Series of images designed to provoke students into saying which month is represented. There can be several acceptable answers for each image.

Interactive practice of subordinating conjunctions. The exercise will load a different selection of 10 conjunctions each time and will shuffle the order. Will work on a PC or the IW.

Interactive drag and drop practice of French modal verbs for PC or IW.

Text about the fraternisation between British and German troops at Christmas 1914. The text is followed by a comprehension task and a grammar activity.

Belt and braces revision and practice of three tenses!

Two relatively straightforward grammar exercises, practising the use of 'weil&' and &';obwohl' in the context of school subjects and option choices.

This ppt is for an activity I conducted with our soon-to-be year 7s on their transistion visit. It's a facilitated activity that encourages the pupils to (i) share their perceptions of the benefits of learning a language (ii) think about how learning a language will devlop their generic thinking and learning abilities (iii) reflect on how an MFL lesson, which they have just had, has fostered generic thinking and learning skills. It could be used with Year 7s at the start of their MFL career.

Four bloggers talk about what they do for the environment. Followed by comprehension questions in German and two discussion questions. (Typo fixed!)

Powepoint for practising jobs and careers. Pupils are shown a severely cropped image os someone at work, from which they have to identify the job. A click reveals the full image and another click reveals the German word. (This is an expanded version of something I uploaded previously.)

TOOLKIT to help students formulate sentences in the Perfect relating to the environment

Simple overview of the modal verbs for handout or display.

Revision sheet with an overview of German verbs in three tenses

Four short texts in which TV characters or celebs talk about what they do or don't do to help the environment, followed by GCSE style questions in English (plus one non-GCSE style question.)

This is a re-vamped version of a text I have uploaded elsewhere. It now has additional exercises. The text has been simplified slightly and is now followed by (i) a comprehension activity (ii) a find the phrase exercise (iii) grammar practice of TMP (iv) a manipulation exercise (v) a translation exercise (vi) a speaking activity and (vii) an essay

Interactive drag and drop activity featuring vocab relating to MES LOISIRS. Will work on PC or IW.

Interactive, self-marking multi-choice quiz on Imperfect forms of common verbs. The file has 60 verbs embedded, but will create a quiz with a random selection of 20 each time it is opened. Just about never the same twice. Works on IW and PC.

HIGHER level reading text about the Olympic Torch, a factory in Coventry, Didier Drogba's surprise role in the relay, plus a bit of symbolism. The text is followed by questions in English, a 'find the phrase' exercise picking out the different tenses in the text, an 'adapt the phrase' exercise and a writing task. NB The opening statement about the torch having arrived in England won't be true until the 17th of May. Edit the text if you use it before.

The Powerpoint contains a set of questions which form a scaffold for pair work. There is a stop watch on every slide to encourage the students to try to improvise a one-minute answer to each question.

Structured summative discusion about work experience / career possibilities / sixth form options / dream job

Text in which a number of young Germans express their views about environmental issues. The text is followed by (i) an exercise in which students must make notes from the text on the causes of environmental problems, the problems themselves and the possible solutions and (ii) a scaffolded discussion.