A Powerpoint and accompanying worksheet guiding French learners through the past tense (with avoir and être, and the imperfect)
This resource is also available in video format here: https://youtu.be/RAmVtcD3wDI
A Powerpoint and accompanying worksheet guiding French learners through the future tense (with le futur proche and le futur simple)
This resource is also available in video format here: https://youtu.be/nDfK2qbII9g
A Powerpoint and accompanying worksheet guiding French learners through verb forms in the present tense (with an additional exercise on adverbs of frequency)
This resource is also available in video format here: https://youtu.be/wQ_RJs5lgjI
A 5 lesson module exploring the French speaking world, compiled from various free resources with thanks.
Could easily be extended, or adapted. I did this with year 9.
A 1 hour taster lesson which introduces German language and culture to complete beginners, including cognates, numbers, greetings and a quiz. With worksheet which can be used as a starter activity.
Assessment/worksheet on the topic of house and home. Includes places in town, advantages and disadvantages, reading comprehension and translation with adjectival agreement. Ideal for GCSE Foundation.
A Powerpoint and worksheet with solutions guiding learners through saying ‘at’ and ‘to’ in French.
An accompanying video is available here: https://youtu.be/0MQUa3ajq-U
An interactive online lesson involving translation, culture and logic, ideal for German learners of any age.
Pupils translate messages from ‘customers’ looking for their ideal city break, then explore key German-speaking cities using Google Maps and YouTube to choose the correct break for each person.
A worksheet with 12 band names partially or fully translated into German. Bands current in 2019! Solutions are on the second page.
This makes an ideal activity for the end of term, but would also be well-suited to practising dictionary skills.
A sheet explaining a variety of “little words” and giving guidance for usage. The sheet prints at an ideal size to be trimmed and stuck into the cover of a large exercise book. Words and phrases covered are:
“in”
“of”
“there is/there was”
“it is/it was”
“to be”
“to have”
“connectives”
This has proven invaluable in writing tasks where key terms are not problematic but pupils struggle to form sentences without “little words”!
A writing guide for describing an outfit, ideal for describing a photo in the IGCSE/GCSE speaking examination or as scaffolding for a homework poster project.
A Powerpoint which walks pupils through describing actions and giving opinions in the past and future tense, building up to two translation pyramid exercises. Pyramid exercises can be used as standalones for starters/plenaries and slides are easy to edit.
Basic introduction to French Adjectival Agreement. Bundle includes a ‘Cheat Sheet’ printed 2 per A4 sheet and an A4 worksheet with the same information and questions to test understanding.
I pulled together these recipes for a 10 week cookery course at my school. I spent a long time looking for a selection of recipes which could be prepared within 1.5 hours, without a hob and with minimal ingredients and utensils - here is the result!
A test including weather, hobbies, where I live and jobs. Based on Expo 2 Rouge but suitable for many programmes. Easily adaptable for differentiation.
A document listing the key sentence structures in the Year 9 French programme. This can be stuck into exercise books or used as a writing grid in lessons.
A revision booklet designed alongside Module 1 (Moi) in Expo Vert. This can be given to students in need of extra scaffolding, or could easily be adapted for an assessment or homework, or worked through for cover lessons.
Easily applicable to Year 8 higher ability, topics covered are:
Unit 1: Je me présente
Unit 2: Les choses que j’aime faire
Unit 3: Je m’entends avec…
Unit 4: Mes parents/Les métiers
Unit 5: Mes copains et mes copines
Unit 6: La semaine dernière/Mes loisirs
A general knowledge of Germany and the German-speaking world, ideal for final lessons! Questions cover Geography, science, history and the German language.
There are 11 questions, each slide has its own animated ‘Countdown’ style timer with audio which is played by hovering over the clock and clicking play. Most slides have English translations which you can show by clicking if necessary. Vocabulary tested is suitable for first-year German learners, and more difficult questions show English translations.
The quiz takes around 30 minutes for questions and answers (answers included in slides)