TOOLKIT for generating complex sentences relating to the topic of family and relationships, and for practising word order in sentences featuring a main clause and a subordinate clause.

Complete GCSE vocab list in German and English. I replaced the usual prosaic topic and sub-topic titles with song and film titles, song lyrics and some obscure quotations in a desperate attempt to make some of my revision-shy pupils look through it.

Jumbled dialogue between, Santa, who has misplaced his reindeer, and an elf, who finds them in his garden. The dialogue can be reassembled in many different ways. You could model a dialogue first and them ask them to improvise something similar, before asking them to write up a plausible dialogue.

One of the Judoon (from Dr Who) lambasts Earth television programmes. Text is followed by a writing task which uses the stimulus text as a platform.

Bart's first letter to his German penfriend. Students read the text and then capture the key points by completing a Steckbrief.

Two authentic weather reports with comprehension questions in German.

Slide 1 of the Powerpoint acts as a homepage for the other slides. Ask pupils to select a letter, then click the corresponding image and it will hyperlink to a slide with a phoneme to practice. Click on the 'back' button to go back to the homepage.

(i) A link to the ad (ii) As faithful a transcript of the TV ad as I can get onto a sheet of A4, with some stage directions, plus a sequence of activities. (iii) a story board activity (iv) a PPT with stills from the film, to which students should supply their own text and (v) an exploded version of the dialogue for the students to reconstruct. I've added in a couple of additonial speech bubbles to pack it out a bit.

Advice on reviewing vocab for learners of French / German / Spanish or any Modern Foreign Language

Handout to help students (i) understand how to form questions and (ii) to practize forming simple questions relating to free time.

A text for higher level students on homelessness in Frankfurt followed by; (i) reading comprehension questions in English (ii) a grammar focus (iii) a text manipulation excercize.

Presentation for departmental CPD. Summary of key points from OfSTED findings relating to MFL lessons observed between 2007 and 2010. OfSTED comments relate to lessons observed in French, German, Spanish ... etc!

TOOLKIT to help pupils talk about what they have and haven't done during the school year.

Toolkit to help Foundation Level students say what they wear, have to wear, would rather wear, like, dislike, despise etc and get the adjectival endings right.

Four short Foundation Level texts in which young Germans talk about their plans or lack of plans for work experience. Texts are followed by comprehension exercises in German, a 'Find the phrase' activity, a manipulation exercise, and a writing task supported by a toolkit

Playscript. An unlikely dialogue in which Belletrix Lestrange from Harry Potter and Bella from Twighlight discuss their differing approaches to health and fitness. A disagreement ensues about Voldemort's nose. Having practised and performed the playscript, students could (i) devise a dialogue in which two different fictional characters discuss the issue of health and fitness or (ii) devise a dialogue in which Bella and Belletrix take on a different GCSE topic.

The simplified taxonomies can be used to show to students and observers (i) how certain activities demand greater engagement on the part of the learner and (ii) the progression in your lesson in terms of pupils' thinking. Created in collaboration with Rachel Roberts and the MFL team at Gordano.

A vocab matching exercise followed by a simple toolkit to help students express opinions about school subjects in French, followed by a writing task with vocab support.

Interactive drag and drop practice of French modal verbs for PC or IW.

Each slide of the powerpoint practises a different German sound / spelling pattern. Slide 1 acts as a homepage for the activity. Students pick an image. When you click on it, it hyperlinks to a phoneme for the class to practise. (This is similar to the one I made for beginners, but the vocab is appropriate to KS4.)