Jeudi dix-neuf mars Le gâteau a* star Le gâteau a* star Ilos to be able to understand the mechanics of an A* star style sentence

a subject a verb What are the two essential ingredients?

Olivia fume Olivia smokes. This is far too basic to get any stars at all.

a subject a verb a time expression Try adding…

Olivia fume Olivia smokes every day. Better, but nowhere near your Michelin A*. tous les jours

a subject a verb a time expression a negative Try adding…

Olivia fume Olivia does not smoke every day. This is a very good attempt, but you can still add more. tous les jours ne pas

a subject a verb a time expression a negative an adverb Try adding…

Olivia fume e Fortunately, Olivia does not smoke every day. At last, something decent! But where’s the ICING? tous les jours ne pas Heureusement,

The icing on the cake? an opinion

a subject a verb a time expression a negative an adverb an opinion

Olivia fume Fortunately, Olivia does not smoke every day which is great. You have the icing – now go and get the fairy dust! tous les jours, pas Heureusement, ne ce qui est ce qui est super

a subject a verb a time expression a negative an adverb an opinion i s t i f u j c a t i o n

Olivia fume Fortunately, Olivia does not smoke every day which is great because it is bad for your health. tous les jours, pas Heureusement, ne ce qui est super parce que c’est

But of course there are other ways to make your A* cake.

Try the following recipes.

a subject a verb a time expression a negative a connective a subject a verb Don’t forget the icing!

je faire du sport souvent ne jamais pourtant je nager Don’t forget the icing! parce que c’est à mon avis.

Je fais I often do sport, however I never swim because it is boring in my opinion. souvent jamais ne parce que c’est pourtant nage du sport je à mon avis.

an adjective a subject a verb a comparative a connective a subject a verb Don’t forget the icing! + a noun a noun

an amusant je être plus que mais les maths préférer This cake mix already includes opinions, so you can skip the icing! l’anglais les sciences

sont Maths is more fun than English but I prefer science. je plus mais les sciences préfère l’anglais que Les maths

an adjective a subject a verb a preposition a relative pronoun a verb Don’t forget the icing! a noun a time expression

riche mon ami arriver en voiture en face de qui habiter Don’t forget the icing! l’école de temps en temps Je trouve cela

a subject a verb a noun a connective a subject a verb a time expression

nous voir un film cependant nous détester il y a trois jours No extra icing needed but you can definitely add fairy dust to this one.

avons vu We saw a film two days ago, however, we hated it: it was rubbish! il y a deux jours cependant avons détesté: c’ était un film, Nous nous

Now make up some of your own recipes.

a subject a verb a noun a time expression a negative a connective a comparative an adjective a preposition a relative pronoun an opinion JustificationJustificationJustificationJustification JustificationJustificationJustificationJustification idioms

Work in pairs Write together then highlight the different sections

Pass your paper to the next table and evaluate/improve one thing

plenary Read out sentences then decide if it’s an a* star

Bonne chance!