Homework Guide: French KS4
Autumn one
Autumn two
Spring one
Spring two
Summer one
Summer two
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All year revision
in preparation
for the final
exams.
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Year 10
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Reading comprehension
Paragraphs: describe your
home. What would your
dream home be like? (Use
different tenses)
Revise prepositions and
imperatives
Revise superlatives
Possible paragraph outlining
how a city/town of your
choice has changed in the
last 50 years. Express your
opinion.
Revise for controlled
assessment: past papers,
practice translations, try
topic paragraphs
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Paragraph about the
school day. What do you
like about it, what don’t
you? Try to persuade
someone why they
should/should not join
the school
Paragraph about school
rules and pressure.
Compare schools in the
UK and France (uniform
etc.). Use reflexive verbs
in the present and
perfect tenses.
Revise irregular forms of
the 3rd person plural
Revise adjectives of
colour
Revise for controlled
assessment: past papers,
practice translations, try
topic paragraphs
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Paragraph about your
friends and what you
like doing together.
Use reflexive verbs.
Paragraph about a
famous sportsperson
you admire + near
future tense.
Revise use of Aimer+
Infinitive
Revise the perfect
tense
Revise possessive
adjectives.
Revise for controlled
assessment: listening
tests, vocabulary,
elaborating upon and
extending answers
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Revise previous work
on “jobs”.
Do you have a job
now? What sort of job
would you most like to
do?
Use indirect object
pronouns and try to
compare your job to
others
Revise reading
comprehension- look
for detailed meaning in
a text
application letter for a
job. Be sure to use
formal language.
Revise use of qui &
que.
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Revise number &
dates.
the importance of
eating healthily. Try
to use adverbs and
giving opinions.
letter to a
newspaper asking
for better services
for people with
addictions. Use
impersonal verbs.
Revise and practice
giving opinions
Revise expressions
with Avoir.
Go over any
topics you
found difficult.
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Year 11
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review of the last film you
saw. Compare it to other
films/tv shows. Use modal
verbs and descriptive
language
Write the description to at
least two facebook-style
events invites. Outline what
you’ll be doing. Use the
perfect and imperfect tense
Revise use of pronouns
following prepositions.
Revise the perfect tense with
être
Revise for controlled
assessment: practice papers,
writing exercises,
translations (on ActiveLearn)
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Paragraph about the
problems affecting your
area. Are they global or
local problems? Use
negatives.
Revise the conditional of
modal verbs
Letter to the local paper
saying why there should
be more environmental
projects in your local
area. Use direct object
pronouns in the perfect
tense
Revise the passive.
Revise for controlled
assessment: practice
papers, writing
exercises, translations
(ActiveLearn)
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Revise Aimer+
infinitive
your hobbies and
how you got into
them. Use the perfect
tense
parents/guardians.
What do they do?
Hobbies? Use the
infinitive to express
-ing
Revise for controlled
assessment: revise
speaking & listening
skills. Translations
(ActiveLearn)
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compare two or more
holidays you have had.
Use the nous form in
different tenses
Revise use of the
conditional
your ideal holiday. Use
comparatives and
superlatives
Revise the use of the
perfect infinitive
Revise perfect and
pluperfect tenses
Revise for controlled
assessment: listening
exercises, revise
specialist vocabulary,
speaking( ActiveLearn)
Revision of all topics in
preparation for exams.
Revise using
ActiveLearn site
resources.
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