I am an MFL teacher with 23 years' experience, teaching French and German to 'A' Level in the UK. I aim to provide high-quality resources which stretch and challenge students.
I am an MFL teacher with 23 years' experience, teaching French and German to 'A' Level in the UK. I aim to provide high-quality resources which stretch and challenge students.
A 6-page suite of 6 reading resources for GCSE French on the topic of Sport and Leisure, and aimed at the Foundation / Higher overlap. The reading activities contain stretch and challenge, and also aim to present high-level language to French learners in a manner which allows them to manipulate the language for their own purposes.
Activities include:
a matching activity linking sports to descriptions of their rules in French;
a matching activity linking the first part of a sentence on leisure activities with an appropriate ending;
a series of opinions on leisure activities which must be classified as positive, negative or positive and negative;
a cloze exercise based on a higher-level paragraph on sporting and non-sporting activities;
a narrow reading exercise on a friends favourite past-times;
a reading comprehension with questions in English.
A 6-page suite of 6 reading resources for GCSE French on the topic of jobs and careers, including future plans and ideal jobs. The reading activities contain stretch and challenge, and also aim to present high-level language to French learners in a manner which allows them to manipulate the language for their own purposes.
Activities include:
a matching activity linking careers with their descriptions in French;
a matching activity linking careers with typical locations they are undertaken;
a series of opinions on specific jobs which must be classified as positive, negative or positive and negative;
a cloze exercise based on a higher-level paragraph on future job plans;
a narrow reading exercise on careers in the emergency services;
a reading comprehension with questions in English.
A 6-page suite of 6 reading resources for GCSE French on the topic of Town Life, and aimed at the Foundation / Higher overlap. The reading activities contain stretch and challenge, and also aim to present high-level language to French learners in a manner which allows them to manipulate the language for their own purposes.
Activities include:
a matching activity linking the names of town buildings to definitions of their purpose in French;
a matching activity linking the first part of a sentence on town buildings with an appropriate ending;
a series of opinions on town life which must be classified as positive, negative or positive and negative;
a cloze exercise based on a higher-level paragraph on town life and country life;
a narrow reading exercise on town life;
a reading comprehension with questions in English.
A 6-page suite of 6 reading resources for GCSE French on the topic of daily routine, including aspects of morning routine, school routine and evening routine. Vocabulary and grammar aspects touched upon include reflexive verbs, food and drink, TV and film, sport and school subjects. The reading activities contain stretch and challenge, and also aim to present high-level language to French learners in a manner which allows them to manipulate the language for their own purposes.
Activities include:
a matching activity linking sentences on daily routine;
a matching activity linking daily routine verbs with their definition in French;
a series of opinions on aspects of daily routine which must be classified as positive, negative or positive and negative;
a cloze exercise based on a higher-level paragraph on daily routine;
a narrow reading exercise on daily routine;
a reading comprehension with questions in English.
A 6-page suite of 6 reading resources for GCSE French on the topic of Holidays, including transport, countries, accommodation and descriptions of a recent holiday, aimed at the Foundation / Higher overlap. The reading activities contain stretch and challenge, and also aim to present high-level language to French learners in a manner which allows them to manipulate the language for their own purposes.
Activities include:
a matching activity linking means of transport to their definitions in French;
a matching activity linking the first part of a sentence on countries in French with an appropriate ending based on geographical, cultural and historical clues;
a series of opinions on accommodation which must be classified as positive, negative or positive and negative;
a cloze exercise based on a higher-level paragraph on a recent holiday;
a narrow reading exercise on a recent holiday;
a reading comprehension with questions in English.
A 6-page suite of 6 reading resources for GCSE French on the topic of Home Life, including household tasks, and aimed at the Foundation / Higher overlap. The reading activities contain stretch and challenge, and also aim to present high-level language to French learners in a manner which allows them to manipulate the language for their own purposes.
Activities include:
a matching activity linking household tasks to their definitions in French;
a matching activity linking the first part of a sentence on rooms in a house with an appropriate ending;
a series of opinions on home life activities which must be classified as positive, negative or positive and negative;
a cloze exercise based on a higher-level paragraph on home life;
a narrow reading exercise on house and home;
a reading comprehension with questions in English.
A 6-page suite of 6 reading resources for GCSE German on the topic of Town Life, and aimed at the Foundation / Higher overlap. The reading activities contain stretch and challenge, and also aim to present high-level language to German learners in a manner which allows them to manipulate the language for their own purposes.
Activities include:
a matching activity linking the names of town buildings to definitions of their purpose in German;
a matching activity linking the first part of a sentence on town buildings with an appropriate ending;
a series of opinions on town life which must be classified as positive, negative or positive and negative;
a cloze exercise based on a higher-level paragraph on town life and country life;
a narrow reading exercise on town life;
a reading comprehension with questions in English.
A suite of 3 listening activities on TV and film preferences, aimed at the Foundation / Higher overlap for French GCSE. The download contains the question booklet with teacher answers and transcripts for each activity, as well as an MP3 audio for each activity. Each audio contains two recordings of the activity. Activities include:
Activity 1: a listening comprehension on TV habits;
Activity 2: a cloze exercise to encourage targeted listening;
Activity 3: there are ten mistakes in the transcript which pupils must identify through intent listening.
12 pages of GCSE higher-level activities on home life and daily routine. Includes cloze exercises, reading comprehension, narrow reading, positive / negative activities and match-up.
36 pages of high-quality GCSE higher-level activities on home life, daily routine, sport and lesiure, holidays, town life and jobs. Includes cloze exercises, reading comprehension, narrow reading, positive / negative activities and match-up activities. 6 for the price of 5.