Lesson in response to the shootings in Paris on 07/01/15. 1st slide for triggering discussion. Explain/discuss context for any pupils who are unaware. Provide sources 1-11 to pupils to analyse and discuss. Depending on your group, they might just do a couple each, or might get through all of them. If time at end - discuss and write tweets.

Reflexive verbs for high ability Y9. Working towards a paragraph about a day in the life of a celebrity of their choice. Covers: -key infinitives -conjugation in present tense using mini-whiteboards to respond -sequencing an account with puis, ensuite, etc. -using reflexives in a range of tenses -advanced structures "avant de" + inf and "apres avoir" + pp

Lessons focusing on the different types of Crossover questions (those which appear on both Foundation and Higher papers). There are several key question types which appear each year and try to trick candidates using tenses, negatives, 3rd person etc., as red herrings. These lessons aim to alert pupils to these pitfalls by practising past questions so they can avoid being caught out in their exam. Uses 2010-2013 as we used 2014 for a mock recently. Also included is a "walking talking mock" where pupils had just done the 2014 Higher paper and we went through the whole paper question by question to mark their own and understand mistakes. All exam questions are property of Edexcel. Numbers refer to the time on the recording which you can get from the Edexcel website.

Used with Y9 bottom set beginners Spanish - equally suitable for Y7 Spanish. True or false to recap colours. Give out sheet and pupils use prior knowledge to complete as much as possible. Can use dictionaries or just do a bit then go through answers and fill in gaps for corto/largo/liso/rizado etc. Reading task - understand the sentences and draw pictures based on them.

Colous poem project for Y7 Spanish - will probably take 3-5 lessons depending on your group. After learning basics of colours, word order and adjective agreements, pupils read a poem and identify nouns and adjectives. They develop dictionary skills to research new vocabulary so they can be creative, producing similes using nouns (eg: blue like the sea) then add in adjectives to enhance their similes (eg: blue like the shimmering sea). After the 2-3 lessons provided on powerpoint they can complete their poems and write up in neat for display.

A few lessons' worth of work on family members, hair and eye descriptions.

Series of lessons for Y8 top set introducing tenses, within the context of free time/leisure. Includes: -opinions of infinitives -1st person in past, present, future -perfect tense with avoir (range of subjects, irregular past participles) -opinions of TV -speaking assessment - GCSE-style roleplay cards All lessons are differentiated Bronze/Silver/Gold.

Lesson to introduce the preterite tense to Y8 set 3. Bell work - translate present tense extended sentences (revision from previous lesson) Brief explanation of -ar verbs in yo, él/ella and nosotros form, followed by mini-whiteboard practice. Brief explanation of how -er and -ir verbs. Pupils rate their understanding Bronze/Silver/Gold then choose a differentiated worksheet (just print the ppt slides) which leads into a writing task. Give or keep the points game to finish.

2 lessons for a top set Y8 class doing Spanish once per week alongside French. Using mas...que, menos... que and tan... como. Some slides found on TES and adapted/added to my own resources, so not entirely my own.

EDIT 17/09/17 - Updated version of these resources and resources for higher ability can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/les-vacances-higher-ability-ks3-holidays-topic-11272132 and here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-8-les-vacances-expo-2-module-5-updated-11067410 (for some reason this old one seems more popular but I think people just aren't finding the newer ones). EDIT 24/06/14 - Added some more lessons to Powerpoint and a couple more worksheets. For Year 8 groups on Expo 2 Module 5. First couple of lessons - countries, nationalities, saying where you usually go and where you went last year. Puzzle sheet and link to consolidate on a Friday afternoon. More lessons will be added as I go along.

Practice translation activities in the style of the new GCSE. Worksheet includes a short version of the AQA mark scheme. I go through the correct translation on the board then get pupils to make corrections and peer assess before I mark their work. Using these every 2-3 weeks as a 10-15 minute activity, to assess pupils regularly and keep exam skills ticking over, rather than doing a massive exam at the end of each topic.

6-8 week topic on free time, aimed at Year 8 Set 3. Includes sports and hobbies, opinions, perfect tense and TV. Culminates in a Reading assessment. A few slides may be taken from other TES resources. If you recognise your work, many thanks for sharing and let me know if you want to be credited.

Various resources for low ability Y8 class. Follows Expo 2 Vert. A few weeks of powerpoint slides + worksheets and other resources used in class. The reading task (Reading A and Reading B) was sent out to pupils electronically so some had the underlined version to give them hints.

Differentiated reading tasks for a very mixed ability top/middle set Y10 French group. B/C text focuses on recognition and usage of key verbs in the perfect and imperfect tense. A* version assumes pupils are already confident with the 2 tenses and introduces a range of advanced structures which they can use to develop their work.

Match up worksheet on food items Card sort of shops - match picture of item with Spanish item name and shop name. Grid to record information in afterwards with simple true or false and writing extension.

A series of lessons aimed at high ability KS4 (Y9 or 10) to equip them with skills to include a range of tenses (including ones they haven&'t been taught yet) in their work. Focuses on recognising when to use 6 main tenses and on using the verb table in the middle of the dictionary to conjugate so pupils can be more independent in future. EDIT: Conjugation board game removed from the resource at the request of the original creator as they have now made it into a paid-for resource.

Reading task based on Expo 2 Vert p62 but extended (I have added an extra text and broken down the activities more). This is for a low ability group so begins with the basics - recognising food words they have done and underlining them. Then they have to identify which person mentions which foods, and there are some extension questions for the more able in the group to move onto.

I have previously uploaded resources for the topic of Holidays which I used with low/mid ability Y8 groups. These can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-8-les-vacances-expo-2-module-5-updated-11067410 This year I find myself teaching top set Y8 and have had to rethink my approach. Here are my new resources (still in progress - will upload as I go - 6 weeks so far). The infinitives loop resource is not mine, but works really well here. Start the powerpoint, then get a pupil to cover their eyes and say "stop". You press "s" and everyone has to write a sentence using the verb it lands on (correctly conjugated in the perfect tense, of course). I have also been trying a new approach with homework, attempting to use flipped learning so that pupils arrive with the key basic knowledge they need so we can hit the ground running in the lesson. The following things have been researched at home, which is why they are not presented in the lessons: -vocab for transport -perfect tense of regular verbs -all Mrs Vandertramp verbs -vocab for accommodation

A5 numbers (2 per page) as Powerpoint slides. In French and Spanish for classroom display (eg: as a border around the classroom)

Used with high/middle set Y10 classes. Some mistakes should be obvious enough for all to spot (eg: infinitive instead of past participle) whilst others are more challenging.