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Pupils fill in the clock faces and times whilst being taught the time in French. Essential vocab is at the bottom of the sheet as well, for their reference.
Give pupils a bronze, silver or gold phrase to translate. They write their translation on a sticky note and then stick it on the back of the relevant card. When everyone has done this, put the class into 3 groups and give each group one of the cards with the sticky notes on the back. They must then check the translations and feed back to the rest of the group.
Template for Blockbusters pairwork.
Students could either write in clues for their partner in each hexagon, or you could add your own. The aim is to get from one side of the board to the other by answering questions/clues. The other person must also try and block their opponent.
In 2 teams, pupils compete to move from one side of the board to the other, translating the weather phrases (any language).
Simply click on the hexagon and then click on the team's colour to change the colour of the hexagon.
Use this PPT to introduce the weather in German.
To start, the weather is shown on a map of Germany, Switzerland and Austria. It is worth looking at the patterns of language used here. The patterns are colour-coded.
Then the vocab is formally introduced.
Following this, pupils must identify the weather in German as it whizzes past.
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.
Use this as a printout for students to complete pairwork on any given topic.
Fill in the title bars for the pupils or get them to do this themselves. One pupil fills in the explosions and the other has to predict where they are by giving the phrase for the corresponding coordinates, e.g. “J’aime les sciences”.
This is an easy PPT template for you to adapt as you like.
Change the side and top title bars, depending on the topic you’re doing.
Click on the blue boxes to make them disappear to reveal (or not!) an explosion underneath.
For variation, simply move the explosions to different squares.
Use this resource for working with translation of phrases.
Before seeing a text, take phrases from it to be translated. Pupils work on their own and before each slide is shown, decide whether they will do gold, silver or bronze. Marks are awarded for each. You will obviously need to make the phrases progressively more difficult to translate, to be able to award points.
When pupils have translated their chosen phrase, they swap with a partner to have it marked. You show the answers after a given amount of time. Use the green pens to peer mark. Who has the highest score?
Different shapes for card sorts (triangle, etc.)
Fill in the vocab so that the English matches the target language when laid in a triangle like this. There is an example of this in the PPT.
Fill in the blank squares with relevant phrases from the lessons. Give each group of 4 a set of these cards. They put them in the middle, face down, and pick one up one-by-one and then place them back in the middle. They read what’s on the card. If it says ‘Du mogelst', they must make up a sentence without being obvious. Other players can say ‘Du mogelst’ at any point in the game. If they’re right, the person cheating picks up all the cards from the middle and they start again. If someone says ‘Du mogelst’ and the person they’re accusing is not cheating, then the accuser has to pick up all the cards. The winner is the first person to get rid of all their cards.
Place a picture in each square. Instead of saying “2 + 3 = 5”, say the picture in squares 2, 3 and 5 (e.g. “un chien plus une souris égalent un chat”). Make these sums as difficult or as easy as you like. If you’re going to do a more challenging sum, encourage the pupils to make notes (of the numbers, not the pictures – it’s quicker!).
The writing wheel is designed as a support for pupils' writing, especially in a foreign language, which is one of the most difficult skills.
Add different elements of a paragraph into each circle, starting from the centre and working your way out. Then print out one or both slides (depending on how much you want pupils to write) as support for pupils’ writing.