I produce high quality and engaging resources that really add value to your classroom. I am a passionate MFL teacher who has also worked with whole school literacy and numeracy intervention.
I produce high quality and engaging resources that really add value to your classroom. I am a passionate MFL teacher who has also worked with whole school literacy and numeracy intervention.
There are five excellent resources included to teach the imperfect tense using three skills; reading, writing and listening.
The teacher PPT uses a visual step by step guide to the imperfect tense formation. The PPT also goes through irregular formations and when to use the imperfect tense. There is a crossword for a mini-progress check using 3 regular verbs; one for each verb group and also the verb “être”. There are 10 clues to solve. A worksheet is included for this.
There is a short passage for pupils to identify the imperfect tense in context. This would be great to use as a modelled example for pupils to reproduce a text of what their life was like when they were younger.
There is a translation exercise checking understanding of the different contexts of the imperfect tense.
There is then an exercise where the pupils decide whether the sentences are in the perfect or imperfect tense.
There is also a writing exercise where pupils build knowledge of 15 time markers associated with the imperfect tense. A worksheet is included for this.
There is a reading gap fill exercise where pupils conjugate the verb into the correct form of the imperfect tense. A worksheet is included for this.
The next exercise is a listening gap-fill from a YouTube clip of Aladdin. Pupils listen to part of the fairy tale and fill in the correct verb. A worksheet is included for this.
The final exercise is a creative writing exercise - pupils have a choice of 3 titles
As a plenary pupils refer to their learning journey completing a 3-2-1 block review.
This is an excellent resource pack to introduce vocabulary and to use the vocabulary in context. There is an authentic reading comprehension on the planned Halloween celebrations in Disneyland Paris. There are 8 comprehension questions and 13 phrases to find in the text to demonstrate understanding.
Also included is an extended writing frame for pupils to write a Halloween story. This has time expressions, adverbs, connectives, Halloween vocab, weather expressions, intensifiers, family and friends and expressions in the imperfect to describe the scene. This is excellent for creative writing and improving exam skills. There is a colour and black and white version.
A word cloud is also included along with a set of dominoes.
There are 3 word searches; a longer version whereby pupils find 20 Halloween words, there is a second version where the pupils translate the English to French, then find the French. The shorter version pupils find 9 Halloween words.
Using these resources there are lots of opportunities for differentiation and they can be used with a range of classes. They are also easy to edit or print.
This vocabulary booklet supports Allons-Y ! units 1-6. This is great for 1st years that need to recap on key vocabulary and can be printed or posted electronically to help with independent revision. I have also used this with 2nd and 3rd year students who have gaps in their vocabulary.
Updated for 2019 and a further reading resource added which is suitable for KS4 commenting on the most memorable events in France in 2019.
Attached within this resource pack are an array of teaching materials to practice reading, speaking and writing using the future tense and future expressions.
There is a teacher presentation with a view of Europe at New Year. The starter is Father Christmas’s resolution and the pupils have to work out what he has promised. The presentation then takes pupils through how to form the future tense. This then complements the speaking and writing frame. Pupils can then speak or write about their plans for the forthcoming year using and adapting future expressions, connectives and opinions. The plenary on the teacher PPT is a challenging translation exercise of what people have resolved to do.
There is a second writing frame containing less prompts just sub-headings in terms of resolutions for different areas of their lives.
There is a reading worksheet with 11 tweets regarding resolutions. Pupils have to scan the text to find out which tweet belongs to which person. There is also a word search attached.
This pack is ideally suited to the first lesson back with your class. I have usually combined it with pupils setting their targets for the next half-term and reflecting on what went well in the previous year.
This can be used with a variety of age groups and is easy to print and edit.
Included within this teacher PPT are 27 starters to revise high frequency vocabulary, grammar and essential exam topics
⁃ 2 false friend activities
⁃ Opposites match up
⁃ Gap fill - nouns in German
⁃ Dominoes - adjectives
⁃ Match up - negative expressions
⁃ Categorisation of irregular verbs in 6 tenses
⁃ Unscramble letters - reflexive verbs
⁃ Reading comprehension - leisure
⁃ Gap fill - possessive pronouns
⁃ Writing - house and home
⁃ Writing - free time
⁃ Categorisation - adjectives to describe personality
⁃ Town or countryside - arguments for and against
⁃ Ideal town conditional writing frame
⁃ Sentence match - directions
⁃ Reading comprehension - school timetable
⁃ Crossword - higher numbers
⁃ Writing/speaking - common questions with numbers
⁃ Writing - times
⁃ Word search - time phrases
⁃ Match up - question words
⁃ Word unscramble - restaurant vocabulary
⁃ Common questions
⁃ Opinion adjectives - fill in the missing vowels
⁃ Opinions - past, present or future?
⁃ Synonym match up
These exercises can be used for starters, mini-plenaries and plenaries to introduce, consolidate or revise key exam areas. Easy to use on its own or to cut and paste into your existing presentations. Pupil and teacher friendly.
These are the perfect resources to revise for reading and listening exams. Over 25 slides of key vocabulary revision. This was previously listed as a free resource and was downloaded by the thousands! Vocabulary exercises that are fun and templates that can be easily edited. This is definitely a timesaver and perfect for setting carousel activities or group work. The activities can be set for independent work too. This would also be excellent for homework. A lot of the vocabulary will help to address gaps in knowledge and you will be able to easily refer to exam technique.
Topics included:
weather
days, months, seasons
time phrases, expressions of frequency
times
leisure
jobs
school
family and friends
holidays
house and home
food and drink
environment
daily routine
high frequency verbs and adjectives
synonyms
antonyms
Excellent resources to reinforce and test vocabulary knowledge. Great revision for reading and listening exams or these resources can be used for independent work to support your GCSE course. The advantages are numerous. The teacher presentation (PowerPoint) is accompanied by a 20 page student workbook (PDF).
All exercises come with solutions on the teacher presentation, these are easy to correct and students can quickly assess areas for improvement and key strengths. The exercises may also be used as starters or plenaries to support your existing schemes of work. The templates I have used are easy for you to edit for your own purpose.
So what topics are covered? The following topics are covered within the teacher presentation (85 slides including exercises and solution) and the student workbook:
school, food and drink, customer transactions, healthy eating, leisure and past times, cinema and technology, weather and accommodation, countries, holidays, family members, rooms in the house, furniture, describing your town or your house, prepositions and places in town, parts of the body, opinions, adjectives, time markers, seasons, days of the week, months of the year, times, greetings and everyday sayings, quantities, antonyms, adverbs, connectives, prepositions and comparatives!
How are all these topics covered? The exercises include; crosswords, matching up vocab, categorisation of vocab, filling in missing letters, ranking, making word associations, multiple choice, thinking skills, opposites, word clouds, selecting the correct definitions of words and unscrambling words. There is also a domino exercise and a rectangle shape puzzle.
These resources will enhance learning and save you time!
If you teach GCSE French this will be an INVALUABLE addition to your teaching tool box. The new course requirements place greater emphasis on vocabulary acquisition. The advantage of the attached resources is that vocabulary can be reinforced in engaging ways and there are lots of differentiation opportunities.
The specification vocabulary has been set out in a 39 page vocabulary booklet, there is a version with and a version without the English translation. There is a teacher PPT of over 120 slides of vocabulary puzzles so that slides can be copied into your existing teacher presentations. There are over 40 files that have been saved as separate PDF files all aiming to improve vocabulary knowledge. A solution to the crossword puzzles is also provided. ALL OF THE SPECIFICATION IS COVERED. These resources will complement all schemes of work and most importantly save you time. Ideal for class work, home work and cover work.
New AQA Spec: Spanish General Vocab. First exams in 2018.
This resource pack is a complete guide to the General Vocab contained in the minimum core AQA specification. It is essential that pupils have a great understanding of vocabulary that will appear within all four skills. It is also essential that the vocabulary is embedded in an engaging and meaningful way.
All sub-topics within the General Vocab list are covered either by word searches, crosswords, match up activities, missing letters, word clouds, word mazes, scrambled letter puzzles or gap-fills and two versions of a General Vocab book are provided. There are at least two vocab puzzles for each sub-topic. The General Vocab books consist of a Spanish only version with room to fill in the English and the second containing both the Spanish and the English.
The resources can be used as vocab tests, revision, pre-vocab testing, classwork, homework and cover work. There are different versions provided to allow for differentiation or for retesting when consolidating. I have also provided the .txt files for each sub-topic so you can easily produce further resources during the GCSE course. I have added further vocabulary for days of the week, months, colours and shapes. The solutions to all of the crossword puzzles are provided. Pupil and teacher friendly.