HOW TO BAKE A MICHELIN A* CAKE

Jeudi dix-neuf mars

• 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 subjecta verb

a time

expression

Try adding…

Olivia fume

Olivia smokes every day.

Better, but nowhere near your

Michelin A*.

tous les jours

a subjecta verb

a time

expressiona 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 joursne

pas

a subjecta verb

a time

expressiona negative

an adverb

Try adding…

Olivia

fumee

Fortunately, Olivia does not smoke every day.

At last, something decent! But where’s the

ICING?

tous les joursne

pas

Heureusement,

The icing on the cake?

an opinion

a subject a verba time expression

a negative

an adverb

an opinion

Oliviafume

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,n

ece qui est super

a subject a verba time expression

a negative

an adverb

an opinion

is t i f

uj

c a t i on

Oliviafume

Fortunately, Olivia does not smoke every day which is great because it is bad for your health.

tous les jours,pas

Heureusement,n

ece qui est super

parce quec’est

mauvais

pour la santéA*

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

Try the following recipes.

a subjecta verb

a time expressiona negative a

connectivea subject a

verb

Don’t forget the icing!

je faire du

sportsouventne

jamaispourta

ntje nager

Don’t forget the icing!

parce que c’est

ennuyeux

à mon

avis.

Je fais

I often do sport, however I never swim because it is boring in my opinion.

souvent

jamaisneparce que

c’est

pourtant nage

ennuyeux

du sportje

à mon avis.

an adjective

a subject a verb

a comparative

a connective

a subjecta verb

Don’t forget the icing!

+ a

noun

a noun

an amusant

je êtreplus que

maisles maths

préférer

This cake mix already includes opinions, so you can skip the icing!

l’anglai

s

les sciences

sont

Maths is more fun than English but I prefer science.

je

plus

mais les

sciences

préfère

l’anglaisqueamusantes

Les maths

an adjective

a subject a verba prepositiona relative pronoun

a verb

Don’t forget the icing!

a noun a time expression

riche

mon amiarriv

er e

n

voitu

re

en face dequi

habiter

Don’t forget the icing!

l’écolede temps en

temps

Je trouve celaincroyable!

a subject a verb

a noun

a connective

a subject

a verb

a time expression

nous voir

un film

cependant

nous

détesteril 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 jourscependant

avons détesté:c’

était

un film,

nul!

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

Justification

Find some examples of these ingredients

before you invent your own cake mix.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

A*Bonne chance!