GCSE Knowledge Organiser

In the first week back which will be a shortened week, we leave behind the excitement of Christmas, and find time to reflect on our future. This will give us the chance to revisit the two future tenses as well as the language seen in September on hobbies and in November on health.

Use this sentencebuilder on New Year's resolutions to revise for the week 3 assessment

Teachvid - interactive video practice-log on with google details.

We will use this second sentence builder to practise the 'futur simple'

Sentence builder on the New Year and our resolutions here.

The importance of languages and where they can take you is the topic for this week.

We will be revisiting the use of 'on peut' to talk about all the possibilities that they can open up to you.

Teachvid resource

If clauses will be practised to lend complexity to your language.

Click on the photo above for sentencebuilder practice and there is Quizlet on the button below. A PDF of the sentencebuilder is provided here.

Extension work 

If  I did then I would

Si je choisissais le français, je pourrais travailler en France

We have our first assessment this week so revise vocabulary from Week 1-2.  Please revise too using this Wordwall challenge.

Further practice activities here reiterate the importance of languages. Please watch this video as well.

The test is based on the first New Year's resolution sentencebuilder so revise mainly with that one.

What are you going to do after school and where will you be in 10 years? , these are the questions we are working on.  

Click on photo above for main sentencebuilder. 

Main lesson resources are here as a PDF

Extension work
We will be developing our understanding of Si and Quand clauses and learning about the double future.

Practise them here

Joing Mr O'Neill's Padlet here when asked to.

 Continuing our topic of the future careers, we will be learning this week to talk about each other's suitability for different jobs.

Click on photo for the sentencebuilder.
This will see us revising how to talk about our character and interests.
Comme je me suis toujours passionné pour les animaux, je pourrais devenir véterinaire 

We have our second assessment this week so revise vocabulary from Week 4-5

A typical school day is the topic we will be revisiting this week. Please click on the picture above for sentencebuilder practice or on the button below for Quizlet vocabulary practice.

The present tense of regular 'er', 'ir' and 're' verbs is the grammatical focus this week. Please learn the patterns.

e     es  e

is     is   it

ds   ds  d

We are learning this week to describe ours schools past, present and ideal using a range of different adjectives.

This week will see us revising content from the last 2 weeks or five lessons. The assessment will be a translation from French into English.

Rules-where would we be without them? 

avoir être and faire are non-negotiable verbs so we will spend some time practising them and committing them to memory. Click on the picture to learn them using Quizlet.
You can practise them here on Blooket café.

If you know 'avoir' and 'faire', then there a great many expressions you can use. Practise 32 common ones on the Quizlet below.

The assessment this week will be a grammar test on the non-negotiable verbs.

We will also be looking this week at how the speaking test works so expect lots of practice using these resources here