Crossword to practise the Present Tense (AR, ER and IR verbs). Pupils enjoy this self-correcting activity which helps them learn the verb endings. The crossword appears twice on the page to save on your photocopying!

‘Find Someone Who’ speaking activity sheet (survey: find someone who… wants to go to university, etc) Small worksheet (two copies per page, to save on photocopying!) to introduce/practise phrases like: Tengo la intención de ser profesor. Quiero tener una familia. Espero encontrar trabajo. Me gustaría vivir en el extranjero. Pienso tomarme un año sabático. Quiero trabajar como voluntario. Espero ir a la universidad. Tengo la intención de seguir estudiand

A lesson on saying what you have to/must do to stay healthy, e.g. Tienes que comer fruta y verdura Hay que hacer ejercicio Full lesson including put-pieces-of-paper-together-to-create sentences activity, dice speaking game, mini-whiteboard activity. Also accompanying worksheet (page 2 of the worksheet is the sentence-building activity template for pupils to cut out).

Worksheet (two sides): Side 1: practising present tense of ar, er and ir verbs (regular), plus tener and ser, Side 2 practising articles, possessive pronouns, me gusta(n), adjective agreements. Grammar and vocabulary based on early chapters of Mira 1.

Two pages of quotations grouped under the following headings: La mort et la futilité de la vie La justice dans un monde irrationnel Le désir de l’homme de trouver un sens à la vie Être « étranger » L’importance d’accepter la vie et d’en profiter You can cut up (or digitally re-arrange) the quotations for students to sort under the headings themselves, perhaps after you have first asked them to find some relevant quotations related to those themes themselves. This resource is also available as part of a 'bundle' of L'étranger resources

Fumar, beber, tomar drogas Lesson Powerpoint and double worksheet about drinking, taking drugs and drinking alcohol. Talking about your good and bad health habits.

This 6-page document assembles key quotations from Part I of L'étranger (Camus), most introduced by a brief English comment for easy reference. This resource is also available as part of a 'bundle' of L'étranger resources

A 41 slide Powerpoint with clear and concise explanations about how the Perfect Tense works and practice activities. Not complete lessons (these slides are extracted from various lesson Powerpoints) but the Powerpoint does cover er, ir and re verbs taking avoir (plus how to make them negative) as well as être verbs and the irregular past participles. There are explanations with examples, and a few match-up / gap-fill / translation / speaking tasks (oxo and dice game). Could save you some time!

Presentation and worksheet to introduce and practise demonstrative adjectives and pronouns (lequel, celui-ci, etc). Uses clothes vocabulary/shopping context generally (a bit of food vocab too, to remind students that grammar is applicable in multiple contexts) Probably best after some work/revision on clothes has been done first. Also suitable for revision of this grammar point at A-Level. (All images are public domain from https://openclipart.org/ )

Double-sided worksheet Parallel texts on “Me, my family and friends” (personal descriptions, relationships, marriage, etc) English text facing the Spanish. Some words in bold in both texts to aid students’ following of the texts I’ve tried to include a number of the trickier words from the AQA specification vocab list on this topic. Pupils use the translation to fill in gaps in both the English and the Spanish. On page 2 there are sentences to translate based on vocab from the texts, plus Spanish comprehension questions & some extension tasks.

Double-sided worksheet preparing pupils to use the present tense to talk about what they do on holiday normally. Side 1: They fill in the AR/ER/IR verb endings into the table. Plus the present of ser/tener/estar. And the first person singular only of various verbs with irregular first persons,like hacer, dar, poner, etc. Side 2: They translate 10 sentences into Spanish. Then they read a model text about what someone does on holiday, changing the infinitives in the text into the appropriate form of the present tense.

A couple of sentence builders to help pupils give opinions on their homes. A trapdoor activity for talking about where you live. Pupils found these useful for writing and speaking on this topic.

Double-sided worksheet, designed for Year 12 to revise adjective endings, especially the more irregular ones.

Worksheet containing an account of somebody's holiday in France (perfect tense). The text contains a number of connectives. Pupils have to find them and write them next to the English at the bottom of the sheet. The text also contains a number of time phrases like 'Après', ' le lendemain', which pupils can highlight. The text could also be used for reading comprehension. Good for developing writing skills, practising understanding of the perfect tense and for reinforcing the Holidays topic. (There are two copies of the exercise per A4 page; the sheet must be cut in half. Good for saving on photocopying, and makes it easy for students to stick into exercise books.)

Presentation of question words and accompanying worksheet. Uses vocabulary from early chapters of Mira 1.

Ma ville et ma maison - French GCSE A Knowledge Organiser (KO) in the form of a parallel text about someone’s city and home. Designed to expose students’ to many of the key vocabulary items from the AQA GCSE Specification (Home, Town, Neighbourhood and Region section - e.g. verbs like déménager) and to provide useful recyclable structures and phrases. Google ‘Michaela French Knowledge Organisers’ for some ideas about what to do with this kind of parallel text. Had a productive couple of lessons with my GCSE class exploiting this text, all with minimum teacher preparation (apart from writing the text!) e.g. You can use it for pronunciation practice/awareness: I got pupils focussing on the recurring [ɛ] and [ɑ̃] in the first few paragraphs. They had to listen and highlight the text, then I re-read the text with pupils putting hands up when they heard the sound. Then they had a go in pairs. Then we did some work on the vocabulary. Listening activities too where I changed parts of the text and pupils had to identify what had changed. Then they had a go at adapting parts of the text and combining words and phrases from it to make their own paragraphs. Includes editable PPT version and a PDF version.

Double-sided worksheet to prepare GCSE students to build up vocabulary to write about the kind of holiday they usually go on and why (=giving and justifying opinions). Side 1: They complete some model sentences, then fill in some opinions with Me gusta/Me interesa (to practise gusta/gustan) Side 2: They read three model paragraphs about preferred holidays and then Find the Spanish for a number of useful phrases in the texts. They then use all of the worksheet to help them translate 6 sentences into Spanish, e.g. I love beach holidays because I think that they are relaxing and I like watersports. This worksheet would also be suitable for some KS3 classes. (All images public domain from https://openclipart.org or Wikimedia Commons)

Double-sided worksheet to help pupils to talk about what they will do in future to lead a more healthy lifestyle. Pupils fill in gaps in sentences with appropriate future tense verbs from the box. Other side of the sheet contains a re-cap of how to form the future tense (first person) and some sentences to translate, based on the vocabulary on the other side of the sheet. Could be suitable for KS3 too. (Images public domain from https://openclipart.org )

Lesson on saying what you’ve done recently to be healthy. I did this toward the end of the Healthy Living topic, once key vocab on exercise and healthy eating had been covered, and once we had re-capped the Perfect Tense (with avoir) Starter : match the French time phrases to the English **Gap-fill activity: ** for mini-whiteboards and/or books: fill in the correct verb form or past participle Trapdoor game: Students love this. Pupils take turns to read through the passage with a partner, choosing options each time from the list. Their partner must read it back from memory; if they go wrong they have to go back to the start. Then swap roles. I model this first so pupils have to listen then I choose one to read back what I said. Then, to make it harder, there is a version with some words and letters taken away, so pupils are not just reading from the screen but have to remember the phrases.

Made for a Year 12 to re-cap regular Present Tense verbs. Presentation and a couple of practice games of Morpion. Could be used in other year groups.