Contrôle écrit: short and long essay practice (AQA)
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can confidently complete exam-style essay tasks from the writing paper.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The BORDER acronym is a useful tool to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts.
Keywords
BORDER - acronym used to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts
Common misconception
I can choose which bullet points I answer for the essay questions in the writing paper.
You must answer all bullet points for the essay questions in the writing paper.
Teacher tip
For extra scaffolding in Tasks B1 and B2, you could provide students with some useful sentence starters.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which adjectives require a change in their feminine form?
Q2.Order the numbers from smallest to largest.
Q3.Match the French and English.
Q4.Match the French and English.
Q5.Write in English: 'le rêve m'a surpris'.
Q6.Write in French: 'we notice the difference'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which statement is incorrect?
Q2.Match the French and English.
Q3.Order the words to say: 'which made me very happy'.
Q4.Write in French: 'I have never smoked'.
To help you plan your 11 French lesson on: Contrôle écrit: short and long essay practice (AQA), download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 11 French lesson on: Contrôle écrit: short and long essay practice (AQA), download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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