KS2, KS3 and GCSE and A Levels.
This is suitable for both French and English-speaking students to improve comprehension and understanding of the roots of French Culture today.
Teachers can use this biography as a foundation for comprehension questions, as key phrases and dates are in bold, or as classroom decor with an eye-catching blue background and portraits of the queen and her family to assist.
The contents of the pdf track the life of Marie Antoinette from birth to death, focusing on her marriage and family life, as well as personal life and impact on France.
I originally made this biography pdf after my first discovery of the extraordinary and strange life of Marie Antoinette, and hope it will help other language learners to immerse themselves in culture and curiosity too!
Worksheet to teach the conjugation of the French verb être (to be) in present tense. Provides information and a list of the conjugation in French and its English translation, as well as three short tasks.
Task 1: Translate French conjugation into English
Task 2: Complete the conjugation (pronoun given in French, complete in French)
Task 3: Translate English into French
This could be used to introduce the être to beginners, or as a revision/recap/warmup resource for more familiar learners. Particularly useful before teaching the perfect tense!
A complete mindmap titled “Jane’s Journey” showing the development of Jane and other characters as she moves location and progresses as a character. The mindmap includes key quotes from all key characters, as well as key phrases or ideas that could be included in essays.
Each location in the novel is used as a heading, with the characters acting as subheadings.
The GCSE AQA English Literature exam for Jane Eyre requires a holistic knowledge of the text, particularly the evolution of characters and themes throughout the text, so by using physical location as a vehicle to track the changing environment Jane experiences, as well as her own growth, students can demonstrate and appreciate the bildungsroman aspect core to the novel.
(If you’d like a physical copy of this map, email me with your form room and I’ll drop it off!)
Contents:
Title: Jane’s Journey
Location: Gateshead
Characters:
Georgiana
Eliza
Mrs (Aunt) Reed
John Reed
Location: Lowood School
Characters:
Mrs Temples
Helen Burns
Mr Brocklehurst
Miss Scatcherd
Location: Moor House
Characters:
Mary and Diana Rivers
St John Rivers
Location: Thornfield Hall
Characters:
Mr Rochester
Mrs Fairfax
Adele
Bertha
Location: Ferndean
Characters:
New Rochester (he’s changed a lot!)
Location: The Moors
Quotes in this section focus on the setting of the moors (nature, superatural, solitude etc.) as well as Jane’s development at this point
PowerPoint slideshow with an overview of art movements in France, with images, facts and quotes .
Includes:
Romanticism
Impressionism
Surrealism
Orphism
Biography of Sonia Delaunay
Links to YouTube videos
The artwork of Delaunay can be used as inspiration for a painting activity for students interested in engaging with French Culture and art/crafts.
Trace around a spherical object such as a glue stick or a small bowl, or use a compass and ruler, to draw overlapping circles split into sections. Each section can be painted or coloured with a range of colours, with the optional aim of ensuring no adjacent sections are the same colour.
Resource containing table of short words/ abbreviations with translations for students to use to design letter-bead bracelets as a fun french-related activity! Includes a short text about using .e or (e) to indicate an adjective can be made feminine if needed.
You could adapt this material into a end-of-term quiz by covering the translations, or use this to make themed holiday cards, painting a given word on the front. I found the bracelet-making concept was very effective and enjoyed particularly by students in lower KS3, to engage with “slang” terminology and words with higher casual frequency to what they typically learn in formal education.
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GCSE Revision Notes for the set work “Badinerie” by J.S Bach, and preparation and advice for the essay question based on an unexpected extract. Suitable for Eduquas but also any other exam board that studies Badinerie, or has an essay question.
The Badinerie analysis includes brief notes on several elements of the piece, as well as specific musical analysis, and a list of facts that could come up as one or two mark questions.
The general music study includes elements of music to consider, and an example analysis of a film music piece for a film about war, including a list of features and instruments that are commonly heard.
At the end of the document there is feedback on the example analysis, as well as a review from the examiner’s reports, for last-minute exam technique support.
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Key quotes in French from and related to the 1875 Opera, Carmen by Georges Bizet. Sorted by theme:
Les thèmes féministes / les rôles de genre
La désobéissance
La mort
L’ambiguïté morale
L’ethnicité
Useful material as a baseline for IRPs or other French/music research projects.
Award-winning analytical essay on the French novel L’amant by Marguerite Duras.
This essay, written in English with French quotes, aims to discuss the presentation of themes of identity and internal conflict explored in the novel, in sight of the author’s context. This essay could be read alongside the novel to spark ideas from the seemingly simple language of the original novel, or could be used as a summary of key ideas before reading.
Sanctuaire de Notre-Dame de Lourdes
Summary of key facts about the world-famous French pilgrimage site. Notes are in bullet points, followed by a full essay suitable for presentation. At the end of the document are links for references, as well as a slideshow that pairs with the essay, with images and videos.
Suitable for A Level French revision about La Patrimoine (heritage), or for general French culture lessons.
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Word doc handmade scene summaries and key quotations in “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare, revision resource for GCSE English Literature Paper 1 with Quizlet.
This is suitable for all students but was designed in mind of AQA specifications.
For each Act and Scene, a short, memorable title is given, followed by a two-or-three sentence summary. Below this are selected bullet point quotes with some analysis. These quotes were selected as they are versatile and can be interpreted in many different ways, making it perfect to memorise and adapt in exams.
Each Scene is sorted in chronological order, and Acts are colour-coded to help coordination, but this Word Document can be edited in any way to aid accessibility.
This revision resource is ideal for students looking to recap “Macbeth” before an exam and refresh their memory, as well as for students reading the text for the first time, to support their understanding of what is a rather confusion and fast-paced plot. Although the text can only be truly understood if read and studying independently, this resource saves a lot of time other students waste on searching for quotes. This saved time can be spent on using these Scene Summaries as a quote bank for essay plans, for example, one revision technique I found particularly useful towards the end of Year 11.
A free Quizlet link and password is attached at the bottom of the document, which can be freely shared with students to help spaced repetition and memorisation in an easy way. Using Quizlet helped me learn quotes so much!
#WeAreYetButYoungInDeed
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List of quotes for every key theme, character and motif of Lord of the Flies (William Golding). Suitable for anyone studying LOTF, but created with GCSE English Literature in mind.
I’ve picked these after going through the whole text and narrowing them down, highlighting the key ones to learn that provide the widest range of potential analysis. Feel free to go through and narrow these down further, or add your own - learning just two or three quotes per character/theme/motif is sufficient for confident writers!
Subheadings:
Motifs:
Uniform
Sticks
Fire/Glasses
Shelters
Pigs
Butterflies
Characters:
Ralph
Jack
Simon
Piggy
Roger
The Beast/ the Lord of the Flies
The Island (a character of it’s own to be honest!)
Conch
Themes:
Civilisation vs Savagery
Loss of innocence
Struggle to build civilisation/ democracy and dictatorship
Man’s Inherent Evil (fav)
War and the Future of Mankind
Britishness/National Identity
Power
Fear
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Script for GCSE oral presentation (Distinction and grade 9 achieved in 2022)
Title: Identity and self-worth in ‘Jane Eyre’
This can be used as a revision resource for GCSE English Literature, filled with context and ideas not typically discussed in lessons to help boost your grade to a 9.
This can also be used to see a structure of a successful oral presentation.
Subtitles:
Introduction
Jane stays true to herself by resisting male oppression through the patriarchy
Jane stays true to herself by resisting manipulating her identity for male figures
The power of name to Jane and the Bronte sisters
The power of name regarding Rochester and Antoinette from Wide Sargasso Sea (cut out of the final presentation to not overrun)
Slight disclaimer: this presentation was written and presented at the peak of my slightly obsessive attitude towards this novel and the Bronte sisters.
A workbook/ lesson support for KS2/KS3 students explaining the basics of the French Education System, with comprehensive notes and activities including a colouring page, simple translation and opinion phrases and conjugation table, as well as blank space to make individual notes.
This workbook can be used in assistance with teaching - using page headlines as prompts to explain and explore le college and lycée from the comfort of your own classroom. Students of all ability, but particularly those new to the French System and familiar with the UK System, can use prompts in the notebook to stimulate their own understanding and curiosity.
The pages are decorative throughout with graphics to engage students, with clear text on each page, linking the french and english systems together to make them more understandable.
Slideshow with brief summary of Le Réveillon (New Year’s Eve) to introduce to students, with supporting images. At the end, I have also attached a French tongue-twisters YouTube video, some 1jour1actu games, and a Kahoot, suitable for a fun, end-of-term French lesson for KS2, KS3 or KS4.
Le Réveillon is an important cultural French celebration, the day before Christmas (24th December), where gifts are put out, and sometimes even opened, and the day is spent with family, with an evening meal.
This slideshow is useful for self-study, teaching others, or perhaps just personal entertainment. The slides are animated so the next line is revealed after each click. The cracker on slide 7 has a big red cross over it to indicate that Christmas Crackers are not common in French culture and cannot easily be bought, unlike the UK, where they are literally everywhere.
The information is written in French: it can be verbally translated by the teacher to the students so to expose them to the language despite potential gaps in vocabulary or knowledge, or can be assigned to be translated by the students themselves to develop Festival vocabulary.
Comprehensive notes for GCSE OCR Computer Science Programming in C# focused on using arrays. Includes examples and easy to understand explanations, with code that can be copied and pasted into software such as Replit. Suitable for all abilities.
Contents:
Arrays general explanation
How to start your code
Loops and switch cases
Bubble Sorts (to rearrange numbers)
Do-while conditions
Lengths
Examples of different code scenarios involving integers
Examples of different code scenarios involving a combination of integers and strings
(and more)
Useful for anyone looking to revise for Paper 2, or to gain a better understanding of often confusing C# coding.
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Word doc handmade scene summaries and key quotations in “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare, revision resource for GCSE English Literature Paper 1 with Quizlet.
This is suitable for all students but was designed in mind of AQA specifications.
For each Act and Scene, a short, memorable title is given, followed by a two-or-three sentence summary. Below this are selected bullet point quotes with some analysis. These quotes were selected as they are versatile and can be interpreted in many different ways, making it perfect to memorise and adapt in exams.
Each Scene is sorted in chronological order, and Acts are colour-coded to help coordination, but this Word Document can be edited in any way to aid accessibility.
This revision resource is ideal for students looking to recap “Macbeth” before an exam and refresh their memory, as well as for students reading the text for the first time, to support their understanding of what is a rather confusion and fast-paced plot. Although the text can only be truly understood if read and studying independently, this resource saves a lot of time other students waste on searching for quotes. This saved time can be spent on using these Scene Summaries as a quote bank for essay plans, for example, one revision technique I found particularly useful towards the end of Year 11.
A free Quizlet link and password is attached at the bottom of the document, which can be freely shared with students to help spaced repetition and memorisation in an easy way. Using Quizlet helped me learn quotes so much!
#WeAreYetButYoungInDeed