Writing tasks for Year 8 studying the topic of Holidays (Expo 2). Developed in response to requirements of the new GCSE proposals, as the current Y8 will be the first affected. Aim is to get them used to regularly writing stuff without access to their books, word mats or dictionaries, reusing prior knowledge. Focus on conveying information and using correct verbs, rather than developed and fancy work. Mixture of task bullet points for writing tasks, and translation (both directions).

Goes with Expo 2 - Module 1 - Unit 1 (Mon album de famille). Starter - matching 3rd person sentences to characters. Key 3rd person phrases. Presentation and practice of -ER verbs. Work on pronunciation. Writing descriptions of family members. Donner/garder les points game to finish.

Hand out grids - pupils mustn't show partner. Use question 'Qu&'est-ce que ton pere/ta mere fait dans la vie?' and answer with 'il/elle est...' based on grid. When finished, compare grids in pairs to check answers.

Year 7 reading activity with three short texts including opinions and reasons. Could be suitable for cover work. Part 1 - match pictures to the texts. Part 2 - true or false.

Recognition of differences between perfect and present tenses (a basis for discussion/questioning when going through answers). Extension gets pupils to apply this knowledge and use the perfect tense.

First lesson for low ability beginners group on clothing. Revision of colours, presentation of vocab, beat the teacher repetition game, reading and writing task, true or false plenary (did this as thumbs up/down).

Reading focusing on use of 3 tenses

Used as settling starter the lesson after introducing the Mrs Vandertramp verbs.

Simple lesson to revise/introduce personality. Designed for a cover lesson, to ensure classes whose teacher is absent will have covered the same content.

Reference material for high ability KS4 groups. I am giving this to my groups quite early on and teaching them to use the verb tables in the middle of the dictionary. So whilst at the moment they haven't covered the imperfect or conditional in much detail (and haven't done the A* tenses at all) some should be able to use their initiative and go beyond what they have been taught, with this guide to help them.

Lesson to introduce the simple future tense to mid/low ability Y10 (who had only done immediate future in KS3). To do the listening, you need to have Kerboodle. I have added a gapfill activity to exploit the Kerboodle sound file in a different way. Differentiated lesson. Most able - range of subjects, some si clauses with set sentence openers Least able - 1st person (other subjects with support).

Assorted starters and plenaries for food and drink topic, with pictures. Includes: -noughts and crosses -beat the teacher -settling starters (match-up/gapfill/multiple choice) for pupils to do in their books -give/keep points translation game -spot the mistakes -past present or future -guessing game

Lesson introducing the verb aller and different methods of transport. Doesn't involve loads of drilling of aller, but exposes pupils to the concept of irregular verbs. They should be able to use 'je vais' 'tu vas' and 'il va' and just be aware of the other forms.

Simple true or false quiz on topic of the Occupation. Used as extension work for a few pupils in a Y9 class watching Au revoir les enfants but equally could be used as starter/plenary.

Read and run activity for bottom set Y8. 4 fairly straightforward texts about holidays in the past tense, with 15 questions for pupils to answer in teams by reading the texts around the room. The last 3 questions require them to answer in French by finding the correct phrase.

A reading task I made for a Y9 bottom set beginners Spanish group who have been learning Spanish for about 10 weeks so far. The main aim is to recognise the difference between 'soy de' and 'vivo en' with place names, but there's plenty of added detail to make it a bit more challenging. I&'ve made the font size big so it can be copied 2:1, giving A5 sheets.

Present tense lesson for Year 8: -match-up starter with grammar extension for more able -tutorial and drilling on present tense formation -writing task -'donner ou garder les points' plenary game - pupils translate sentence, then decide whether to keep the points or give to the other team BEFORE the points are revealed.

Perfect tense with avoir. Regular and irregular verbs. Settling starter worksheet.

Straightforward resource for presenting and practising key vocabulary. -Recap of some places in town (crossword). -muy/bastante/cerca/lejos -kilometros/minutos -andando/en coche etc. Aimed at low ability KS3.

2 lessons for a top/middle set Year 10 class. Focus is on getting pupils to write good sentences to include in controlled assessment preparation, exposing more able pupils to advanced structures without making it too scary for those who struggle more. EDIT: Just to say that several of the slides come from other TES resources so many thanks if you spot your own work.