Contrôle écrit: short and long essay practice (Edexcel)
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.La fête de la musique sera en Martinique.'. Choose the correct translation.
Q4.Order the words to say 'What's wrong?'.
Q5.Write in English: 'il a plu à Madagascar'.
Q6.Write in French: 'I agree with Jun.'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which statement is incorrect?
Q2.Match the French and English.
I like
I don't like
I love
I prefer
I think that
I find that
Q3.Order the words to say: '... which surprised me a lot'.
Q4.Write in French: 'I have never smoked'.
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