Teacher of French and Spanish (French native) at Secondary level.
Teaching towards real life, through GCSE Edexcel.
What to expect:
-> Quality lessons
->Scaffolded activity, increasing in challenge
->Differentiated activities within the lesson
-> KS4: a Higher / Foundation lesson
-> Spiral learning to support retrieval
-> Dual coding to support memorisation
-> exam skills with past papers where applicable
Check out the French lesson on Jobs (free) to see an example of what to expect!
Teacher of French and Spanish (French native) at Secondary level.
Teaching towards real life, through GCSE Edexcel.
What to expect:
-> Quality lessons
->Scaffolded activity, increasing in challenge
->Differentiated activities within the lesson
-> KS4: a Higher / Foundation lesson
-> Spiral learning to support retrieval
-> Dual coding to support memorisation
-> exam skills with past papers where applicable
Check out the French lesson on Jobs (free) to see an example of what to expect!
Lesson on future plans designed for a higher group of Yr11s.
Explores the subjunctive (optional), imperfect infinitive (après avoir…) and recaps the simple future. See below for details.
Lesson on future plans, designed for a lower set Yr11.
Lesson of 1 hour that contains:
Reading: starts with vocab presentation through a reading (finds synonym, helped with cognates and context to actively engage with the meaning of the vocabulary. Use of present tense sentences with value of future (J’espère + infinitive, J’ai envie de, je veux, j’ai l’intention de…)
Reading: more complex reading, practicing the new vocab and exploring sequencers and introducing imperfect infinitives (après avoir fait… avant d’aller…)
Grammar point (differentiated - more detail on PPT): Main point: perfect infinitive.
Lower Prior Attainment + lower ability in the (top set) class: first revision of perfect tense through a worksheet that leads them to the practice of the perfect infinitive.
Medium Prior Attainment + middle ability (in the top set class): practice of the perfect infinitive after the language presentation.
Higher Prior Attainment + stretch (optional): after the language presentation on the perfect infinitives, language presentation on the subjunctive, first practice through questioning.
Grammar point practice with mini-whiteboards (perfect infinitive + simple future OR perfect infinitive + subjunctive).
Writing: Leads to a guided writing using sequencers and mix of tenses.
Lesson on future plans, designed for a lower set Yr11.
Lesson of 1 hour:
Starts with vocab presentation through a listening.
Then a reading to find the synonyms through sentences, and widen their vocabulary through practice of the new vocab.
Recap of simple future.
Practice of simple future through model sentences and mini whiteboards.
Leads to a writing using sequencers.
Buncle containing the Foundation and Higher version of the lesson on sectors (+ job environment).
Foundation:
Lesson 1: Pratice of new vocab through the game “Quiz Quiz Trade” then leads to sentence writing with the same structure repeated to support memorisation "Je voudrais être prof et je travaillerais dans une école avec des enfants.
Lesson 2: After the Do Now / Starter, start with a past paper listening (2019) about where young people want to work (going through listening strategies again). Speaking activity to review the structure from lesson 1 (version of the sentence thief), finally a Listening, Speaking and writing around a survey. The end writing is in the 3rd person singular and aim to be a practice run to answer the question “Qu’est-ce que tes parents font comme travail?”
Lesson 3: Starter consists of 3 bullet points from past paper writing. Students have to translate the bullet point and choose the most appropriate response for each of them (revision of theme 2). Lesson carries on with a listening revising adjectives of personality, job environment,… and introduces sector. Sectors are drilled in through several games of Morpion (tic tac toe / noughts and crosses). Leads to the practice writing (modelled by the teacher) of a bullet point from a past paper (Foundation 20 mark from 2021).
Check up the previous lesson (free) to see what to expect on this one:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12906930
Higher:
2 lessons of 1 hour each (lesson 1 has the potential to be 2 lessons).
Lesson 1: Pratice of new vocab through the game “Quiz Quiz Trade” then leads to sentence writing with the same structure repeated to support memorisation "Je voudrais être prof et je travaillerais dans une école avec des enfants.
Listening, Speaking and writing around a survey with high sentence starters (ce qui t’intéresserait le plus… L’orientation qui t’attire le plus, ce serait un métier/poste dans…). The end writing is in the 3rd person singular and aim to be a practice run to answer the question “Qu’est-ce que tes parents font comme travail?”
Lesson 2: Starter consists of 3 bullet points from past paper writing. Students have to translate the bullet point and choose the most appropriate response for each of them (revision of theme 2). 1st activity is a listening from a past paper (Foundation for now) to review recently seen vocab, recaping listening strategies.
Sectors are introduced and drilled in through several games of Morpion (tic tac toe / noughts and crosses). Listening activity to practice. Leads to the practice writing (modelled by the teacher) of a bullet point from a past paper (Higher 20 mark from 2021).
Check up the previous lesson (free) to see what to expect on this one:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theme-4-french-jobs-higher-12906923
Aimed at Yr11 Foundation sets covering jobs and sectors and aiming to extend the number of details mentioned about why we like / dislike a job we would(n’t) like to do (where we would work, who with, etc…)
The activities are differentiated.
2 lessons of 1 hour each (lesson 1 has the potential to be 2 lessons).
Lesson 1: Pratice of new vocab through the game “Quiz Quiz Trade” then leads to sentence writing with the same structure repeated to support memorisation "Je voudrais être prof et je travaillerais dans une école avec des enfants.
Listening, Speaking and writing around a survey with high sentence starters (ce qui t’intéresserait le plus… L’orientation qui t’attire le plus, ce serait un métier/poste dans…). The end writing is in the 3rd person singular and aim to be a practice run to answer the question “Qu’est-ce que tes parents font comme travail?”
Lesson 2: Starter consists of 3 bullet points from past paper writing. Students have to translate the bullet point and choose the most appropriate response for each of them (revision of theme 2). 1st activity is a listening from a past paper (Foundation for now) to review recently seen vocab, recaping listening strategies.
Sectors are introduced and drilled in through several games of Morpion (tic tac toe / noughts and crosses). Listening activity to practice. Leads to the practice writing (modelled by the teacher) of a bullet point from a past paper (Higher 20 mark from 2021).
Check up the previous lesson (free) to see what to expect on this one:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theme-4-french-jobs-higher-12906923
Aimed at Yr11 Foundation sets covering jobs and sectors and aiming to extend the number of details mentioned about why we like / dislike a job we would(n’t) like to do (where we would work, who with, etc…)
The activities are differentiated.
3 lessons of 1 hour each.
Lesson 1: Pratice of new vocab through the game “Quiz Quiz Trade” then leads to sentence writing with the same structure repeated to support memorisation "Je voudrais être prof et je travaillerais dans une école avec des enfants.
Lesson 2: After the Do Now / Starter, start with a past paper listening (2019) about where young people want to work (going through listening strategies again). Speaking activity to review the structure from lesson 1 (version of the sentence thief), finally a Listening, Speaking and writing around a survey. The end writing is in the 3rd person singular and aim to be a practice run to answer the question “Qu’est-ce que tes parents font comme travail?”
Lesson 3: Starter consists of 3 bullet points from past paper writing. Students have to translate the bullet point and choose the most appropriate response for each of them (revision of theme 2). Lesson carries on with a listening revising adjectives of personality, job environment,… and introduces sector. Sectors are drilled in through several games of Morpion (tic tac toe / noughts and crosses). Leads to the practice writing (modelled by the teacher) of a bullet point from a past paper (Foundation 20 mark from 2021).
Check up the previous lesson (free) to see what to expect on this one:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12906930
A display to support your explicit teaching of French tenses (endings, how to form it, common irregular verbs). Colour coded and with time markers.
You will find
The imperfect tense
The pluperfect
The perfect tense
The present tense
The near future
The simple future
The conditional
Provided with this resource: the powerpoint and the PDF version (to make sure things don’t shift around).
I printed mine on A3 paper, laminated and cut the extra space to make it like a “strip” for each tense on my wall (borders matching on the side). I left the bottom border at the end of the last sheet.
A wall of connectives for students to build their paragraph, and a hedge of intensifiers for them to embellish their paragraph !
Resources can be modified to add / remove / change the connectives and intensifiers.
Pearson’s poster “See yourself as…”.
Great posters of different jobs that you can do with languages, a variety of ethnic background.
Straight to the point, they give the main information through a big title to cath the attention then more details once you get closer.
Took me a while to find online and here they are for you to download and display!
Also included is a banner to display on top of your board !
A wall of connectives for students to build their paragraph, and a hedge of intensifiers for them to embellish their paragraph !
Resources can be modified to add / remove / change the connectives and intensifiers.
Wall of connectives, each connective goes on a brick of a different size.
You can modify the bricks to add in your own connectives (other words or other language!)
Student use connectives to “build” their paragraph.
Check out the “hedge of intensifiers”: intensifiers are what students used to make the paragraph that they have built pretty ! It is designed to go on top of the wall of connectives.
Hedge of Intensifiers, each intensifier goes on a brick of a different size.
You can modify the hedges to add in your own intensifiers (other words or other language!)
Student use connectives to make the paragraph that they have built pretty !
Check out the “Wall of connectives”: student use connectives to “build” their paragraph. Both resources are designed to be displayed together.
Hedge of Intensifiers, each intensifier goes on a hedge of a different size.
You can modify the hedges to add in your own intensifiers (other words or other language!)
Student use connectives to make the paragraph that they have built pretty !
Check out the “Wall of connectives”: student use connectives to “build” their paragraph. Both resources are designed to be displayed together.
Wall of connectives, each connective goes on a brick of a different size.
You can modify the bricks to add in your own connectives (other words or other language!)
Student use connectives to “build” their paragraph.
Check out the “hedge of intensifier”: intensifiers are what students used to make the paragraph that they have built pretty ! It is designed to go on top of the wall of connectives.
Aimed at Yr11 Foundation sets covering jobs and how to say what you would like to be.
The activities are differentiated.
2 lessons of 1 hour each.
Lesson 1: Starts with conjugation of travailler in all tenses, with “je”, “on” and “ils” line. Then reading to cover the vocabulary of jobs and what each person does “policier - j’arrête les criminels”. Grammar: feminine and masculine of jobs.
Lesson 2: Starter contains past paper questions revising Theme 1. The lesson covers qualities for each job (travailleur/euse, courageux/euse) and the type of job (varied, manuel, with good prospects…) with a sentence builder and a writing/speaking activity. Reading activity introduces higher sentence starters (my dream job would be, I don’t know what to do when I’m older but,…).
Leads up to a writing.
Check up my other resources if you like this one !
Aimed at Yr11 Higher sets covering jobs and how to say what you would like to be.
The activities are differentiated.
2 lessons of 1 hour each.
Lesson 1: Starts with conjugation of travailler in all tenses, with “je”, “on” and “ils” line. Then reading to cover the vocabulary of jobs and what each person does “policier - j’arrête les criminels”. Grammar: feminine and masculine of jobs.
Lesson 2: Starter contains past paper questions revising Theme 1. The lesson covers qualities for each job (travailleur/euse, courageux/euse) and the type of job (varied, manuel, with good prospects…) with a sentence builder and a writing/speaking activity. Reading activity introduces higher sentence starters (my dream job would be, I don’t know what to do when I’m older but,…).
Leads up to a writing.
Check up my other resources if you like this one, especially the next lesson:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12915678
Lesson aimed for a set 2 Year 8 and differentiated for a set 5.
Objective: give your opinion about different music genres and justify it.
This lesson contains activities designed by a colleague that I have used and adapted in my lesson.
Lesson 1: Revision of basic opinion in Spanish + introduction of music genres in Spanish (activities from a colleague adapted)
Lesson 2: Practice of opinion + music genre in differentiated readings (mix of my resources and my colleague’s).
Lesson 3: Writing with a writing frame (differentiated, pushing set 2 a lot further) whilst listening to music (Spanish / French / English). (My resources, except Plenary).
Make your planning easier with this Powerpoint !
French and Spanish Listening, Reading and Writing exercises from Edexcel past papers from 2018 to 2023 (included) sorted per theme.
Included: transcript and answers.
Included: in the note under the side, you will see the year of the paper (that way you can plan around the papers you are going to use for MOCKs).
What I usually do: I have a look at my lesson’s objective and then scan the PPT of the theme I am currently teaching to see if any paper would work well (as a recap / practice / end production).
Lessons covering Theme 2 Topic: My area.
The bundle has the Foundation and Higher version of each version.
Planned to cover a whole term (assessment not included).
Aimed at Yr10 Foundation/Bottom set.
This lesson covers the advantages and disadvantages, with before / after comparison.
2 lessons of 50 min / 1 hour:
Lesson 1: introduction of basic vocab and practicing it through increasingly challenging reading + Higher negative sentences
Lesson 2: What there is in the city (nightclubs, young people, unemployement…) + chunks of imperfect tense + practice of “before it was ___ but now it is ___”.
