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I am currently a Head of Modern Languages in a large secondary school in the North East Of England. I also work with the local University with PGCE MFL students, an area of my work I thoroughly enjoy. I am passionate about teaching and learning, and have a particular interest in the teaching of grammar and of literary texts to develop reading, writing and listening skills. I am currently working on developing a range of resources to support the study of Le Petit Nicolas and the series of books.

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I am currently a Head of Modern Languages in a large secondary school in the North East Of England. I also work with the local University with PGCE MFL students, an area of my work I thoroughly enjoy. I am passionate about teaching and learning, and have a particular interest in the teaching of grammar and of literary texts to develop reading, writing and listening skills. I am currently working on developing a range of resources to support the study of Le Petit Nicolas and the series of books.
The future tense in German
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The future tense in German

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A PPt to teach the future tense suitable for 7th Grade. I tried to offer slides and handouts with this to get them thinking about the construction, rather than me telling them.
Use of DOP and pronouns in French. using ' dodgy English'
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Use of DOP and pronouns in French. using ' dodgy English'

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This is a resource that I created to support my year 10 through the use of DOP. They are used to ' dodgy English' and I am sharing this as they enjoyed the activities and gave me good feedback ( it has helped them massively and they are now confident with those ), especially the translation which they used a learning and consolidating activity. I have in my free resources a Power Point you can also access to teach the initial stages and the words for the needed DOPS for these activities.
Dictation translation and tense manipulation
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Dictation translation and tense manipulation

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There are many ways to use this and I have explained on the worksheet. Students could dictate the text to each other to focus on spellings, then could mime and memorise ( talk for learning ) , translate and change the time frame of the text. Any feedback appreciated.
Charlie hebdo-developing reading techniques
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Charlie hebdo-developing reading techniques

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A presentation to help students develop their reading skills and vocabulary on this sensitive issue. Can lead to interesting debates and be used cross-curricular. The text is from lepetitcitoyen.fr website which I strongly recommend.
La Bohème- Imparfait and Paris
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La Bohème- Imparfait and Paris

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Just designed this for grade 10 but could be adapted for any year group , any age, the reconstruction of the song can be differentiated as I made it harder for most able candidates by cutting more bits of the song, whereas I did leave bigger blocks for less able candidates.
Titeuf on a ski trip
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Titeuf on a ski trip

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Just a bit of culture, watch the clips, use for dictation, translation of texts and to develop listening skills. I have put some vocabulary of the various steps of the lesson to help and also a simple writing frame on the last slide to support writing
The golden list for A*
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The golden list for A*

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designed to support KS4 students, can be used as a checklist to check work is up to standards and target grades. I have used it as a learning homework too.
L'imparfait-The Imperfect tense in French. Formation and activities to practise
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L'imparfait-The Imperfect tense in French. Formation and activities to practise

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This is designed for an introduction to this tense with my year 8. We have used it before but we now need to understand how it works so students become independent in building and using this tense themselves. Any comments are welcome. The vowel gap fill activity can be used for pair work, for speaking and or writing. Students have to fill in the gaps ( stars ) with vowels only and then they could use the grid as support in speaking tasks. I hope this is useful to colleagues, I am sharing as it has been tried and tested many times .
The present vs the perfect tense in French
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The present vs the perfect tense in French

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The aim of this activity is not only to guide students to use both tenses accurately but to also show them the importance of other grammatical aspects such as the use of time expressions, connectives and opinions, as well as sentence development.
GCSE and HAP activities on a disastrous day at school
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GCSE and HAP activities on a disastrous day at school

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This will be suitable for High ability students at KS3 and KS4 to develop higher level complex structures, reading skills, speaking skills and memory. This suits the topic of school and education and I have attached a list of suggested activities, all of them I have used myself and have led to some rather creative writing and spoken passages from my year 10.
verb patterns and working with infinitives.
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verb patterns and working with infinitives.

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This can be used either as a support grid in lessons. I have also cut out all the different tables, laminated them and from the verb pattern sheet. I then offer students options to choose which tense they need the most help with, then they get the card for the whole lesson, or part of of the lesson. Tried and tested !
verb patterns and working with infinitives.
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verb patterns and working with infinitives.

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This is to support students with tenses and recognising patterns. This can be used a a support sheet or you may decide to cut out the grids and laminate and ask student to choose the cards with the tenses they need the most help with. I will add another resource with the conditional, and even some simple phrases using the subjunctive to stretch the more able.
A sequence for teaching listening
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A sequence for teaching listening

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Designed and used this using listening strategies. The cards on one of the slides with the pictures of animals need to be cut up and laminated ( for keeping ) and given to students. This is to help them concentrate and focus on what is necessary to listen out for ... it normally works well in 6th - 8th grade, even early 10th grade. You can make everything harder !
Y7German Beginners. Using basic verbs talking about self asking questions
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Y7German Beginners. Using basic verbs talking about self asking questions

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Can be used to develop confidence in reading and writing extended passages but can be used to support speaking , especially asking questions using the 'du' subject with 'st' ending. I normally aim at having all students to have memorised the main basic questions in German using correct pronunciation and verb endings very early on and this presentation has worked really well so far with my German beginners (Y7 ).