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The MFL Teacher is the ‘one-stop shop’ for teachers of Modern Foreign Languages. Whether you are looking for advice, a quick idea or quality ready-to-use resources, you will find it with The MFL Teacher. Please visit our website for more information, including our blog and our Bright Ideas!

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The MFL Teacher is the ‘one-stop shop’ for teachers of Modern Foreign Languages. Whether you are looking for advice, a quick idea or quality ready-to-use resources, you will find it with The MFL Teacher. Please visit our website for more information, including our blog and our Bright Ideas!
The Bigger Picture lesson plan
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The Bigger Picture lesson plan

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This one-page lesson plan allows you to have the long-term, medium-term and lesson plan all in one place, putting your plan into context. There’s space for the lesson details, including any homework and resources needed, a hyperlink to your seating plan, notes, students to note and a space for your evaluation.
Vocab tennis visual prompt
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Vocab tennis visual prompt

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This is a visual prompt for the popular activity of vocab tennis. It's simply a tennis ball being hit from side to side on a timer, so each pupil gets time to say something.
Scrabble tiles & their scores
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Scrabble tiles & their scores

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I use this as a starter activity. Without showing this slide or telling pupils what they will be doing, ask them to write 5 words from the topic they did last lesson. Don’t mention anything about points, etc. After they’ve written the words, show them this slide and tell them to award the points for each letter of each word and then a total for all words. If you want to, tell them (for example) that each accent doubles the value of its letter. It’s a simple and competitive activity.
Plenary brains
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Plenary brains

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Throughout a lesson, pupils could fill in what they are learning into the outline of a brain. Great way to show progression.
Random name chooser
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Random name chooser

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Put students' names on each slide and then press 'S' in presentation mode and then 'S' at any point to randomly choose a name.
In-class progress cards
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In-class progress cards

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Give each student one set of these cards to use throughout lessons. As they go through the lesson, they display one of them on their desks for you to see as you walk around. This way, you can see who needs help, etc. Print the ‘I don’t get it at all’ on red. Print the ‘I think I get it’ on yellow. Print the ‘I get it’ on green.
Plenary triangle
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Plenary triangle

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At the end of a lesson, or series of lessons, pupils stick this bright triangle in their books. They fill in the relevant section, stating what they know, don’t understand, etc.
Letter shapes
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Letter shapes

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I sometimes use letter shapes as a starter activity. Use the shapes on the sheet instead of the letters themselves. You could leave accents above letters as they are, or use the shapes for those as well.
Random peer testing template
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Random peer testing template

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An idea from Rachel Hawkes – thank you, as always! Give the pupils phrases in TL or in English. They mill around the room, testing random pupils in the class. If the pupils they ask get the answer right, they write their name in one of the boxes underneath the phrase.
Plenary triangle
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Plenary triangle

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Very simply, a triangle divided into three parts. Students write in whichever section they wish, according to what they have learned in the lesson.
Learn from your mistakes - display
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Learn from your mistakes - display

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This is a list of quotes from famous and successful people in history who failed their way to the top. I have this on display in my classroom and regularly refer to it when encouraging learning from mistakes.