Lesson aimed to a lower set Yr10 group covering the vocabulary of holidays activities in the present tense, then in the perfect tense (including reflexive verbs). A five-hour lesson: Lesson 1: Conjugation activities, conjugating ER verbs at the first person singular in the perfect tense, present tense, near future, future and conditional. Leads to a mwb activity mixing tenses and a translation to French mixing tenses. Lesson 2: Focus on the twelve holidays activities, tasks supporting memory, leads up to a guided writing. Lesson 3: Focus on the beginning of the activities (mostly je vais / je fais / je me). Other activities supporting memory. Lesson 4: Looking at particular past tenses (je suis allée /j’ai fait / je me suis…) and application to the holidays activities. Practice of present tense and past tense through a listening (differentiation worksheets available). Lesson 5: Leads to a writing and a speaking practice.

Lesson aimed to a higher Yr10 group covering the vocabulary of holidays activities in the present tense, then in the perfect tense (including reflexive verbs). A five-hour lesson: Lesson 1: Re teach of comparatives with a focus on word order without scaffolding. Conjugation activities, conjugating ER verbs at the first person singular in the perfect tense, present tense, near future, future and conditional. Leads to a mwb activity mixing tenses and a translation to French mixing tenses. Lesson 2: Focus on the twelve holidays activities, tasks supporting memory, leads up to a guided writing. Lesson 3: Focus on the beginning of the activities (mostly je vais / je fais / je me). Study of the past tense of reflexive verbs. Lesson 4: Application of the past tenses on the twelve activities and practice of both tenses in a listening. Lesson 5: Challenging reading activity with inference needed to answer questions (as well as knowledge of some synonyms in French. Leads to a writing and a speaking practice.

Lesson aimed at a higher set of Yr11s and covering the vocabulary of food (recap), how to order food and take orders, and give your opinion about food. A four-hour lesson. Lesson 1: Tenses practice with “avoir” (imperfect, perfect tense, present tense, near future, and future). Leads to a mwb activity then a translation mixing tenses with the following expressions: avoir faim avoir soif avoir besoin de avoir envie de Lesson 2: Practice of vocab related to food and restaurant. Study of key verbs “je mange” / “je bois” / 'je prends". Practice of the grammar point “some” Lesson 3: Focus on giving your opinion of a restaurant outing, with the help of a sentence builder. Practice through a reading (differentiated worksheets) and a listening. Lesson 4: Students create their own menu. Work on a role play to go order at their “classmates’ restaurant”. Writing a Trip advisor review for their classmates’ restaurant, giving their opinion.

Lesson aimed at a higher set of Yr11s and covering the problems that can happen on holidays (dirty hotel, lost items, broken limbs…) and what they had to do. A four-hour lesson. Lesson 1: Practice of ER verbs at the first person singular in the perfect tense, present tense, near future, future, conditional. Leads to mwb activity and a translation involving several tenses. Lesson 2: Introduction of various problem that happened during the holidays through reading. Practice through listening / translation. Lesson 3: Study and practice of the pluperfect (through a recap of the perfect tense first). Practice through reading, which requires students to make the difference between pluperfect and perfect tense. Lesson 4: Quick look into the imperfect tense to describe (c’était, il y avait…), then focus on vocabulary related to problems in a hotel. Leads to a guided writing that includes vocabulary and tenses of the whole lesson.

Lettre au Père Noël Lesson aimed at a class of Year 9s, recapping the perfect tense, to write a letter to Father Christmas to say why you have been good this, what you did in school, at home, etc… With the website https://pere-noel.laposte.fr/ , students get to send their letter to La Poste to get an answer ! (Whilst I have taught this lesson, I have not received answers yet as it has been taught recently – dec 2023) 2 hour lesson. **Lesson 1 ** Recap and practice of the perfect tense. Study of a model of a letter. Lesson 2 Writing prep using vocab and verbs needed for the letter. Writing of the letter How to post it online to get a response Extra: send a drawing to a child in hopsital in France, with a note!

Lesson aimed at a higher set of Yr11s and covering the vocabulary of food (recap), how to order food and take orders, and give your opinion about food. A four-hour lesson. Lesson 1: Tenses practice with “avoir” (imperfect, perfect tense, present tense, near future, future and conditional). Leads to a mwb activity then a translation mixing tenses with the following expressions: avoir faim avoir soif avoir besoin de avoir envie de Lesson 2: Practice of a dialog in a restaurant. Practice through translation of key sentences, reading and listening (differentiated worksheets available for the whole class to access the activity). Lesson 3: Focus on giving your opinion of a restaurant outing, with the help of a sentence builder. Practice through a reading (differentiated worksheets) and another reading with open answer questions. Lesson 4: Students create their own menu. Work on a role play to go order at their “classmates’ restaurant”. Writing a Trip advisor review for their classmates’ restaurant, giving their opinion.