Week commencing 23rd March
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
- Learn and revise speaking questions and answers off by heart. Students should use their pre-written answers in their speaking booklet.
- “La nourriture - Food”. Complete the booklet on the next topic of food available to download from the website (hard copies available in school). Students must complete booklet as per the guidance and schedule as set out by their teachers. a) W/C 23/3 – complete Unité 1 pages and learn all vocab off by heart. Students must focus on recall and memory, accurate spelling and pronunciation. Make flashcards to aid memory. Students should carry out the survey of likes and dislikes with their family and write up answers.
- Kerboodle (www.kerboodle.com): All students should have their login details stuck in their planners (please email their teacher if they do not have this). Work through chapter 11 jobs, pp52-55 Food, use vocab builder, grammar exercises to further support independent study.
- Use Seneca Learning to revise topics already covered.
- Quizlet.com – Revise topics already covered.
- Students to check Google Classroom and school emails for additional assignments/ guidance.
Week commencing 30th March
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
- Learn and revise speaking questions and answers off by heart. Students should use their pre-written answers in their speaking booklet.
- “La nourriture - Food”
Complete the booklet on the next topic of food available to download from the website (hard copies available in school). Students must complete booklet as per the guidance and schedule as set out by their teachers. W/C 30/03 - Do “Y10 French Spelling Test - Week 1” - link → https://forms.gle/m7LpkuyGos8zdw5E
- Complete Unité 2 “Sucré, salé ou piquant” pages and learn all vocab off by heart. Students must focus on recall and memory, accurate spelling and pronunciation. Make flashcards to aid memory. Students should carry out the survey of likes and dislikes with their family and write up answers.
- Kerboodle (www.kerboodle.com): All students should have their login details stuck in their planners (please email their teacher if they do not have this). Work through chapter 11 jobs, pp52-55 Food, use vocab builder, grammar exercises to further support independent study.
- Use Seneca Learning to revise topics already covered.
- Quizlet.com – Revise topics already covered.
- Students to check Google Classroom and school emails for additional assignments/ guidance.
Week commencing 20th April
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
- Learn and revise speaking questions and answers off by heart. Students should use their pre-written answers in their speaking booklet.
- “La nourriture - Food”
Complete the booklet on the next topic of food available to download from the website in week 1 (hard copies available in school). Students must complete booklet as per the guidance and schedule as set out by their teachers. - W/C 20/04 –
- Do “Y10 French Spelling Test - Week 2” - link →https://forms.gle/s3uxbR5Wr7ySnW1HA Recap vocab from last week if necessary.
- Complete Unité 3 “Les boissons” pages and learn all vocab off by heart. Students must focus on recall and memory, accurate spelling and pronunciation. Make flashcards to aid memory.
- Students should practise the snacks/ café roleplay on p11 - use the example conversation given in the top right hand corner of the table to help. Students should then write out the conversation in full. - Kerboodle (www.kerboodle.com): All students should have their login details stuck in their planners (please email their teacher if they do not have this). Work through chapter 11 jobs, pp52-55 Food, use vocab builder, grammar exercises to further support independent study.
- Use Seneca Learning to revise topics already covered.
- Quizlet.com – Revise topics already covered.
- Students to check Google Classroom and school emails for additional assignments/ guidance.
Week commencing 27th April
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
- Learn and revise speaking questions and answers off by heart. Students should use their pre-written answers in their speaking booklet.
- “La nourriture - Food”
Complete the booklet on the next topic of food available to download from the website in week 1 (hard copies available in school). - W/C 27/04 –
- Do “Y10 wk3 French Vocab Test” - link →https://forms.gle/xkyoWeYD2q2PrXt97 Recap vocab from last week if necessary.
-Make sure you understand all items on the menu on p12. Use an online dictionary like www.wordreference.com to help look up any unknown words. Practise ordering items off the menu using the conversation template from last week (p11). Make sure you are confident asking for and understanding prices (revise numbers if necessary).
- Learn and revise all food vocab on p18-19 of the booklet. Make flashcards for any words that you struggle to learn and come back to these regularly in order to help embed them in your long-term memory. Make sure that you have accurate pronunciation too and that you also learn the genders (le/la etc). - Additional tasks set on Seneca Learning to provide further consolidation of food/ restaurant/ café topic. Login and check Seneca Learning for further info -> email class teacher for help in joining class or logging in issues.
- Kerboodle (www.kerboodle.com): All students should have their login details stuck in their planners (please email their teacher if they do not have this). Continnue to work through pp52-55 Food, use vocab builder, grammar exercises to further support independent study.
- Quizlet.com – Revise topics already covered.
- Students to check Google Classroom and school emails for additional assignments/ guidance.
Week commencing 4th May
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
- Learn and revise speaking questions and answers off by heart. Students should use their pre-written answers in their speaking booklet.
- “La nourriture - Food”
Complete the booklet on the next topic of food available to download from the website in week 1 (hard copies available in school). - W/C 04/05 –
- Do “Y10 wk 4 French Vocab Test” - link →https://forms.gle/drWfduGDq5eqtMUJA Recap and revise vocab from pages 18-19 from last week if necessary. Spend 5-10 minutes (at least) revising your flashcards from last week.
-Make sure you understand the conversations on p13. Use an online dictionary like www.wordreference.com to help look up any unknown words. Practise ordering items off at the market using the conversation template in the top left hand box. Make sure you are confident asking for and understanding prices (revise numbers if necessary). Fill in the gaps in the remaining 3 conversations (TIP: the words are in brackets at the top of each box).
- Learn and revise all food vocab on p20-21 of the booklet. Make flashcards for any words that you struggle to learn and come back to these regularly in order to help embed them in your long-term memory. Make sure that you have accurate pronunciation too and that you also learn the genders (le/la etc).
- Kerboodle - food exercises https://www.kerboodle.com/app/courses/24827/modules/resources/node/18317/page/1/content/143280,144024 - Additional tasks set on Seneca Learning to provide further consolidation of food/ restaurant/ café topic. Login and check Seneca Learning for further info -> email class teacher for help in joining class or logging in issues.
- Quizlet.com – search for and revise French fruit/ French vegetables/ au restaurant.
- Students to check Google Classroom and school emails for additional assignments/ guidance.
Week commencing 11th May
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
- Learn and revise speaking questions and answers off by heart. Students should use their pre-written answers in their speaking booklet.
- “La nourriture - Food”
Complete the booklet on the next topic of food available to download from the website in week 1 (hard copies available in school). - W/C 11/05 –
- Do “Y10 wk 5 French Vocab Test” - link →https://forms.gle/zyQioLUE8yp4zLuf9 Recap and revise vocab from page 15 from last week if necessary.
-Spend 5-10 minutes (at least) revising your flashcards from last week from pages 20-21.
-Do the two translations on p16 of the booklet. Try to do it on your own first - go through the text and highlight or underline any words you don’t know. Try to see if you can work out what they mean using the context of the test. Write out your translation in the space below and double check to see if you have missed any words out. Then, and only once you have finished your second draft, can you use an online dictionary like www.wordreference.com to help look up any unknown words and finetune your translations making amendments in green pen.
-Match up the vocab on p17 and learn off by heart. Make flashcards to help, focusing on recall of spelling, gender and pronunciation.
- Additional tasks set on Seneca Learning to provide further consolidation of healthy and unhealthy living topic. Login and check Seneca Learning for further info -> email class teacher for help in joining class or logging in issues. - Quizlet.com – revise healthy living https://quizlet.com/gb/503835581/une-vie-saine-flash-cards/.
- Students to check Google Classroom and school emails for additional assignments/ guidance.
Week commencing 18th May
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
- Continue practising speaking questions and learning answers off by heart. Students should use their pre-written answers in their speaking booklet.
- “La nourriture - Food”
Complete the booklet on the next topic of food available to download from the website in week 1 (hard copies available in school). - W/C 18/05 –
- You should have now completed the booklet, but make sure that you haven’t missed any tasks out. Go back through the booklet and double check you have done everything.
- Starting at the beginning of the booklet, you should go through page by page and test your knowledge and MEMORY of the work you have done. Any vocab you haven’t learnt, or can’t remember, should be written down on a separate page (in your book or on paper) with both the french and English meanings.
- Once you have gone through the booklet, you should make flashcards to help you learn the words you have noted down.
- Additional tasks set on Seneca Learning to provide further consolidation of food and drink vocab. Login and check Seneca Learning for further info -> email class teacher for help in joining class or logging in issues. - Quizlet.com – revise healthy living https://quizlet.com/gb/503835581/une-vie-saine-flash-cards/.
- Quizlet.com – revise GCSE French food vocab https://quizlet.com/gb/391518635/aqa-gcse-french-food-foundation-flash-cards/.
- Students to check Google Classroom and school emails for additional assignments/ guidance.
Week commencing 1st June
Drugs & Alcohol
Drugs & Alcohol
- Continue practising speaking questions and learning answers off by heart. Students should use their pre-written answers in their speaking booklet.
- Revise phrases from the last page of the previous booklet on TV programmes and opinions, then log in to your Google Classroom and do the “Y10 wk 7 French Spelling Test” via the link that has been set as an assignment.
- “Booklet 2 - Drugs and alcohol”
Complete tasks set from the booklet on the next topic of Drugs and alcohol available to download from the website in week 8 (hard copies available in school). - W/C 01/06 –
-Complete ex 1- match up the French and English vocabulary. Use word reference and the vocab sheets to help. Copy this vocabulary up into your vocab books b) Make flashcards/ learn the vocabulary off by heart - Students to check Google Classroom and school emails for additional assignments/ guidance.
Week commencing 8th June
Smoking & Drugs
Smoking & Drugs
- Continue practising speaking questions and learning answers off by heart. Students should use their pre-written answers in their speaking booklet.
- “Booklet 2 - Smoking and Drugs ”
Complete the booklet on the next topic of smoking and drugs available to download from the website in week 8 (hard copies available in school). - a) W/C 08/06 –
- Revise vocab againfrom p1-2 ex1 if necessary and then log in to your Google Classroom and do the “Y10 wk 8 French Spelling Test” via the link that has been set as an assignment.
- Complete ex 2 pour ou contre - match up the English and French and also colour in/highlight the French. One colour for positive phrases and another colour for negative phrases.
- Complete ex 3/ 3a/3b- read the texts and answer the questions. Make a note in your vocab books of any key words/phrases. Use word reference to help with any unknown vocabulary. - Students to check Google Classroom and school emails for additional assignments/ guidance.
Week commencing 15th June
Smoking and Drugs
Smoking and Drugs
- “Booklet 2” -Complete the booklet on the next topic of smoking and drugs available to download from the website in week 8 (hard copies available in school).
- a) W/C 15/06 – MAKE SURE YOU HAVE JOINED AND CAN ACCESS GOOGLE CLASSROOM
- Revise the smoking vocab on p3 from last week, then log in to your Google Classroom and do the “Y10 wk 9 French Spelling Test” via the link that has been set as an assignment. Revise previous vocab and phrases from again if necessary. - Complete exercise 4 and 5a/5b. Copy any unknown phrases into your vocab book.
- Students to check Google Classroom and school emails for additional assignments/ guidance.
Week commencing 22nd June
Smoking and Alcohol
Smoking and Alcohol
- Continue practising speaking questions and learning answers off by heart. Students should use their pre-written answers in their speaking booklet.
- “Booklet 2 ” - Complete the booklet on the next topic of smoking and alcohol available to download from the website in week 8 (hard copies available in school).
- a) W/C 22/06 –To start off, open the powerpoint for this week (available to download from this week) which has got embedded audio and further guidance and support in going over the work from last week (15/6). Make sure you do this in conjunction with going over your work and answers from last week. Depending on how loud you can get your computer/ laptop speakers, you may find it better to use headphones to hear the audio more clearly.
- - Revise vocab from pages 4-6 of the booklet that you met last week (and in the accompanying powerpoint you’ve just done), then log in to your Google Classroom and do the “Y10 wk 10 French Spelling Test” via the link that has been set as an assignment. Revise previous vocab and phrases from again if necessary.
- Complete the last 2 pages of the booklet talking about alcohol. Copy any key/unknown vocab into your vocab books.
- Complete an answer to “Qu’est-ce que tu penses de l’alcool et du tabac?” from your speaking questions on Google classrooms. Use the reading texts you have studied in order to create an answer. DO NOT use Google translate.
Students to check Google Classroom and school emails for additional assignments/ guidance.
Week commencing 29th June
Body parts
- Start by going over last week’s work from the booklet by working your way through the Powerpoint that has been shared via Google Classroom by your class teacher. This focuses on pronunciation and pulls out key vocab and grammar from the work last week, as well as talking you through the answers.
- Learn the body parts - Foundation & Higher vocabulary lists provided. Use the Look / Cover / Check technique. Quizlet links provided. Complete exercises 2 to 5 in order to secure learning and understanding of the main body parts.
Students to check Google Classroom and school emails for additional assignments/ guidance.
Body parts
- Continue practising speaking questions and learning answers off by heart. Students should use their pre-written answers in their speaking booklet.
- “Booklet 3 - Body parts and illnesses” & “Body Parts & Illnesses vocab” - Download and print off both documents from the home study website week 12.
- W/C 29/06 –
- Start by going over last week’s work from the booklet by working your way through the Powerpoint that has been shared via Google Classroom by your class teacher. This focuses on pronunciation and pulls out key vocab and grammar from the work last week, as well as talking you through the answers.
- Learn the body parts - Foundation & Higher vocabulary lists provided. Use the Look / Cover / Check technique. Quizlet links provided. Complete exercises 2 to 5 in order to secure learning and understanding of the main body parts.
Students to check Google Classroom and school emails for additional assignments/ guidance.
Week commencing 6th July
Revise Body Parts & learn how to say where you are sore
- Continue practising speaking questions and learning answers off by heart. Students should use their pre-written answers in their speaking booklet.
- “Booklet 3 - Body parts & illnesses ”
Complete the booklet on the next topic of Body parts and illnesses available to download from the website in week 11 (hard copies available in school).
- Revise the parts of the body on p1 of booklet 3, then log in to your Google Classroom and do the “Y10 wk 12 French Spelling Test” via the link that has been set as an assignment. Revise previous vocab and phrases again if necessary.
- Start by going over last week’s work from the booklet by working your way through the Powerpoint that has been shared via Google Classroom by your class teacher. This focuses on pronunciation and pulls out key vocab and grammar from the work last week, as well as talking you through the answers.
- In the booklet, complete the exercises set for this week (clearly labelled and identified within the booklet itself). The main focus of this week’s work is to learn the expression “J’ai mal” = I am sore and to add the parts of the body applying the grammar point taught re. j’ai mal au (+ masculine word), j’ai mal à la (+ feminine word), j’ai mal à l’ (+ a word that starts with a vowel or “h”) & j’ai mal aux ( + plural)
Students to check Google Classroom and school emails for additional assignments/ guidance.
Week commencing 13th July
Body Parts & Illnesses
- Continue practising speaking questions and learning answers off by heart. Students should use their pre-written answers in their speaking booklet.
- “Booklet 3 - Body parts and illnesses”
Available to download from the website in week 8 (hard copies available in school).
Review the grammar point taught last week with “J’ai mal” - I am sore + body parts.
This week’s focus is to learn different illnesses and their remedies. Once again use the Look / Cover / Check technique and use Quizlet to go over the vocabulary => https://quizlet.com/225277324/les-parties-du-corps-le-corps-flash-cards/. There are lots of different types of activities here that you can try - various different games to help you learn the vocab.
Complete the exercises set in the booklet. Ex.1 - write the translations. Ex.2 - Learn new expressions related to illnesses and accidents ie. I am hot/cold, I have a temperature, I have a cold, I am injured, I fell etc Ex.3 - use the links to learn these new expressions : https://quizlet.com/106234489/french-sickness-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/43721450/french-illnesses-flash-cards/
Ex.4 - Match up the pictures (where people are sore) and the symptoms. Ex.5 - Match up the pictures (medication) and the French translation. Ex.6 - Have a go at the Role-Play situation (past GCSE task). Respond to the bullet points. Higher candidates to complete Ex. 7 Match up symptoms and logical solutions / piece of advice. Ex.8 - Complete the gap filling exercise - Role Play at the chemist.
- Your teachers will share a powerpoint with you via Google Classroom that goes through all of the speaking questions. This will give you a chance to hear the questions and then practise your response. If you download and save the powerpoint yourself, you could also record your own answers onto separate slides (click here for guidance on how to do this → https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-record-voiceover-powerpoint-4173784. This could be a valuable revision resource for you. You should learn the answers you have already written for this in preparation for September. The expectation is that you will continue to learn the ones you have covered already in class. You will work with your teacher to condense the questions that still need to be prepared next year.
- Additional summer work tasks on Seneca Learning to consolidate year 10 work and prepare for September.
- Students to check Google Classroom and school emails for additional assignments/ guidance.
WORK TO BE COMPLETED OVER THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS
Summer Catch Up
Summer Catch Up
- Continue practising speaking questions and learning answers off by heart. Students should use their pre-written answers in their speaking booklet.
- Your teachers have shared a powerpoint with you via Google Classroom that goes through all of the speaking questions. This will give you a chance to hear the questions and then practise your response. If you download and save the powerpoint yourself, you could also record your own answers onto separate slides (click here for guidance on how to do this → https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-record-voiceover-powerpoint-4173784 ). This could be a valuable revision resource for you. You should learn the answers you have already written for this in preparation for September. The expectation is that you will continue to learn the ones you have covered already in class. You will work with your teacher to condense the questions that still need to be prepared next year.
- Additional summer work set on Seneca Learning to consolidate year 10 work and prepare for September, including grammar revision and tenses. Make sure you continue to revise the vocab and topics covered during the school closure period too as you will need this vocab for when we come back in September.
- Students to check Google Classroom and school emails for additional assignments/ guidance.