Use the template to get pupils to guess the blanked out word in the headline. You could also use this HIGNFY template to do ‘reading images’. Pupils discuss what’s in the picture and give it a headline. Simply insert a photo of your choice in the top of the slide! You could use it to give pupils options of headlines or give them a headline and they have to choose the appropriate image.

I’ve used this for A level French, as a starter, discussing the different viewpoints of de Gaulle and Pétain during the occupation of France in WW2. It’s the ideal way to get pupils moving and to wake them up! In the above example, I had a picture of de Gaulle for the left hand and Pétain for the right. Students had to then read the clue and decide who it referred to.

Fill in the blank squares with relevant phrases from the lessons. Give each group of 4 a set of these cards. They put them in the middle, face down, and pick one up one-by-one and then place them back in the middle. They read what’s on the card. If it says ‘Du mogelst', they must make up a sentence without being obvious. Other players can say ‘Du mogelst’ at any point in the game. If they’re right, the person cheating picks up all the cards from the middle and they start again. If someone says ‘Du mogelst’ and the person they’re accusing is not cheating, then the accuser has to pick up all the cards. The winner is the first person to get rid of all their cards.

Use this template to practise transcription work in pairs. There is a sheet for person A and one for person B. Type the 2 different texts into the relevant boxes (they must be 2 different texts). Pupils then take it in turns to read their text to their partner, who must then write what they hear in the empty box. After they have both finished, they then compare their written text to the original on their partner's sheet and tally any errors made.

Give each pupil a set of these cards when practising new vocab, for example. It's a good way to show pupils' understanding.

Taboo is a great and challenging activity to do with the pupils. Here are some examples. The word the other pupil(s) has/have to guess is in bold on each card and the person with that word has to describe it in French without mentioning the other words underneath.

A bit like '20 Questions'. This is a list of questions in French that pupils ask to guess the word someone is think of. The person thinking of a word is allowed to answer only 'oui' or 'non'.

Fill in the blank squares with relevant phrases from the lessons. Give each group of 4 a set of these cards. They put them in the middle, face down, and pick one up one-by-one and then place them back in the middle. They read what’s on the card. If it says ‘Tu triches’, they must make up a sentence without being obvious. Other players can say ‘Tu triches’ at any point in the game. If they’re right, the person cheating picks up all the cards from the middle and they start again. If someone says ‘Tu triches’ and the person they’re accusing is not cheating, then the accuser has to pick up all the cards. The winner is the first person to get rid of all their cards.

This activity is ideal for students to practise their speaking skills. Simply fill in the blank squares with a mini task to complete as they go around the board. Finally, fill in the topic area you would like them to talk about for a minute.

Place a picture in each square. Instead of saying “2 + 3 = 5”, say the picture in squares 2, 3 and 5 (e.g. “un chien plus une souris égalent un chat”). Make these sums as difficult or as easy as you like. If you’re going to do a more challenging sum, encourage the pupils to make notes (of the numbers, not the pictures – it’s quicker!).

Use the space on each slide to enter the words/phrases you want pupils to memorise whilst they’re fading automatically. They could then either write them out or translate them either during the fade or after. Each slide takes 10, 20 and 30 seconds to fade out.

Using the template on the slides, show one sentence at a time on the board. At the end, type in the three boxes three possible answers, but make them obscure. Pupils vote on the ending they want (A, B or C). They then race to translate the sentence on their mini boards.

Pupils work in pairs to produce a paragraph on any given topic. They take it in turns to roll the dice. The phrase corresponding to their number is the one they have to use. When they’ve completed it, they then learn it. Good practice for learning to learn! They must also check that the phrase makes sense. If it doesn’t (incorrect tense, etc.), they must roll again. It’s a good idea to print this off as well.

Use this resource for working with translation of phrases. Before seeing a text, take phrases from it to be translated. Pupils work on their own and before each slide is shown, decide whether they will do gold, silver or bronze. Marks are awarded for each. You will obviously need to make the phrases progressively more difficult to translate, to be able to award points. When pupils have translated their chosen phrase, they swap with a partner to have it marked. You show the answers after a given amount of time. Use the green pens to peer mark. Who has the highest score?

Give pupils a bronze, silver or gold phrase to translate. They write their translation on a sticky note and then stick it on the back of the relevant card. When everyone has done this, put the class into 3 groups and give each group one of the cards with the sticky notes on the back. They must then check the translations and feed back to the rest of the group.

This is an information sheet for pupils, giving times in German.

This worksheet practises telling the time in French, using various time zones around the world (e.g. If it's 8 o'clock here, what time is it in Beijing?) Time zones and differences in time compared to London are given at the top of the sheet. You could inform students that 'UTC' stands for 'Universal Time Coordinated', previously known as 'Greenwich Mean Time'. Another cross-curricular link!

This is the answer sheet to the worksheet 'Time zones'.

Use this PPT to teach pupils how to tell the time in French. There is an accompanying worksheet they can complete while doing this. The first few slides recaps on telling the time in English, as some pupils struggle with using an analogue clock to tell the time. After introducing the time in French, practise what they have learned by asking pupils to either shout out the time in French or write the time in words on mini whiteboards.