Writing tasks for Year 8 studying the topic of Holidays (Expo 2). Developed in response to requirements of the new GCSE proposals, as the current Y8 will be the first affected.Aim is to get them used to regularly writing stuff without access to their books, word mats or dictionaries, reusing prior knowledge.Focus on conveying information and using correct verbs, rather than developed and fancy work. Mixture of task bullet points for writing tasks, and translation (both directions).

To build on work on saying how often you go to the cinema (Expo 3 Vert - Module 1, adverbs of frequency). \n\nRecap of aller and adverbs of frequency, followed by work on reasons/for against cinema-going. Work out the meaning of the statements and categorise for and against.\n\nKey vocab given in word-bank on powerpoint to support least able.

Year 8 lesson for pupils following Expo 2 Rouge.\n\nAlready done modal verbs (invitations and excuses) and clothes. Combine/consolidate in this lesson.\n\n1) discuss uniform in France/watch clip.\n2) key vocabulary - things not allowed in school.\n3) categorise statements with modal verbs (can, must, can't wear)\n4) does the statement apply to England or France?\n\nFor part 3, statements are on individual slides as I send pupils slides on iPads (pdf version attached for those who have this option). But can easily be adapted.

Lesson on sports using jugar + time phrases.\n\nLesson on sports using hacer/practicar and choosing the correct one.

Powerpoint resources for the 1st 5 lessons on this topic with a pretty good bottom set who will be taking French to GCSE.\n\nFocus on revising/consolidating vocabulary from previous years (introducing yourself, physical description) but also using the imperfect tense just in the 'je' form.\n\nAimed at a largely 'Vert' class but some crossover with 'Rouge' due to inclusion of imperfect.

Colous poem project for Y7 Spanish - will probably take 3-5 lessons depending on your group. \n\nAfter learning basics of colours, word order and adjective agreements, pupils read a poem and identify nouns and adjectives.\n\nThey develop dictionary skills to research new vocabulary so they can be creative, producing similes using nouns (eg: blue like the sea) then add in adjectives to enhance their similes (eg: blue like the shimmering sea). \n\nAfter the 2-3 lessons provided on powerpoint they can complete their poems and write up in neat for display.

Lesson in response to the shootings in Paris on 07/01/15. 1st slide for triggering discussion.Explain/discuss context for any pupils who are unaware.Provide sources 1-11 to pupils to analyse and discuss. Depending on your group, they might just do a couple each, or might get through all of them. If time at end - discuss and write tweets.

Assorted starters and plenaries for food and drink topic, with pictures. Includes:\n\n-noughts and crosses\n-beat the teacher\n-settling starters (match-up/gapfill/multiple choice) for pupils to do in their books\n-give/keep points translation game\n-spot the mistakes\n-past present or future\n-guessing game

Lesson introducing the verb aller and different methods of transport.\n\nDoesn't involve loads of drilling of aller, but exposes pupils to the concept of irregular verbs. They should be able to use 'je vais' 'tu vas' and 'il va' and just be aware of the other forms.

A worksheet aimed at preparing a very low ability (Y11 SEN) class for the FCSE Reading papers on the topic of Holidays. Covers key vocabulary needed for the paper that they won't necessarily have covered before as the FCSE papers can be a bit random.

Simple true or false quiz on topic of the Occupation. Used as extension work for a few pupils in a Y9 class watching Au revoir les enfants but equally could be used as starter/plenary.

A couple of worksheets made for the very top end of a low ability Year 10 group. These pupils are currently producing C-grade quality work, in a class where most others are E/F/G so the worksheet is designed to extend their range of language whilst being something they can work on independently. One worksheet is on verb structures (avant de / apres avoir) and the other is on pronouns (je le trouve, je l'aime, etc.). The topic area is holidays/tourism/town as that is the current.

A short text to print out and give to pupils to find and correct errors. Most mistakes are tenses and articles but some are simple spelling mistakes. I ended up going round underlining mistakes for the least able pupils during the lesson, so they just had to correct it, so you could do some copies already underlined for your class if needed.

2 different versions of a diary entry about what sports you do on different days, as preparation for a writing assessment. 1 version is for pupils aiming for maximum Level 4 and is all in the present tense. The other includes the perfect tense and the immediate future for pupils working towards Level 5/6. Content (activities/days) is identical so it can all be marked together in class.

Read and run activity for bottom set Y8. \n\n4 fairly straightforward texts about holidays in the past tense, with 15 questions for pupils to answer in teams by reading the texts around the room.\n\nThe last 3 questions require them to answer in French by finding the correct phrase.

I know Buffalo Grill isn't exactly an authentic French experience, but the American theming (and lots of cognates) makes using a whole website in French more accessible so pupils can pick out other details from context. A mixture of questions and &'find the French&'; tasks to extend vocabulary and check understanding.

A reading task I made for a Y9 bottom set beginners Spanish group who have been learning Spanish for about 10 weeks so far.\n\nThe main aim is to recognise the difference between 'soy de' and 'vivo en' with place names, but there's plenty of added detail to make it a bit more challenging. \n\nI&'ve made the font size big so it can be copied 2:1, giving A5 sheets.

Present tense lesson for Year 8:\n\n-match-up starter with grammar extension for more able\n-tutorial and drilling on present tense formation\n-writing task\n-'donner ou garder les points' plenary game - pupils translate sentence, then decide whether to keep the points or give to the other team BEFORE the points are revealed.

Goes with Expo 2 - Module 1 - Unit 1 (Mon album de famille).\n\nStarter - matching 3rd person sentences to characters. \nKey 3rd person phrases.\nPresentation and practice of -ER verbs.\nWork on pronunciation.\nWriting descriptions of family members.\nDonner/garder les points game to finish.

Pupils use cognates/prior knowledge/process of elimination to match the French and English timephrases and place them on the timeline. Used alongside work on perfect tense.