REVISION FOR GSCE SUCCESS in FRENCH Tick off what you’ve done as you go along Record your vocab test results and your past paper results – you should soon see GOOD PROGRESS! Spend AT LEAST 20 minutes twice a week, every week, on your revision Date w/c 23/2/15 w/c 2/3/15 w/c 9/3/15 Topics and tasks Session 1 this week Topics and tasks Session 2 this week Homework this week ENVIRONMENT Problems facing the environment Vocab, pollution, acid rain, toxic fumes etc Listening and reading tasks Expo Green – p. ENVIRONMENT Individual actions to protect the planet Vocab, eg to recycle, re-use, save electricity etc Listening and Reading tasks Expo Green Past paper Reading/Listening ENVIRONMENT and TENSE practice Say what you did last week and what you will do to help the environment in the future Consolidate verbs and vocab Tense recognition and practice - past and future Listening and Reading tasks WEATHER AND SEASONS Vocab - Weather past, present, future Listening and reading tasks on weather – weather reports Matching activities to weather ENVIRONMENT+CONDITIONAL Say what governments/public should do to protect the environment Vocab – recylce vocab previously introduced Identify conditional – grammar games+tasks L and R tasks MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Media and technology Vocab–list of devices + verbs/nouns associated with technology eg To download, search, save , surf the net, work from home, email etc Listening and reading tasks Past paper Reading/Listening Vocab test 1 Result: Vocab test 2 Result: Past paper Reading/Listening Vocab test 3 Result: w/c 16/3/15 w/c 23/3 w/c 23/3/15 WORLD OF WORK Jobs and places of work Vocab – different jobs – places of work Adjectives to describe different jobs – match adjectives to jobs Reading and Listening tasks WORLD OF WORK Plans for the future Vocab-nouns and verbs as appropriate eg, training, apprenticeships, aspirations for the future (wealth, power, responsibility) marriage .. Reading and listening tasks Past paper Listening/Reading HEALTH Problems for young people today – Vocab-drugs, alcohol, stress, peer pressure, smoking/homework/unemployment Grammar – identify imperfect –what it used to be like in the past Listening and reading tasks LEISURE Talking about music / TV / film Vocab-types of film and adjectives Impersonal verbs eg, it frightens/terrifies/inspires / makes me laugh etc.. Reading and Listening tasks LIFESTYLE/HOBBIES AND SPORTS What do people do in their free time? Vocab – hobbies and sports Opinions about hobbies and sports Frequency words – how often do they play sport? Reading and Listening tasks Past paper reading/listening PLACES IN TOWN/GOING OUT Say where you can go and inviting people out Vocab-places in town Language of inviting-refusals and acceptance Understanding opening and closing times/timetables/price info Reading and Listening tasks Past paper listening/reading EASTER HOLIDAYS w/c 13/4/15 PAST PAPERS GO THROUGH EXERCISES IN THE TEXT BOOKS – COMPLETE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SEE FRONTER FOR MORE RESOURCES USE THE LINKS BELOW TO ACCESS ONLINE HELP SHOPPING Clothes, fruit, vegetables, numbers DOCTOR/DENTIST Illnesses and remedies Vocab test 4 Result: Vocab test 5 Result: Vocab test 6 Result: COMPLETE ONLINE VOCAB TESTS/TASKS At least one every day Past paper Reading/Listening w/c 20/4/15 w/c 27/4/15 Vocab related to shopping Reading and listening tasks Understanding question words, how much, how many, where, what..etc Reading and listening tasks DAILY ROUTINE AND HOME Vocab - verbs to describe daily routine Grammar –spotting reflexive verbs Revise the time Reading and Listening tasks HOTEL / LOST PROPERTY Places in a hotel and items people often lose Hotel booking language Language to cope in the lost property office Reading and Listening tasks w/c 4/5/15 SCHOOL AND SCHOOL LIFE Describe your school and your studies Vocab-subjects/places around the school / after school clubs Giving opinions RESOURCES FRENCH Student GCSE textbook (page references above) – EXPO 4 Resources on FRONTER VOCAB PRACTICE available on: Quizlet – mini vocab lists by topic/vocab from WJEC wordlist Access by clicking this link: www.linguascope.com www.easyfrench.com Vocab Understanding times (appointments) Recap of question words Reading and Listening tasks HOLIDAYS/DIRECTIONS Holiday destinations and activities – vocab Holiday locations and activities Understanding directions Reading and listening tasks TRANSPORT Vocab - Types of transport/signs/ announcements at airports and stations Understanding timetables Buying tickets Reading and Listening tasks Vocab test 7 Result: Past paper Reading/Listening Vocab test 8 Result: Past paper Reading/Listening Vocab test 9 Result: Vocab test 10 Result: www.vocabexpress.com