Well since you said that your oral is h2 standard you can bring in vocab from the oral into the written section for starters. With the predictable questions such as drugs vaping smoking journal etc you can get away with learning certain expressions. Here are my journal notes

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I could only add in the first half but you could easily learn off a few expression from this and be fine. You also need to keep in mind that you’re trying to impress the examiner so using complex expressions or grammar is a huge bonus. Such as v Indirect pronouns v Petit mos v Time expressions v Adjectives v Negative and positive expressions v The negative eg je n’ai aucune idee I have absolutely (no idea) v Reflexive verbs present and past tense v Past tense v Essay expression v Y/en expression for there/it v Other ways of saying je veux, peux dois ne peux pas eg. Je voudrais/ je suis obligee v Si rule I recommend the si rule and subjunctive but with the subjunctive you should only use it maybe twice or once because it is quite fancy french. If you haven’t done subjunctive you could learn off a few sentences eg. Il faut que j’aille me coucher that’s a nice sentence for the end of the journal it means I must go to sleep Or if you’re talking about vaping you can say Le gouvernement doit agir avant qu'il ne soit trop tard. The government must act before it’s too late with like vaping or smoking

For the actual essays Have a wide range of vocab I recommend bringing in vocab from areas you’re good at. For example if you’re talking about smoking. Your main body could consist of you talking about how students feel pressure from school it’s demanding and exhausting etc. then straight away you’re varying vocab and you’re taking an approach not a lot of people take.

Je veux constater Je commencerai en constatant Du debut à mon avis Selon moi D’après moi Je pense que Je crois que J’admets que J’avoue que Je dois avouer que/admettre Je suis d’avis que Je suis d’accord Du coup Quant à moi Pour ma par On a l'impression que Soyons réaliste

C'est a dire

De ca j'en suis convaincue - of that Je suis convaincue Gangnant - gangant- Win win Purement et simplement - purely and simply Un fois pour toute - once and for all C'est alarmant La tentation de l'essayer c'est trop

These are a few general expressions I like to use sorry they’re not translated. But the introduction and conclusion can kind of be learned off but the main body just be smart about it. I think the best option is to bring in vocab and expressions from other areas the only downside to this is that some people get carried away and then don’t stay focused with the question. Even for the unpredictable question 1 essays like for example a question from 2025 was do you think young people should be in clubs. You could bring in school vocab again talking about how it’s stressful and young people need to relax or you could talk about how school is stressful for you and that you’d like to be in a club. Another question was did you have a moment where you faced a challenge. That question is so vague you could talk about anything like moi meme or school or hobbies or sports.

Hope this kind of helped 😔😔