Engaging and in-depth revision resources aimed at GCSE French Students focusing on improving reading skills and understanding of core vocabulary. Resources: • 16 page vocabulary booklet and interactive powerpoint quiz (Question words, 48 high frequency words, opposites, 100 pairs of synonyms and word associations, 48 key verbs) from past 5 years AQA and EDEXCEL GCSE examinations • Gap fill strategies and activities (NEW GCSE)

This bundle of up-to-date and detailed teaching resources has been created to support staff and students in building up skills to tackle the ‘speaking’ and ‘writing’ units in the new EDEXCEL French GCSE (The skills and strategies are relevant for all exam boards). They have all been used extensively with students over the past 2 years with excellent results at both Foundation and Higher Level. These are resources which can be used for parts of lessons, whole lessons or be part of a scheme of work. All the resources can be adapted to meet the needs of the students in your class. The bundle includes: • A colour ‘Grade Changers’ Learning Mat for GCSE students (Grade Changers are language structures i.e. different tenses which score students high marks in the spoken and written examination) • A presentation showing strategies and modelled answers for tackling all 3 questions on the FOUNDATION written paper and QUESTION 2 in the HIGHER written paper. • A bank of opinions for each THEME and sub-theme in the GCSE syllabus (which could be laminated as a learning mat) • A presentation showing strategies and a modelled answer for the Picture Based Task • A presentation with 10 phonics strategies to integrate into your lessons to improve students’ speaking skills • Model questions for each of the 5 Themes in the EDEXCEL syllabus on PowerPoint and PDF (excellent for sending to students to complete as Homework or to print out as a booklet) and also 3 Themes for AQA Detailed scaffolded answers for each theme Differentiated for Foundation and Higher students Criteria for language to include to score the highest marks A range of different questions for each theme so all students do not have the same question Excellent for practising/revising for the Conversation, Picture Based task and the crossover writing answers (Question 3 Foundation/ Question 2 Higher) A PowerPoint for the Foundation and Higher questions is included with exam criteria. These can be printed off on one side of A4 paper so students can peer assess each other. • A spontaneity strategy presentation with a focus on ‘time gaining’ phrases for students to use when they are thinking of their answers • A detailed presentation with a range of ‘Que penses-tu de……?’ and ‘Préfères-tu ……ou ……? questions with possible scaffolded responses. This is excellent as a starter and can be easily integrated into Key Stage 3 lessons

New GCSE Role Play – Bundle of up-to-date resources This bundle of up-to-date and detailed teaching resources has been created to support staff and students in building up skills to tackle the ‘role play’ element in the new EDEXCEL French GCSE (The skills and strategies are relevant for all exam boards). These are resources which can be used for parts of lessons, whole lessons or be part of a scheme of work focused on Role Plays. All the resources can be adapted to meet the needs of the students in your class. The bundle includes: • A colour Role Play Learning Mat for GCSE students (when downloaded delete the box from Page 1 which covers some of the questions) • A comprehensive differentiated 18 page Student Booklet (with a PPT) including:  Strategies for keeping your language simple  How to answer unexpected! questions  How to ask questions in 3 ways (in-depth)  27 core questions to recognise/say/answer  Common role play scenarios practice  Differentiated tasks (Foundation and Higher Level) • A presentation showing strategies for tackling unexpected questions with 25 modelled examples of possible questions with answer and peer/teacher assessment opportunities using the GCSE mark scheme • Word copies of all the EDEXCEL SAM specimen Foundation and Higher Role Play papers (much easier to use and modify) • Blockbuster, Random Generator and ‘Morpion’ interactive tasks to engage and deepen learning • Some worksheets for practising different role play scenarios

An engaging lesson enabling students to complain about a hotel room using a wide range of new language and grammatical structures. This will be excellent for the new GCSE role play format. Resources: 5MLP, Powerpoint of the lesson, 4 page word booklet to complement the powerpoint with support/extension vocabulary/grammar, Plenary squares powerpoint • Differentiated success criteria • 20 key nouns and adjectives to understand/recognise/ use • 10 core phrases for complaining (card matching activity) • 30 second English to French role play phrases translation challenges • Writing and speaking challenge with self and peer assessment • Plenary squares

This is a support booklet to enable students in achieving a grade 5 in the French Foundation paper. It helps students to focus on the key language and skills needed for a grade 5. There are opportunities for students to practice different retrieval strategies. Here is a list of contents: Topic Organiser ● Overview of the Year 10 and 11 course Listening and Reading ● Negatives ● 48 ‘high frequency’ words which regularly come up in Listening and Reading Papers ● 10 groups of synonyms to remember ● 24 opposites to remember ● 20 verbs to remember Speaking ● Key phonics rules ● Core role play vocabulary to remember ● Describe a photo with (at least) 4 sentences ● Expressing a range of opinions ● Conversation questions ● Spontaneous Talk: ‘Que penses-tu de…….?’ (What do you think of…) questions ● Spontaneous Talk: ‘Préfères tu ……ou ………? (Do you prefer……or ….?) questions Writing ● Strategies for Edexcel Writing paper all 3 questions ● Grade changers

An engaging lesson enabling students to understand, write and speak about a ‘wanted’ criminal. Resources: Powerpoint of the lesson, Support/Extension booklet Plenary squares powerpoint • Phonics starter • Differentiated success criteria • 20 second translation challenges • Writing and speaking challenge with self and peer assessment • Plenary squares

This is my first lesson for the new French GCSE in Year 10, setting out lesson and exam board expectations and focusing on phonics. There are a number of phonics activities building up through the alphabet, key graphemes, tongue twisters and an unknown text to say out loud accurately (a famous French song) • Powerpoint of the lesson • Sound file for the song • Strategies for students to help improve their pronunciation • Self and peer assessment I have also included a doubled sided colour learning mat that can be laminated to support students in writing longer and more complex sentences.

The new GCSE requires students to be able to speak confidently and accurately, translate from French, use authentic cultural texts and have a good understanding of grammar. During my teaching career, I have found French songs excellent to both engage but also deepen these language skills for all students. Here are my Top 10 French songs I have used with a class (KS3 or KS4) For each song the lyrics have been hyperlinked to a video on a powerpoint. Also there are worksheets for most of the songs with a range of activities such as: • Translations • Gap fills • Expressing opinions on the song • Comprehension reading tasks There is also a powerpoint (which can be printed out as a Learning Mat) Here is a list of the songs 1. Aux arbres citoyens- Yannick Noah 2. C’est les vacances – Ilona 3. Green washing- Tryo 4. La panique- Manu Chao 5. Le petit cheval – George Brassens 6. J’aime les filles- Jacques Dutronc 7. Le Cactus- Jacques Dutronc 8. Pomme C – Calogero 9. Les Restos du Coeur- Les Enfoirés 10. Le lion est mort ce soir

This is a lesson for the new French GCSE in Year 10 to build on phonics work. The focus is on explaining, supporting and providing opportunities for students to create mini conversations where they agree and disagree with each other speaking 'spontaneously'. The aim is to engage the students by building up their confidence to ‘think and speak on their feet’. There is a phonics starter using ‘Christine and the Queens’ music and a variety of different pair and group activities. The lesson builds on student’s prior knowledge of opinions and reasons. The lesson includes: • A powerpoint of the lesson • Worksheets to complement the powerpoint • Peer and self-assessment activities • Strategies for students to help improve their ‘thinking’ and 'speaking' on the spot

Help your GCSE and higher ability KS3 students be more independent in their written and spoken work. Laminated in the classroom and downloadable for the students at home, this double sided learning mat will help your students develop longer, more complex sentences. The mat includes: • A range of starter phrases • Relative clauses • Intensifiers and opinions • How to not say ‘je’ all the time • A wide range of connectives

An engaging lesson enabling students to express opinions on current French TV adverts Resources: • Powerpoint of the lesson (with hyperlinks to adverts) • Differentiated worksheets

An engaging lesson enabling students to understand, write and speak ‘fluently’ about family problems Resources: Powerpoint of the lesson, 4 page worksheet, Plenary squares powerpoint • Phonics starter • GCSE fluency criteria • ‘Battleships speaking game (with a focus on good fluency) • Writing and speaking challenge with self and peer assessment • Plenary squares

These are lessons which can be adapted for any level of class at Key Stage 3 or 4. The new GCSE requires students to be able to express themselves in writing and speaking more spontaneously. I have found that discussing topics such as music has helped develop students' confidence. Lesson 1: Raise student’s cultural awareness of young French people’s musical taste in France today and developing spontaneous talk skills to express opinions on modern French hits. Lesson 2: Enable students to widen their opinions on different types of music and artists Lesson 3: Enable students to discuss their own musical taste using a wide range of language and tenses These lessons include: • Engaging power points which support the students • Differentiated resources (support and extension worksheets) • Target language reading on famous artists and hyperlinks to songs • Translation tasks • Bank of French phrases to discuss music • Phonics and spontaneous talk strategies • Peer and self-assessment

The new French GCSE spoken examination (for all examination boards) requires students to be more spontaneous and ‘maintain the flow’ to score the highest grades in Foundation and Higher papers. This bundle of up-to-date and detailed teaching resources has been created to support staff and students in building up these skills. These are resources which can be used for parts of lessons, whole lessons or be part of a scheme of work focused on spontaneous talk in the speaking examination. All the resources can be adapted to meet the needs of the students in your class. The bundle includes: • A detailed presentation and examples of how to tackle the, ‘ Que penses-tu de….?’ style question - Clear criteria to allow differentiation • A detailed presentation and examples of how to tackle the, ‘ Préfères-tu ……ou ………….?’ style question - Clear criteria to allow differentiation • Word copies of a range of opinions for each Theme and Sub-Topic in the French GCSE • Loto game for core vocabulary • A detailed presentation and examples of 3 strategies to ‘teach’ your students to be more spontaneous by: 1. Use authentic conversational language time-gaining phrases 2. Use intonation to prevent a sense of regurgitation 3. Ask a question that relates directly to the current topic of conversation

An engaging lesson enabling students to understand, write and say out loud an agony aunt (or uncle) letter Resources: Powerpoint of the lesson, worksheets , extension vocabulary/grammar, Plenary squares powerpoint • Differentiated success criteria • New GCSE style translation activity • ‘Trap door’ speaking game (with a focus on good pronunciation) • Writing and speaking challenge with self and peer assessment • Plenary squares