Introduction to the cinema. Starter : recap on present and future using the holiday topic (prior knowledge) + new vocab on film genre and opinions / reasons, Plenary: put words in the right order to form sentences and write their own.

A useful board game, Snakes and Ladders, on the Loisirs topic (revision of jouer, faire, negative sentences, opinions and reasons). Can be adapted!

KS3/4. Objectives: to be able to identify when aller is used in present or future tense. A follow up lesson to consolidate knowledge of present and future tense. Can be used with with whiteboards. Plenary : translation

KS3/4F. Objectives: to be able to identify when aller is used in present or future tense. Can be used with whiteboards. Differentiated plenary.

Jouer ou faire lesson. Objectives: to become more confident when using the verbs faire and jouer Starter : fill in sentences with the correct form or jouer et faire Boardgame : 24 boxes, 24 differentiated translations. Play with two teams (green and purple) - challenging and the challenge aspects allows great engagement from the pupils

KS3: instruments. Objectives: to be able to use the verb jouer with musical instruments. Starter - fill in texts, find time phrases, intensifiers, activities. Differentiated plenary (translation)

Used it with year 8 and they loved it! Simple recap of rules for er verbs present tense, followed by future and past tense. Plenary : angry birds translation game. I put pupils in 6 teams of 5, they need to smash the wall by getting the translation right and they then pick a number on the wall and behind it are points (it could be +2, +5 or even -1). Engagement 100%

LO: To learn how to say the time in French (KS3) starter - spot the mistakes (based on school subjects and opinions) 1st part - o’clock 2nd part - quarter / half Great to use with mini whiteboards

A school-wide treasure hunt game. Perfect for Year 7/8 You need 30 participating teachers across the school, they will each receive a card with a flag, a country and a capital city that they can wear on their badge. The pupils will need to go on a hunt to find all the information (country + capital city) that each teacher has. Challenge : a blank map of the world to colour all french speaking countries found. Have fun!

Francophonie - Quiz for KS3 It is a challenging quiz preceded by a treasure hunt. Lots of information (history, celebrities, flags, geography, footballers…)

For KS3 - my year 7 loved it! Snake & Ladders with both French and English so they can practice speaking with vocab around school (subjects, opinions, teachers and times / timetable)

LO: to learn new vocabulary about places town in French For KS3 Year 9. Recap on town vocab + description of type of towns Comprehension / reading text as plenary (focus on 3 tenses)

A quiz with 5 different categories (sports, food, famous people, famous place and french abroad) - Great for team work at KS3.

This is a virtual visit of north africa / west africa aimed at GCSE / KS4 students to help practice key vocab + discover the French speaking world. Various activities, pupils are asked to go through the presentation and take down as much information as possible to be able to do the online quiz (link attached to powerpoint) Perfect way to end the summer term (especially when stuck at home!)

LO: to learn more about France’s Chandeleur day and be able to cook French style crepes. Various activities - watch recipes, look at food items (toppings) summary quiz + savoury pancake challenge

Cultural lesson aimed at introducing KS3 pupils at French rap. It includes list of "argot / verlan " words and expressions introduction to 4 rappers through reading task workout French newspaper headlines about rap watch video clips starter + exit quiz

This is my updated Black History Month lesson on politics aimed at Y9. The lesson focuses on what it is like to be black in France and the politics regarding slavery and its education in school. it includes a reading task, a gap fill - listening task and a translation. This is part of my series of lessons on BHM from Y7 to Y9

Lesson aimed at sports + French athletes Jouer + Faire Listening activity (audio not included, teacher to read out) Reading from 1jour1actu on Kylian Mbappé

International women day - Ons Jabeur Sportswoman authentic reading

The 9th May marks Europe Day / La journée de l’Europe. This reading is based on an article by Euronews, activities include vocab search, comprehension questions and a short translation. It comes with a self mark sheet.