Comparing new and old media. Revises use of word order with Weil.

Pupils are given picture prompts with optional vocabulary on the reverse of the pictures. Those who need to can refer to the vocabulary during the task. Using the group talk structures, they are encouraged to have spontaneous conversations. Group talk can be differentiated to allow all abilities to participate. I normally use groups of 4 or 6 and set a time limit. Afterwards, I encourage reflective feedback and ask for examples of conversations. I also use peer assessment sheets so that pupils can assess each other.

Links into topic on house and home. Reading text followed by conjunction exercise.

30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes and 10 minutes. Can be copied and pasted onto your powerpoints or used as they are.

Examples in French and German

Pictures of weekly shopping in other countries. Pupils have to guess which countries they are and say what items they can see. I used this with a top set and asked them to pretend they were in one of the countries and say what they bought and ate last week and what they will buy and eat next week.

Can be altered for other MFL subjects or change the numbers to words or questions. For Plouf- pupils have to get accross the river by jumping from one stone to another, saying the number as they go. If they hesitate they fall in and the class shout 'Plouf'

Students are given copies of the pictures and encouraged to discuss the outfits using the prompt phrases.

Before playing this, choose one word from the clouds and write it on a piece of paper. One pupil starts to read out the sentence and when they arrive at the cloud they guess which response is correct (on your paper). If right, they continue but if they get it wrong then another pupil takes over. They must start from the beginning each time. This ensures that all pupils are focused.

Starter: using language knowledge to skim and scan a text. Understanding a text without using a dictionary. Running dictation task with extension questions.

Starter activity. 1 pupil faces the board, 1 faces away. Pupil facing the board has to describe the picture without using the words on the board. Timer added to slide.

Can be used as a starter or a main. First Powerpoint contains trapdoor activity and a literacy task. Second Powerpoint contains long German words. I get students to guess the pronunciation and then they have to try and work out the meaning of the compound nouns.

2 Starter slides. One is a trapdoor activity where pupils have to read out the sentences, guessing the word in each cloud. You should choose the words before the task and pupils guess what you have chosen. Second slide, pupils make sentences from the words and then try to extend them using weil.

School subjects and numbers

Great for boosting confidence in speaking exams. The examples I have given are in German but you can easily adapt it to different languages and abilities. You'll need to print off picture stimulus and give each student a bingo card. In small groups, students pick up a picture card and create a sentence about the picture which includes a grammar element from the bingo square. The rest of the group must assess if the sentence is grammatically correct. If it is, then students tick off that square and the next person has their turn. The winner is the first person to tick off all squares.

Type in numbers or names or questions. Use it how you wish.

Created in classtools.net for year 9 revision

Useful for year 7 classes to see what they already know.

Differentiated takeaway homework that can be easily adapted.

Pupils work in pairs or small groups and bid on whether they think the sentence is correct or not. I have included timers for each slide.