6 narrow reading texts a la Conti with a set of seven tasks to exploit them as much as possible . The texts recyle very similar vocabulary to death whilst providing useful model phrases/sentences including some handy idioms. I have used it successfully with my students and they were fully engaged.

Another oral ping-pong translation INSTRUCTIONS - The students work in pairs. They have a sheet with the same English sentences to translate into French, but Partner A has the translation of sentences 1 to10, whereas Partner B has the translation of sentences 11 to 20. I call it 'Oral ping-pong translation' because they do it orally, Partner A challenging Partner B with a sentence and showing the correct answer to provide them with feedback and to award points (3 for perfect sentence, 2 for one mistake only, 1 if there are mistakes but at least the verb is correctly formed). I give them a time limit (10 minutes); when the time is up the person with the higher score wins. Best to have people of similar ability in each pair. Here is an example: I made for a very able year 11 of mine. Obviously the activity can be done in writing too. As a follow-up, I get the students to make a note of the most serious mistakes they made in their books so that I have an idea of what their problem areas are. Differentiation opportunities are obvious: different sets of sheets for groups of different ability

A voc builder pack with 8 activities covering key words and model phrases/sentences

Vocab builder with answer key

A consolidation sheet packed with activities designed to recycle the present form of the main irregular verbs to death.

Narrow reading texts with reading comp and vocab building tasks

Three narrow reading texts exploited through 4 different narrow reading tasks

A revision quickie

Typical Cont-style resources on the Irregular perfect tense

Revision sheets with key vocab covering key terms and imparting model sentences

A sentence builder to introduce the comparatives.

Instructions: In groups of three students (2 player + 1 referee) or five (2 teams of two players and one referee), players take turn in casting the dice. Whichever case the player/team reach based on their dice score, they will have 30 seconds to translate the relative sentence(s) into French orally. The referee will then tell the players (with the help of the answer sheet) if their translation is correct. If the translation is correct they will have another go and casting the dice and will advance to the next case where they will have to translate the next sentence and so on. However, if their translation isn’t correct, the referee will read to them the right version twice in order for the players to attempt to memorize it for the next round when they will have another go. After the opponents’ turn the player will have another chance at casting the dice; if they answer the question they originally got wrong correct. The person who is closer to the finishing line ten minutes into the game will win.

Consolidation sheet with answer key

A set of narrow reading texts on food with a comprehension activity

Suitable for year 7 end-of-year revision. Six narrow reading texts recycling family, school, hobbies, food and area I live in (IN PRESENT TENSE ONLY) . Lots of high frequency vocabulary. Texts were designed in such a way as to contain highly patterned input, with lots of repetitions and contextual cues. Comprehension questions are on separate sheet and are designed to practise a range of reading micro-skills.

Old school drills + board game

A set of twenty model sentences covering key vocabulary and sentence structures. French translation provided on separate page

Consolidation sheets to drill in perfect tense of verbs with AVOIR

A quickie on health

Consolidation sheet for GCSE students. Solutions to all exercises provided in separate sheet