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Getting to Know... Les Choristes

Useful for:
AQA Cultural Topics
Edexcel Research-based Essay
WJEC Guided Studies Options

Ready-to-use research tasks, worksheets, background information and practice exam questions ensuring a full understanding of this popular French film. Students will know the film inside out and be well prepared for the speaking and writing exams.

The special before, during, after structure is ideal for the perfect balance between guided class work and independent research:

  • Avant de visionner le film: introductory tasks, including “Mes Prédictions” based on the poster
  • Après avoir visionné le film: worksheets and discussion points on the themes, events and characters
  • Préparation à l’examen: exam-style oral and essay questions for students to apply what they have learnt

  • Special sections on: the flashback, the fire, the role of Violette, the role of the music, the end of the film, key quotations, research on the director and personal reflection
  • Plus: key grammar points explained and practised: passive, ‘si’ clauses, subjunctive