Pupils put the cards in the right order to create an interview with Peter Capaldi. Accompanying worksheet reinforces their knowledge of key phrases prior to producing a description of a celebrity. Credit to a colleague on another website for the original idea, which I have adapted here. ‘Ave it!! :)

Had to leave work for my year 7 class starting House and Home topic. This worksheet introduces them to key vocab to talk about types of houses and areas they might live in. 'Ave it!!! :)

Various vocab exercises and past exam questions suitable for year 11 prior to final exam.

Pupils work in pairs analysing one of two texts. Dictionaries are only allowed when they hear the countdown music so mostly they have to use their own skills / knowledge. After 20 minutes, 20 phrases from the 2 texts appear on the board in English, one at a time (powerpoint is timed). Pupils must scan the text they have worked on to find the equivalent in French. Full instructions on 1st powerpoint slide. Involves an element of challenge/competition and of course the winners MUST get a prize!!! :) 'Ave it!!!

Pupils work in 5 groups. Give pupils in each group the same info card & let them work together to find out English meanings. (Or could be set as homework). Then give them all a pupil vocab sheet, and transfer the info they have found out onto the sheet. Then let them go round classroom asking pupils for answers to remaining vocab on sheet - only allowed to ask one question before moving on to another pupil. When vocab sheet complete, use it to write an independent paragraph about uniform. PHEW!!! Hard to explain - hope you get it and hope it's of some use!!! :)

Pictures for pupils to cut out and glue in books. Accompanying presentation slide showing vocab needed.

Teaches pupils the basic vocab necessary to book a hotel room. Several activities including reading hotel adverts, paired and group speaking activities, link to a YouTube clip of a woman booking in at hotel reception and a GCSE reading exam question. Some slides have links to activities - I have uploaded the linked activities in case the links don't work. The past exam question has rubrics / questions in French to fit in with the new style GCSE exam. Copy also included with rubrics / questions in English.

For KS2 or 3 pupils. Competitive quiz activity. Practises knowledge of basic food vocab and sentences. Each shape is hyperlinked to a slide which contains the question. Click on the smiley face on the question slide to return to the first slide. For 10 marks pupils must recognise basic foods eg le poulet. For 20 points they have to recognise simple sentences eg. J'aime le fromage. For 30 points they have to recognise more challenging sentences eg. Mon père mange trop de frites. For 40 points they have to say something in French eg. My mum loves cake. This is an adaptable resource.

Various vocab exercises and past exam questions. Suitable for year 11 prior to final exam.

If you've used Linguascope to teach 10 items of French Christmas vocabulary then this is the perfect plenary! 10 pictures repeatedly flash in the box - a pupil taps the box to stop the pictures, and is then given a choice of 3 possible answers. If they tap the correct answer they of course receive the obligatory sweet! :) If you don't subscribe to Linguascope this could be used as a research lesson, so teacher could tap the pictures, pupils look at the 3 words and use dictionaries to work out correct answer.

For older pupils, probably years 10 & 11. Includes a short starter poem to translate, a match up activity (how to say I LOVE YOU in 10 languages), a link to BBC Ma France resource (video clips of people dating), vocab for creating a Valentines card, a wordsearch and a Higher Level reading past exam question. Included : Powerpoint presentation, past exam question worksheet and wordsearch worksheet.

Keep pressing 'N' key on keyboard - ask a pupil to say 'Arrete' - stop pressing 'N'. Pupil must tell you what the phrase means.

Pupils have a set of red amber and green cards, and hold up correct coloured card when the picture appears. Cool AFL!!!

2 short texts with questions in English.

Vocab list and short text with questions.

Job application with gaps. Missing words supplied.

Click on select to choose a pupil then let chosen pupil tap the spinner on the IWB - pupil must pronounce chosen word correctly and/or tell you what it means in English etc. Should be able to edit class list - change number of pupils then just click on the empty boxes and type in your pupils' names. Edit spinner by clicking on the double arrows on right, clicking on a segment and typing in a new word. Enjoy! Don&'t forget the sweets for winners! The power of the Haribo!! :)

If you see a little asterix at bottom of screen, drag it out and I've put some notes to explain what to do!! Listening activity - there should be a link attached to the picture of the chap with the big ear! If it doesn&'t work, I&';ve uploaded the MP3 so you can still use it. 'Ave it!!!! :)

Encourages pupils to scan texts for familiar language and then try to work out new vocab before using a dictionary. Divide your class into groups of 4-6 pupils. Give each group 1 copy of the 5 mini texts about Google glasses. Give each pupil a copy of the worksheet. Pupils study one of the texts and answer any relevant questions before swapping the text with other pupils in their group. Keep the 5 texts circulating around the groups until pupils have answered all the questions. Every now and then play some timed music (approx. 2 minutes?) and only when they hear the music are they allowed to use a dictionary. When the music stops they have to close dictionaries!

Each group is given copies of the 4 texts (as 4 separate sheets) and one copy of the worksheet. Pupils can decide how they want to work - either split up into pairs and each pair looks for ONE particular tense in all 4 texts, swapping texts when they have finished, OR each pair focuses on ONE text, identifying the 3 different tenses. Give 'em mini highlighters - they like using them and the colours reinforce the different tenses. Pupils record their findings on the worksheet then feed back to the class. 'Ave it!!! :)