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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

A compilation of high-yield quotes from La Haine by Mathieu Kassovitz, suitable for A Level French / Film studies. There were no French subtitles on my edition of the movie, which made catching what the characters were saying difficult at many points in the film - I hope you find this document useful! I have separated all quotes by character and theme: Personnages: Vinz Hubert Said Asterix Samir Notre-Dame Themes: Le conflit/la vengeance Les cités et les banlieues La communauté L’ennui La délinquance La police L’identité Les personnages féminines I achieved A* in my French A Level in 2024 using this sheet. I highly recommend going through this document and memorising two or three quotes for each character/theme, and making a mindmap with each character/theme, drawing out whatever analysis you can make using the quotes and other moments in the movie. Being able to see the movie as a whole is the key to being able to tackle any essay! (But most likely it’ll be about violence or identity so prepare those extra hard!!) Please leave a review if you found this helpful or have any feedback! I’m also happy to answer any questions about La Haine, French, or anything else, just leave a comment!

This is a list of quotes sorted by theme/character from L’Étranger (The Stranger) by Albert Camus, aimed for A Level French students, but anyone studying the text can use this. I have attached at the end of the document, links to three of my quizlets on L’Étranger quotes and essay phrases that got me an A* in my exam! I’ve read this book 7 times (probably more to be honest), and selected the best quotes for each theme. I then went through the list again and put in bold quotes I think are super essential / very useful to memorise, ones that can be applied in multiple contexts. I have provided the chapter or page number the quote was found in as much as possible. I have also analysed key quotes briefly to give you an idea of what you could write about. I would recommend you download this document and do what I did - go through the list, select quotes that connect to the most themes in your opinion, flashcard them and memorise them. Some quotes can be wordy and tongue-twisters, but others are so shocking you won’t be able to forget them (then there’s Perez with his existential crisis “Tout est vrai et rien n’est vrai” ) My advice for this exam is that there’s is not enough time to overcomplicate things! Plan clearly before you start writing, and stick to your plan, and keep to a few key ideas (it’s basically guaranteed absurdity is something you will want to focus on!). Learn a minimum of 2-3 quotes for themes you think are important, and expand on them. One way to practise exam technique with this quotes list is to create mindmaps from each theme, pulling out quotes + analysis and seeing where you have gaps. Some gaps are okay, e.g there’s really not much to say about Masson’s wife, but try to have a sufficient amount of quotes/evidence for the bigger themes such as nature, indifference and social conventions. Please leave a review if you found this helpful!

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!

BUNDLE Key quotes list from La Haine by theme and character PLUS summary/analysis booklet. I was not able to find resources like this when I was studying for my French A Level, so I hope these are useful! Please leave a review if you find this helpful. La Haine Summary Document This comprehensive document presents all the key characters and themes in Kassovitz’ La Haine, target for A Level French studies and revision across exam boards, but also useful for anyone else studying the film. This document was the sole hub of my La Haine studies for A Level, for which I achieved an A*. I’ve used a tried-and-tested template on approaching film analysis in this way (applicable for other films too): Evènements importants Key quotes Adjectifs et phrases utiles pour utiliser (in the essay) (e.g essay plan) I’ve produced this for all key characters and themes, and there is an interactive contents page/list at the beginning of the document that allows you to navigate this freely, and add or remove your own notes. I’ve also left in some corrections from practice essays I had completed in preparation, as this may be useful for anyone looking for general advice e.g about exam technique and grammar. Sometimes I read one single grammar fact and it just sticks with me for some reason, so maybe one of my many errors as part of the learning process will save you from making it!! Key sections of this document: Misc. vocabulary / grammar / synonyms Essay corrections (questions, key points from examiners reports + my own corrections add to this with your own essay practice and review) Character profiles (events, quotes, vocab, essay plan) Theme profiles Interviews (wider reading) (notes and phrases from Kassovitz and other analysis) Past paper questions from AQA and Edexcel Key Quotes List This document provides a condensed list of key quotes from the film, sorted by theme and character. I have put in bold quotes that I found most important to learn, particularly ones that have wider application across multiple themes and essays (usually the ones about conflict). When revising, I’d suggest to take the key themes and characters listed in these two documents, and create mind maps out from them, with evidence and analysis. I’d also suggest creating your own possible essay questions (maybe after looking at previous ones and analysing trends…) and creating rough plans for them too. Bon courage !

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!