How to be a star and get a C or an A* ;-)) French at GCSE is like making a good cake: You have to have the right ingredients You have to mix them together well You have to follow the recipe You have to practice until you get the best result! I’ll have some of that!

What do you need to do to get a C in your writing assessment? Grade C:  you can write on different topics/contexts  You can communicate information and point of views (giving reasons to your opinions)  You can vary your structures and you include tenses or time frames  What you are writing is clear but there may be a few mistakes

What do you need to do to get an A in your writing assessment? Grade A:  you can write on different topics/contexts  You can communicate information, explain ideas and points of views and point of views  You can vary your vocabulary, structures and verb tenses (think present/past/imperfect/future)  What you are writing is clear, your spellings are accurate but there may be mistakes when you try to write more complex sentences

What phrases do I need exactly?? First place to look for is YOUR BOOK!!!!!  90 % of you DO NOT look in their book for all the vocab  I teach you the phrases you will need to use for your assessment so USE and LEARN THEM  Think about the phrases in the room esp the adverbs, time sequencers (is it a word?) and complex opinions  don’t throw away or forget about the handouts/worksheets I give you, you need THEM  Learn the magic phrases I keep telling you about OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER again

Let’s look at the MAGIC WORDS Eg Topic: healthy living/eating

Verbs! Je mange /j’ai mangé/je mangeais/je vais manger Nous mangeons/nous avons mangé/nous mangions/nous allons manger Je bois/j’ai bu/je buvais/je vais boire Nous buvons/nous avons bu/nous buvions/ nous allons boire Je suis/j’ai été/j’étais/je vais être J’ai/j’ai eu/ j’avais/je vais avoir Je fais/je cuisine/je prépare/je joue Nous faisons/nous cuisinons/ nous préparons/nous jouons Connectives! Et Mais Aussi donc Toutefois/cependant Car/parce que Adverbs/time phrases! Quelquefois Une fois par semaine Parfois Souvent Jamais Toujours Tous les jours Rarement Encore De temps en temps Régulièrement généralement More adverbs! Absolument Fréquemment Naturellement Heureusement malheureusement Complex opinions! Je pense que Je crois que Je trouve que À mon avis En ce qui me concerne Pour moi Je dois admettre que J’ai pensé que J’ai trouvé que J’ai cru que Time sequencers! Tout d’abord En premier En deuxième Puis Ensuite Au début Pour commencer Plus tard finalement Adjectives!! C’est/c’était/ça sera… A-Z adjectives on wall Time phrases! Aujourd’hui Hier Demain Le weekend dernier Le mois dernier La semaine dernière (le) lundi/mardi/jeudi Avant Quand j’étais petite Quand j’étais jeune Quand je suis plus âgée Dans le futur À l’avenir Samedi dernier Jeudi prochain Il y a 2 ans Dans 3 ans

Please, please, please Miss can we have all these phrases? You already have half of them in your book so this NEW DOCUMENT I am about to offer you has to become your best tool in French !! For 50p, a back to back SUCCESS AT GCSE mat can be yours and in colour. It will have all the useful words/phrases you need at GCSE

Now let’s be honest… You can’t achieve a C if you don’t put the effort in. I am meeting you half way Your job is to learn the phrases on the mat and USE them ALL THE TIME!] With time you are going to feel more confident with your writing and will be able to use more personal and original phrases.

The pitfalls Everyday across England French words are misused ! The following words are words you use ALMOST every lesson so ONCE and FOR ALL learn the correct spellings FOOOOREEEVEEER!!!!

C’est C’était Ça sera Je m’appelle/il s’appelle/elle s’appelle Amusant(e)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Intéressant Je suis allée / nous sommes allé(e)s Ma copine Mon copain Mes copines Mes copains Je m’amuse / je me suis amusée Nous nous sommes amusé(e)s Past vs imperfect How confident are you about these words?

Relaxée. C’est bon j’ai tout compris! Malade. Les toilettes ils sont où? PA-NI-QU-ÉEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! Au secours…    Finally …… How do you want to feel about your GCSE French?