This colourful and fun PowerPoint presentation presents descriptions of eye colours. Phrases: Tengo los ojos azules. Tengo los ojos verdes. Tengo los ojos marrones. Tengo el ojo morado. Llevo gafas. Use the first slide to ask students to work in groups to discuss the English translation, the pronunciation and to explain the parts hi-lighted in red. Then go through each slide checking the translation, pronunciation and grammatical rules and then drilling the phrase. The final slide of the new expressions can be used to revise and to play the following games" If you have a stamper facility on your interactive whiteboard, a fun game is to ask the students to recite the Spanish phrases over and over whilst you gradually cover the words in stampers e.g. smileys or apples making it more and more difficult – simple but fun! Another easy game is to send one student out of the room. The remaining class chooses a student to give a top secret signal – this could be a sound e.g. a deliberate sneeze or cough, or something visual e.g. an obvious stretch, zipping/unzipping their pencil case etc. The students then repeat the first phrase again and again until they see or hear the signal. The students then repeat the second phrase again and again until they see or hear the signal and so on. The student who has been sent out must then try to figure out who the secret signal giver is!

I hope your students enjoy this colourful Halloween PowerPoint which I have created using some eye-catching animations! Expressions: Un fantasma. Una bruja. Un extraterrestre. Un esqueleto. Un vampiro. Un monstruo. Un murciélago. Una calabaza. The first slide encourages the students to actively engage with the new vocabulary: working in teams, using their prior knowledge, knowledge of other languages and using a process of elimination to figure out the meanings. They then discuss the pronunciation and question each other before the teacher checks with the whole class. The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. The next section of slides have multiple choice questions. Then there are "what's missing?" slides. The final slide has pictures of all the phrases. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!

I use this with classes who have already learnt the basic rule regarding adjectives of adding an e to make an adjective feminine. Here, I give out mini-whiteboards to each student. Each slide has a multiple choice question and an extension task to unjumble a phrase. I give the students 20 seconds to decide and write down their answers, then I reveal the correct answers and explain the rule. Adjectives covered: Il est bavard. Elle est …. Il est sympathique. Elle est … Il est extrêmement travailleur. Elle est extrêmement … Mon frère est sportif. Ma tante est… Ton mari est très gentil. Ta femme est très… Il porte un pantalon marron. Elle porte une jupe … Key Irregular Adjectives : Long, beau, nouveau, fou, vieux Adjectives which precede the noun. Slides 17 – 20 can be used for a plenary or to re-cap at the beginning of the next lesson. There is also an extension in this re-cap considering: Extension: translate: l’ancien président, ma maison ancienne, mon cher ami, un sac cher, ma propre maison, ma maison propre. What do you notice?

This colourful and fun PowerPoint presentation presents various meals. First introducing the noun, then the infinitive, finally a sentence using the verb. Vocabulary: ¡Las comidas! El desayuno. Desayunar. Desayuno a las seis y media. La comida. Comer. Como a las dos. La merienda. Merendar. Meriendo a las seis. La cena. Cenar. Ceno a las nueve. Use the first slides to elicit the English, the pronunciation and if you wish the rule to make the present tense form and drill. The final slide has all the new phrases. This could be used for one of the following fun games: If you have a stamper facility on your interactive whiteboard, a fun game is to ask the students to recite the Spanish phrases over and over whilst you gradually cover the words in stampers e.g. smileys or apples making it more and more difficult – simple but fun! Another easy game is to send one student out of the room. The remaining class chooses a student to give a top secret signal – this could be a sound e.g. a deliberate sneeze or cough, or something visual e.g. an obvious stretch, zipping/unzipping their pencil case etc. The students then repeat the first phrase again and again until they see or hear the signal. The students then repeat the second phrase again and again until they see or hear the signal and so on. The student who has been sent out must then try to figure out who the secret signal giver is!

The first slide encourages the students to actively engage with the new vocabulary: working in teams, using their prior knowledge, knowledge of other languages and using a process of elimination to figure out the meanings. They then discuss the pronunciation and question each other before the teacher checks with the whole class. All: Translate 7/8 colours & PPC! Most: Translate 8/8 colours & PPC! Some: What other colours can you remember? How would you say blue trousers, a white shirt & some black shoes? Jaune Bleu/ bleue Blanc/ blanche Gris/ grise Marron/ brun/ brune Noir/ noire Rouge Vert/ verte The next slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English, the masculine/feminine rules and to drill. The next section of slides have multiple choice questions. Then there is a "Qu’est-ce que c’est?" slide. The final slide has pictures of all the phrases. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!

Noughts and crosses/ tic-tac-toe. I use this game to revise a range of tenses both at the beginning of the school year and throughout the year. I put the students into 2 teams. One will be noughts the other crosses. They then discuss the translation, tense and pronunciation of the following expressions: Je fais de la planche à voile depuis l’âge de quinze ans. Je me suis couchée de bonne heure. Nous avions un professeur très stricte. Je suis surpris qu'elle ne t'ait rien dit. Si mon lycée était fermé aujourd'hui je ferais la grasse matinée jusqu'à neuf heures et demie. Tu pourras venir samedi après-midi, si tu veux.    Ils s’étaient habillés rapidement Je ne suis pas arrivé à l’heure hier. Je le lui ai donné Then I draw a noughts and crosses/ tic-tac-toe grid on the board, giving each square a number. The teams choose a number and I choose a phrase that they must translate, be able to pronounce and be able to identify the tense in order to win the square. If they make a mistake the other team can steal the square by answering correctly! If that team makes a mistake the original team can have another go and so on. The aim is to get 3 in a row. This is a challenging game!

Expressions: Chez nous le problème c’est.... qu’il y a trop de pollution et qu’il y a trop de circulation et la pollution à cause des gaz d’échappement des voitures et qu’il y a une nouvelle autoroute près de chez nous et Qu’on construit des maisons tout près et quand il pleut la rivière déborde. il y a souvent des inondations. il y a des papiers/ des ordures partout. le bruit est affreux. il n’y a pas beaucoup des transports en commun. Battleships Game Instructions The students love this competitive and fun game! I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures. Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions. The students then focus on pronunciation and decide the two easiest and two most difficult words to pronounce. I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen. I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the French version and then try to play the game saying the French phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the French version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the French version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the French version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures! During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes. Enjoy!

I use this odd one out activity with my Year 12 and 13 students to check their knowledge of whether nouns are masculine or feminine based on their endings. This includes both regular nouns which follow patterns such as feminine nouns usually ending -tion and irregular nouns. The first slide has 7 groups of 4 nouns from which the students have to identify the odd one out. Beyond the grammatical rules I also invite the students to think outside the box and come up with alternative answers! Examples: obstacle chômage combinaison fardeau combinaison = fem tension fonction philosophie collège collège = masc problème réflexion mystère rejet réflexion = fem

The first slide has 7 sentences which the students must unjumble. They could do this in teams or individually. The second slide has the answers. This is really challenging and lasts around 10-15 minutes - enjoy! The task is differentiated as follows: Tout le monde: Écrivez les phrases dans le bon ordre. La majorité: Traduisez les phrases en anglais. Quelques personnes: Écrivez les phrases au passé composé. Examples: Li rai ne ecasAl Il ira en Alsace Uosv rzeef ed al aneplch à eovil Vous ferez de la planche à voile Llee renm’vera nu MSS Elle m’enverra un SMS * Please note I do not include the Perfect Tense answers in the PowerPoint - I discuss these with the students.

I always break down the subjunctive into more manageable chunks when I teach it and this short PowerPoint introduces the subjunctive following expressions giving orders. Expressions: Commander que/ donner l’ordre que/ ordonner que = to order that Le roi ordonne que nous partions en vacances! Demander que = to ask someone to do something. Ma mère demande que je fasse la vaisselle. Exiger que = to demand that Le maire exige qu’il y ait plus de pistes cyclables. Tenir à ce que = to insist that Je tiens à ce que tu manges un autre gâteau! Interdire que = to forbid that La sorcière interdit que tu boives la potion magique! The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. The final slide has pictures of all the phrases. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins! Battleships Game/ Lotto Grid: Expressions: Le directeur a ordonné que/ qu’ La loi interdit que/ qu’ Ils veulent éviter que/ qu’ Je souhaite que/ qu’ Elle aime mieux que/ qu’ tout le monde se rassemble dans la cour. on boive l’alcool dans la rue. on donne de l’argent aux institutions caritatives. les élèves fassent de la voile. nous ayons sommeil. elles aillent au septième arrondissement. Battleships Game Instructions Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions and discuss the pronunciation. I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen. I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the French version and then try to play the game saying the French phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the French version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the French version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the French version as little as possible.

Expressions: Avant de faire mes devoirs Avant de quitter la maison Avant de manger le déjeuner Avant de me coucher Avant de voyager autour du monde je m’étais levé(e) tôt. j’avais fait la vaisselle. j’avais lu une bande dessinée. j’avais vu les actualités. je m’étais lavé(e). Battleships Game Instructions The students love this competitive and fun game! I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures. Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions. The students then focus on pronunciation and decide the two easiest and two most difficult words to pronounce. I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen. I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the French version and then try to play the game saying the French phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the French version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the French version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the French version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures! During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes. Enjoy!

This PowerPoint presents the following exchange expressions: Tu peux me prêter..? un baladeur/ un iPod? un dictionnaire? un parapluie? un réveil? du dentifrice? une brosse à cheveux? The first slide encourages the students to actively engage with the new vocabulary: working in teams, using their prior knowledge, knowledge of other languages and using a process of elimination to figure out the meanings. They then discuss the pronunciation and question each other before the teacher checks with the whole class. The next slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. The next section of slides have multiple choice questions. The final slide has pictures of all the phrases. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins! Then use the slide to ask Qu’est-ce que c’est? You may wish to reinforce this with my battleships/ lotto game: Expressions: Tu peux me prêter un/une J’ai oublié mon/ ma J’ai acheté un/ une Je vais acheter un/ une J’ai besoin d’un/ une iPod. dictionnaire. parapluie. réveil. dentifrice. brosse à cheveux. Battleships Game Instructions Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions. The students then focus on pronunciation and decide the two easiest and two most difficult words to pronounce. I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen. I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the French version and then try to play the game saying the French phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the French version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the French version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the French version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures! During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation.

I use these cards to play a game which I learnt in Japan called Karuta. In Karuta the students spread out the cards in front of them. I then say the English and the students compete to touch the correct French card first. Whoever touches it first wins the card. The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins. The students love this game! Adjectives on cards: Beau/ belle Bon/bonne Court/ courte Excellent/ excellente Grand/grande Gros/ grosse Haut/ haute jeune Joli/ jolie Long/ longue Mauvais/ mauvaise Méchant/ méchante Meilleur/ meilleure Nouveau/ nouvelle Petit/ petite Vieux/ vieille Vilain/ vilaine

The students must match the 2 halves of the sentence correctly. Expressions: Je Tu Mon frère Pierre Ta sœur Amélie Papa et moi Vous Luc et Mélanie Les filles Les garçons suis allé(e) à la campagne. es allé(e) en France. est allé à Paris. est allée à Bruxelles. sommes allés à Londres. êtes allé(e)s en Allemagne. sont allés au Japon. sont allées aux Etats-Unis. sont allés en Espagne. You may choose to have different levels of challenge. For example, Level 1 = match the cards and discuss the pronunciation. Level 2 = match the cards , discuss the pronunciation and then have quick fire questions from French to English, whereby 1 student closes their eyes and their partner reads out the French sentences which the student must translate into English from memory. Level 3 = As Level 2 but the quick fire questions are from English to French.

I use these English - French matching cards to practise the word order of object pronouns in relation to the verb. Examples of expressions: Le secrétaire les leur a envoyés The secretary sent them to them. Ils m’y ont vu. They saw me there. Je vous en enverrai I will send you some. You may choose to have different levels of challenge. For example, Level 1 = match the cards and discuss the pronunciation. Level 2 = match the cards , discuss the pronunciation and then have quick fire questions from French to English, whereby 1 student closes their eyes and their partner reads out the French cards which the student must translate into English from memory. Level 3 = As Level 2 but the quick fire questions are from English to French. Following checking there are 2 fun games to play, either pelmenism or a game I learnt in Japan called Karuta. In Karuta the students put the English language cards to one side and spread out the French cards in front of them. I then say the English and the students compete to touch the correct French card first. Whoever touches it first wins the card. The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins. The students love this game!

I use this either as a fun short warmer activity or to revise some items of clothing and sports as well as other general vocabulary. It is based on the Soccamatic from Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions on the Extras DVD of The Curse of The Were Rabbit. My version is in English, but it would be great to show this in French perhaps with English subtitles. We translate the questions, then watch the Soccamatic twice (it only lasts 1.5 minutes) and check the answers. The worksheet is differentiated with Extra questions to stretch the stronger students. Worksheet Extracts: Wallace et Gromit! Cracking Contraptions! A. Vrai ou faux? Extract: 1. Gromit porte un pull vert. 2. Wallace et Gromit jouent au badminton. 3. Wallace porte un short violet. Extra : Cochez les choses que vous voyez. Extract: un ballon de foot une robe une jupe un ballon de tennis une raquette une gomme des chaussettes un lapin un banc une règle une trousse une poubelle un lampadaire

The students must put the cards into the correct order. Examples of expressions on cards: Si je faisais un plus grand effort je réussirais à mes examens. Si j’étais riche j’achèterais une maison secondaire. Si j’avais une sœur nous serions les meilleures amis. Si je n’avais tant de travail, je sortirais ce soir. Nous voudrions passer.... You may choose to have different levels of challenge. For example, Level 1 = line up the cards and discuss the pronunciation. Level 2 = line up the cards , discuss the pronunciation and then have quick fire questions from French to English, whereby 1 student closes their eyes and their partner reads out the French cards which the student must translate into English from memory. Level 3 = As Level 2 but the quick fire questions are from English to French. Following checking you can play a game I learnt in Japan called Karuta. In Karuta the students spread out the cards in front of them. I then say the English and the students compete to touch the correct French card first. Whoever touches it first wins the card. The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins. The students love this game!

I have made this series of resources to help the students to understand the excitement, challenges, history and prestige of this incredible event and to teach them facts and vocabulary associated with Le Tour De France. It features YouTube videos, colourful slides, dominoes and a plenary board game. The second slide states: Objectif: To to learn facts and vocabulary related to the Le Tour de France. it is divided into All, Most and Some. Slide 3 acts as both the lesson hook and the warmer task: the students watch the fantastic DailyMotion (French version of YouTube) video (6 mins) showing highlights of the 2015 Tour and note down any facts and French vocabulary they already know. Slide 4 gives instructions on how to use the dominoes whereby the students match the 2 halves of sentences about Le Tour. There are also dominoes in English to support younger/weaker students: All : Put the English and French dominoes into the correct order. Most : AND Perfect Pronunciation Challenge! Some : AND Quick Fire Questions! * Here the students quiz each other about the phrases: French to English, English to French, spellings…. Extra Challenge: Don’t use the English dominoes and translate the French! Examples of dominoes phrases: Il y a 21 étapes réparties sur une période de 23 jours. La course couvre près de 3 500 kilomètres. Le coureur avec le meilleur temps total est le leader de la course et porte le maillot jaune. Slides 5 to 16 reveal the answers. The students will now watch an excellent 10 minute YouTube video explaining the Tour de France. This has brilliant graphics, but the narration is in English so I have written a worksheet with 17 multiple choice questions in French. Examples: 1. 3500 kilomètres est approximativement la distance entre New York et… A. Chicago. B. Las Vegas. C. Los Angeles. 6. Les courses de nuit ont été abandonnées à cause… A. du danger. B. de la tricherie. C. du froid. To prepare thoroughly I first instruct the students to work in teams to translate the questions. The answers are on the first two pages of the worksheet. Slide 18 has the board game which you should print off. Also in the resources are templates for dice and a cyclist template which the students can colour in and use as their counter. There are a series of multiple choice question cards to print off which cover all the information taught in the lesson. The students should answer the question correctly before being allowed to shake the die. Weaker students could be shown the questions (covering the answer below) and you may allow them to translate the question and possible answers into English together too. Slide 19 allows time for reflection.

This PowerPoint focuses on what one used to do at primary school. Qu’est-ce que tu faisais à l’école primaire? Expressions taught: Je dessinais. Je chantais. J’apprenais à lire/ écrire/ compter. Je faisais du ski. Je jouais au foot. J’écoutais des histoires. Je parlais avec des copains. The first slide encourages the students to actively engage with the new vocabulary: working in teams, using their prior knowledge, knowledge of other languages and using a process of elimination to figure out the meanings. They then discuss the pronunciation (PPC = Perfect pronunciation Challenge). Stronger students then match the endings to the subject pronouns. The next slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. The next section of slides are vrai- faux questions. Then there are "what's missing?" slides. The final slide has pictures of all the phrases. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins! Having familiarised the students with these key phrases slides 28 and 29 focus on eliciting the formation and the endings for all subject pronouns. Slide 31 looks at the irregular verb être and the final slide covers all the information taught. This can be printed out and stuck into student's books. The use the role play.

I noticed that some of my GCSE students weren't spotting the synonyms that would help them to answer their Listening and Reading Exam questions and made these cards. The students have to group the cards together sometimes in pairs, others in groups of 3 or more. Expressions: Les voitures Les véhicules Les autos Les déchets Les papiers Les ordures Les détritus La capitale française Paris Beaucoup de gens Beaucoup de personnes Beaucoup de monde Travail Emploi Métier Carrière (technically not a synonym of the previous 2, but links to the topic). Je garde les enfants Je fais du baby-sitting Conduire Rouler Réduire Diminuer La flore L’herbe Des plantes Les arbres et les fleurs La faune Les animaux En fin de semaine Le week-end Se reposer Se détendre Se relaxer Le transport en commun Le réseau de bus urbain Les jeunes Les adolescents Following checking there is afun games to play which I learnt in Japan called Karuta. In Karuta the students spread out the cards in front of them. I then say the English and the students compete to touch the correct French cards first. Whoever touches it first wins the card. The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins. The students love this game!