A cute French letter to Father Christmas: pupils simply write their name and age and address and ask Father Christmas for 3 things. You could provide a list, get them to look up in dictionaries or draw/stick images depending on age group and ability. To save printing costs (and extend the length of the activity), opt to display the letters on the IWB and pupils copy the model letter, filling in the gaps.

French reading comprehension on the topic of Easter. Two texts with different levels of challenge provided. English and French questions provided and answer key included.

PowerPoint to show 24 European flags in colour and a colouring sheet.

2 versions of this board game: Game 1 is all in the first person Game 2 is a range of pronouns Answers included. Bright and attractive. Educational. Great for collaboration. A fun twist in revision. Good extension task- why not print them off and stick them in a plastic wallet on the wall for pupils to come and play when finished main activity. Minimal prep: If you forget to bring dice pupils can play with a coin: move forward 2 spaces for heads, 1 space for tails. They can use a tiny scrap of paper for a counter.

Use as a speaking frame / a writing frame / a learning mat / a revision aid / an extension tool to teach animals. This writing frame goes far beyond the typical 'J'ai un chien qui s'appelle...' and includes sentences in the perfect, imperfect, future and conditional tenses. The PDF is in colour but looks nice printed in greyscale as well. I usually print and photocopy in greyscale but put the colour version on the IWB.

All the vocabulary for teaching the bedroom furniture etc. and getting pupils to describe their bedroom on one A4 page: use it as a learning mat, a homework sheet, a support sheet, an extension sheet, a revision sheet, a classroom poster...endless possibilities.

This PowerPoint introduces extreme sports, consolidates learning, develops pupil dialogue, tests comprehension and culminates in a written paragraph full of opinions about extreme sports with justification and a range of tenses. Slide 1. Extreme Sports Vocabulary Slide 2. Match up French to English. Slide 3. Categorising activity Slide 4. Simple Q&A with model answers Slide 5. Simple Opinions Slide 6. Advanced Opinions Slide 7. Categorise 'for' and 'against' opinions. Slide 8. Short comprehension. Slide 9. Sentence starters in a range of tenses. Slide 10. Teacher v. Class Battle Slide 11. SuperSentence writing frame Slide 12. Pupil dialogues with checklist Slide 13. Extension Activity/Homework Slide 14. Hyperlinks to websites of interest with notes for teachers.

Anybody with a class with difficult girls needs to buy this resource. I created this especially for my bottom set year 9 girls and it worked. Silence. Engagement. Enthusiasm! You will not regret this purchase. It is full of up to date language describing clothes that our pupils actually wear; the pupils were amazed at the 'cool' vocab lists with words like 'high tops' and 'playsuit'. The final outcome is a written paragraph about the t-shirt they have designed. At your discretion how they balance their time between sketching and producing written language! Vocabulary taught: T-shirt style (sleeve length, neckline, fit) T-shirt look (colour, pattern, slogan) Clothes to go with the t-shirt Accessories to go with it Advice on how to achieve 'the look' (using imperatives) Includes consolidation activities and comprehension. Printable worksheet slide included

A game board to practise nouns and simple sentences. Great to introduce food in a novel way- give them the board game and a dictionary and it is a really fun way to challenge them to learn food and drink nouns. Use it as follow up once you have introduced the voacb as it is an excellent way of practising speaking and listening skills. Other important features: pupil independence, pupil collaboration, challenge and competition. I always have 100% engagement when I give them a board game (I have others available). A rewarding way to differentiate- what better incentive to complete the task than to know you can play a game at the end! No need to cut anything- just print. A4 is fine, A3 is great. Add dice and counters. (I get pupils to use spare coins for counters and lots of them have dice roll app on their phones these days if you are struggling for these). Any feedback is always gratefully received and if you have any requests for future board games please send me a message.

A lovely triorama for places on town. Pupils cut out the square, fold and cut along the dashed line. They write a description of their town/their ideal town etc. then glue the two triangles together creating a pop up town. Makes a great display. This resource includes a colour version for you to print and display as a model and a black and white version to print for pupils to colour and write own description. Recently added for better value: places in town flashcards. If you had already bought both of these resources please email me for a free resource of your chocie at betsybelleteachesfrench@hotmail.com

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All you need for teaching café vocabulary and restaurant vocabulary on one A4 page: use it as a learning mat; a homework sheet; a support sheet; an extension sheet; a revision sheet or a classroom poster...endless possibilities. Also included: Mini word clouds- excellent starter activity. Great for revision as well. Could give out as an extension tool for early finishers. Give them out upon arrival and give them a time frame. At the end of the timeframe pupils go head to head in a 'bidding war'. Each pupil says how many they can translate and have to prove it. The highest bidder goes first- if he can get to his bid he wins, if he can't the next bidder goes and has to get to his highest bid to win.

A new doodle sheet ideal for European Day of Languages- especially if you are attempting the ‘build the Eiffel Tower’ game using spaghetti and rolled up newspaper! A fact sheet which comes in 3 different fonts (just print off your fave) and a blank version for pupils to fill in ) either from memory or they could research their own facts. You could print off the blank version and watch the video while they make notes on whiteboards then fill in their own doodle sheet.

French lesson on a zombie attack. Pupils imagibe they are under imminent threat of a zombie attack. They translate a list of 25 objects that they can choose from to take with them to imporve their chances of survival. Some of sensible surival choices such a torch or a map. Others are sentimental such as a teddy bear or Xbox. There are also choices to make them think such as a diary (not helpful to fight the zombies but good for mental wellbeing). They make their selections and write them up in French. You could follow this up with a short survival skills debate (in English). Also included are two descriptions of a male and female zombie they could use as a comprehension then a model to create their own zombie. Also a ‘mini me’ zombie description writing activity.

Now Updated for 2024! If you have bought this previously, you can redownload it to get this year’s version. Simple PowerPoint with resolutions phrases and games to practise these phrases. Worksheets provides explanation and examples of French New Year’s resolutions and a chance to translate 8 sentences. There is a second sheet which gives them an opportunity to practise forming all the parts if the verb ‘aller’. Writing sheet with French prompts.

A really simple but engaging video animation featuring basic Spanish to recap previous learning. A worksheet to accompany this video is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-first-lesson-back-todo-sobre-mi-sheet-11969691

This is a link to my You Tube channel where you will find a whiteboard animation video. This is great to use in class with the pupils- can they translate te sentences quicker than the pen? They could write them down or say them out loud? A fabulous task to set as revision as well- pupils more inclined to watch a you tube video to music (I have great stats evidence for previous year’s videos - by analysing the demographics I know that thousands of pupils watched my video in the week before the French exams!) More topics on the way. There is a bundle of activities for this topic here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-french-role-play-task-at-the-hotel-11874119

A place card for pupils to complete and color. A great way to get to know their names during half term 1 and for them to get to know the 3 first questions: como te llamas, cuantos anos tienes and donde vives? There is space on the back of the card for them to write their answers so they can always see them.