This is a timed PowerPoint presentation featuring basic geographical information about France. It’s best suited as a starter activity that can be used with higher grades, either to introduce the basic geography of France or to review a previous session. S

All the adverbs your classes will ever need to enrich and enhance their written work ! Cut them out and then mount them however you like.

<p>Lots of core vocabulary, including question words. All you have to do is cut out the ones you want and mount them.</p>

<p>All the adverbs your classes will ever need to enrich and enhance their written work ! Cut them out and then mount them however you like.</p>

Lots of practise of the Simple Future tense and the Future tense, ideal for leaving for a cover lesson.

<p>This is an testple of a French Scheme of Work. rescource The format can be easily adapted for various qualifications.</p>

This is a collection of facts that I put together for the visit of Baroness Coussins to the Links into Languages NE conference in January 2011. Useful for making the case for languages to 8th grade !

A fun quiz for students to help them to find out more about Spain, Spanish and Spaniards.

YouTube link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5hrUGFhsXo - to an amusing skit song in French from a TV show called Flight of the Conchords; we liked it and the challenge, once we tracked down the lyrics, has been to use it in the classroom. Students fill in the missing words or phrases in the lyrics without knowing what it’s all about - it looks like just a random list of French. Then play them the song to see if they’re right. The other resource is a copy of the complete lyrics, including the chorus and repetitive bits, and with some of the glaring errors corrected. </p>

Find the names of the sports, minus the articles.

A good way to consolidate the formation of the Passé Composé in French. Just write 4 past participles of your choice (I usually do one -ER, one -IR, one -RE and one irregular) in the boxes down the side, and away you go! Excellent pair game. Each player has a sheet and uses the first grid to record their own ships (we usually have 8) and the second grid to record their hits and misses. Can be adapted for lots of other grammatical points as well.

A short PowerPoint presentation which shows how to conjugate regular -ER verbs in the present tense. Can be used for whole class or for independent study or reviewing.

A set of 11 A5 display cards showing the colours. Could also be used as flashcards.

A set of 11 display cards showing the colors. Could also be used as flashcards.

Four different quiz sheets that can be completed in pairs or groups. Give all the groups sheet A, give them a limited time (10 minutes perhaps) to complete it, then collect it in and while they are completing sheet B, grade sheet A and put the grades on the board. And so on.

A set of 50 French Challenge Cards designed for learners in Key Stage 2 and lower Key Stage 3. 4 levels of difficulty Ideal for early finishers who need something else to keep them busy Promote independent learning, thinking and discovery Many of the Cards require the use of a bilingual dictionary, a key skill required by the National Curriculum Number activities promote mathematical skills Explore elements of grammar required by the National Curriculum

A set of 50 French Grammar Challenge Cards designed for learners in Key Stage 3. They would also be suitable for learners in Key Stage 4. 4 levels of difficulty Ideal for early finishers who need something else to keep them busy Promote independent learning, thinking and discovery Many of the cards require the use of a bilingual dictionary So what do you get? .pdf file containing the 50 A5 cards, ready for you to print out, laminate and store in your own way answer sheets overview showing which level each card is, and the grammar point(s) it addresses 12 A5 grammar information cards to support learners as they complete the challenges

Dictados (Dictations) is an exciting new resource designed to support teachers to deliver dictations in Spanish from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4. The resource comprises 45 different dictation activities. Each one has notes for the teacher, which include an overview of the activity, suggestions for preparing it, suggestions for follow-up activities, and the dictation transcript. There is also a pupil worksheet for each activity. The dictations cover single letters, syllables, words, phrases and sentences. They encourage students to practise and use their knowledge of phonics and the sound-spelling link, their reading and writing skills, their vocabulary, and their understanding of grammar. What do you get? 106 page .pdf document an overview of the resource and how to use it a list of ideas for teaching dictation contents pages 45 teacher information pages 45 pupil worksheets