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.
This resource is for KS3 students, based on the GCSE Theme 1 Topic ‘Self, family and friends’ (or for foundation level KS4 students). The booklet contains a whole range of reading, writing and speaking exercises, similar to those that students could face at GCSE. The student booklet is a 29-page document, broken down into six sub-topics and each sub-topic has 10 exercises to complete.
The sub-topics are: all about me; my family; physical descriptions; characteristics; pets and a revision of all topics.
The activities include true/false, comprehension questions, translation exercises into English and French, match-ups, writing activities based on given photos, individual writing tasks, gap-fills, multiple choice and speaking activities.
There is a second copy of the booklet included with answers.
The booklet can be used in stages to supplement class work; it is also ideal for revision purposes, for assessment or to set as cover work too.
Easily adaptable for home learning.
This a sample of the resource packs that I have created for the GCSE New Specifications for each topic area within each theme. This sample contains many of the slides from the original PowerPoint and aims to give you an insight into these resources so you can ‘try before you buy’. In this PowerPoint there are still 51 slides, but this is quite a lot less than the payable resource and the listening section as well as parts of reading and speaking sections have been omitted. Also in the original resources there are always answers and a whole range of worksheets to go with the PowerPoint. I hope it’s useful.
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 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 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 PowerPoint introduces pupils to a total of 36 items of clothing. The clothes are introduced in 3 sets of 12 items of clothing. In each set there is plenty of practice of each item. Pupils are able to practice answers to question about what they wear and what other people wear/ are wearing (present tense only). There are various activities for them to complete and a lengthy worksheet that accompanies the PowerPoint. Also enclosed in the pack is a word search document.
After practicing all of the clothes, the PowerPoint revises colours and goes on to explain adjectival colour agreements in the accusative with lots of examples. There is a table that pupils can copy or it can be printed, as a reference for all future work with colours in the accusative form. There is then a range of exercises for pupils to practice talking about clothes and colours. This is a tried and tested method to ensure and check the comprehension throughout.
This a set of resources to introduce and practice 27 classroom instructions and phrases. The PowerPoint initially 12 classroom instructions with practice exercises and then goes on to introduce and practice a further 15. The resource is easily adaptable if you want to introduce less. There are various activities on the PowerPoint and on an accompanying worksheet. The activities include speaking practice and repetition, match-ups, gap-fills, and a listening comprehension.
Pupils will gain a good knowledge of these classroom phrases, and will be able to recognise and use them in the classroom.
For the new GCSE exams, pupils will be expected to understand all German exam rubrics. This PowerPoint goes through all rubrics needed, starting with understanding the main verbs, commonly used words and then through to whole instructions in German. There are plenty of exercises for pupils to complete and a worksheet that accompanies the PowerPoint. This could be broken down and used over several lessons. UPDATED 20/02/17
For the new GCSE exams, pupils will be expected to understand all Spanish exam rubrics. This PowerPoint goes through all rubrics needed, starting with understanding the main verbs, commonly used words and then through to whole instructions in Spanish. There are plenty of exercises for pupils to complete and a worksheet that accompanies the PowerPoint. This could be broken down and used over several lessons.
Based on the new specifications of exam boards for German GCSE, I have produced 40 different photo cards, all have 5 questions. The range of questions covers both foundation and higher tiers. The cards cover all 3 themes and all sub-themes. The questions are based on information/ specifications/ sample materials from several exam boards. They can be used over many lessons for practising this part of the exam and/or as part of mock exams.
This document is in the format of worksheets/ a booklet that can be given to all GCSE students. It is broken down into themes and then into the topics within each theme. For each topic there are 10 translation exercises, as on the Reading Exam. It is contains in total 120 translations of varying lengths and levels of challenge. The translations have been created carefully and are in line with exam board exemplar materials. This could be used by pupils at the end of teaching each topic/ sub-theme in order to test/ check understanding and to practise translation skills or used for wider translation purposes.
This set of resources is aimed at German students who are going to be introduced to the present tense verb conjugation. There is lesson plan and all resources, including a Powerpoint presentation for entire lesson(s), a detailed lesson plan, worksheets etc needed for one or two lessons, after which time students will be able to conjugate regular present tense verbs and understand all grammar terms used.
An essential for all GCSE students.
This is a 29 page document which contains AQA French GCSE vocabulary. I strongly believe that all Yr10 and 11 students should have GCSE vocabulary from the beginning of their course. The vocabulary is categorised in to sections – including themes and topics within themes. It is easy to use these sections or even break down the sections to set regular vocabulary learning homework. This ensures that over the two-year GCSE course, students have been exposed to all essential vocabulary. This document is in a printable friendly format for students or can be stored as a computer document for them. The vocabulary comes from the AQA specifications, but contains some extras, particularly in the topics of: technology, social issues and global issues.
This is a set of three lengthy PowerPoints that can be used over 2/3 lessons. The first PowerPoint introduces an extensive range of grammatical terms, including pronouns, infinitives, conjugated verbs, articles, intensifiers and many more with lots of examples. There is a plenary/test to check students’ comprehension. The other two PowerPoints have a more in-depth check of understanding with French texts; one for students who have only covered present tense verbs; and the other covering three tenses.
An essential for all GCSE students.
This is a lengthy document which contains the core AQA Spanish GCSE vocabulary. I strongly believe that all Yr10 and 11 students should have GCSE vocabulary from the beginning of their course. The vocabulary is categorised in to sections – including themes and topics within themes. It is easy to use these sections or even break down the sections to set regular vocabulary learning homework. This ensures that over the two-year GCSE course, students have been exposed to all essential vocabulary. This document is in a printable friendly format for students or can be stored as a computer document for them. The vocabulary comes from the AQA specifications, but contains some extras, particularly in the topics of: technology, social issues and global issues. Students can also be encouraged to use this vocabulary when working individually.
This resource explains the uses of French infinitives for GCSE level. It starts from the beginning, going over how to recognise infinitives and their uses in French. The PowerPoint goes through infinitives following conjugated verbs; infinitives used as nouns; infinitives following prepositions; and infinitives as commands or instructions. For each section there are examples and different exercises to complete. There is a worksheet included that accompanies the PowerPoint.
A bundle of 5 resource packs which cover a range of important grammatical terms, essential for students studying the new GCSE or AS level. This bundle includes: 1) Adverbs, 2) Adjectives, 3) Comparatives and Superlatives 4) Quantifiers and Intensifiers and 5) Conjunctions. Each resource pack contains a lengthy PowerPoint, with grammar notes that pupils can record in their exercise books and use as a reference for all future work using these grammar points. Each resource pack has a worksheet that accompanies each PowerPoint. Essential grammar to progress independent learning.
This bundle will take several lessons and contains detailed resources that introduce each aspect of the Perfect Tense – regular avoir verbs, irregular avoir verbs, être verbs, reflexive verbs, and the negative with all verb types. Furthermore there is a murder mystery pack based on the perfect tense.
The murder mystery set of resources was used for both Ofsted and internally reviews lessons, which were rated as 'outstanding'. Each resource set contains Power Points with accompanying worksheets. It introduces, explains and tests understanding of all aspects of the perfect tense in a step-by-step format.
This covers the whole of Theme 1, Topic 3 – ‘Free time activities’.
The PowerPoint is very lengthy (58 slides) and contains work at least six or seven 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 the many 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; verb and tenses exercises; a listening comprehension with different tasks; several reading comprehensions with different types of exercises to complete; translations in English and into French; photo stimuli for written tasks; blog writing task; two role-play cards (foundation and higher); five photo cards for speaking activities and finally questions related to the general conversation section of the speaking exam.
This resource is for the Spanish GCSE New Specifications Speaking Exam – General Conversation.This is a booklet that can be printed for each student and contains over 250 general conversation questions. These questions have put together by researching all exam boards and example materials, but are aimed largely at AQA. The questions are in themes are also broken down into sub-themes. Within each set of questions in a sub-theme, they have been classified into tenses so that pupils can be clear of the tense they need to use to answer the relevant question. These can form the basis of regular classroom practice for the speaking exam and if pupils are confident with these questions, they will also be able to answer many of the questions that will form part of the photo card section of the exam.