Powerpoint and worksheet to introduce TV genres to mid/low ability Y8. -Vocab -Opinions (inc. recognising plural me gustan) -Vocab recap (MWBs or chant answers) -Listening (Mira 2 Express, p.24) -Write sentences about favourite programme then do a survey -Guessing game - sentences giving opinions in the plural

Expo 2, Module 3 - Rouge and Vert A couple of powerpoints and worksheets on replying to invitations and making excuses for different Year 8 groups.

For a beginners Spanish Y9 class. Introduces animals vocab (pets) and includes a sheet for pupils to match up and record vocab. Speaking and writing including adjectives.

Writing tasks for Year 8 studying the topic of Holidays (Expo 2). Developed in response to requirements of the new GCSE proposals, as the current Y8 will be the first affected. Aim is to get them used to regularly writing stuff without access to their books, word mats or dictionaries, reusing prior knowledge. Focus on conveying information and using correct verbs, rather than developed and fancy work. Mixture of task bullet points for writing tasks, and translation (both directions).

To build on work on saying how often you go to the cinema (Expo 3 Vert - Module 1, adverbs of frequency). Recap of aller and adverbs of frequency, followed by work on reasons/for against cinema-going. Work out the meaning of the statements and categorise for and against. Key vocab given in word-bank on powerpoint to support least able.

Lesson to prepare a bottom set Y9 group for writing about future plans. Settling starter (wordsearch) followed by team activity to practise using a word mat to write developed sentences. Pupils work in small groups with a mini-whiteboard and a word mat. A sentence appears on the board in English and they have to translate it (most of what they need is in the word mat). The team with the most complete answer when the time stops gets a point.

2-3 lessons on the weather and activities in the near future tense for a weak KS3 group. 1st lesson - presenting the vocabulary, recording on a sheet, understanding sentences about weather in different locations. 2nd lesson - listening from Mira 1, then near future tense linked with weather (plans for the weekend).

Powerpoint resources for the 1st 5 lessons on this topic with a pretty good bottom set who will be taking French to GCSE. Focus on revising/consolidating vocabulary from previous years (introducing yourself, physical description) but also using the imperfect tense just in the 'je' form. Aimed at a largely 'Vert' class but some crossover with 'Rouge' due to inclusion of imperfect.

Colous poem project for Y7 Spanish - will probably take 3-5 lessons depending on your group. After learning basics of colours, word order and adjective agreements, pupils read a poem and identify nouns and adjectives. They develop dictionary skills to research new vocabulary so they can be creative, producing similes using nouns (eg: blue like the sea) then add in adjectives to enhance their similes (eg: blue like the shimmering sea). After the 2-3 lessons provided on powerpoint they can complete their poems and write up in neat for display.

Lesson in response to the shootings in Paris on 07/01/15. 1st slide for triggering discussion. Explain/discuss context for any pupils who are unaware. Provide sources 1-11 to pupils to analyse and discuss. Depending on your group, they might just do a couple each, or might get through all of them. If time at end - discuss and write tweets.

Year 8 lesson for pupils following Expo 2 Rouge. Already done modal verbs (invitations and excuses) and clothes. Combine/consolidate in this lesson. 1) discuss uniform in France/watch clip. 2) key vocabulary - things not allowed in school. 3) categorise statements with modal verbs (can, must, can't wear) 4) does the statement apply to England or France? For part 3, statements are on individual slides as I send pupils slides on iPads (pdf version attached for those who have this option). But can easily be adapted.

Simple true or false quiz on topic of the Occupation. Used as extension work for a few pupils in a Y9 class watching Au revoir les enfants but equally could be used as starter/plenary.

A couple of worksheets made for the very top end of a low ability Year 10 group. These pupils are currently producing C-grade quality work, in a class where most others are E/F/G so the worksheet is designed to extend their range of language whilst being something they can work on independently. One worksheet is on verb structures (avant de / apres avoir) and the other is on pronouns (je le trouve, je l'aime, etc.). The topic area is holidays/tourism/town as that is the current.

A short text to print out and give to pupils to find and correct errors. Most mistakes are tenses and articles but some are simple spelling mistakes. I ended up going round underlining mistakes for the least able pupils during the lesson, so they just had to correct it, so you could do some copies already underlined for your class if needed.

I know Buffalo Grill isn't exactly an authentic French experience, but the American theming (and lots of cognates) makes using a whole website in French more accessible so pupils can pick out other details from context. A mixture of questions and &'find the French&'; tasks to extend vocabulary and check understanding.

A reading task I made for a Y9 bottom set beginners Spanish group who have been learning Spanish for about 10 weeks so far. The main aim is to recognise the difference between 'soy de' and 'vivo en' with place names, but there's plenty of added detail to make it a bit more challenging. I&'ve made the font size big so it can be copied 2:1, giving A5 sheets.

Pupils use cognates/prior knowledge/process of elimination to match the French and English timephrases and place them on the timeline. Used alongside work on perfect tense.

2 lessons for the end of a healthy living topic with a middle set Y9 group, focusing on understanding of when to use the present, perfect, imperfect, near future and future tenses. Pupils have previously covered these tenses in all subjects, but I am focusing on the je form in these revision lessons to simplify things a bit and increase the chance that they can use the tenses in their upcoming written exam. If you're looking for something more highbrow for top set or for Y10 and 11, I have a series of lessons on conjugation in my resources.

Writing assessment for Y9 topic of Healthy Living. Style of paper is based on the new AQA specification. Primarily Foundation but includes a Higher style translation and opportunity for pupils to complete the main writing task at either Foundation (90 words) or Higher (150 words) level of detail.

Match vocab with pictures as recap from previous lesson.