Help your students master the IGCSE French 90-word writing task with this clear, step-by-step scaffolded guide. Includes 10 writing exercises, all linked to the IGCSE/GCSE topics. Designed to build student confidence and structure high-quality answers. What’s Included? Step-by-Step Writing Process: A structured 6-step strategy guiding students from initial prompt analysis to final proofreading. Tense Recognition & Time Markers: Tips on identifying required tenses using common time expressions (e.g., hier, demain, l’année dernière, normalement). Sentence Building & Expansion Strategy: Practical guidance on writing a solid core sentence and expanding it using the CROISSANT acronym. Final Editing Checklist: Key areas for students to check before completing their work, including accents, agreements, tenses, and spelling. Why You’ll Love It: Versatile Use: Perfect for classwork, homework assignments, revision booklets, or exam preparation. Student-Centred: Clear instructions allow students to work independently or in pairs. Scaffolded Approach: Ideal for supporting lower-confidence learners while giving higher-ability students the tools to craft detailed responses.

Fun starter/filler activity where students try to guess who the famous people are by looking up French/English words in the dictionary. The presentation contains 7 slides, each with 4 famous people. Answers in the notes section.

An excel sheet that allows you to quickly generate **one pen one dice **worksheets! 1 - insert language you want students to practise into the excel sheet 2 - excel generates your worksheets 3 - print!

Word search in 15 different European languages. Answers included.

A beginner-friendly grammar guide and worksheet created to remove the barrier to entry for the Passé Composé. Many students find the past tense intimidating, but this resource makes it instantly accessible by focusing on first-person (je) examples to get the core concept across quickly without overwhelming learners. What’s Included Core 2-Part Structure: Breaks down the basic formula (Auxiliary + Past Participle) using clear, high-frequency je examples (j’ai mangé, je suis allé). Auxiliary Selection (j’ai vs. je suis): Simple guidance on choosing between j’ai and je suis, noting that only 17 verbs use je suis. 3-Step Past Participle Formula: Clear instructions for changing regular -er, -ir, and -re infinitives into past participles. Practice Worksheet: Student activity to practice converting infinitives into past participles independently. Key Features & Teaching Approach Low Barrier to Entry: Focuses on the je form to build confidence first, demonstrating how simple past tense formation really is. Logical Next Step: Perfectly sets up a follow-up lesson on conjugating avoir and être across all pronouns in the present tense. Ready to Use: Editable Word Document (.docx). Ideal for introductory lessons or quick revision. Target Level: Key Stage 3 / Key Stage 4

Mario Minefield is a fun revision game/quiz that can be used in any subject. Included: the Mario Minefield PowerPoint presentation and a set of instructions.

A fully customisable template for Pyramid Translation. Great for structured oral production. Includes: instructions, L1 & L2 templates and an easy way to reveal the sentences one by one. Slides can easily be shared with students so that they can make their own versions. Source: Smith, S., & Conti, G. (2019). Breaking the sound barrier: Teaching language learners how to listen.

Memory: active recall starter activity. Based on ‘Beat the clock’ from The Language Teacher Toolkit (Smith, Conti). Description: This can be used as a starter, filler or plenary and is extremely simple and effective for beginners. Write on the board or display a selection of words or phrases you wish students to revise. Tell them they have two minutes to look carefully at the words. Once the two minutes are up, cover the words or phrases and set a timer. Give the students as long as you see fit to write down as many of the words as possible from memory. Students score two points for each correctly spelled word or phrase, one for any incorrectly spelled. With some classes you may only accept completely accurate spellings. An alternative to this activity is to read out a list of words instead of displaying them. Read the words slowly two or three times. ***Source: Smith, S., & Conti, G. (2016). The language teacher toolkit. ***

A fully customisable template for Delayed Copying and Delayed Translation activities. The speed at which the sentence disappears can be changed here: Animation Pane > Duration The amount of time that passes before the students write the sentence can be changed here: Animation Pane > Delay Ghost icon https://icons8.com/icon/96701/ghost

This resource contains: an Excel sheet allowing you to quickly generate ‘battleship cards’ to play whole class battleships instructions Whole class battleships (as described by Alistair Pearson on the Global Innovative Language Teachers FB group) • Everyone has a grid with a chunk in each square. • Each individual picks 5 squares on their own grid as their “ships”. • Students take turns to read out chunks. • If their square is read out, that’s a hit/sink. • The students with fewest sunk ships at the end of x minutes win.