We do a lot of work on metalanguage in Y7 and this one is all about verbs so includes what is a verb/ what is an infinitive and then focusses on present tense so they understand regular and irregular. Mine build up a mind map as we go along in books and then create games/verb posters- it is taught in conjunction with saying what do at weekend.this ppt takes at least 3 lessons to go through with lots of repetition, white board work, competitions, making notes etc

i use it with GCSE students who have only done Spanish for a year and so I want to revise physical description but want to move them on to GCSE style writing quickly\n\ncould be used with a bright Y9 class too

Vocabulary support sheet for describing appearance\n\nfor KS3 or KS4

Way to get students to talk about how they use technology. I took the 2 questions about dumping on Facebook and would you ban mobiles in school and got them to do a speed date around the room to practise asking and answering then we did a straw poll to see who would really dump a boy or girlfriend on face book and they loved it. This was follow up to doing Higher listening practise Edexcel 2011/2012 one on use of mobiles in class 2012 and one on using social networking sites 2011. Also nicked and adapted from a freebee from Mary Glasgow magazine about dumping on Facebook

I have done this for Y9/Y10 before but not Y7. Just to get away from same old same old- getting them to learn how to describe the weekend of a teenager from hell V the Saturday of a good two shoes- so I always leave the toilet seat up and shut myself in my room instead of I play football and I watch TV. Or I always go to the supermarket with mummy and I do my homework the minute I wake up. It isn't that much more difficult actually and they respond well to it.I've just added some conventional matching tasks on end-nothing new but good cover.

An idea for a beginning of Y12 or Y13 icebreaker. Largely about speaking but can be used to do a grammar diagnostic. Based on Radio 4's desert island discs. Great fun to try and a good way to get to know the group and their confidence levels, is also music is a topic that has come up on Edexcel AS papers every year. Do let me know if you have tried something like this before and or if you try this one.