A quick starter based on revising a description of a photo. Order the text and then translate it in the box below. Great for a starter or to check understanding. Suitable for foundation GCSE or KS3 classes.

A great activity to use as either a: Do Now Task, a retrieval task, a plenary or a revision sheet. Activities include: -tick the phrases that correctly describe the photo -find a synonym for -Correct the adjective (if it needs correcting) -Translate key verbs (English to Spanish)

This is a quick revision activity for students completing GCSE French Edexcel. It is the top 20 most common words that are used on the candidate role play cards. Students have to translate the words from English into French using the wordsearch for support. There is a reminder about adding accents to words that are found in the wordsearch. An answer for the wordsearch is also provided on the worksheet too.

Set a timer for five minutes and see if your students can successfully navigate the English channel by answering the three questions in full with opinions or by using three tenses depending on ability. A great way to check understanding and retrieve knowledge.

This is a do now activity/retrieval/checking for understanding task. Can students get up the Pomipdou Centre by translating all of the boxes correctly from French to English. Ideal for KS3/overlap foundation/higher at GCSE

A simple self quiz sheet for students at KS3/GCSE to learn some useful opinion verbs and phrases with adjectives to support them to talk about school subjects.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE WHY STUDY LANGUAGES VIDEO HAS RECENTLY BEEN MADE PRIVATE BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER THINGS TO DO. THE FIRST VIDEO STILL WORKS AND IS ON THE NOTES PAGE OF THE SLIDE. I made this as a KS3 resource to show students that learning languages can certainly open doors in the future. Plan: Students mark on the progress line what they think of languages at the start of the lesson. Students listen to the celebrities talking about the languages that they speak and complete exercise A of the worksheet. Students read the statements and decide which ones are true. These are reviewed throughout the lesson and are finally marked at the end so that students can reflect on their learning throughout the lesson. The resources also include a version of the Game of Life. This is based on real life accounts of linguists. The links to the videos are in the footnotes of the powerpoint slides.

Two powerpoints and worksheets that focus on this topic area. The resources would be helpful for both foundation and higher students.

This is a powerpoint and a worksheet lesson targeted at the introduction of opinion verbs and simple reasons. It was designed for Y7 but it is a fun way to revise opinions with any year group too.

This lesson was designed to introduce students to the most visited places in France and to give them an awareness of what they are, their significance and their location. Starter: Students match the French names of the monuments with a short description to the pictures of them on the board. Activity 1: A running dictation to find the monuments on a map at the front of the classroom and then students have to correctly label their maps. Activity 2: Video and questions on the history and importance of Notre Dame. Activity 3: Two video clips and note taking activity of the damage and what was saved Plenary: To produce a crowdfunding poster on Notre Dame or an information leaflet on the most visited places. The template for the crowdfunding page has been added. Teacher notes have been added under the slide to explain how students might want to complete it.

A powerpoint and worksheet that introduces the vocabulary for talking about the advantages and disadvantages of International events for Edexcel.

A powerpoint that covers where you live and what you can do in the local area. The start of the powerpoint focuses on the verbs - I live, I used to live, I would like to live The second part of the powerpoint focuses on what there is to do in the local area. The worksheet is built around translations to support both higher and foundation students.

Two knowledge organisers to support students at KS3 and KS4 to talk about school uniform and school rules. Both include: -impressive phrases -verb tables -core vocabulary -adjectives -common questions asked at GCSE on rules and uniform They are straightforward and easy to use for all students.

These cover a large part of theme 1 for Edexcel GCSE -describing yourself -talking about family -talking about friends -festivals -TV -Cinema -Reading -Sport -technology Each contains a core verb table, a list of common exam questions, higher phrases, impressive structures, grammar,spelling and pronunciation tips.

There are two powerpoints. One is for the foundation tier and one is for the higher tier. They both build up confidence with: understanding the bullet points -interactive games Snakes and ladders game how to ask a question.

Here is a power point that drills the most common words that students needed to know as the actual answer on the French GCSE AQA papers from 2018-2022. I have put the list together from QLA of the papers. Includes: The LIST of the TOP 50 WORDS! -Great revision to boost those grades last minute. self quiz sheet/vocab learner word stealer game twist and shout activity snakes and ladders tetris translation test/checking sheets pyramid spelling sheet.

This contains two teaching resources: PLEASE NOTE THE VIDEOS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THE WEB AND SET TO PRIVATE. STILL LOTS OF GOOD RESOURCES. Resource A: I made this as a KS3 resource to show students that learning languages can certainly open doors in the future. Plan: Students mark on the progress line what they think of languages at the start of the lesson. Students listen to the celebrities talking about the languages that they speak and complete exercise A of the worksheet. Students read the statements and decide which ones are true. These are reviewed throughout the lesson and are finally marked at the end so that students can reflect on their learning throughout the lesson. The resources also include a version of the Game of Life. This is based on real life accounts of linguists. The links to the videos are in the footnotes of the powerpoint slides. Resource B Students complete the word search on page one of the workbook. This has some of the jobs that you can do with a language. Students then play Call my Bluff (explained on the ppt), This game matches job descriptions and jobs. Students then look at some of the international comapnies that recruit linguists by playing a snap game. The lesson ends with a true false test on why languages are important. This is also on resource A One of the video links is used again in resource B. I made resource B to follow on from A that I had used in the previous year.

A resource based on teaching adjectives and describing a best friend based on the Toy story film. Link to the theme song Movie based gap fill on the different spellings of best and friend Writing frame to describe a lost toy or best friend Retrieval tasks

A resource which introduces adjectives of personality and the verb ETRE (all parts). It then goes on to introduce j’étais… It includes a ppt with: -retrieval tasks -pyramid spelling sheet/vocab learner -battleships grid -sentence builder -adjective drill sheet -a 40 word assessment task a Walk round the room reading task.

This resource is designed to support students in preparation for their reading and listening exam in French and is suitable for foundation and higher students. It includes: -general strategies -cognates/near cognates/false friends -time expressions -specific strategies for each question style -synonyms -spelling and phonics to help decoding -a list of distractors