2. 1.le pain 2.le coin 3.agréable 4.un chat 5.manger 6.une dent 7.le pays 8.une main 9.blesser bread corner pleasant cat to eat a tooth (DENTist) country hand to injure

3. 10.crier 11.un four 12.une chose 13.un roman 14.sensible 15.le stage 16.le raisin 17.ranger 18.un lit to shout an oven a thing a novel sensitive training, placement grape to tidy (think arRANGE) a bed

4. nager faire des achats marrant ennuyeux le sport ancien puis il faut vraiment faire de la natation acheter rigolo barbant l’EPS vieux ensuite on doit extrêmement

5. lire vouloir étudier les passe-temps un emploi un élève quelquefois les personnes le voyage faire de la lecture désirer apprendre les loisirs un métier un étudiant parfois les gens le trajet

6. *this isn’t a joke With a spoon…

7. Your French exams are on Monday 13 th May This is less than 5 weeks away Controlled Assessments are almost over, accounting for 60% of your final grade. What about the remaining 40%???

8. Speaking and Writing account for 60% of the final grade Listening and Reading account for 40% of the final grade. Why? Because they are seen as easier skills. Note: Easier, NOT Easy

9. … should be to revise some French words EVERY DAY from now until the exams Not EVERY WORD (the elephant) BUT dozen or so (a spoonful?) There is no short cut to learning languages. You need to ‘upload’ the vocabulary into your BRAINS and this CANNOT be done the night before your exams…

10. Build some vocabulary work into your daily routine… It needn’t be onerous (a burden), 10-15 minutes per day is better than 3 hours the night before Make use of online resources Remember Linguascope, in particular the ‘Intermediate section’. There are downloadable pdf files with useful vocab ACTIVE TEACH – on the VLE

11. http://www.cramit.co.uk/ app available for iPhone and android phones (£1.49) Just £1.49

13. People worth following: @A_Star_French (A* in French)

14. There is also a MFL Dept account for HHS: @HHS_MFL_Dept (MFL Dept @ HHS) #dmcj

15. GCSE Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/ Linguascope: www.linguascope.com (username: hempstead / password: mfl)www.linguascope.com BBC Languages: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/ Languages Online: http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/ Zut!: http://zut.languageskills.co.uk/index.htmlhttp://zut.languageskills.co.uk/index.html S-cool: http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/frenchhttp://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/french Revision Time : http://www.revisiontime.com/gCSEFre.htmhttp://www.revisiontime.com/gCSEFre.htm Languages Online 2: http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/fren ch.htm http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/fren ch.htm

16. Available on VLE or via the link from my wikispace site: www.leprofquichante.wikispaces.com Why not improve your listening skills by playing the listening file and reading the transcript at the same time? You can then make links between the sound of French and the written word and you can highlight words that you do not know and need to learn…