Vocab revision and past exam question to try

Had to leave work for my year 7 class starting House and Home topic. This worksheet introduces them to key vocab to talk about types of houses and areas they might live in. 'Ave it!!! :)

2 teams - boys v. girls. Teacher asks question to 1st team. If correct, team chooses a number from grid. Teacher clicks on number and points scored as follows: NUMBER = team awarded that number of points 2 ARROWS = teams must swap their scores (watch their faces!! Priceless!!!) MONKEY = team loses all their points. All credit to my wonderful colleague Helen Patterson who created then shared this resource. ENJOY!!! :)

Speaks for itself - respect to colleagues who I robbed some of this from!! :)

Keep pressing 'N' key on keyboard - ask a pupil to say 'Arrete' - stop pressing 'N'. Pupil must tell you what the phrase means.

First screen - click on the deaf fella icon and soundfile should play. If not, I've included the MP3 (thanks to Mary Glasgow!). Click on the white boxes and correct answers will be revealed. transcript on screen 2.

2 x Smartboard presentations which introduce vocab and offer activities / exercises to reinforce the vocab. 1 x kinaesthetic activity to introduce key vocabulary. 1 x higher level listening with Mp3 attached. 4x past reading exam questions.

1st slide - starter activity - crack the code to work out the Xmas words 2nd slide has 4 baubles - click on each one in turn : Bauble 1 = powerpoint teaching pupils about French Christmas Bauble 2 = Who wants to be a millionaire game based on what they've learned Bauble 3 = Match up activity and wordsearch using vocabulary they have learned Bauble 4 - Just takes you to the next screen - click on the squares to reveal a picture connected with French Christmas. Prize for 1st pupil to explain what the picture is. 3rd slide has a plenary - pupil comes to front, moves a bauble to reveal a word they have met in the lesson - prize if they can say something about the word. Powerpoints etc included separately in case the links don't work!!

Teacher places battleships behind random squares prior to lesson. Pupil says a sentence (action + time) to create a co-ordinate. (Can then ask them to translate what they've said).Teacher or pupil moves appropriate square to reveal a battleship :) or not! :( Sweet / point for those finding ships!!

Pupils come to board to click on an item of FOOD. If they click on an item which is not food, they get a 'WIPEOUT'. 3 x wipeouts = game over!!! :(

Pupils select the boxes which go together to make a room, and colour them in the same colour. And so on!!

Instead of teaching pupils tv programmes - repeat after me etc zzzzzzzzzzz, let them teach themselves!! Pupils are given a sheet of A3 paper, a copy of the vocab list, a copy of the pictures and a dictionary. They match up the words to the pictures, cut them out and stick them onto the A3. As an extension, they could write their opinion of each type of programme next to them. 'Ave it!! :)

Cut up the 5 cards & place however you like in the room. (I have 5 tables, 6 pupils on each - I put 3 copies of the same card on each table). Pupils work in pairs and are given 5 minutes on each table to see how many of the questions they can answer by reading the text. After 5 mins they move on to the next table. Or you can stick copies of the texts on the walls / tables / back of chairs etc and let them find the 5 different texts. Have fun!

You'll have to invest in some sets of mini-jenga (I found them for a couple of quid each on Amazon). Put a number (1-48) on each block. Pupils play Jenga in groups - one pupil is &'in charge&'; and has the question / answer sheet. If pupil successfully pushes out a block, questionmaster asks them the relevant question and gives them a point if they can a) recognise the tense b) say what it means in English. If question is in English, they must say the verb in French for 2 points. Have fun! 'Ave it!!!

Instructions as to how you could use this on page 3 of document. Hope it's of some use - &'AVE IT!!!!! :)

Instructions sheet included - just have a look and 'ave it if it&'s any good! Not actually used it yet so any feedback appreciated, equally if you find mistakes let me know! Thought I might use it with middle ability year 11s as revision prior to reading + listening exams!

Based on a question from AQA Higher level reading exam June 2014. Pupils work in groups scanning and analysing 5 texts for key vocabulary.

Vocab revision and exam question to try

3 easy texts - 3 activities - middle to low ability

Practises food vocabulary - categorising healthy and unhealthy foods.