PowerPoint presentation to revise the future with aller + infinitive, along with taking about your plans after you finish GCSE. Reading activities as well as grammar exercises.

End-of-unit assessment on the topic of holidays (les vacances). Can also be used as a reading activity in class to learn new idiomatic expressions and vocabulary. Feedback/suggestions welcome.

PowerPoint presentation introducing the simple future with plans for the future. Other phrases expressing the future (j'ai l'intention de, etc.) are also introduced. Feedback welcome.

Compilation of sources on the topic of discrimination against disabled people in France. Meant for IB French B, but can be used for A-level

Each pupil has a card. Pupils should move around the classroom and describe their card to other pupils, until they find a person who has an identical card. This activity is great to get the kids talking, and it also develops their listening skills. They are also usually very excited when they have found their partner! This particular acitivity is related to daily routine, but can be adapted for virtually any topic and any class. Great game!

I did this worksheet to revise the main grammar points covered in the unit but it can also be set as a cover lesson. Grammar covered is the partitive article and the past tense.

List of interesting idioms of more able students. They first need to work out the literal meaning of these phrases and then find out the meaning or an equivalent idiom in English. I matched this exercise to the topic Hobbies and Free Time, but of course it can go with any other topic.

Press article on young people and reading with questions and exercises. IB French B standard level.

I got my year 8 class to work on this recipe and particularly on verbs and then they brought in the ingredients and they baked the cake themselves, following the instructions in French. They still talk about it!

I created this Reading activity for my Yr10 group. The purpose of it is to get the pupils to deal with unfamiliar expressions in a familiar context. It also gives them lots of idioms that they will be able to reuse for their coursework.

I created this worksheet on one of my favourite songs of all time to finish the topic Family, Relationships and Love. It can be followed up by how to write a love letter or a break-up letter, for example. Feedback welcome!

This worksheet is linked to a video about organic food available from YouTube under the title 'La famille Kiagi - Pourquoi manger bio?' It's quite a interactive and motivating way to introduce the topic. Feedback wlecome.

The objective of this lesson is to be able to describe a typical day at school. The first activity revises telling the time as well as cardinal numbers and the interrogative determinant 'quel'. Includes speaking and writing activity.

This assessment goes with Expo 1, unit 1 and covers numbers, alphabet, introducing oneself and objects in the classroom. The last activity is listening. I just made it up myself and I don't have a transcript.

Worksheet to go with the film C.R.A.Z.Y. This great French Canadian film is the story of a teenager who struggles with his homosexuality and his sometimes difficult relationships with his family. This work is part of a topic on 'identities in society' for the IB (French B)

Powerpoint presentation to go with Expo 1, module 4 Objectives: to be able to ask for directions and to be albe to give directions Presentation of new vocabulary + practise, leadiing up to final role play, which the pupils can model accroding to their ability.

2 PowerPoints to introduce/revise Christmas vocabulary in French and German. Both PowerPoint include presentation of vocabulary, 'shout out' game, SPLAT game and point game (pupils have to give the word in French to find out how many points they have won). I have also included different worksheets to practice the 15 words presented in the PowerPoint. For the French wordsearch, the hidden message is: 'Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année!', and for the German, it is: 'Fröliche Weinachten und ein gutes neues Jahr!' Enjoy and good luck for the end of term!

3 songs with a different approach on the environment. Clips can be found on YouTube. I love working with songs as it makes language learning more 'real&'. The first of the 2 songs was a big hit at the time it came out and I believe is still quite popular in France.

An IB/A-level resource on trash reality TV in France, seen by the band Tryo. I have used this song to talk about slang and verlan and as an opportunity to revise the pronoun 'en'. There is a translation exercise for students to practise the vocabulary from the song, as well as a gap-fill exercise to practise listening comprehension. Finally, I have put together a few questions to form the basis of a discussion.

I created this worksheet to encourage my Yr 10 pupils to use time words and frequencers to make their coursework more interesting and to help them write more complex sentences