Do your students need more exposure to authentic texts? This worksheet features a text and 4 comprehension exercises to help students understand an extended description of a town. Tasks included: a) tick the words which appear in the text b) Find the French from the text c) True / False / Not Mentioned exercise (statements in French) d) Identify the 8 mistakes in the English translation of the French text. Answers sheet included to enable students to self-mark, reducing teacher workload.

Do your students need more exposure to authentic texts? This worksheet features a text and 4 comprehension exercises to help students understand an extended description of “the school of the future” in Finland. Tasks included: a) tick the words which appear in the text b) Find the French from the text c) True / False / Not Mentioned exercise (statements in French) d) Identify the 10 mistakes in the English translation of the French text. Answers sheet included to enable students to self-mark, reducing teacher workload

The students choose a square using a letter and number combination e.g. D3, A4, C6. Encourage the students either to translate the job, or make it more difficult by asking for a sentence with the word or phrase in that square. If the student is successful, click on the square to reveal whether there is a ship underneath. You can reward the student or the student’s team with a point if they hit a ship. You can reward the student or the student’s team with several points if they sink the ship. For example, if the ship covers three squares, award the students three points.

Help your students get to grips with those high-frequency words they can never remember! The students choose a square using a letter and number combination e.g. D3, A4, C6. Encourage the students either to translate the job, or make it more difficult by asking for a sentence with the word or phrase in that square. If the student is successful, click on the square to reveal whether there is a ship underneath. You can reward the student or the student’s team with a point if they hit a ship. You can reward the student or the student’s team with several points if they sink the ship. For example, if the ship covers three squares, award the students three points.

A fun, quick and easy way to incorporate vocabulary retrieval into your lessons, whether face to face or remotely. Translate the time expression correctly and click on the square to see how many points you will gain. There are 10 coins worth 1 point; 5 coins worth 2 points; 3 coins worth 3 points and 2 coins worth 5 points. Introduce an element of competition by dividing your group into teams or play remotely individually by asking students to type answers into the chat box. Includes the following expressions of time: après / déjà / toujours / en même temps / avant / pendant / tôt / dès que / une soirée / tard / une quinzaine / après-midi / à partir de / de temps en temps / une heure / une journée / au début / tout à l’heure / tout de suite / une année The ideal no-prep starter or plenary to ensure that your students are continually refreshing their vocabulary knowledge!

Are your students struggling to remember key past tenses? A fun, quick and easy way to incorporate vocabulary retrieval into your lessons, whether face to face or remotely. Spin the wheel to select a phrase for students to translate. Choose from French to English or English to French. Introduce an element of competition by dividing your group into teams or play remotely individually by asking students to type answers into the chat box. Includes the following verbs in the past tense (Je and On forms): faire / manger / jouer / voir / regarder / boire / retrouver / écouter / prendre / acheter The ideal no-prep starter or plenary to ensure that your students are continually refreshing their past tense knowledge!

A fun, quick and easy way to incorporate vocabulary retrieval into your lessons, whether face to face or remotely. Answer the 18 multiple choice questions to identify the correct connecting word. The choice of answers gradually increases from 4 to 8. Introduce an element of competition by dividing your group into teams or play remotely individually by asking students to type answers into the chat box. Tests the following connecting words: however / according to / because / but / even if / finally / also / first of all / if / in order to / or / perhaps / since / so / then (x3) / therefore The ideal no-prep starter or plenary to ensure that your students are continually refreshing their vocabulary knowledge!

Are your students struggling to remember key past tenses? A fun, quick and easy way to incorporate vocabulary retrieval into your lessons, whether face to face or remotely. Spin the wheel to select a phrase for students to translate. Choose from French to English or English to French. Introduce an element of competition by dividing your group into teams or play remotely individually by asking students to type answers into the chat box. Includes the following verbs in the past tense (Je and On forms): aller / sortir / rester / arriver / partir / se lever / s’amuser / se coucher / se réveiller The ideal no-prep starter or plenary to ensure that your students are continually refreshing their past tense knowledge!

A fun, quick and easy way to incorporate vocabulary retrieval into your lessons, whether face to face or remotely. Spin the wheel to select a sum for students to complete and answer in French. Choose from the sum written as words in French, or as numbers. Introduce an element of competition by dividing your group into teams or play remotely individually by asking students to type answers into the chat box. The ideal no-prep starter or plenary to ensure that your students are continually refreshing their vocabulary knowledge!

A fun, quick and easy way to incorporate vocabulary retrieval into your lessons, whether face to face or remotely. Spin the wheel to select a word or phrase for students to translate. Choose from French to English (2 wheels) or English to French (1 wheel). Introduce an element of competition by dividing your group into teams or play remotely individually by asking students to type answers into the chat box or on a virtual whiteboard. Includes key words and phrases from Dynamo 1 Module 2. The ideal no-prep starter or plenary to ensure that your students are continually refreshing their vocabulary knowledge!

The students choose a square using a letter and number combination e.g. D3, A4, C6. Encourage the students either to translate the job, or make it more difficult by asking for a sentence with the word or phrase in that square. If the student is successful, click on the square to reveal whether there is a ship underneath. You can reward the student or the student’s team with a point if they hit a ship. You can reward the student or the student’s team with several points if they sink the ship. For example, if the ship covers three squares, award the students three points.

Authentic text describing the Lindt Musée du Chocolat in Switzerland. Tasks included: Tick the words in the text Find the French in the text Vrai / Faux / Pas Mentionné Complete the sentences using the words provided Link to website - why not ask your students to design a poster or leaflet for the museum as a follow-up activity, including some of the information they have understood from the text? Separate file with answers also included enabling students to self-mark and reduce teacher workload.

An easy, no prep way to build some fun in to your lesson. 15 sentences in French based around describing parts of the body. The sentences flash rapidly across the screen. Press “S” to pause the presentation and generate a sentence for your students to interpret. You could ask them simply to translate or why not ask them to draw the answer on a (virtual) mini whiteboard. Sentences included: Son ventre est gros Ses bras son courts Ses jambes sont longues Ses pieds sont grands Ses dents sont jaunes Ses yeux sont grands et verts ses oreilles sont pointues Ses cheveux sont frisés Son cou est long Sa tête est petite sa bouche est énorme Son nez est grand ses épaules sont musclées Ses doigts sont longs Son visage est rond To operate the powerpoint: Press S to pause. Press S again to resume. Press B to pause and a black screen appears. Press any key to resume. Press W to pause and a white screen appears. Press any key to resume. Press ESC to exit the presentation.

Halloween-themed reading activity to revise the basics - name, age, birthday, animals, where you live, likes & dislikes. Read the 24 sentences to complete the details for the skeleton. the vampire, the zombie and the ghost. Ideal end of term revision for Year 7, with a Halloween twist.

Pairwork activity to practise using “je joue” and “je fais” (+ negative forms) with different activities. Students use the A/B grids to ask each other what they do on a particular day and respond using the picture prompts from their grid. eg. Student A: Que fais-tu le lundi? Student B: je joue au ping-pong mais je ne fais pas de la danse. Includes a self and peer assessment record sheet.

Identify the 15 French girls’ names from the grid. 3 mistakes = Wipeout. Powerpoint with sound effects.

Top 5 Quiz to revise vocabulary from the “Food” topic. For each question, students must write down only 1 answer. If their answer appears in the “Top 5”, they earn points. The student with the most points at the end of the game wins. The following questions are included: Qu’est ce-que tu aimes manger? Qu’est ce-que tu n’aimes pas manger? Qu’est ce-que tu manges comme petit déjeuner? Qu’est ce-que tu as mangé à la cantine hier? Quel genre du cuisine préfères-tu? Quel est ton play français préféré? Qu’est ce-que tu as acheté au marché? Quel est ton dessert préféré? Quelle est ta garniture de pizza préférée? Qu’est ce-que tu vas boire pendant la pause-déjeuner?

Top 5 Quiz to revise vocabulary from the “School” topic at GCSE. For each question, students must write down only 1 answer. If their answer appears in the “Top 5”, they earn points. The student with the most points at the end of the game wins. The following questions are included: Quelle est ta matière préférée? Quelle matière n’aimes-tu pas? Comment trouves-tu les maths? Comment est ton prof d’anglais? Qu’est ce-que tu portes comme uniforme? Que penses-tu de l’uniforme scolaire? Quels sont les règlements à l’école? Que fais-tu pendant la recréation? Qu’est ce-que tu as fait après l’école hier? Qu’est ce-que tu vas faire l’année prochaine?

Do your students need help to read texts more carefully? Or to proofread their own work and spot their mistakes? Why not combine these skills with revision of previously covered material by using this sentence auction task? Students start with 100 points. They will be shown a sentence in French with an English translation. They must decide if the translation is correct or incorrect. Students bid points according to how certain they are of their decision. For example they could bid 100 points that the translation is correct, or 50 points that it is incorrect. Each of the question slides contains 6 built-in timers so the teacher can decide how long the students have in order to place their bids. If students guess correctly, they win double the points that they have bid. If they are wrong, the points are lost. The winner is the person with most points at the end. This powerpoint includes 20 slides covering topics from GCSE Studio French Module 2.

A set of activities to practise numbers 1-31 in French Can your students answer the questions correctly without losing the balloons and causing the basket to fall? Each slide contains 10 questions. Students lose 1 balloon for an incorrect “yellow” response and 2 balloons for an incorrect “green” response. Click on the balloons to make them fly away! All “yellow” questions focus on numbers 1-10. All “green” questions focus on numbers 11-31 Activity 1: Translate the number from English to French Activity 2: Translate the number from French to English Activity 3: Answer the sum (shown as figures) in French Activity 4: Answer the sum (shown as French words) in French Activity 5: Fill in the missing vowels and say the number in French Activity 6: Unjumble the anagrams and say the number in French