Knowledge Organisers for my Y9 curriculum, including: Revision and enhancement of Y7 basics (self, appearance, personality, family) in the guise of a Loft Story (Big Brother) themed project. Media, TV, film, leisure activities. Healthy Living Customs and Festivals Education and Future Career Plans The KOs are divided into Productive Language (what we teach students to say and write) and Receptive Language (mostly taken from the AQA specification list) which they need to understand for Reading and Listening but don’t necessarily need to use in their own work. The KOs can be used to structure lesson planning, as a sentence builder or scaffold for students during written/spoken tasks, and for setting homework (typically half a column per week for vocab tests). I hope you find these useful. Check out my other resources if you did. :)

Reflexive verbs for high ability Y9. Working towards a paragraph about a day in the life of a celebrity of their choice. Covers: -key infinitives -conjugation in present tense using mini-whiteboards to respond -sequencing an account with puis, ensuite, etc. -using reflexives in a range of tenses -advanced structures "avant de" + inf and "apres avoir" + pp

Worksheet on the topic of clothing designed for low ability Y8 groups to get on with independently during speaking assessment. Designed for a group who struggled to complete Linguascope sheets and Gianfranco Conti sheets in a cover lesson so needed something simpler.

Reading task based on Expo 2 Vert p62 but extended (I have added an extra text and broken down the activities more). This is for a low ability group so begins with the basics - recognising food words they have done and underlining them. Then they have to identify which person mentions which foods, and there are some extension questions for the more able in the group to move onto.

Lesson to introduce the simple future tense to mid/low ability Y10 (who had only done immediate future in KS3). To do the listening, you need to have Kerboodle. I have added a gapfill activity to exploit the Kerboodle sound file in a different way. Differentiated lesson. Most able - range of subjects, some si clauses with set sentence openers Least able - 1st person (other subjects with support).

Resources for a very low ability/low confidence class who have just started the FCSE French course. Most resources are suitable for/based on KS3. Covers: -countries (en/au/aux) -points of the compass and some Geography work -transport -some activities and opinions

Recognition of differences between perfect and present tenses (a basis for discussion/questioning when going through answers). Extension gets pupils to apply this knowledge and use the perfect tense.

Pupils match job titles to descriptions. Extension activities included.

Lesson on sports using jugar + time phrases. Lesson on sports using hacer/practicar and choosing the correct one.

A simple reading task to introduce the perfect tense with Year 8. Pupils use their existing knowledge of verbs in the present tense/infinitive to identify the meaning of past tense verbs in the text, leading to a discussion of how the perfect tense is formed. Aimed at Y8 pupils, alongside Expo 2, Module 2 but could easily be used with weak Y9s too.

2 lessons for a top/middle set Year 10 class. Focus is on getting pupils to write good sentences to include in controlled assessment preparation, exposing more able pupils to advanced structures without making it too scary for those who struggle more. EDIT: Just to say that several of the slides come from other TES resources so many thanks if you spot your own work.

Cover lesson worksheet for a low ability Year 8 class. A series of tasks to work through to build up from learning the vocab to using it in a sentence. Not very exciting, but thought it might save someone a bit of time.

A lesson I have prepared for induction with Y6. Would also be suitable for a first Y7 lesson in September. 1) Asking and saying what your name is. 2) Quiz in groups - knowledge about Spain/Spanish-speaking countries. 3) Video clip to introduce greetings. 4) Que tal? + various responses Quiz is adapted from a resource a colleague sent me, so may have come from TES before.

Lesson to introduce personality adjectives with Y7 (they've already done loads of work on agreements for colours and physical description, so not that much time spent on it here). Goes with Expo 1 and does refer to reading and listening activities from it, but hopefully some of the slides will be useful even if you don&'t use this textbook.

For a very low ability FCSE French group, but would be suitable for lower year groups. Would be good for cover. Match up key vocab. Simple reading task (checking understanding of il y a and il n'y a pas de). Matching places to activities with 'on peut'. Font size is massive so you can print 2 sheets per page.

Differentiated reading tasks for a very mixed ability top/middle set Y10 French group. B/C text focuses on recognition and usage of key verbs in the perfect and imperfect tense. A* version assumes pupils are already confident with the 2 tenses and introduces a range of advanced structures which they can use to develop their work.

For Year 8 low ability group on pancake day. Links in with current module (just starting food and drink - Expo 2, Module 4) but includes some cultural aspects on la Chandeleur and Mardi gras. Main idea for resource (pictures and vocab) taken from another TES resource (http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Les-cr-and-234-pes-6071144/) but I have added to it to keep my class busy for a whole lesson.

2 lessons for a top set Y8 class doing Spanish once per week alongside French. Using mas...que, menos... que and tan... como. Some slides found on TES and adapted/added to my own resources, so not entirely my own.

A cover lesson introducing language for the photo card at AQA GCSE (for the 4-sentences writing task, and as a starting point for the speaking exam). This is for a low ability Y9 group. Covers: -hay + nouns -es + height/build -tiene + hair description -lleva + basic clothing 4 pictures for students to describe.

Worksheet designed for low ability Y8 groups to get on with independently during speaking assessment. Designed for a group who struggled to complete Linguascope sheets and Gianfranco Conti sheets in a cover lesson so needed something simpler.