Resources for a very low ability/low confidence class who have just started the FCSE French course. Most resources are suitable for/based on KS3. Covers: -countries (en/au/aux) -points of the compass and some Geography work -transport -some activities and opinions

Used with an Asset Spanish class, so is fairly basic. Would probably be OK for KS3 or a Foundation GCSE group. Read descriptions of people's jobs/where they work, and match with job titles previously learned.

Reading text suitable for Y9 or KS4. Description of primary school (c’était, il y avait) and ideal school (ce serait, il y aurait) plus other verbs in the imperfect and conditional tenses. Could lead to practice of these structures and students producing their own written work.

Vocabulary lists produced for most modules of Y7, 8 and 9 French, roughly following the Expo textbook. Year 7: 1) Basic introductions, numbers, colours 2) Family and pets 3) House and home 4) School and daily routine Year 8: 1) Revision module (talking about family, where you live) + jobs and weather 2) Temps libre - introducing past tense 3) Les sorties - modal verbs, clothes 4) Manger et boire 5) Les vacances Year 9: 1) Future plans (Module 2 of Expo 3) 2) Interests/leisure/culture (Module 1 of Expo 3) 3) Healthy living

Year 7 reading activity with three short texts including opinions and reasons. Could be suitable for cover work. Part 1 - match pictures to the texts. Part 2 - true or false.

2 lessons aimed at top-set Y9 pupils, linked to Module 1 of Expo 3 Rouge. Lesson 1: -Intro to film genres - think of an example for each genre listed. -Reading task - guess the film from the description (answers: The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Frozen, The Fault in Our Stars) -Find the French (for key phrases to use in writing) -Writing task with sentence starters provided. Lesson 2: -What do you care about when choosing a film? - ranking priorities and writing about them -Opinions of different aspects of the film - review.

Pupils match job titles to descriptions. Extension activities included.

A cover lesson introducing language for the photo card at AQA GCSE (for the 4-sentences writing task, and as a starting point for the speaking exam). This is for a low ability Y9 group. Covers: -il y a + nouns -il/elle est + height/build -il/elle a + hair description -il/elle a + basic clothing 4 pictures for students to describe.

Recognition of differences between perfect and present tenses (a basis for discussion/questioning when going through answers). Extension gets pupils to apply this knowledge and use the perfect tense.

A simple reading task to introduce the perfect tense with Year 8. Pupils use their existing knowledge of verbs in the present tense/infinitive to identify the meaning of past tense verbs in the text, leading to a discussion of how the perfect tense is formed. Aimed at Y8 pupils, alongside Expo 2, Module 2 but could easily be used with weak Y9s too.

Description of 8 traditioanl French dishes to match to their names. Pupils will need to research the food items in order to work it out. Builds up to pupils writing their own paragraph to describe a food item. Aim to develop comprehension skills and learn some new vocabulary whilst gaining cultural knowledge about French food.

Lesson to introduce the simple future tense to mid/low ability Y10 (who had only done immediate future in KS3). To do the listening, you need to have Kerboodle. I have added a gapfill activity to exploit the Kerboodle sound file in a different way. Differentiated lesson. Most able - range of subjects, some si clauses with set sentence openers Least able - 1st person (other subjects with support).

Lesson on sports using jugar + time phrases. Lesson on sports using hacer/practicar and choosing the correct one.

To revise for a reading assessment towards the end of Expo 2 Module 3 (Les sorties), testing knowledge from Modules 1, 2 and 3. Includes free time activities, perfect tense, modal verbs. Print p.1 on plain paper and give a sheet to each group to highlight key words, etc. Print p.2 on different colours of card and cut into strips (each question on a different strip). Give each group Q1 - when they have written their answer on the strip of card, they bring it to you and you give them Q2. It's a race to finish first (or get the most questions answered within the time limit). My pupils loved this and asked if we could do it again soon.

Bronze / Silver / Gold differentiated revision board games, covering: -self -family -where you live/come from -jobs -leisure activities -TV -excuses (with je dois) -opinions -perfect tense -places in town

For Year 8 low ability group on pancake day. Links in with current module (just starting food and drink - Expo 2, Module 4) but includes some cultural aspects on la Chandeleur and Mardi gras. Main idea for resource (pictures and vocab) taken from another TES resource (http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Les-cr-and-234-pes-6071144/) but I have added to it to keep my class busy for a whole lesson.

Reading focusing on use of 3 tenses

Text to introduce a class who are already familiar with the perfect tense of regular and irregular verbs with avoir to the idea of verbs which use etre as the auxiliary. Used as a challenging lesson for top set Y8 but would be suitable for KS4. 1) Reading for gist - give each paragraph a title (EXT: Come up with your own title for the last line as this doesn't have one provided). 2) Categorise verbs into avoir aux and etre verb (EXT: Identify the 2 types of verb that use etre - movement and reflexives) 3) True or false Qs.

Writing tasks for Year 8 studying the topic of Holidays (Expo 2). Developed in response to requirements of the new GCSE proposals, as the current Y8 will be the first affected. Aim is to get them used to regularly writing stuff without access to their books, word mats or dictionaries, reusing prior knowledge. Focus on conveying information and using correct verbs, rather than developed and fancy work. Mixture of task bullet points for writing tasks, and translation (both directions).

Goes with Expo 2 - Module 1 - Unit 1 (Mon album de famille). Starter - matching 3rd person sentences to characters. Key 3rd person phrases. Presentation and practice of -ER verbs. Work on pronunciation. Writing descriptions of family members. Donner/garder les points game to finish.