This is an article and exercises on Coluche and the beginning of the Restaurants du Coeur. Do let me know if you spot and mistakes.

Simple descriptions of some visual Christmas jokes with gaps to fill in the perfect tense of er verbs. Follows nicely on from chapter 2 of expo 2 vert. Class can make up their own amusing pictures and descriptions.

Worksheet where pupils have to unscramble ten sentences on the topic of TV to reveal another sentence.

This is just a little board game to encourage independent learning and speaking in pairs. It is based on the 2nd module in the Mira 3 Rojo book which covers school and education. Pupils will need a dice and counters. I float round the classroom whilst they play and they use me as a referee in case of a challenge. More able pupils can also play the role of ref once they feel comfortable with the vocabulary. Get a question wrong go back 3 spaces.

Adapted from an article on Clés Junior d'Actualité. There is a short vocabulary exercise, a true/ false exercise and an AQA style grammar exercise. Please let me know if you spot any mistakes.

Studio 2 vert Module 4 unit 5 - short Ppt to accompany the book

Lesson to teach prepositions and furniture in room with short writing task and speaking task.

Just a quick guide on how to structure an essay highlighting common pitfalls (taken from examiners' reports)

Revision of units 1 and 2 - revises the present tense of regular er verbs

I have these printed A3 size and laminated and the students can refer to them when speaking in spontaneous debates in class. They have been very positive about them and far from slowing the pace, it enables them to keep talking!

This is a text from les clés junior with vocabulary exercise, comprehension questions in English, true/false exercise and two grammar exercises. Please let me know if you find any mistakes.

This is basically a 'all you ever wanted to know' guide on how to form the perfect tense.

Table with pictures of household chores and three columns representing three tenses.

This worksheet includes a link to a video which teaches young French children about the occupation. The questions and information come from the Association Charles de Gaulle and the French Ministry of Education.

This is a checklist I give to my class when they are writing or preparing passages which may later be used to create drafts for assessments. The box for controlled assessment phrases refers to the lists of useful coursework phrases from mfl Sunderland.

This is a paired speaking activity which I give to pupils once we have covered er verbs and negative sentences from Expo 1. All you need is some post it notes and there is a speaking frame which may be taken away from more able pupils.

This is just a reference sheet which I supply to my year 7 after having introduced -er verbs. It is visually more interesting than most things I found on the net. It also includes my verb flower (an idea I pinched from someone else years ago!). I have large coloured verb flowers stuck on the wall of my classroom.

Simple speaking activity where pupils choose their own infinitive phrases (their task planning sheets only allow infinitives) and are asked to conjugate them correctly depending on the time expressions. Requires dice.

Introducing the near future in Spanish when talking about the weekend. PowerPoint presentation to compliment Listo 1 module 6.5. There are short exercises at the end of the presentation. Do let me know if you spot any mistakes.

This is a comprehensive revision pack to accompany module 2 of Mira 2. It includes leisure activities, invitations and excuses and covers the near future, modal verbs, tener, stem changing verbs and time expressions.