A passionate MFL and Media teacher for over 30 years, I am also a co-author of Expo 1 & 2 and am still involved in commercial textbook writing. I was an Advanced Skills Teacher for Modern Languages, running successful workshops for teachers.
You will find here a range of resources for French and German teaching, mainly for 11-16 year olds.
Plus some A-Level Media Studies and general learning resources.
Based on over 30 years' classroom experience in the non-selective secondary state sector.
A passionate MFL and Media teacher for over 30 years, I am also a co-author of Expo 1 & 2 and am still involved in commercial textbook writing. I was an Advanced Skills Teacher for Modern Languages, running successful workshops for teachers.
You will find here a range of resources for French and German teaching, mainly for 11-16 year olds.
Plus some A-Level Media Studies and general learning resources.
Based on over 30 years' classroom experience in the non-selective secondary state sector.
Not an original resource but highly effective. It’s in the style of a Tex-Mex menu.
Powerpoint templates for setting a bank of differentiated homework tasks.
Slide 1: 12 possible tasks can be set; 4 levels of difficulty. Ideal for a six-week module of work where a bank of extra home-based tasks can be set in advance.
Slide 2: 4 possible tasks can be set. The other boxes in the grid can be used for help & notes.So the whole slide becomes a home-learning help-mat.
Slide 3: a sample version of the 4-task menu and help-mat.It uses the topic of building descriptions in French.
The Powerpoint format is easier to customize than Word. Teachers can add their school logos etc.
The pickn’mix approach works really well with pupils.
They can use the menu to choose a set of homework activities over a period of time.
8 page mini-book. Ideal for topic revision, keyword and vocabulary lists.
7.5x10.5cm
Careful, crisp folding is needed. Only one small scissor cut is required.
Resource contains two A4 sheets. One is a template with folding instructions for practice.
The other is a blank template.
You can find a Youtube video walkthrough. Just search for: 8 Page Mini Book Made from a Single Sheet of Paper!
Narrative Terminology Match-up Worksheet for A-level Media Studies.
One page, 20 items.
Answers are provided on page 2.
This is a free extract from a 28 page background study booklet on Key Concepts and Textual Analysis for Media Studies. Written by Jon Meier. Available here on TES resources. Copy and paste this link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-media-studies-background-study-booklet-key-concepts-11324599
Activity-based worksheet for A-Level Media Studies.
Contains useful terminology and research tasks.
Written by Jon Meier.
This is an extract from a 28 page workbook for background study, available here.
Copy and paste the following link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-media-studies-background-study-booklet-key-concepts-11324599
A page of ideas for a Language celebration event.
This can be a basis for discussion if you are organising a school languages celebration event.
Ideas for a day or a week. Assembly, after school or in-school events. Lunchtime clubs.
Fun activities with an MFL Languages Focus.
Contains links to some of my resources uploaded on this site.
Media Studies revision words for A-Level, Year 12.
This is a free sample selection of 72 words. (8 pages)
The pages can be folded over, borders trimmed and then laminated.
They can then be cut into revision cards. Keyword on one side, definition on the other.
They are designed to be used in class with pupils reading definitions or key words to each other. Also good for study circles and for use with learning buddies.
An ideal resource for ‘taboo’ or card games - see below for a card game idea which always works well.
The full set of cards (387 key words) is also available for £3. Copy and paste the following link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/media-studies-revision-keywords-for-a-level-year-12-11264600
Another set of cards, suitable for y13, is in production.
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Revision Card game instructions - ideally players sit in a table of 4, as for a card game. A pile of about 30 cards is formed, with the keyword facing downwards. Player A holds the pack and reads, to player B on his/her left, the definition on the top card, making sure the others don’t see the answer. Player A reads the definition to player B, who is the player to his/her left. If player B knows the answer, s(he) says it and wins the card. Player B then takes the pile and reads the top one to Player C on his/her left. If they get the keyword right they win the card. And so on.
If a player does not know the keyword or gets it wrong, the question passes on to the next person (anticlockwise) until someone says the correct answer. If no-one gets it, the player asking the question reads the correct answer and places the card at the bottom of the pile.
When all the cards in the pile have been played, players add up how many cards they have won.
A ‘Sky’ news-style Powerpoint slide which lets you add a few lesson objectives, keywords or instructions.
There’s a scrolling banner at the bottom which could be used for a question or other attention grabber.
The background will also animate when the arrow on the top right is clicked.
Can be used in any lesson, any subject, any level.
An easy to make, low-tech multi-choice test chooser.
Download the template. (Each A4 sheet contains 2 paper choosers to cut out and make).
Copy as many times as you need for a class set; pupils can help with mass production.
To make the chooser: Cut out the strips, fold and staple as instructed.
Run a quiz. Pupils display their chosen answer (A B or C) with the letter facing the front.
You could also use A for True and B for False.
For D, simply place the chooser on its side.
Here are a few ideas for exploiting longer glossary lists in MFL.
These are often found for example in exam board specified content or other PDF/Word documents.
The content needs to be divided into manageable chunks.
It can then be converted into games, post-its, flashcards, Quizlet etc.
A selection of grids on Powerpoint which can be used for learning competitions.
They include
staircase, noughts & crosses board, 4 in a row, shark-infested water, football field, racetrack.
Except for the staircase, which can be used ‘live’ in presentation mode, the grids are best used with Powerpoint in edit (write) mode. This is so that you can write on the background or move shapes around.
A pdf version of this resource is also available if you want to copy backgrounds onto Smartboard pages.
A Powerpoint with 3 slides of hex shapes.
Cut out hexagonal shapes and use them to plan essays, link or sequence ideas.
Excellent for group work, recapping topics, organising ideas.
You can colour-code them to group concepts and plan written answers.
Print & cut them out in different colours.
Pupils can lay them & move them around, ideally, on an A3 sheet.
It has also proved to be a good way of improving handwriting!
A selection of grids which can be used for learning competitions.
They include
staircase, noughts & crosses board, 4 in a row, shark-infested water, football field, racetrack.
You could copy a background onto your Smartboard page.
A Powerpoint version of this resource is also available.
Media Studies revision words for A-Level, Year 12
387 words and concepts with definitions. A 43-page booklet.
The pages can be folded over, borders trimmed and then laminated.
They can then be cut into revision cards. Definition on one side, keyword on the other.
The cards are designed to be used in class with pupils reading definitions or key words to each other. Also good for study circles and for use with learning buddies.
An ideal resource for taboo or card games - see below for a card game idea which always works well.
The free sample extract of 72 cards is available here. Copy and paste this link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/media-studies-key-words-free-72-word-random-sample-a-level-year-12-11264588
Another set of cards for Year 13 is here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/media-studies-keyword-revision-cards-for-a-level-year-13-11267388
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Revision Card game instructions - ideally players sit in a table of 4, as for a card game. A pile of about 30 cards is formed, with the keyword facing downwards. Player A holds the pack and reads, to player B on his/her left, the definition on the top card, making sure the others don’t see the answer. Player A reads the definition to player B, who is the player to his/her left. If player B knows the answer, s(he) says it and wins the card. Player B then takes the pile and reads the top one to Player C on his/her left. If they get the keyword right they win the card. And so on.
If a player does not know the keyword or gets it wrong, the question passes on to the next person (clockwise) until someone says the correct answer. If no-one gets it, the player asking the question reads the correct answer and places the card at the bottom of the pile.
When all the cards in the pile have been played, players add up how many cards they have won.
Media Studies revision words for A-Level, Year 13
144 words and concepts with definitions. 16 pages.
The pages can be folded over, borders trimmed and then laminated.
They can then be cut into revision cards. Definition on one side, keyword on the other.
The cards are designed to be used in class with pupils reading definitions or key words to each other. Also good for study circles and for use with learning buddies.
An ideal resource for taboo or card games - see below for a card game idea which always works well.
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Revision Card game instructions - ideally players sit in a table of 4, as for a card game. A pile of about 30 cards is formed, with the keyword facing downwards. Player A holds the pack and reads, to player B on his/her left, the definition on the top card, making sure the others don’t see the answer. Player A reads the definition to player B, who is the player to his/her left. If player B knows the answer, s(he) says it and wins the card. Player B then takes the pile and reads the top one to Player C on his/her left. If they get the keyword right they win the card. And so on.
If a player does not know the keyword or gets it wrong, the question passes on to the next person (clockwise) until someone says the correct answer. If no-one gets it, the player asking the question reads the correct answer and places the card at the bottom of the pile.
When all the cards in the pile have been played, players add up how many cards they have won.
A 28 page workbook for students in their first year of A-Level Media Studies.
Contains:
-useful keyword terminology and definitions.
-activities based around textual analysis and the key media concepts.
-a list of short video texts, mainly adverts, which are ideal for studying film and media codes.
-theory cards for revision.
-lots of homework and self-study tasks.
A workbook rather than a textbook. Photocopiable, so only a one-off purchase cost is involved.
Suitable for background, parallel study, it could also provide a year’s worth of home study tasks or ‘flipped classroom’ activities
