Card sort and grid for recording information. Pupils each have a grid, and have a set of cards in groups of 2-3. They match the reasons (bullet-pointed cards) and frequency with which the food should be eaten to the foods in the grid and record the information. Links in with knowledge of food groups/healthy living from science or food tech.

A reading task about the real figure behind the character of 'Pere Jean&' in the film &';Au revoir les enfants' (information taken from wikipedia). I have a mixed ability class, so gave some pupils the version with line numbers as clues to help them cope with the text which is fairly challenging for Y9. Pupils seemed really interested and shocked by the fact that it was a real-life story, so I hope it works well for you too.

Straightforward resource for presenting and practising key vocabulary. -Recap of some places in town (crossword). -muy/bastante/cerca/lejos -kilometros/minutos -andando/en coche etc. Aimed at low ability KS3.

Comprehension Qs then find various features, in an account of work placement. Produced for a high ability Year 10 group. Had just revised the perfect tense ready to write their own account of work placement the following week. I think I may have adapted the text from something found on here so if you recognise it as your own, many thanks. :)

Numeracy starter worksheet - revision of numbers for using French phone numbers. 2 vocab starter worksheets used immediately before past papers - aim was to get pupils thinking about a range of related vocab.

Pupils fill in a hobby/activity they do on different days of the week (can be made up). Don't show partner. Then interview partner to find out what they do, and fill in 2nd column. At end can compare grids to check they understood/assess success in speaking activity.

Disclaimer: adapted from a teacher at my placement school, not entirely my own work. First pupils do card-sort activity - match reasons for jobs in French and English. When they finish, start filling in the grid. As extension or homework - fill in the 3rd column with a job title (in French) that goes with the reason - there is more than one possible answer for this.

Topic including family, ages, hair and eyes, personality, animals. Combines content from Expo 1 modules 2 and 3. All Listening activities go with the sound files from Expo 1. Bronze/Silver/Gold outcomes for all lessons. The "la famille de Marc" text is one found by a colleague - if it's yours, many thanks. I am reposting because it is used differently here (reading relay). Some picture slides are also taken from other free TES resources.

These word loops are intended for retrieval practice of vocabulary from the AQA GCSE Specification. They can be used in class for self-quizzing in the following ways: -Have the loop running as the class comes into the room. Students aim to shout out the English meaning of each word before it appears on the board. -Paired competition - in pairs, aim to be quicker than their partner to say the answer. Give a tally to whoever answers correctly each time. -Self-quiz memory challenge - students silently try to recall the English meaning of each word before it appears. If they are correct, give themselves a tally point. Total up at the end. Then repeat and aim for a new personal best. My aim is to have these produced for all units and drop them into lessons throughout the year so students are reminded of language from previous topics.

Multiple choice questionnaire about healthy living, with magazine style results section on powerpoint (add up score for each answer and read a short paragraph about what this means). Used as starting point for writing a paragraph about how healthy you are, but could also swap with someone else and write in 3rd person about their lifestyle.

Powerpoint for presenting classroom objects vocab and worksheet with pictures for pupils to match up with vocab. Includes speaking activities for groups of 4, and for whole class.

Lessons focusing on the different types of Crossover questions (those which appear on both Foundation and Higher papers). There are several key question types which appear each year and try to trick candidates using tenses, negatives, 3rd person etc., as red herrings. These lessons aim to alert pupils to these pitfalls by practising past questions so they can avoid being caught out in their exam. Uses 2010-2013 as we used 2014 for a mock recently. Also included is a "walking talking mock" where pupils had just done the 2014 Higher paper and we went through the whole paper question by question to mark their own and understand mistakes. All exam questions are property of Edexcel. Numbers refer to the time on the recording which you can get from the Edexcel website.

2 resources for studying the film Astérix et Obélix: Mission Cléopatre with a mixed ability Y9 group. Nothing too heavy going as it's an end of term treat after working really hard with lots of grammar for the past few months. 1st lesson = introduction. What is Astérix? What are bande dessinée? Pupils research online to complete worksheet. Then watch trailer. 2nd lesson = character info match-up starter, then watching the film for a good chunk of the lesson, then true or false quiz.

Leisure activities Household chores (used at start of a lesson on inviting people out and giving excuses, hence the chores)

A few lessons from the start of a GCSE topic on holidays. Reading and listening references are to the Edexcel Higher textbook. Includes: -describing places -types of accommodation -activities -opinions in different tenses

Reading tasks with grid to complete - the one in 2 tenses was aimed at a bottom set Y9 class and the one in 3 tenses was aimed at a middle/high set. But I'm planning to use the 2 tense one with Year 8s too. More or less the same task, so could be given out in the same class for differentiation.

Reading task - problem solving. -Present food groups. -Categorise vocab into 6 groups. -Reading - guess the food item from description, then write own version for the class to guess.

Printable knowledge organisers for KS3 French. Can be used as a basis for SoW (ie: what content to cover), as a scaffold in lessons, and for independent learning (self-quizzing for homework). Productive KOs include verb phrases and key vocabulary that has been selected because it is transferable or is easy to say/spell in test conditions. Receptive KOs are at word level and contain key language taken from the AQA specification, aimed at exposing pupils to a wider range of this from KS3. Topics covered (so far) are: Food and drink Leisure/free time activities Pocket money, chores, jobs Going out in town Holidays There are also KOs on key verbs in 3 tenses, and on quality language/opinions to be used across all topics. Word loops are included for class retrieval practice of Food and Drink topic. Pupils aim to recall the translation of a word before the answers appear on the screen.

Knowledge Organisers for Year 7 French. Excel spreadsheets to print A5 size and stick in pupils books at the start of each topic, or you could print them all in a booklet. Can easily be used as sentence builders for speaking/writing, with students gradually reducing reliance on them towards assessments. Also ideal for homework - setting roughly half a column per week for vocab tests. Covering: Classroom language (1-week mini unit) School (subjects, opinions, teachers, uniform, rules) Self, family and pets (productive and receptive) House and home (productive and receptive) Leisure activities Les destinations touristiques Quality opinions for all year groups up to Grade 5 (transferable language).

5 weeks worth of lessons on the topic of school, prior to task-setting for a written controlled assessment. -Audit of prior knowledge (basic vocab) -Giving opinions (basic and GCSE) -Talking about compulsory and optional subjects in England and France. -The school day in England and France (revising telling the time) -School uniform -Direct object pronouns -School rules -Future plans in the near future tense, future tense, and with si clauses.