I have over 25 years language teaching experience in UK secondary schools and 12 years as a Curriculum Leader. I was also a GCSE examiner for many years. I love languages and have enjoyed creating these resources. I am working on lots of resources for the GCSE new specifications.
I have over 25 years language teaching experience in UK secondary schools and 12 years as a Curriculum Leader. I was also a GCSE examiner for many years. I love languages and have enjoyed creating these resources. I am working on lots of resources for the GCSE new specifications.
Easily adaptable for home learning.
This is a set of resources to introduce and cover numbers from 1 – 100. There is a lengthy PowerPoint (74 slides) that covers initially 1 – 10 and then 11 – 20, followed by lots of practice activities. The numbers up to 100 are then introduced in stages. The PowerPoint has a whole range of activities, which are accompanied by a 6-page worksheet and a word search sheet. The activities include sums, number patterns and sequences, match-ups, true/false activities and oral practice. A great way to introduce numbers and build up to some challenging activities; ensuring the comprehension and use of all numbers up to 100.
This resource is to introduce and practise the weather in the present tense. The PowerPoint initially introduces 12 weather phrases, with practice exercises. There are a range of activities on the PowerPoint (as well as an accompanying worksheet), including reading activities, a speaking task, a short writing task and a word search. Pupils will gain a good knowledge of a wide range of weather phrases, and will be able to recognise and use them confidently.
This resource is to introduce and practise the weather in the present tense. The PowerPoint initially introduces 12 weather phrases, with practice exercises. Each weather phrase has a listening icon so that you can hear the weather phrase, for pupils to repeat. There are a range of activities on the PowerPoint (as well as an accompanying worksheet), including a listening exercise, reading activities, a speaking task, a short writing task and a word search. Pupils will gain a good knowledge of a wide range of weather phrases, and will be able to recognise and use them confidently.
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This is a fun, creative project for students of all ability ranges. It is a great project for pupils in years 8 or 9 and takes 2 – 3 weeks to complete. Pupils work in pairs or small groups to make their own French magazine. The PowerPoint goes through the different types of magazines pupils could create (fashion, sport, tech, healthy lifestyle, music, travel) and explains in a step-by-step format the different features each magazine should include. Example and ideas of features/ articles to include are also given. The PowerPoint is a complete introduction to pupils for the creative work they will be doing, in the form of a magazine, and there is also a worksheet to print for each group to keep to guide them through everything they should include. It is ideal to do at the end of term as it allows pupils to work independently from the teacher; practise the French they have learnt; and they really enjoy this creative task.
Easily adaptable for home learning.
This is a set of resources to introduce and practise food & drink items. The PowerPoint initially introduces food and drink items in categories, with practice exercises to follow each set. In total there are over 70 food and drink items and the resource is easily adaptable if you want to introduce less. The work in this pack of resources will certainly cover several lessons. There is a wide range of activities on the PowerPoint and an accompanying worksheet, with 15 different exercises. Also included in the pack is a word search, and an odd one out activity. The PowerPoint introduces questions about food likes and dislikes; a café conversation and then an activity for pupils to make their own conversations in pairs; reading comprehension exercises; and a ‘design your own menu’ activity in a step-by-step format. The PowerPoint goes on to introduce quantities with examples and practice activities as well as a shop/ market dialogue that pupils can then replicate in pairs. Pupils will gain an excellent knowledge of a wide range of food and drink items, and will be able to recognise and use them in a range of situations.
Easily adaptable for home learning.
This is a set of resources to introduce describing others and oneself. There is a lengthy PowerPoint (76 slides) that goes through describing height, build, hair and eyes with reinforcement activities, match up activities, gap fills, translations and reading comprehension. It then goes on to introduce 16 characteristics with match ups, snake sentences and reading comprehensions. The final activity is the creation of a wanted poster for students to complete. There is an 8-page worksheet that accompanies the PowerPoint. These resources are enough for several lessons and start from introduction through to pupils confidently using all of the new language, creating whole descriptions of themselves and others.
Easily adaptable for home learning.
This is a set of resources to introduce describing others and oneself. There is a lengthy PowerPoint (76 slides) that goes through describing height, build, hair and eyes with reinforcement activities, match up activities, gap fills, translations and reading comprehension. It then goes on to introduce 16 characteristics with match ups, snake sentences and reading comprehensions. The final activity is the creation of a wanted poster for students to complete. There is an 8-page worksheet that accompanies the PowerPoint. These resources are enough for several lessons and start from introduction through to pupils confidently using all of the new language, creating whole descriptions of themselves and others.
This colourful resource includes flash cards for days of the week, months, numbers, seasons, colours, weather and school subjects. The flash cards can be printed, cut and laminated to be used by pupils and/or displayed in your classroom. The days, numbers and months can be used daily for dates on your board. All of these topics are then presented again in poster formats for wall displays. Brighten up your classroom!
This fun Easter resource gives lots of information about Easter traditions in France in English. It then goes on to introduce 10 Easter related words in French, followed with a match-up activity, anagrams and a word search. Pupils are then asked to make a French Easter card, with lots of examples and there are 5 templates that can be printed and used. Each template has ‘Joyeuses Pâques’ and an Easter picture to colour. There are also two further Easter pictures to colour. The resource finishes with a quiz (and answers included) about what they have learnt from the PowerPoint. Happy Easter!
This is a fun printable dictionary for pupils to use as a reference and also to record the French vocabulary they are learning during their studies. It starts with six reference pages, which include the vocabulary for: numbers 1 – 100; colours; days, months, seasons; weather; time and animals. Following this are 26 pages, each has a letter of the alphabet, with example words for each letter and the rest of the page is left blank for students to fill in as they go along. There are also some completely blank pages at the end if students fill up an alphabet page.
This can all be printed in black and white and the pages can be put in a duotang or made into a booklet.
This Paris resource is all in English and is an insight into Paris. There is lots of information about Paris itself and its top tourist attractions, which can be used by students in the task given: to create a brochure or e-brochure about Paris for English speaking tourists. There are also 2 quizzes for students to complete (with accompanying worksheets and answers on the PowerPoint), based on the information they have read on the PowerPoint, and a word search.
This is a set of 28 question cards and 28 answer cards to get your pupils speaking to each other in Spanish and great to use as starters for target language practice. They include questions about name age, likes, favourites, preferences, family, daily routine, and many more.
These fun colourful cards can be printed and cut into individual question and answer cards to be used in several different ways, depending on the ability and confidence of your students:
Both question and answer cards can be given to students in pairs to practice a conversation. (Easier level)
Question cards only given to pairs to practice a conversation. Students will need to form their own answers. (Middle level)
Students are only given the answer cards and need to use these to form the relevant questions. (Harder level)
It is essential that pupils can ask questions (not just answer them). Regular practice of these question and answer sessions will allow them to get used to asking questions and be able to formulate further questions independently.
This is a set of 28 question cards and 28 answer cards to get your pupils speaking to each other in German and great to use as starters for target language practice. They include questions about name age, likes, favourites, preferences, family, daily routine, and many more.
These fun colourful cards can be printed and cut into individual question and answer cards to be used in several different ways, depending on the ability and confidence of your students:
Both question and answer cards can be given to students in pairs to practice a conversation. (Easier level)
Question cards only given to pairs to practice a conversation. Students will need to form their own answers. (Middle level)
Students are only given the answer cards and need to use these to form the relevant questions. (Harder level)
It is essential that pupils can ask questions (not just answer them). Regular practice of these question and answer sessions will allow them to get used to asking questions and be able to formulate further questions independently.
Easily adaptable for home learning.
As part of the new specifications for GCSE, students will have extracts from literary texts to answer questions about in the reading comprehension exams. This set of resources has extracts from 5 well known books with different activities to do on each of them. The resources are firstly presented on a PowerPoint, with all texts and questions appearing on the slides, as well as answers to the given activities. They also appear as 5 accompanying worksheets, which can be used independently and individually. Activities include: matching vocabulary, questions in French, questions in English, find the French from the text, multiple choice questions (in French and English), gap-fills and true or false. This is aimed at higher tier students.
This is a set of 28 question cards and 28 answer cards to get your pupils speaking to each other in French and great to use as starters for target language practice. They include questions about name age, likes, favourites, preferences, family, daily routine, and many more.
These fun colourful cards can be printed and cut into individual question and answer cards to be used in several different ways, depending on the ability and confidence of your students:
Both question and answer cards can be given to students in pairs to practice a conversation. (Easier level)
Question cards only given to pairs to practice a conversation. Students will need to form their own answers. (Middle level)
Students are only given the answer cards and need to use these to form the relevant questions. (Harder level)
It is essential that pupils can ask questions (not just answer them). Regular practice of these question and answer sessions will allow them to get used to asking questions and be able to formulate further questions independently.
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Easily adaptable for home learning.
This is a set of resources to introduce and practise food & drink items. The PowerPoint initially introduces food and drink items in categories, with practice exercises to follow each set. In total there are over 70 food and drink items and the resource is easily adaptable if you want to introduce less. The work in this pack of resources will certainly cover several lessons. There are a range of activities on the PowerPoint and an accompanying worksheet. Also included in the pack is a word search, an odd one out activity. The PowerPoint introduces a café conversation and then an activity for pupils to make their own conversations in pairs; reading comprehension exercises; and a ‘design your own menu’ activity in a step-by-step format. The PowerPoint goes on to introduce quantities with examples and practice activities as well as a dialogue ‘au marché’ that pupils can then replicate in pairs. Pupils will gain a good knowledge of a wide range of food and drink items, and will be able to recognise and use them in a range of situations.
Easily adaptable for home learning.
This is a set of resources to introduce and cover numbers from 1 – 100. There is a lengthy PowerPoint (76 slides) that covers initially 1 – 10 and then 11 – 20, followed by lots of practice activities. The numbers up to 100 are then introduced in stages. The PowerPoint has a whole range of activities, which are accompanied by a 6-page worksheet, a word search sheet and a Sudoku sheet. The activities include sums, number patterns and sequences, match-ups, true/false activities and oral practice. A great way to introduce numbers and build up to some challenging activities; ensuring the comprehension and use of all numbers up to 100.
Easily adaptable for home learning.
This is a set of resources to introduce describing others and oneself. There is a lengthy PowerPoint (79 slides) that goes through describing height, build, hair and eyes with reinforcement activities, match up activities, gap fills, translations and a reading comprehension. It then goes on to introduce 16 characteristics with listening activities, match ups, snake sentences and reading comprehensions. The final activity is the creation of a wanted poster for students to complete. There is an 8-page worksheet that accompanies the PowerPoint. These resources are enough for several lessons and start for the introduction through to pupils confidently using all of the new language, creating whole descriptions of themselves and others.
This is a set of resources to introduce and cover the topic of body parts, illnesses, going to the doctor and going to the chemist. The PowerPoint resource introduces and practises: 26 body parts; avoir mal + body parts; 14 other illness expressions; conversations at the doctor’s and at the chemist’s; and different medications.
There is a range of different types of activities to complete and a worksheet that accompanies all of the exercises on the PowerPoint.
Easily adaptable for home learning.
The resource is based on the new specifications GCSE and covers the whole of Theme 2, Topic 2 – ‘Global Issues’.
The PowerPoint is very lengthy (51 slides) and contains work for five or six lessons. The PowerPoint is broken down into four sections: 1) Grammar; 2) Listening; 3) Reading and Writing; and 4) Speaking. There are several different worksheets to accompany a broad range of exercises on the PowerPoint, as well as a transcript for the listening and answer sheets also appear on the PowerPoint. The exercises include: vocabulary match-ups; grammar exercises; a listening comprehension with different tasks; reading comprehensions; translations into English and into French; photo stimuli for written tasks; blog writing tasks (foundation and higher); two role-play cards (foundation and higher); six photo cards for speaking activities and finally questions related to the general conversation section of the speaking exam.