Listening, Reading and Writing exercises from Edexcel past papers from 2018 to 2023 (included) sorted per theme. Included: transcript and answers. Included: in the note under the side, you will see the year of the paper (that way you can plan around the papers you are going to use for MOCKs).

Aimed at Yr9s Based on La personne que j’admire + other TES resources that I have adapted. Three lessons of 50 min / 1 hour each. Lesson 1: Introduction and practice of sentence starters to talk about someone. Lesson 2: Revision of adjectives and adjectives agreement. Lesson 3: Study of texts about role models.

Lesson talking about what you can do in your region. Aimed at Yr10s Higher set. 4 lessons of 50 min / 1 hour each. Lesson 1: Text study of people talking about their region (revising prior knowledge on: activities, cardinal points, geographical features). Lesson 2: Listening of people talking about their region, explicit use of listening strategies. Introduction and practice of “y” (there). Lesson 3: Superlatives study and practice. Lesson 4: Activities leading to writing a paragraph.

Aimed at Yr10 Foundation/bottom set revising geographical features and the weather. 3 lessons of 50 min / 1 hour each. Lesson 1: Types of house / geographical features + activites linked with it with “on peut” Lesson 2: Revision of conjugation for ER verbs in the present tense. Weather. Lesson 3: Revision of “on peut” + infinitives. Leading up to the production of a paragraph and a speaking activity answering questions.

Aimed at Yr10 Foundation/Bottom set. This lesson covers the advantages and disadvantages, with before / after comparison. 2 lessons of 50 min / 1 hour: Lesson 1: introduction of basic vocab and practicing it through increasingly challenging reading + Higher negative sentences Lesson 2: What there is in the city (nightclubs, young people, unemployement…) + chunks of imperfect tense + practice of “before it was ___ but now it is ___”.

Lesson aimed at a mixed ability group of Year 10s (mainly middle and higher attainers with some low attainers). It covers a writing frame and strategies to describe a picture, looks at the markscheme (original + simplified version) and ends on a peer assessed speaking activity. Based on a past paper. Included is a pack to print and give out to students with the writing frame and useful vocab. A three to four hour lesson (heavily based on modeling and “I do, we do, you do” model). Lesson 1: Introduction of the picture description with a description to correct (using the vocab from the pack). Based on the study of this model, students write their own description of another picture. Lesson 2: Study of the bullet points (translation + match the sentence that would answer each bullet points - with odd ones out). Study of the original markscheme and introduction of a simplified one for the students to use. Lesson 3: Marking of the answers from the previous activity based on the simplified mark scheme. Modeling (you can write your own using the thinking aloud technique then reveal the answers written already or go straight to the answers already written). Once the model for each question has been studied / discussed, only the sentence starters remain on the board. Students write their own answer. 5 to 7 minutes to learn them in silence (could be done in a new lesson or as homework). ** Lesson 4:** Students re write their answers on a new piece of paper (with or without sentence starters). They are allowed two questions per student, materialised by joker cards on their worksheet (you cross the card once they have asked you their question). Presentation of the peer assessed activity (looking at a teacher picture card task and prompting). Peer assessment using the simplified mark scheme.

All the theme 4 exercises in the following skills: Listening, Reading and Writing. From Edexcel past papers from 2018 to 2023 (included). Included: transcript and answers. Included: in the note under the side, you will see the year of the paper (that way you can plan around the papers you are going to use for MOCKs).

Treasure Hunt using resources from the EDL website https://edl.ecml.at/ (included) Version with and without QR codes. Students answer questions to find out secret codes and win prizes ! Included: “How To” powerpoint with progression, how to use and create your own QR codes (if you wish to use them) + variations if you don’t have the equipment. “How To” powerpoint on Interacty (free website I used to create this Treasure Hunt). Answer sheets with all the riddles + answers Students sheets “Long words” posters to display (not charged extra) Posters from EDL website broken down to display bigger (free resources - not charged extra)

Risk assessment written to take 30 Yr10s students, via minibus, to a nearby restaurant where French food was being served by waiting staff who spoke French. Ideal for any trip to a restaurant, or any trip that involves a restaurant. RA includes: Road crossing points Public access to area Young group Inexperienced group (never been to the location before) Minibuses Allergies No first aid support on site

Lesson covering the vocabulary of tasks done during Work Experience (WEX), and opinion using “c’était”, as well as a recap of perfect tense (passé composé). Aimed at a lower set of Yr11s. Two-hour lesson Lesson 1 : Language presentation of WEX tasks in the passé composé with a match up exercise (dual coded to help with memory.) Listening and translation: sentences on the board, I say the translated version (or part of it) and they have to tell me (on their mwb) with sentence it is. Listening: fill in a table in English (opinion added) with the required details. Translation: translate into French (3 sentences with increasing difficulty). Lesson 2: Starter: picture description Language presentation: recap of passé composé + common irregulars + je suis allé(e) Independent practice with first person singular Whole class AfL with MWB Writing: students are asked to write their own report using the passé composé, giving justified opinions and using time markers.

Lettre au Père Noël Lesson aimed at a class of Year 9s, recapping the perfect tense, to write a letter to Father Christmas to say why you have been good this, what you did in school, at home, etc… With the website https://pere-noel.laposte.fr/ , students get to send their letter to La Poste to get an answer ! (Whilst I have taught this lesson, I have not received answers yet as it has been taught recently – dec 2023) 2 hour lesson. **Lesson 1 ** Recap and practice of the perfect tense. Study of a model of a letter. Lesson 2 Writing prep using vocab and verbs needed for the letter. Writing of the letter How to post it online to get a response Extra: send a drawing to a child in hopsital in France, with a note!

Lesson covering vocabulary related to TV shows as well as higher opinions, with adjective agreement eg: ça m’intéresserait de regarder les émissions de télé-réalité parce qu’elles sont amusantes. Lesson 1: Recap of TV shows from Yr8, recaping and adding higher opinions. Lesson 2: Study of adjective agreements in the context of justified opinions. Lesson 3: Leads to a guided writing where students use higher opinions and adjective agreement to describe tastes in TV shows. Lesson 4: Speaking practice mixing present tense, opinion + infinitive and past tense.

Aimed at Yr11 Foundation sets covering jobs and how to say what you would like to be. The activities are differentiated. 2 lessons of 1 hour each. Lesson 1: Starts with conjugation of travailler in all tenses, with “je”, “on” and “ils” line. Then reading to cover the vocabulary of jobs and what each person does “policier - j’arrête les criminels”. Grammar: feminine and masculine of jobs. Lesson 2: Starter contains past paper questions revising Theme 1. The lesson covers qualities for each job (travailleur/euse, courageux/euse) and the type of job (varied, manuel, with good prospects…) with a sentence builder and a writing/speaking activity. Reading activity introduces higher sentence starters (my dream job would be, I don’t know what to do when I’m older but,…). Leads up to a writing. Check up my other resources if you like this one !

Lesson aimed at a high set of Year 7s and covering the vocabulary of physical and mental description. Based on new Edexcel GCSE vocab and content. A two hour lesson. Lesson 1: physical description Language presentation of height, then eye colours and hair colours (with sentence starters and word order). Practice through a reading (true or false? correct the sentence). Trapdoor activity that serves as a basis for a writing. Lesson 2: mental description. Introduction and practice of être (based on their prior knowledge of subject pronouns). Introduction of some adjectives (dual coded with English + images to support memory). Practice of adjective agreement and word order. Leads to a writing.

3 posters “20 things you didn’t know about Languages” + their broken down version to print bigger! Posters were downloaded for free from https://edl.ecml.at/ Part of a set up for a treasure hunt: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12909687

Pearson’s poster “See yourself as…”. Great posters of different jobs that you can do with languages, a variety of ethnic background. Straight to the point, they give the main information through a big title to cath the attention then more details once you get closer. Took me a while to find online and here they are for you to download and display! Also included is a banner to display on top of your board !