Teaching resource for using the short film Les Crayons to teach French at KS3.

1. Tu as les yeux gris?Jeudi, vingt novembre
Défi!
i) Define the
word genre.
ii) What genre do
you think the
film is?
a) Une comédie
b) Un film
romantique
c) Un film
d’horreur
On se connecte: Mets les images dans l’ordre correcte./ Put the
pictures in the correct order.
A B
C
D
E
F
Solution
1. A
2. E
3. B
4. C
5. F
6. D

2. Ils sont comment?Jeudi, vingt novembre
On se connecte: What type of film do you think is Les Crayons? / C’est
quel genre de film? Search the underlined words in the dictionary!
B) C’est un film
romantique.
E) C’est un film
d’horreur.
D) C’est
une
comédie.
A) C’est un film d’action. C) C’est un
film
d’aventure.
Défi!
i) Define the
word genre.
ii) Translate the
other genres.

3. Les objectifs du jour:
ALL: Will be able to say a description of someone’s character.
MOST : Will be able to say what someone is like, with a range of
adjectives and quantifiers.
SOME: Will also be able to say what someone is like, use quanitifiers
and opinion phrases.

4. Il est un garçon timide
1. What do the 3 parts mean?
2. What does the whole sentence mean?
= He is
E.g. Il est français.
Elle est une fille sympa
= She is
E.g. Elle est anglaise.
= nice
= shy
= a boy
= a girl

5. Grammar note:
In French, the adjective...
E.g.
develop

6. Il/elle est…

7. Il/elle est…

8. Il est… Elle est…

9. Il est Elle est

10. Il est… Elle est…

11. Il est Elle est…

12. Il est… Elle est…

13. Il est… Elle est…

14. English French (M) French (F)
Nice Sympa Sympa
Shy Timide Timide
Active Actif Active
Sporty Sportif Sportive
Chatty Bavard Bavarde
Funny Marrant Marrante
Greedy Gourmand Gourmande
Lazy Paresseux Paresseuse
Pathway A – Fill in the
English
Pathway B – Fill in the
French (feminine)
Pathway C – Fill in the
English and French
(feminine)
Défi:
Find more adjectives!
Romantic
Kind
Creative
Happy
In love

15. Pathway A - All
English French (M) French (F)
Sympa Sympa
Timide Timide
Actif Active
Sportif Sportive
Bavard Bavarde
Marrant Marrante
Gourmand Gourmande
Paresseux Paresseuse

16. Pathway B - Most
English French (M) French (F)
Nice Sympa
Shy Timide
Active Actif
Sporty Sportif
Chatty Bavard
Funny Marrant
Greedy Gourmand
Lazy Paresseux

17. Pathway C - Some
English French (M) French (F)
Sympa
Timide
Actif
Sportif
Bavard
Marrant
Gourmand
Paresseux

18. Quiz
How do characters change throughout the film?

19. Crée un dialogue / create your own dialog.
In the following scene, you see the boy and the girl
walking in the street holding hands.
With the person sitting next to you, imagine what they are thinking
and write an inner dialogue for both characters.

21. Peer assessment
develop

22. feedback

23. delight

24. celebrate