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French resources for secondary
Egalite des chances (intermediate)
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Egalite des chances (intermediate)

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Conversation starters in the form of statements in French. Ask your students o translate them into English first, then discuss in pairs. This activity fits in perfectly within the curriculum, especially when discussing job opportunities, feminism etc. equal opportunities
ER verbs ending practice / test
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ER verbs ending practice / test

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20 ER verbs to conjugate in the present tense, two tests on each page to save the trees! Easy sentences, perfect for your KS2 or KS3 beginners, high frequency verbs and easy vocabulary with plenty of cognates.
French Culture Quiz
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French Culture Quiz

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Ideal as an end of term treat for your secondary classes, this French culture quiz covers several topics from sport to geography among others. There are 30 questions altogether, all in English. Some of the quiz may be challenging for KS3 but will work perfectly for Years 10 to 13. Answers provided in the last page.
What to revise for listening and reading GCSE exams
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What to revise for listening and reading GCSE exams

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A quick checklist to hand out when your charges start panicking about their exams, this resource will empower your students and help them focus on the things they need to know for their MFL listening and reading tests. It also offers a short list of ideas for extra revision resources.
passe compose practice KS4
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passe compose practice KS4

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This is NOT an explanation of the passe compose, but a double worksheet for your studens to practise the perfect tense with avoir and etre auxiliaries. Also includes some irregular past participles, translation, and thinking skills. Ideal to practise in class or as a homework. Past tense, perfect tense, for higher ability Y9 or KS4, may be useful in Y12 as a reminder when revising past tenses.
a past holiday
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a past holiday

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Holiday Reading and Writing worksheet to discuss past and ideal holiday, based around a bank of positive and negative sentences.
French to English translation practice
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French to English translation practice

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40 sentences to translate from French to English, with suggested answers provided at the end. This is an ideal introduction to KS4 for your Y9s who will be continuing with French next year, or used as a revision tool during KS4. Most sentences are in the present tense and focus on vocabulary. They are organised into four main topics or strands: socialising, town and community, making choices and travelling abroad.
Meteo - higher GCSE level
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Meteo - higher GCSE level

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Great for your more able groups in KS4, this worksheet covers more advanced weather forecast expressions and will stretch your learners. They may need to use a dictionary to look for some of the expressions. There is a translation exercise, a gap-fill activity, and suggested examples of how to use weather phrases in three time frames. For those who complete their worksheet first, I’ve added an extension too. All answers provided on the second page.
un régime équilibré KS4
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un régime équilibré KS4

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Reading and translation activities on the topic of healthy / balanced diet for your KS4 classes. The reading focuses on il faut / on doit / on devrait expressions . Translations are focused on authentic, cultural French foods - some students may need to do a bit of research!
Grammar practice booklet (main tenses, GCSE level)
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Grammar practice booklet (main tenses, GCSE level)

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You need this resource! With over 20 pages of verb-based exercises, this comprehensive booklet covers the present, future, two past tenses (passé composé and imparfait) and the conditional mood. For each tense, you will find an explanation, tables with endings, irregular verbs and exceptions, followed by gap fill exercises and extension translation work for each tense. This booklet is ideal for KS4 but could easily be introduced in Y9 too. I also always ask my students to translate the 100+ sentences in the gap-fill tasks. Perfect companion to the GCSE course! grammar, paradigms, conjugate, past, present, future, imperfect, booklet, translation, practice
Future tenses practice Y9 to Y11
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Future tenses practice Y9 to Y11

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Get practising both future tenses with your top ability Y9 all the way to Y11, or even Y12 as a quick reminder. This worksheet encourages students to think note down the rules of both future tenses first - works well as a pair activity - before practising with 5 different exercises.
20 ways to celebrate European Day of Languages 26/09
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20 ways to celebrate European Day of Languages 26/09

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Not sure what to do to celebrate European Day of Languages? Having done it a few times, I have compiled my top 20 ideas for you, and even thrown in a Powerpoint presentation on the foreign origins of some words used in the English language, a short presentation I did in assembly. Enjoy!
Studio 1 Chapter 1 revision activities
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Studio 1 Chapter 1 revision activities

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For Studio Edexcel Higher GCSE (9-1) French This is a good way to round off chapter 1, with a variety of translations to and from French. Perfect for a homework before an end of chapter test.
Name the room
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Name the room

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A quick, worksheet with four activities for beginner learners to reinforce learning the rooms in the house. First is a picture round, second is name the room where you would do the activity (simple sentences in French in the first person), then it’s anagrams and finally a vocabulary activity - get pupils thinking where they can find “un parapluie”, for example. Perfect to set as a homework, or simply to reinforce names of rooms during your lesson!
Grammar pack
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Grammar pack

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perfect grammar mega pack for your KS4 classes to revise their tenses and verb endings includes NOT ONLY my bumper mega tense booklet BUT ALSO several other worksheets on past tenses, translation practce (with answers) and exam listening and reading tips. this would work very well if you need to set homework or revision work to do at home during study leave, for example
Privilège blanc
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Privilège blanc

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Intermediate worksheet about white privilege and racism. Perfect for Key Stage 4. Long definition and explanation on white privilege with concrete examples, followed by several vocabulary- based exercises. The last activity is a writing task / short essay prompt. Enough to keep charges busy for a full hour lesson. Written by a native French, with full answers to every question.
Famille et relations
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Famille et relations

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Vocabulary, reading, translating and writing practice for GCSE family unit (ideal for Studio Edexcel module 1 and/or AQA theme 1, topic 1) Worksheets with a variety of fun, engaging exercises, including guess the family member, good expressions for talking about relationships, a cryptogram to decipher, translations,and a cheeky reading activity about the William and Harry divide. There is plenty here to keep students busy for a few homeworks, or at least a double lesson. This is a great resource pack to reinforce / wrap up / recycle the topic of family. ALL ANSWERS PROVIDED ON LAST PAGE. ALL WRITTEN BY A NATIVE FRENCH.
Top speaking tips
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Top speaking tips

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Give your students the best chance to succeed in their AQA speaking exam. In this document I go over the three parts of the exam and give specific, easy tips to get top marks along with some examples of answers, and a useful bank of expressions to use in the general conversation, that the examiners will love. Your students will thank you for having this document, and provided they know their basics and vocabulary, they WILL improve their marks if they follow my recommendations.
EAL good practice
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EAL good practice

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If you are a newly appointed EAL or ESL coordinator, or if you have already held a post for some time but need a fresh approach to welcoming and settling new pupils, this three-step guide is full of practical tips that will make your life, and that of your new pupils much easier.