Hi, I'm an MFL teacher from Dorset and have been teaching French in secondary schools for 27 years, including as Curriculum Leader.
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Hi, I'm an MFL teacher from Dorset and have been teaching French in secondary schools for 27 years, including as Curriculum Leader.
Please leave a review if you are happy with your purchase, or email me (Charlie01042000@gmail.com) and I will be happy to resolve any problems.
A bank of questions for the Edexcel Speaking exam conversation element. Questions are organised by theme into one handy booklet. Each question has a model answer to support less able students and space for students to prepare their own response in the target language. Ideal for students to keep all their speaking exam preparation in one place!
Updated for the new spec, this 41 page booklet contains all the questions from the Edexcel textbook for the Edexcel Speaking exam conversation element. Questions are organised by thematic context. Each question has a model answer to support less able students and space for students to prepare their own response in the target language. Ideal for students to keep all their speaking exam preparation in one place!
My Personal World - 17 questions
Media and Technology - 5 questions
Studying and my Future - 20 questions
Lifestyle and Wellbeing - 10 questions
My Neighbourhood - 18 questions
Travel and Tourism - 10 questions
A fun, quick and easy way to incorporate vocabulary retrieval into your lessons, whether face to face or remotely.
Spin the wheel to select a word or phrase for students to translate. Choose from French to English (2 wheels) or English to French (1 wheel). Introduce an element of competition by dividing your group into teams or play remotely individually.
Includes key words and phrases from Dynamo 3 Module 5.
The ideal no-prep starter or plenary to ensure that your students are continually refreshing their vocabulary knowledge!
A selection of “One Pen One Dice” activities for Pearson Edexcel GCSE French Module 1
Students take it in turns to roll the dice. The first person who rolls a 6 takes the pen and starts translating. Player 2 rolls the dice until they roll a 6 and says “C’est à moi” (It’s my turn!) This player has now won the pen and can start translating. Player 1 has the dice and needs a 6 to steal the pen. The winner is the first person to correctly translate all the sentences.
This pack includes 7 separate activities covering the following topic areas from Module 1:
Fêtes et jeux
Ma vie en ligne
Tu as une vie active?
Qu’est-ce que tu regardes?
Qu’est-ce qu’on va faire?
Qu’est-ce que tu as fait?
J’ai participé aux Jeux de la Francophonie
A selection of Grid Translations for Dynamo 2 French Module 3.
There is one worksheet for each double page spread in the module. Sentences are provided to translate from English into French. Students must use 5 French phrases from the grid to successfully translate each sentence.
This file includes 2 versions of each worksheet. The first version has a colour-coded grid to support weaker students. For the more able, the second version has a plain grid without colour-coding.
The following topics are covered:
Talking about celebrities and tv programmes
Talking about digital technology
Arranging to go to the cinema
Talking about leisure activities
Talking about shopping
Normally, yesterday and tomorrow
A selection of “One Pen One Dice” activities for GCSE Studio French Module 5
Students take it in turns to roll the dice. The first person who rolls a 6 takes the pen and starts translating. Player 2 rolls the dice until they roll a 6 and says “C’est à moi” (It’s my turn!) This player has now won the pen and can start translating. Player 1 has the dice and needs a 6 to steal the pen. The winner is the first person to correctly translate all the sentences.
NB: To make this activity “COVID-safe”, students should have a dice each and use their own pen.
This pack includes 5 separate activities covering the following topic areas from Module 5:
Staying in a hotel
Talking about travelling
Talking about holidays
Ordering in a restaurant
Describing holiday disasters
A selection of Grid Translations for Dynamo 1 French Module 3.
There is one worksheet for each double page spread in the module. Sentences are provided to translate from English into French. Students must use 5 French phrases from the grid to successfully translate each sentence.
This file includes 2 versions of each worksheet. The first version has a colour-coded grid to support weaker students. For the more able, the second version has a plain grid without colour-coding.
The following topics are covered:
Talking about the weather and seasons
Talking about which sports you play
Talking about what activities you do
Talking about sport in French-speaking countries
Talking about what you like doing
Creating an interview with a celebrity
Adding cultural capital to lessons is one of the biggest challenges faced by MFL teachers today. This reading comprehension (based on a video clip from 1 Jour, 1 Question) aims to familiarise students with the idea that France is comprised of "la Métropole"and “les DOM-COM”. A link to the video clip is included in the file, as are answers to all activities to enable self / peer marking.
File includes:
Transcript of video clip
Identify the 10 words (from a list of 20) which appear in the text
Find the French words / phrases in the text
Vrai / Faux / Pas Mentionné
Identify the 8 mistakes in the English translation of a section of the text.
Are your students struggling to remember key simple future tenses? A fun, quick and easy way to incorporate vocabulary retrieval into your lessons, whether face to face or remotely.
Spin the wheel to select a phrase for students to translate. Choose from French to English or English to French. Introduce an element of competition by dividing your group into teams or play remotely individually by asking students to type answers into the chat box or on a virtual whiteboard.
The ideal no-prep starter or plenary to ensure that your students are continually refreshing their past tense knowledge!
A selection of Tangled Translations for Dynamo 3 French Module 5
For each topic, sentences are provided in a mixture of French and English which students must “untangle” into both languages.
This pack includes 8 worksheets covering the following topic areas from Module 5:
Talking about what countries you would like to visit
Describing impressive places
Talking about holiday activities
Talking about French-speaking countries
Describing people and what they do
Talking about future plans
Talking about a past trip
Talking about a French-speaking star
Ideal as a no-prep starter or as a home-learning translation exercise which makes it more difficult for students to use internet translators!
A selection of Grid Translations for Dynamo 3 French Module 5.
There is one worksheet for each double page spread in the module. Sentences are provided to translate from English into French. Students must use 5 French phrases from the grid to successfully translate each sentence.
This file includes 2 versions of each worksheet. The first version has a colour-coded grid to support weaker students. For the more able, the second version has a plain grid without colour-coding.
The following topics are covered:
Talking about countries you would like to visit
Describing impressive places
Talking about holiday activities
Preparing an advert for a French-speaking country
Describing people and what they do
Are you looking to add cultural capital for your students while working remotely?
This worksheet features a text and 5 comprehension exercises to help students understand how la Fête des Rois (La Fête de l’Épihanie) is celebrated in France.
Tasks included:
a) Find the French from the text (words are highlighted in red in the text - highlights could be removed to easily differentiate for more able students.
b) Complete the sentences in French with a phrase highlighted in pink in the text - highlights could be removed to easily differentiate for more able students.
c) Complete the statement in French choosing from 3 possible phrases.
d) True / False / Not Mentioned exercise (statements in French)
e) Identify the 10 (factual) mistakes in the English translation of the French text.
Answers sheet included to enable students to self-mark, reducing teacher workload.
As well as a stand-alone task, this worksheet would be the ideal introduction for students to produce their own powerpoint explaining how L’Épiphanie is celebrated, or to being asked to prepare their own galette whilst at home!
A fun, quick and easy way to incorporate vocabulary retrieval into your lessons.
Click on a box worth between 1 and 5 points to be taken to a French sentence to translate. Click on the French to reveal the English translation. Simply click on the English to be taken back to the menu.
Students can play individually or in teams. Who will win the most points or be the first to clear a complete topic?
The ideal no-prep starter or plenary to ensure that your students are continually refreshing their vocabulary knowledge!
Topics included:
Fêtes et jeux
Ma vie en ligne
Tu as une vie active?
Qu’est-ce que tu regardes?
Qu’est-ce qu’on va faire?
Qu’est-ce que tu as fait?
J’ai participé aux Jeux de la Francophonie
A selection of Tangled Translations for Dynamo 3 French Module 1
For each topic, sentences are provided in a mixture of French and English which students must “untangle” into both languages.
This pack includes 5 worksheets covering the following topic areas from Module 1:
Talking about likes and dislikes
Talking about after-school clubs and activities
Describing yourself and your friends
Describing birthday celebrations
Describing what you did and what you wore
Ideal as a no-prep starter or as a home-learning translation exercise which makes it more difficult for students to use internet translators!
A selection of reading tasks to accompany Dynamo 1 French Module 5. Each text is presented as a spiral, a heart or as waves to encourage students to focus more closely on the text.
For each text tasks include
a) number the words in the order in which they appear
b) vrai / faux
c) answer the questions in English
d) find the French
Ideal no-prep cover / consolidation activities.
6 worksheets are included, covering the following topics:
Talking about places in town
Saying where you go at the weekend
Inviting someone out
Ordering drinks and snacks
Saying what you are going to do
Talking about plans for a special trip
A selection of Grid Translations for Pearson Edexcel GCSE French Module 1.
There is at least one worksheet for each double page spread in the module. Sentences are provided to translate from English into French. Students must use 5 French phrases from the grid to successfully translate each sentence.
This file includes 2 versions of each worksheet. The first version has a colour-coded grid to support weaker students. For the more able, the second version has a plain grid without colour-coding.
The following topics are covered:
Fêtes et jeux
Ma vie en ligne
Tu as une vie active?
Qu’est-ce que tu regardes?
Qu’est-ce qu’on va faire?
Qu’est-ce que tu as fait?
J’ai participé aux Jeux de la Francophonie
NEW SPEC. A selection of Tangled Translations for Pearson Edexcel GCSE French Module 1
Sentences are provided in a mixture of French and English which students must “untangle” into both languages.
This pack includes 7 worksheets (1 per double page) covering the following topic areas from Module 1:
Fêtes et Jeux (Zone de Culture)
Ma vie en ligne
Tu as une vie active?
Qu’est-ce que tu regardes?
Qu’est-ce qu’on va faire?
Qu’est-ce que tu as fait?
J’ai participé aux Jeux de la Francophonie
Ideal as a no-prep starter; to consolidate work in class or as a home-learning translation exercise which makes it more difficult for students to use internet translators!
NB A version of this resource with 2 worksheets per double page is also available