Using Monet’s painting, ‘Jardin à Sainte-Adresse’ and example sentences underneath the painting, pupils have to change one word (if it’s a noun, they can change le/la) to make a sentence of their own. This activity focuses in particular on colours and agreements.

Use this PPT to introduce the imperfect tense in French.

Use this PPT to introduce pupils to both the simple future and the conditional in French. As they are quite similar, it seems sensible to introduce them both together. This is really better suited to higher ability pupils.

Introducing the time in German. Starts with a reminder of the time in English, then introduces it in German and ends with mini whiteboard practice.

On the first slide, in line with the GCSE speaking photo card, pupils give sentences about the picture. This is an introduction to the topic of the advantages and disadvantages of social media. On the following slide, phrases have been taken from a text about social media. Students decide whether the statements are advantages or disadvantages. Students then use mini whiteboards to recap the vocab. To finish, students challenge each other for the next lesson. They all write a phrase from this lesson on a Post-It and stick it to the back wall. These are then randomly given out to the students as a starter in the following lesson to be translated.

This handout accompanies the PPT introducing the simple future to students, including of course verb endings, but also the most common irregular simple future verbs.

This PPT introduces the perfect tense of 'aller' using a step-by-step approach.

Use the template to get pupils to guess the blanked out word in the headline. You could also use this HIGNFY template to do ‘reading images’. Pupils discuss what’s in the picture and give it a headline. Simply insert a photo of your choice in the top of the slide! You could use it to give pupils options of headlines or give them a headline and they have to choose the appropriate image.

Click where it says “Insert words here” to add your clue. If Team O get one right, click on the ‘O’ underneath the picture or clue. It will change to ‘O’. Likewise with Team X.

Pupils research the weather forecast across France and complete the sentences.

Use this PPT to teach pupils how to tell the time in French. There is an accompanying worksheet they can complete while doing this. The first few slides recaps on telling the time in English, as some pupils struggle with using an analogue clock to tell the time. After introducing the time in French, practise what they have learned by asking pupils to either shout out the time in French or write the time in words on mini whiteboards.

The text is on the topic of sports and is aimed more at KS3. In 2 teams, pupils choose a word to find in the text. The pupils don’t know what each word is worth. Click on the word they have chosen when they have correctly identified it in the text and their score will be revealed. The winning team is the team with the highest score once all words have been found in the text.

There are four different slides with phrases about how often you do different activities. Simply click on the lines to reveal the letters and click on different parts of the ‘hangman’ to slowly build it up.

Students work in pairs. They take it in turns to throw a dice. They then translate the phrase next to the number shown on the dice.

This is a mini class test I did with my Year 10 lower ability group after learning how to form regular verbs in the perfect tense for homework.

Pupils must read the descriptions of each of the Mr Men characters in French and match them with the English equivalent.

On this worksheet, pupils match the French phrases about helping the local environment to the French.

Get pupils to stick these tables into their books for reference. Definite and indefinite pronouns and their cases (masculine, feminine, neuter and plural + nominative, accusative, genitive and dative).

Pupils are shown a set of numbers for ten seconds at a time, before the curtains automatically close. No writing allowed! They then must say the numbers they remember in German. Write them on the board so they can be checked.