Pupils fill in a hobby/activity they do on different days of the week (can be made up). Don't show partner. Then interview partner to find out what they do, and fill in 2nd column. At end can compare grids to check they understood/assess success in speaking activity.

Pupils had covered perfect tense during module on hobbies/leisure in the previous term but had had a bit of a break from it. Used quiz to get them thinking about it again and prepare to apply it to the current topic. Could use to test how much they remember, or let them use their exercise books (opportunity for them to evaluate how good their note-taking is and if their books will help them revise).

Disclaimer: adapted from a teacher at my placement school, not entirely my own work. First pupils do card-sort activity - match reasons for jobs in French and English. When they finish, start filling in the grid. As extension or homework - fill in the 3rd column with a job title (in French) that goes with the reason - there is more than one possible answer for this.

Gapfill activity to consolidate imperfect tense (with contrast with present tense). This version is the one with clues (first letter of some words) for less able, but can be deleted to make it more challenging. Part of healthy living topic - used whilst preparing for writing a problem page letter.

First lesson for low ability beginners group on clothing. Revision of colours, presentation of vocab, beat the teacher repetition game, reading and writing task, true or false plenary (did this as thumbs up/down).

Multiple choice questionnaire about healthy living, with magazine style results section on powerpoint (add up score for each answer and read a short paragraph about what this means). Used as starting point for writing a paragraph about how healthy you are, but could also swap with someone else and write in 3rd person about their lifestyle.

Powerpoint for presenting classroom objects vocab and worksheet with pictures for pupils to match up with vocab. Includes speaking activities for groups of 4, and for whole class.

Lessons focusing on the different types of Crossover questions (those which appear on both Foundation and Higher papers). There are several key question types which appear each year and try to trick candidates using tenses, negatives, 3rd person etc., as red herrings. These lessons aim to alert pupils to these pitfalls by practising past questions so they can avoid being caught out in their exam. Uses 2010-2013 as we used 2014 for a mock recently. Also included is a "walking talking mock" where pupils had just done the 2014 Higher paper and we went through the whole paper question by question to mark their own and understand mistakes. All exam questions are property of Edexcel. Numbers refer to the time on the recording which you can get from the Edexcel website.

2 resources for studying the film Astérix et Obélix: Mission Cléopatre with a mixed ability Y9 group. Nothing too heavy going as it's an end of term treat after working really hard with lots of grammar for the past few months. 1st lesson = introduction. What is Astérix? What are bande dessinée? Pupils research online to complete worksheet. Then watch trailer. 2nd lesson = character info match-up starter, then watching the film for a good chunk of the lesson, then true or false quiz.

Leisure activities Household chores (used at start of a lesson on inviting people out and giving excuses, hence the chores)

A few lessons from the start of a GCSE topic on holidays. Reading and listening references are to the Edexcel Higher textbook. Includes: -describing places -types of accommodation -activities -opinions in different tenses

Reading tasks with grid to complete - the one in 2 tenses was aimed at a bottom set Y9 class and the one in 3 tenses was aimed at a middle/high set. But I'm planning to use the 2 tense one with Year 8s too. More or less the same task, so could be given out in the same class for differentiation.

Reading task - problem solving. -Present food groups. -Categorise vocab into 6 groups. -Reading - guess the food item from description, then write own version for the class to guess.

Knowledge Organisers for Year 7 French. Excel spreadsheets to print A5 size and stick in pupils books at the start of each topic, or you could print them all in a booklet. Can easily be used as sentence builders for speaking/writing, with students gradually reducing reliance on them towards assessments. Also ideal for homework - setting roughly half a column per week for vocab tests. Covering: Classroom language (1-week mini unit) School (subjects, opinions, teachers, uniform, rules) Self, family and pets (productive and receptive) House and home (productive and receptive) Leisure activities Les destinations touristiques Quality opinions for all year groups up to Grade 5 (transferable language).

5 weeks worth of lessons on the topic of school, prior to task-setting for a written controlled assessment. -Audit of prior knowledge (basic vocab) -Giving opinions (basic and GCSE) -Talking about compulsory and optional subjects in England and France. -The school day in England and France (revising telling the time) -School uniform -Direct object pronouns -School rules -Future plans in the near future tense, future tense, and with si clauses.

Resources for able Y9 groups using Expo 3 Rouge, working on the topic 'L'avenir'. Covers near future tense for talking about plans for the weekend, future tense for talking about longer term plans, si clauses. I will add more to complete the topic when it&'s ready.

6-8 week module based on Expo 2, Module 1. Aimed at Year 8, Set 3 of 4. Includes a lot of revision from Year 7 (family, where you live, present tense) plus jobs and the weather. Unfortunately lessons 5 and 6 are missing due to memory stick issues. A few slides may have been taken from other TES resources. If you recognise any of your own work, thanks for sharing and let me know if you would like crediting.

Resources to accompany the film "Tomboy" (2011) for able Y9 pupils. Main focus is describing characters in 3rd person but some general reading comprehension (true or false about the story) and work on how characters feel, plus predictions for what will/should happen next. Lots of opportunities for discussion in English - SMSC. 19/04/15 - Added final 2 lessons (1 matching quotations to characters, watching and discussing ending, 1 writing a comparison of 2 main characters).

A few lessons' worth of work on family members, hair and eye descriptions.

Two cover lessons for low ability Year 9 on the topic of new technologies / the internet. Would also work as homework.