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Hi, I'm an MFL teacher from Dorset and have been teaching French in secondary schools for 27 years, including as Curriculum Leader.
Please leave a review if you are happy with your purchase, or email me (Charlie01042000@gmail.com) and I will be happy to resolve any problems.
NEW SPEC. A selection of Tangled Translations for Pearson Edexcel GCSE French Module 1
Sentences are provided in a mixture of French and English which students must “untangle” into both languages.
This pack includes 7 worksheets (1 per double page) covering the following topic areas from Module 1:
Fêtes et Jeux (Zone de Culture)
Ma vie en ligne
Tu as une vie active?
Qu’est-ce que tu regardes?
Qu’est-ce qu’on va faire?
Qu’est-ce que tu as fait?
J’ai participé aux Jeux de la Francophonie
Ideal as a no-prep starter; to consolidate work in class or as a home-learning translation exercise which makes it more difficult for students to use internet translators!
NB A version of this resource with 2 worksheets per double page is also available
A selection of Tangled Translations for Dynamo 1 French Module 1
For each topic, a paragraph is provided in a mixture of French and English which students must “untangle” into both languages.
This pack includes 6 worksheets covering the following topic areas from Module 1:
Talking about brothers, sisters and age
Talking about my classroom
Talking about likes and dislikes
Describing myself and others
Talking about what I like and dislike doing
Presenting myself in an interview
Ideal as a no-prep starter or as a home-learning translation exercise which makes it more difficult for students to use internet translators!
A selection of “Retrieval Activities” based around GCSE Studio French Module 3
For each 2 page spread in the chapter (including Point de Départ pages), there are 2 powerpoint slides which can be used to help students recap previously learned vocabulary and structures:
a) “Cinq par Jour” - a selection of 5 questions ranging from single word / short phrase translation to an open ended question for students to answer in French
b) A retrieval grid of 16 items for students to translate. Items are colour-coded and worth between 1 and 4 points depending on difficulty. An easy way to measure progress over time and incorporate an element of competition into lessons.
Ideal as no-prep starters or a “refresh your memory” interval in a double lesson!
A selection of Tangled Translations for Dynamo 1 French Module 4
For each topic, a paragraph is provided in a mixture of French and English which students must “untangle” into both languages.
This pack includes 5 worksheets covering the following topic areas from Module 4:
Describing my family
Describing where we live
Talking about what we eat for breakfast
Talking about Bastille day
Describing a cartoon character
Ideal as a no-prep starter or as a home-learning translation exercise which makes it more difficult for students to use internet translators!
Bundle includes:
• One Pen One Dice activities for each separate unit of the module
• Foundation Tangled Translation activities for each separate unit of the module
• Higher Tangled Translation activities for each separate unit of the module
• 2 x Retrieval Tasks for each separate unit of the module (including Point de Départ pages)
All activities can be used in class or as revision tasks for students working remotely.
For detailed information about each type of activity included, please see separate item listings in my shop
This resource includes 3 files:
a) PPT guiding students through the format of the 90 word task
understand the format of the task
identify key words in the bullet points to ensure correct tense is used
identify linguistic success criteria (sentence starters / connectives / opinions / negatives / tense / intensifiers / comparatives (& superlatives)
use a WAGOLL to identify examples of linguistic success criteria
find the French activity (using the WAGOLL) to identify key vocabulary
Reading activity (using the WAGOLL) - complete the sentences in French from the options in the box
analysis of markscheme (Edexcel, Foundation Writing, 90 word task)
b) Student task sheet
c) Feedback / DIRT sheet
A selection of “One Pen One Dice” activities for GCSE Studio French Module 8
Students take it in turns to roll the dice. The first person who rolls a 6 takes the pen and starts translating. Player 2 rolls the dice until they roll a 6 and says “C’est à moi” (It’s my turn!) This player has now won the pen and can start translating. Player 1 has the dice and needs a 6 to steal the pen. The winner is the first person to correctly translate all the sentences.
NB: To make this activity “COVID-safe”, students should have a dice each and use their own pen.
This pack includes 7 separate activities covering the following topic areas from Module 8:
What is important in life and what concerns me
Talking about the weather
Talking about natural disasters
Protecting the environment
Ethical shopping
Talking about volunteering
Discussing big events
A fun, quick and easy way to incorporate vocabulary retrieval into your lessons, whether face to face or remotely.
Spin the wheel to select a word or phrase for students to translate. Choose from French to English or English to French. Introduce an element of competition by dividing your group into teams or play remotely individually by asking students to type answers into the chat box.
The ideal no-prep starter or plenary to ensure that your students are continually refreshing their vocabulary knowledge!
A fun, quick and easy way to incorporate vocabulary retrieval into your lessons, whether face to face or remotely.
Spin the wheel to select a number for students to translate. Choose from French to English or English to French. Introduce an element of competition by dividing your group into teams or play remotely individually by asking students to type answers into the chat box.
Includes numbers 1-20 in French.
The ideal no-prep starter or plenary to ensure that your students are continually refreshing their vocabulary knowledge!
A fun, quick and easy way to incorporate vocabulary retrieval into your lessons, whether face to face or remotely.
Spin the wheel to select a word or phrase for students to translate. Choose from French to English (2 wheels) or English to French (1 wheel). Introduce an element of competition by dividing your group into teams or play remotely individually by asking students to type answers into the chat box or on a virtual whiteboard.
Includes key words and phrases from Dynamo 2 Module 3.
The ideal no-prep starter or plenary to ensure that your students are continually refreshing their vocabulary knowledge!
Do your students need help to read texts more carefully? Or to proofread their own work and spot their mistakes? Why not combine these skills with revision of previously covered material by using this sentence auction task?
Students start with 100 points.
They will be shown a sentence in French with an English translation.
They must decide if the translation is correct or incorrect.
Students bid points according to how certain they are of their decision. For example they could bid 100 points that the translation is correct, or 50 points that it is incorrect.
Each of the question slides contains 6 built-in timers so the teacher can decide how long the students have in order to place their bids.
If students guess correctly, they win double the points that they have bid. If they are wrong, the points are lost.
The winner is the person with most points at the end.
This powerpoint includes 20 slides covering topics from GCSE Studio French Module 2.
Are your students struggling to remember key simple future tenses? A fun, quick and easy way to incorporate vocabulary retrieval into your lessons, whether face to face or remotely.
Spin the wheel to select a phrase for students to translate. Choose from French to English or English to French. Introduce an element of competition by dividing your group into teams or play remotely individually by asking students to type answers into the chat box or on a virtual whiteboard.
The ideal no-prep starter or plenary to ensure that your students are continually refreshing their past tense knowledge!
An easy, no prep way to build some retrieval skills and speaking practice in to your lessons.
20 questions in French based around the GCSE topic of School. The questions flash rapidly across the screen. Press “S” to pause the presentation and generate a question for your students to answer.
For students who need that extra support, a set of sample answers is also included as a separate file. You could test your students’ comprehension of the questions by simply asking them to note the letter of the correct answer; or ask them to amend the answer (either verbally or in writing) by changing the text highlighted in red.
Questions included:
Quelles matières fais-tu?
Quelle est ta matière préférée? Pourquoi?
Comment sont tes professeurs?
Les cours commencent à quelle heure?
Les cours finissent à quelle heure?
Que fais-tu pendant la pause déjeuner?
Qu’est ce-ce que tu manges àla cantine?
Quel est ton jour préféré à l’école? Pourquoi?
Qu’est ce-que tu as fait à l’école hier?
Comment est ton uniforme solaire?
Que faisais-tu à l’école primaire?
Comment sont les règlements à l’école?
Quelle matière n’aimes-tu pas? Pourquoi?
Qu’est ce-que tu vas étudier l’année prochaine?
De quoi es-tu fier / fière à l’école?
Il y a combien d’élèves et de professeurs?
Comment est le batîment?
Décris ton emploi du temps
C’est quelle sorte de collège?
Es-tu membre d’un club / d’une équipe à l’école?
To operate the powerpoint:
Press S to pause. Press S again to resume.
Press B to pause and a black screen appears. Press any key to resume.
Press W to pause and a white screen appears. Press any key to resume.
Press ESC to exit the presentation.
Looking for something for your students to do away from the screen? Why not try these Mardi Gras masks?
10 templates to colour in and decorate, with instructions in French.
Bumper quiz covering 10 rounds of 10 questions. Attempt it all in one go or dip in and out, simultaneously giving your students a breather whilst adding cultural capital!
All answers are included.
Round 1: Identify the French company from their logo
Round 2: Complete each sentence with the correct number and find the total
Round 3: Identify the famous French people (includes option to make multiple choice, choosing from a list)
Round 4: Label the towns on a map of France (includes option to make multiple choice, choosing from a list)
Round 5: Identify the 10 countries where French is widely spoken (from a list of countries in French)
Round 6: Identify the Paris monuments (includes the option to make multiple choice, choosing from a list)
Round 7: Match the French idioms to their English equivalent
Round 8: Crack the clues in French to identify the brand of chocolate (includes option to make multiple choice, choosing from a list)
Round 9: Match the French foods to the correct picture
Round 10: Identify the 10 correct statements from a list of fun facts about France.
A selection of Tangled Translations for Dynamo 3 French Module 5
For each topic, sentences are provided in a mixture of French and English which students must “untangle” into both languages.
This pack includes 8 worksheets covering the following topic areas from Module 5:
Talking about what countries you would like to visit
Describing impressive places
Talking about holiday activities
Talking about French-speaking countries
Describing people and what they do
Talking about future plans
Talking about a past trip
Talking about a French-speaking star
Ideal as a no-prep starter or as a home-learning translation exercise which makes it more difficult for students to use internet translators!
Pairwork activity to practise using “je joue” and “je fais” (+ negative forms) with different activities. Students use the A/B grids to ask each other what they do on a particular day and respond using the picture prompts from their grid.
eg. Student A: Que fais-tu le lundi?
Student B: je joue au ping-pong mais je ne fais pas de la danse.
Includes a self and peer assessment record sheet.
A selection of Tangled Translations for Dynamo 2 French Module 3
For each topic, a paragraph is provided in a mixture of French and English which students must “untangle” into both languages.
This pack includes 6 worksheets covering the following topic areas from Module 3:
Talking about celebrities and tv programmes
Talking about digital technology
Arranging to go to the cinema
Talking about leisure activities (using negatives)
Talking about a shopping trip
Using three tenses
A selection of Grid Translations for Dynamo 3 French Module 3.
There is one worksheet for each double page spread in the module. Sentences are provided to translate from English into French. Students must use 5 French phrases from the grid to successfully translate each sentence.
This file includes 2 versions of each worksheet. The first version has a colour-coded grid to support weaker students. For the more able, the second version has a plain grid without colour-coding.
The following topics are covered:
Talking about songs and musical instruments
Discussing your musical preferences
Describing future plans
Describing a trip to a concert
Interviewing a young musician