Excellent resource, asking students to find weather conditions in the grid and engage dictionary skills by looking up the correct gender for each word, noting down the article and translating the type of weather into English. Great as a starter or an activity. Suitable for HA KS2, KS3 and KS4. Links to GCSE module on Travel and Tourism. Also would be a great challenge for younger learners, extending their weather vocabulary. Would link very well across curriculum to geography (discussing weather for example in Haiti or Mauritius).

Great lesson building on Sport 1 (recognising different sports + opinions) and Sport 2 (jouer + definite article). Fully differentiated and animated, with directions for each activity in Notes section for teachers. 37 slides in total. Can easily be split into two lessons if best for group. Slide 1: Date, title, learning objective, starter (adding in the right definite article for sports with jouer and translation). Slide 2: YouTube video montage of London 2012 Olympics highlights. Students encouraged to think about one main difference between the sports that they are watching. Draw out that some use balls (jouer) and some don't (faire). Slide 3: Students re-cap names of different sports, naming as many as they can from 12 images on slide in given time limit. Slides 4 - 15: Students repeat (with actions if wished) sports that use faire, picking out the definite article each time. Slides 16 - 18: Students complete table of sports that use faire. Slides 19 - 23: Points game, guessing the hidden sports, to consolidate vocabulary. Slides 24 - 25: Students note down grammar rule for definite article and how it combines with faire. Slides 26 - 28: Students spot use of faire + definite article in reading text (Twitter feeds created using classtools.net) and answer questions. Slides 29 - 35: Students translate sentences with faire on mini whiteboards. Slide 36: Writing activity. Clear Success Criteria given. Slide 37: 'Big Wheel' plenary to finish.

Links to Assembly for European Day of Languages 2018 Links to Lesson / Assembly for European Day of Languages - French Worksheet designed to be used alongside European Day of Languages 2018 lesson - French, please see other uploads as detailed above. Can also be used as a stand-alone worksheet for basic French words, including seasons, numbers 1-12, colours and greetings. First document contains four tables with all of the French vocabulary for these topics. Links directly to PowerPoint. Second document has the answers. Both easily projected / adapted if required.

Numbers 1-100 in number line form with French words for each number written out. Excellent support resource. A huge time saver! Subtle hints, such as 's' underlined in 'quatre-vingts' and 'quatre-vingt-un' underlined to remind students that 'et' is not required. Also used successfully in small groups when teaching numbers to ask students to draw out patterns and links between 1-100 in French, and then to create their own numeracy worksheets for each other.

Excellent double-resource set, linking to daily routine and reflexive verbs. Suitable for KS2/KS3/KS4. Great as starters / warm-ups / white-board activities in class. All animations and answers included. The first resource asks students to un-scramble the reflexive infinitives. It is differentiated through giving more support to learners who require it by underlining the first letter of the verb. HA challenged through working out secret message of numbered boxes to form phrase 'Je me réveille' when all answers have been de-coded. The second resource is a pre-prepared time-saving table, with key verbs for daily routine and reflexive verbs, asking students to translate infinitives. Both very useful for HA KS2, KS3 and KS4, either as starters or class activities.

Three differentiated resources for higher and lower ability students linked to adjectives to describe people. Fully formatted and animated with all answers. Engages higher-order thinking skills. Can be used as Starters, Activities or Plenaries. All are great think-pair-share, whiteboard or individual tasks.

Excellent KS3/KS4/KS5 starter, finding key infinitives by slotting different combinations of tiles together. Fully aminated and all answers on slides.

Excellent resource for charting and assessing student progress within lesson. Slide can be printed and students given a copy, or slide can be displayed for students to draw their own learning journey arrow on a whiteboard at the start of the lesson. They circle where they feel they are in terms of their confidence with the LO at the start of the lesson, and then come back to it at various points. At the end of the lesson, they review their learning and should be at the higher end of the scale. A useful reference tool for the teacher to determine those who need more support, and those that can be pushed further. Useful for daily teaching, or to use over the course of a module. Great when being observed too as very visual signpost that learning is being monitored by teacher, and those students that need support / further challenge are being picked up and helped appropriately.

Excellent lesson, graded outstanding, introducing different sports to learners and basic opinions and reasons to express their thoughts. Fully animated with all answers and instructions for each activity in Notes section of slides. A huge time saver and great fun to teach! Lesson links to London 2012 Olympics and features Paralympians and Olympic athletes. Lesson begins with YouTube montage hook, set to Emilie Sandé's cover of Imagine by John Lennon. Students asked to consider why they are watching video. Starter asks students to think of how to say two numbers and why these might be important in context of Olympics (number of medals won at London 2012 by Team GB). Students then complete table with French and English for 9 different sports, using cognates and near-cognates to support. Next activity is a repetition of the different sports (with actions) to practice pronunciation, followed by a game of 'Splat' to consolidate knowledge. Students are then asked to read an iPhone text message conversation (created on classtools.net) and answer questions about sports preferences. Listening activity follows, fully differentiated, followed by a speaking activity, whereby students roll dice and create sentences about the sport that the number rolled corresponds to. Final activity is to respond to a friend texting them about their sports preferences, and to write their own messages in reply. Pictionary game as plenary! First lesson on sport in series of three. Please see other resources.

Full lesson, describing hair and eyes in third person and introducing second and third person singular of avoir. Fully animated with all answers. Step-by-step support for each activity is detailed in the notes section of the slides. Very engaging, incorporating whiteboard work, AfL, 'C'est qui?' (Guess Who) in pairs, individual written task and Blockbusters game at end to review learning.

Clear, concise explanation of use of faire with different tenses. Examples given with perfect, imperfect, pluperfect and simple future. Second slide has a series of questions for students to translate, using four tenses. Easily adaptable for younger learners, using extra tenses as differentiation for HA.

Great lesson, linking to activities that are done in the house. 31 slides in total, very engaging with lots of different activities to consolidate learning and vocabulary. Fully animated with all answers. Instructions for teacher for each activity in Notes section of slides. A huge time saver and great fun to teach! Uses 'My learning journey' AfL tracker throughout lesson to encourage students to reflect on own learning and progress. Great for teacher to identify those who need more support / challenge. Lesson begins with starter asking students to pick one of four boxes (increasing in difficulty) and translate sentences linked to house and town. Students then repeat household activity vocabulary after teacher (with actions!) and then fill in table to refer back to vocabulary. Differentiated options for filling in table (drawing a line between French and English or writing English answers in). Game of Splat! follows to consolidate learning, along with listening activity. Whiteboard activity is next (points scoring depending on level of challenge selected by student and completed within time limit). Twitter feed reading comprehension follows (created on classtools.net), followed by writing activity. Heads down, thumbs up game as plenary.

Great lesson, covering use of 'il y a' and 'il n'y a pas de' + names of different shops and amenities in town. Very comprehensive resource. 30 slides in total. Fully animated with all answers and explanations for each activity in the notes section of each slide. Lesson begins with 'Connect 4' Starter. Students, playing against a partner or as a whole class, have to connect four squares by translating the words from French into English or vice-versa (linked to adjectives to describe town, simple opinions and reasons). Images then follow with text for students to repeat after teacher of places in town (une gare etc.). Students then match the French with the English translation in a table with the words (differentiated tables provided). Listening activity is next, using 'Voki', online characters (simply click hyperlink to listen). Scripts provided if teacher prefers to read. Twitter feeds follow with questions linked to where different celebrities live. Students asked to work out 'il y a' and 'il n'y a pas de' rule. Whiteboard activity is next - students must write sentence to describe town plan displayed on board using vocabulary. Students then asked to design and describe own town (scaffold provided for LA students). Final slide is a plenary game of 'Spin the Wheel'. Huge time saver and great fun to teach!

Three Mario Kart Grand Prix grids, printable and adaptable depending on requirements. Slides give examples and blank templates for each of the options below. Also included are Display Posters for each option, should you wish to use Grand Prix as a classroom display and Mario Kart characters to print and cut out for each student. Option 1 - Learning Objective Grand Prix. Students write a short summary of lesson LO into first Grand Prix box and date. They then circle the red, amber or green light depending on how confident they feel with their understanding that day. Students move their character onto the following space next lesson and again chart their understanding by circling the appropriate light. Very useful visual aid to show student progress, and to help pick up learners who are struggling but may not wish to acknowledge as such in front of their peers. After several lessons, grids can be used to split class into groups - those who would like to further work on first LO in one group, second in another and third in another. Teacher can then differentiate classwork and circulate to help improve understanding. Also helpful to set homework, for example assigning students a worksheet on the topic that they found difficult and as such would benefit from extra practice. Challenge / extension work can be set for those students who have all green lights. Option 2 - Grammar Grand Prix. Exactly as above, but used specifically for grammar (present tense 'er' verbs, 'ir verbs' and 're verbs' for example). Students chart confidence and understanding each lesson and move character around. Teacher can assess progress and adapt planning accordingly as above. Option 3 - Behaviour for Learning Grand Prix. Used successfully with several year 8 classes with a large number of behavioural challenges. As a group, students decide behavioural target for lesson at the start of each class. You may find it best to stick to one target per lesson to begin with, for example 'I will listen when other people are contributing'. Important that students think of the target themselves in order to engage motivation. Give 10 seconds to think, pair, share at start of lesson, take ideas and then go with most popular suggestion. At the end of the lesson, students rate how well they have met the target by circling red, amber or green. Grids handed into teacher at end of lesson who has final say on correct light. Those who have met the target move onto the next square and receive a raffle ticket. At the end of a series of lessons (for example half-term), raffle is drawn for a small prize. Those who have circled green and have moved around the grid have the most raffle tickets and therefore the greatest chance of winning prize. However, even if a student has only met the class behaviour target once, they are still rewarded for this with the raffle ticket and therefore have a small chance of also winning.

Two worksheets, suitable for younger learners of French, asking them to colour in shapes on a Christmas tree and/or Snowman template, according to the directions given. The Christmas tree template has six simple instructions and the image is simpler to colour. The Snowman template has ten instructions, referring to items of clothing (ses gants, son chapeau) as well as numbers and shapes, and the image is more detailed. Perfect to re-cap some shapes, numbers and colours towards the end of term, and to introduce some Christmas vocabulary (bauble, holly etc.). Extension could be for pupils to draw their own Christmas tree / Snowman and label.

Great resource, building on 'Sport 1' (different sports and opinions). Fully animated with information in Notes section for teachers for each activity. Very straightforward build to help students make link and understand traditionally challenging grammar point for younger learners. Starter activity is followed by repetition of different sports to consolidate knowledge from previous lesson. Students encouraged to pick out the definite article in preparation for following activities. Students then reflect on the different definite articles, before working out what happens when they combine with 'jouer' in a reading activity (presented as Twitter feeds from David Beckham and Jonny Wilkinson). Students then note down the rule, before translating on their mini whiteboards sentences linked to different sports with jouer + à. Final activity is to design a comic strip (either using the computer or drawing), with clear success criteria provided. Treasure Hunt review at end of lesson.

Assembly linked to the European Day of Languages 2018. Aimed at KS3/4, but easily adapted for younger / older year groups. 10 slides in total. Great time saver! Slide 1: Asks students to recognise pictures of European capital cities, a map of Europe and the European flag and work out what they have in common. Slide 2: Outlines what the European Day of Languages is and why it is celebrated, using information from the official website (link in Notes section if teacher wishes to adapt). Slide 3: Information on how speaking another language helps students. Slide 4: Matching celebrities to different languages they speak. Slide 5: Outlines what students will be doing over course of day (easily adapted). Slides 6-8: Asks students to guess which animal makes which sounds. Slide 9: Wishes students a good day and good luck. Slide 10: Links to resources on European Day of Languages official website, including language games, facts and figures, lesson plans, ready-to-use materials and information on where to order materials.

Mon lapin de Pâques: KS2 + KS3 Easter Worksheet. Great resource, asking students to look up body parts of a rabbit and some Easter vocabulary before translating phrases that link these two together with colours. Students are then asked to colour in a large picture of a rabbit according to the instructions they have translated ( for example 'le nez c'est rose', 'les fleurs sont jaunes et rouges'). A great lesson for KS2 and beginners at KS3 (year 7 / year 8). Differentiated with 'Challenge' option linked to gender of nouns and unusual body part vocabulary ('la queue'). Great fun to teach - cut-outs of rabbits can be used for a display or to make into French Easter cards.

Pâques, une fête très chocolat: Excellent lesson on Easter, touching on history, tradition and chocolate, based on a French text from the ‘1 jour 1 actu’ French website (full link on top of worksheet). Questions include multiple choice answers based on comprehension, linguistic challenge (such as selecting synonyms) and research tasks that can be developed as fully as teacher wishes (particularly useful for KS5). A second worksheet asks students to reflect on a video on how chocolate is made (link on worksheet) and to answer a separate set of questions to work on their listening comprehension. For KS5 learners, I recommend playing the video straight through twice after modelling the first answer. KS4 learners would benefit from the video being paused several times to allow them to note down the answers. A full A4 page of vocabulary (divided into paragraphs to match those in the text) is provided to support learners who would benefit from this help. Increase challenge by withholding from learners. As I did not author the text I have not included it on the worksheet, however the link for the text and for the video are both there. If students have their own devices, they can access an electronic copy in class, or a paper copy could be printed for them by teacher. Great fun to teach and fully differentiated!

Display Bundle! Five different display ideas for Secondary, with cover posters ready to go. First display is a 'Mot de la Semaine' poster template, with two examples linked to traditionally challenging vocabulary at KS4. Second display posters are an image of a detective (A4), with several A4 speech bubbles encouraging independent learning and enquiry (A3B4ME) and suggesting ways to improve work. Third, fourth and fifth display posters are linked to GCSE modules. Easily printed to display next to student work. Year 8 Comic Strips links to Daily Routines module (used alongside Linguascope Comic Strip creator), Year 10 links to simple future tense and organising an event for the local area, and Y11 links to Healthy Lifestyles. All easily adapted.