Faire de bons choix : extended writing
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can write in detail about the importance of healthy living and how to prepare for a healthy future.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Using a range of negative structures adds subtlety and complexity to descriptions and viewpoints.
- Indefinite adjectives are used to describe a noun and give more detail. They go before the noun they describe.
- When approaching extended writing tasks, dividing each bullet point into two paragraphs can be helpful.
Keywords
Conditional - a form of verb used to express what would happen
Negation - two elements e.g. ne ... pas around the main verb expressing negative meaning
Common misconception
An extended 150-word writing task should be planned as one complete task.
It is helpful to break down an extended writing task into two paragraphs and then to further break down those paragraphs. This allows students to manage the length of the task by treating it as four smaller connected tasks.
Teacher tip
For the extended writing task, encourage students to refer to their personal repertoire for this topic, adding any new words they find helpful to compose their answer.
Equipment
Mini whiteboards and pens are useful, if available.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is the French word for the 'English Channel'?
Q2.Can you match up the infinitives of these verbs?
to smoke, smoking
to tolerate, bear, put up with
to improve, improving
to learn, to teach someone
to begin, beginning
to repeat, repeating
Q3.Which of these adjectives means 'proud'?
Q4.Match the parts of these verbs in the conditional tense.
(I, you) would have
(he, she) would have
(I, you) would do, make
(he, she) would go
(I, you) would be
(he, she) would be
Q5.Give the English for the adjective 'sec'.
Q6.Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence. Something a teacher might have to say! Start with 'taisez'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match up with the correct conditional endings.
ais
ait
ions
iez
aient
Q2.Which of these verbs are in the conditional tense?
Q3.Chose the correct word to fill the blank. Avec de l'argent, J' à Paris.
Q4.Match the negatives.
nothing
no longer
never
not yet
no, not, not any
no-one
Q5.Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence about lifestyle changes.
Q6.Using the words below, make a sentence about health. Start with 'personne' and end with 'futur'.
To help you plan your 11 French lesson on: Faire de bons choix : extended writing, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 11 French lesson on: Faire de bons choix : extended writing, 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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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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