4 reflexive verbs relating to ma routine journalière, set out as a table so that students can analyse and infer the pattern. Could be given out as a hand-out of blown up for display.
Students will need to have seen the first half of the film before doing this exercise. This worksheet contains a jumbled summary of scenes from the first half of the film. They should read the jumbled text and put the scenes into the correct order. There are quite a few adverbs and adverbial phrases to provide clues as to the sequence. Solution also supplied.
Three texts of increasing sophistication, ghost-written by characters from a reality show. Students have to evaluate the texts and give a NC level to each one. They then have to re-write one of the texts to improve the NC level. There are then two more written tasks to complete
Simple toolkits to help students go beyond 'er / sie ist + adjective' when describing friends and relatives.
- He / she looks ...
- He / she can be ...
- I think he / she is ...
- I find him / her ...
plus a load of adjectives
Relatively simple interview with Jessie J, covering name, age, birthday, family and pets. Pupils can practise the dialogue as it stands and then adapt the language highlighted in bold.
Nativity dialogue based on words and phrases from the french Christmas carol 'Entre le boeuf et l'ane gris'. Also includes a little bit of practice of the date.
5 verbs in the Conditional, set out in a table, so that students can analyse and infer the pattern. Could be printed as hand-out or blown up as a poster.
Three resources relating to the eclipse on 20th March 2015:
(i) An original text for translation into English
(ii) An adapted text with helpful diagram and multi-choice questions in English
(iii) An adapted text with no helpful diagram and open questions in English
This ppt is for an activity I conducted with our soon-to-be year 7s on their transistion visit. It's a facilitated activity that encourages the pupils to (i) share their perceptions of the benefits of learning a language (ii) think about how learning a language will devlop their generic thinking and learning abilities (iii) reflect on how an MFL lesson, which they have just had, has fostered generic thinking and learning skills. It could be used with Year 7s at the start of their MFL career.
Relatively simple text about a boy who is werewolf and why this makes it hard for him to go out with his best friend's sister. Followed by questions in English.
Five authentic blogs about pets written by relatively young native-speakers.( I've changed the names of the writers and the pets.) The texts are followed by comprehension and manipulation exercises and a little bit of grammar.
The text is a simplified version of the Sixth Form text I've already uploaded. This version is followed by questions in English, a translation exercise and a writing task.
Text about a Facebook protest regarding difficult questions in a recent Abitur Maths exam, : Schülerproteste; followed by 'True, false, not in text' questions.