PLC focusing on the key knowledge and skills required to succeed in all 4 skills of the Spanish GCSE. It is designed to held students reflect on their progress on both knowledge (vocabulary / grammar) and skills (success criteria to maximise marks).

I am using these sheets to mark students’ practice speaking tasks or for students to peer assess speaking. Once you have modeled marking a few times, they get the hang of the symbols. 1 sheet for the role play tasks (Higher and Foundation). 1 sheet for (Higher and Foundation) the 4 compulsory questions. 2 sheets (Higher and Foundation) for the reading aloud task with details of major and minor errors. 2 sheets (Higher and Foundation) for the description of photos and unprepared conversation. 1 sheet compiling all 3 tasks for marking Foundation mock speakings. 1 sheet compiling all 3 tasks for marking Higher mock speakings. Each sheet includes a feedback / reflection box referring to a personal learning checklist (knowledge and skills) also included. They are based on the 2026 AQA mark scheme. Do get in touch if you think they can be improved, and I would be happy to do so and email an updated version to you.

PLC focusing on the key knowledge and skills required to succeed in all 4 skills of the French GCSE. It is designed to held students reflect on their progress on both knowledge (vocabulary / grammar) and skills (success criteria to maximise marks).

Slightly biased towards North Eastern France... I hope it helps!

A compilation of sentence builders on each of the 9 AQA topics, designed to help students prepare for the speaking and writing paper. It includes: 1- Family and relationships 2- Helathy living and lifestyle 3- Education and future plans 4- Sports and free time activities 5- Celebrations and customs 6- Celebrities 7- Travel and tourism 8- Technology and media 9- Where i live and the environment. It can be used in combination with my booklet for preparation to the conversation: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13297732

This lesson focuses on the topic of family and love. It includes: a starter activity to develop sentences in the future antérieur Discussion activity on Doria’s feelings towards her family A writing activity on the conflict of generations A series of activities looking at Doria’s reaction to first love. A suggestion of a past AQA essay This lesson is also available as part of a full bundle under ‘Kiffe Kiffe Demain - Full set of theme-based lessons to prepare students for essay writing’ at a discount.

Booklet to be given to students in mixed ability classes (foundation and higher) so they can prepare answers on each of the 3 themes and 9 sub-topics. For each topic there is a number of broad questions, which the students can expect to be asked during their conversation, followed by follow up questions. There are also questions marked with an asterix, designed for higher candidates to attempt higher structures. There are 2 documents - one is the booklet for students, the other the questions list to be used by teachers. I have also published a series of sentence builders to support students to prepare answers for speakin and writing which can be used together with this resource: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13383526

This guide includes activities devised to revise key language to improve translation accuracy from the target language to English (section A) and English to the target langage (section B). It also includes tips on the tricky aspects of translation, such as translating infinitives and -ing forms of verbs, the passive voice, phrases which cannot be translated literally, or tricky phases such as ‘acabo de’, ‘al llegar’, etc… It includes a worksheet and an answer sheet.

This guide is designed to build up / practise vocabulary to describe photos in the French GCSE exam: Key vocabulary Sentence starters Verbs in the present tense This resources includes a booklet and a powerpoint with answers.

This set contains 14 lessons: 1- Les personnages 2- Les thèmes 3- Le contexte historique et le néo-colonialisme en France 4- L’immigration et l’intégration 5 et 6- La place des femmes 7- L’émancipation et la solidarité féminine 8- La masculinité 9- La famille et l’amour 10- L’adolescence 11- Le contexte social des banlieues (la pauvreté) 10- Grandir en banlieue (éducation et scolarité (contexte social) 13- La culture populaire 14 - Le langage humoristique and: +A knowledge organiser on Kiffe Kiffe Demain A document designed to help students compile revision notes. These lessons are to be used after one pre-reading (in the summer preceding year 13 in my case) and sometimes refer to activities in the ZigZag Guide ‘Getting to Know Kiffe Kiffe Demain’. The Zig Zag Guide has excellent introductory activities but I have also used the excellent pre-reading lessons by Julie Barcelona published on TES. They were developed for use in class but could easily be used for independent study or revision. The lessons include a variety of activities designed to deepen the knowledge of the book in order to succeed in essay writing. Each mention and quote has a page number reference based on the 2010 edition ISBN 978-2-253-11375-1. All answers are provided. Example of activities: Grammar activities Gap fills Reading aloud Listening activities Discussion topics Vocabulary activities (champ sémantique / synonymes) Activities designed to understand the historical, literary and cultural references. Matching activities (citations to situations or interpretation - designed as a retrieval practise to deepen the knowledge of the novel) Pictures to text matches to help understand the context and cultural references. Puzzles and mind maps Reordering sentences in a passage Summary questions Suggestions for home study, including past AQA essay topics and research activities. Links to Quizlet sets.

I am using these sheets to mark students’ practice speaking tasks or for students to peer assess speaking. Once you have modeled marking a few times, they get the hang of the symbols. 1 sheet for the role play tasks (Higher and Foundation). 1 sheet for (Higher and Foundation) the 4 compulsory questions. 2 sheets (Higher and Foundation) for the reading aloud task with details of major and minor errors. 2 sheets (Higher and Foundation) for the description of photos and unprepared conversation. 1 sheet compiling all 3 tasks for marking Foundation mock speakings. 1 sheet compiling all 3 tasks for marking Higher mock speakings. Each sheet includes a feedback / reflection box referring to a personal learning checklist (knowledge and skills) also included. They are based on the 2026 AQA mark scheme. Do get in touch if you think they should be modified, and I would be happy to do so and email an updated version to you.

A one-page knowledge organiser to summarise key knowledge about characters, themes, style, language and the author.

A PowerPoint introducing the French mardi-gras tradition. There is a flipped learning activity based on a You Tube video by Mr Innes, to prepare students to basic vocabulary. The PowerPoint is to be used in class, it has a number of group based activities to develop vocabulary, and comprehension with a final differentiated productive activity. I have created for a mixed ability year 8 class. Could be suitable for year 7, with a little vocabulary support.

A worksheet aimed at GCSE higher students or A-level students, explaining when and how to use the perfect tense with a series of exercises scaffolded to help memorising set sentences in the plu-perfect to enhance answers in speaking and writing, and culminating in a translation exercise, demonstrating how to fit plu-perfect sentences in an answer. ANSWERS ARE INCLUDED

A powerpoint with differentiated activities, and blockbuster plenary for Studio 5.4.

A revision worksheet scaffolding revision activities, including : A GCSE level keyword matching. A table to fill with key phrases in the present / past / future. A gap fill exercise. A differentiated reading comprehension exercise. Two translation activities, focusing on identifying the weather receptively when the verb form changes (e.g. perfect / infinitives) Noughts and crosses (receptive and productive) to play in pairs. Includes answers

A full 1.15 to 1.30h lesson analysing the theme of education in the lesson. It includes: A starter on vocabulary specifc to French education A grammar activity to practise past participles, present participles and infintives. A discussion on Doria’s experience of secondary school A paragraph re-ordering activity on Doria’s start of her professional training A writing activity on this situation A matching exercise showing the influence of Yasmina A vocabulary activity based on quotes demonstrating Mme Burlaud’s importance in Doria’s education Kiffe Kiffe Demain - Full set of theme-based lessons to prepare students for essay writing This lesson is also available as part of a full bundle under ‘Kiffe Kiffe Demain - Full set of theme-based lessons to prepare students for essay writing’ at a discount.

This lesson and the attached handout will help student familiarise themselves with references to popular culture in the novel. Includes : a starter on known references to popular culture a grammar activity on manipulating possessive adjectives and pronouns on an important quote about TV A reading activity to match popular culture references with pictures A listening exercise requesting students to match definitions with an cultural reference This lesson is also available as part of a full bundle under ‘Kiffe Kiffe Demain - Full set of theme-based lessons to prepare students for essay writing’ at a discount.

This lesson looks at the topic and poverty and dignity in the context of French subburbs from the perspective of Doria and Hamoudi. It includes: A starter activity on specific vocabulary A series of activity designed to find extracts and quotes form the novel to analyse the theme of poverty - writing and apeaking activities This lesson is also available as part of a full bundle under ‘Kiffe Kiffe Demain - Full set of theme-based lessons to prepare students for essay writing’ at a discount.

This lesson is designed to analyse teenage issues in the novel. It includes: Extracts from the novel showing Doria’s reactions, typical of a teenager girl Comprehension activities A translation A matching activities between sub-themes, explanations and quotes This lesson is also available as part of a full bundle under ‘Kiffe Kiffe Demain - Full set of theme-based lessons to prepare students for essay writing’ at a discount.