A complete lesson used for an observation for a Year 8 class to describe a visit to Paris using the perfect tense with regular -er verbs. Includes a range of differentiated tasks including translations on mini-whiteboards and a battleships game for students to play in pairs. Also includes a sentence builder for students to use to add opinions and verbs in the 3rd person, and to support them writing the paragraph. I have also included the lesson plan. I hope you find it useful!

Two lessons to teach the topic of work experience (mon stage), to go with pages 142 and 143 of Studio GCSE vert textbook. Includes a Quiz-Quiz-Trade activity, translation activities and some reading and listening exam questions from the ‘world of work’ topic taken from past AQA GCSE papers.

An interactive lesson which begins by revising places in a town, with a match up activity, then it moves on to ‘on peut’ with what you can do in different places in a town. It involves the teaching of how to say ‘at the’ in French (au, a la, aux), with interactive resources, a ‘sequence the words to make a sentence’ activity, a ‘power learning’ activity with 2 minute timer, gap-fill activity, and opportunities for extension. Each task is differentiated. Ideal for an observed lesson on this topic.

A full lesson to introduce breakfast items and for students to be able to talk about what they eat and drink for breakfast. Includes a range of activities starting from introducing word-level vocabulary to being able to produce sentences orally and in written form to talk about what they eat and drink for breakfast. Includes a sentence builder, faulty translation activity and whole-class naughts and crosses game. Complete with support and extension for more able students.

Lesson on ‘au restaurant’, ideal for Key Stage 3 or Key Stage 4 French. Interactive resources including a ‘match-up’ starter activity, a restaurant role play for students to sequence in pairs, a restaurant menu, a powerpoint to follow with differentiated lesson objectives, and links to French culture with pictures of authentic French dishes for the teacher to briefly explain the items on the menu. The answers to the activities appear on the Powerpoint, for students to self assess their starter activity and sequencing of the role-play. Ideal for an observed lesson.

Resources for two lessons to teach ‘Mon petit boulot’ (pages 140 and 141 of the Studio vert GCSE book). The lessons include match-up activities, a gap-fill activity, a whole-class jeopardy game which could be done as a plenary (splitting the class into two teams), a speaking activity to be done in pairs, translations, mini-whiteboard activities and a sentence builder for support (which can be printed from slide 22).

Three lessons to teach pages 144 and 145 of the Higher Studio French GCSE textbook. Includes a running dictation activity, a faulty translation, a gap-fill listening activity, mini-whiteboard activities and a reading comprehension.

A full lesson to practise the 3 tenses in French. Includes a Powerpoint, worksheet, and sorting activity which can be used as a starter activity. Suitable for students in KS3 or as revision in KS4.

A reading comprehension (with support) and a short translation activity afterwards to consolidate learning from Module 1 (family, friends and relationships) of the Studio French GCSE textbook.

Worksheet to practise verbs with ‘avoir’ and ‘être’. It builds up from a ‘bronze’ unjumbling the sentences activity to ‘gold’ translation. I used it with Y8 to revise module 2 of Studio 2 textbook but could also be used with lower ability GCSE students as revision. Also includes a powerpoint to go through the answers afterwards.

A lesson to introduce the Là où j’habite topic in Studio 1. Includes an introduction to places in a town, and il y a / il n’y a pas de. There is also a sentence builder which helps students give opinions on a town, a 0’s and X’s game, battleships game, and translation activities for mini-whiteboards and in their books.

A worksheet to practise the present and near future tenses in French, with some simple match-up and translation sentences.

A reading comprehension (with support) and a short translation activity afterwards to consolidate learning from Module 2 (free time) of the Studio French GCSE textbook.

A lesson for students in year 7 or year 8 French (or a low ability GCSE class), to begin to talk about where they live, and to begin to describe their local area. Includes a range of activities, including words to cut up into envelopes for the students to make sentences (ideal for pair work). Differentiated activities throughout… Ideal for an observed lesson.

Introducing sports in French with Je joue. Includes a Battleships game for students to play in pairs to consolidate and practise speaking, a writing activity to extend learning which requires dice, and a match-up starter activity. Includes opportunities for extension, and differentiated tasks. Perfect for an observed lesson.

A full lesson to go with Pages 32 and 33 of Dynamo 1 (En classe). Includes a translation activity with support.

A lesson to practise GCSE listening skills, studying the song ‘La Pluie’ by Orelsan. Interactive and engaging activities including listening for key words, gap-fill activity, practice of listening for key sounds and pronunciation, and a speaking activity to be done in pairs. A lesson which will also help to embed key GCSE vocabulary.

Two lessons to introduce learning of ‘Voici ma salle de classe’ from Dynamo 1, module 1. Also includes a battleships game to be played in pairs, and a whole-class 0’s and X’s game. Introduces students to ‘je pense que’ ‘je dirais que’ and ‘a mon avis’ as ways of giving opinions about items in the classroom. The key words in the yellow boxes at the start of each lesson is for the register. Students each choose one of the words to say in French and English when their name is called on the register. They can guess which word the teacher has written down to add competition.

3 lessons on sports in French - one to introduce the words for sports with ‘je joue’ and ‘je fais’, the next lesson is to add opinions with sports, and the 3rd lesson for consolidation. Includes a sentence builder, 0’s and X’s game, translation race, and a running dictation activity. Has lots of challenge for higher ability students,

A reading comprehension (with support) and a short translation activity afterwards to consolidate learning from Module 2 (free time) of the Studio French GCSE textbook.