An aide-mémoire! Lists of food and drink to use with any year or ability. Plenty of space to add more vocab’ as pupils come across it. Print double-sided to make a booklet. NOTE: my PC has corrected the French “vanille” to the English, “vanilla”. Can’t yet find a way to change it back: please get your students to correct it! I might do this by asking them to find the deliberate mistake… :)

Reading comprehension/gap-fill/matching exercises. May help with reading and listening tasks you will do or can be a stand-alone document to go alongside what you already do. Contains some higher level language. Tip: set short time limits per block of questions and go through them with the class when the time's up! Then move on. Keeps them on their toes and avoids inattention and lack of motivation if they find a particular task hard. Or, use the sheet as starters over a series of lessons. The bottom exercise has one answer missing: hopefully superlearners will spot this ;)

Various activites for WW1 in French lessons. pg1 find the matching vocab' from Eng version of poem (might need to print larger version, plain) pg2 reorder the French version of the poem; verses are in correct order but within verse the line order is wrong pg3 poem written out in full. Some words in bold to look up with some groups! pg4 propaganda from France: translate/discuss? Then do own.Some unfortunately from WW2 but too late now. pg5 explanation of origin of poem for teacher reference

A sheet to log progress and look forward to Year 9.

French Y7 Term 1.1 Speaking/Writing Assessment A simple assessment with the flexibility to be used for speaking and/or writing. It begins with a model answer by Harry Potter with key words to change underlined. Learners can then use the model to write about themselves, so it suits low ability.

A ten page document for primary pupils or low ability KS3. Covers bonjour, name, numbers 1-20 and age. Animal characters provide stimulating images.

A "Tarsia" game. You'll need to install "Tarsia" first. Then pupils match up the English and French phrases into a shape. You can tell them the shape to help them!

A set of phrases in English and French to match up to deduce perfect tense pattern with avoir. Lots of cutting to do, I’m afraid! Then a quiz sheet to see what they’ve learnt after you’ve told them how it works! Simple! :/

Powerpoint to introduce hobbies vocabulary.

Basic ntroduction to personality words in m/f lists.

Word search in Spanish with Christmas vocabulary. Translate the vocabulary into English.

Vocab' to speak spontaneously in class.

Reading worksheet on town and holidays for Year 8.

Sheet to colour to help with agreements.

Worksheet to provide spaces to create a song or rap in French.

Little tickets for use in the French classroom. Use as you wish as tokens/rewards. I give them for speaking and collect them in for a draw at the end of a lesson or week. Write names on back. Winners receive rewards according to your school system.

Pro forma to fill in for a mid-year review of progress.

A grid for pupils to log their progress in all four skills.

Some ideas for those pupils who find target-setting for themselves difficult. Could be adapted for any MFL.

Pro forma for logging speaking each half term (or less!!).