Teaching resource for using the short film Les Crayons for teaching French at KS3. Created through the BFI Screening Languages project, funded by the London Schools Excellence Fund.

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYnsKATCrdw
Objectives Activites
Lesson 1 What’s a short film? Note-taking
Tell-me grids
Genre
Lesson 2 Character description
with être
Create thought bubbles
for the characters.
Lesson 3 Appearance description
with être
Listen to music and
describe who the villain
might be.
Predictions
Lesson 4 Hair and eye colour with
avoir
Describe the actual
villain in comparison to
you/your expected
villain.
Lesson 1

2. Lesson 2
Objectives Activites
Lesson 1 What’s a short film? Note-taking
Tell-me grids
Genre
Lesson 2 Character description
with être
Create thought bubbles
for the characters.
Lesson 3 Appearance description
with être
Listen to music and
describe who the villain
might be.
Predictions
Lesson 4 Hair and eye colour with
avoir
Describe the actual
villain in comparison to
you/your expected
villain.

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. Ils sont comment?
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.

6. Lesson 3
Objectives Activites
Lesson 1 What’s a short film? Note-taking
Tell-me grids
Genre
Lesson 2 Character description
with être
Create thought bubbles
for the characters.
Lesson 3 Appearance description
with être
Listen to music and
describe who the villain
might be.
Predictions
Lesson 4 Hair and eye colour with
avoir
Describe the actual
villain in comparison to
you/your expected
villain.

7. Les objectifs du jour:
ALL: Will be able to able to describe a villainous character using
accurately.‘être’
MOST : Will be able to able to describe a villainous character, using
‘être’, and a range of adjectives and quantifiers
SOME: Will be able to able to with a villainous
character, using ‘être’ and ‘avoir’
compare themselves
and connectives.

8. Titre: Qui est le méchant?
On se connecte: Read the wanted poster – who is the villain?
Sentence starter: Le méchant est (Albert / Shaggy / Fred)
Défi:
Justify your answer
using ‘parce que’
E.g. Le méchant est
______ parce qu’il a
les yeux noirs.
ON RECHERCHE
Un homme qui a les yeux
noirs et les cheveux noirs.
Il est assez petit.
Il est très content.
De l’aide / support
Homme = Man
Petit = Small
Content = Happy

9. Les devoirs:
Complete a drawing and description in
French of the villain in your story.
Due: Thursday 4th December
All – Describe his/her appearance
Most – & give them a name
Some - & describe their character

10. Qui est le méchant?
Pathway A –
Décrit le méchant! /
Describe the villain
1. Elle est (+taille)
2. Elle a les yeux (+ couleur)
3. Elle a les cheveux (+ couleur)
Pathway B – Add…
4. Comment est son charactère? (sympa/timide)
Pathway C – Add…
5. Tu es comment?
E.g. Je suis grand mais elle est petite.
EXT: Use quantifiers
Très
Assez
Un peu
E.g. Elle est très timide.
EXT: Describe the villain you expected
EXT: Use connectives:
mais
cependant

11. Lesson 4
Objectives Activites
Lesson 1 What’s a short film? Note-taking
Tell-me grids
Genre
Lesson 2 Character description
with être
Create thought bubbles
for the characters.
Lesson 3 Appearance description
with être
Listen to music and
describe who the villain
might be.
Predictions
Lesson 4 Hair and eye colour with
avoir
Describe the actual
villain in comparison to
you/your expected
villain.

12. Tu as les yeux gris?
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

13. 1. What colour eyes do she have?
Elle a les yeux ___________.
2. What colour hair does she have?
Elle a les cheveux ________.
3. Is her hair short / long / wavy /etc.
Elle a les cheveux ________.
Extention - Use quantifiers!
Très
Assez
Un peu
E.g. Elle a les yeux très verts
1. Compare the two main characters’
hair and eye colour.
- Use quantifiers
- Make sure the adjectives agree
with the noun
(masculine/feminine/plural)
Extention – Use connectives!
Mais
Cependant
Aussi
E.g. Elle a les cheveux longs mais il a
les cheveux courts.