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I have over 25 years language teaching experience in UK secondary schools and 12 years as a Curriculum Leader. I was also a GCSE examiner for many years. I love languages and have enjoyed creating these resources. I am working on lots of resources for the GCSE new specifications.

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I have over 25 years language teaching experience in UK secondary schools and 12 years as a Curriculum Leader. I was also a GCSE examiner for many years. I love languages and have enjoyed creating these resources. I am working on lots of resources for the GCSE new specifications.
German GCSE 9 - 1 Specifications Speaking Exam - General Conversation.
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German GCSE 9 - 1 Specifications Speaking Exam - General Conversation.

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This is a booklet that can be printed for each student and contains over 150 general conversation questions. These questions have put together by researching all exam boards specifications and example materials. The questions are in themes are also broken down into sub-themes. Within each set of questions in a sub-theme, they have been classified into tenses so that pupils can be clear of the tense they need to use to answer the relevant question. These can form the basis of regular classroom practice for the speaking exam and if pupils are confident with these questions, they will also be able to answer many of the questions that will form part of the photo card section of the exam.
German GCSE 9 - 1 Specifications Speaking Exam Photo Cards.
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German GCSE 9 - 1 Specifications Speaking Exam Photo Cards.

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Based on the new specifications of exam boards for German GCSE, I have produced 40 different photo cards, all have 5 questions. The range of questions covers both foundation and higher tiers. The cards cover all 3 themes and all sub-themes. The questions are based on information/ specifications/ sample materials from several exam boards. They can be used over many lessons for practising this part of the exam and/or as part of mock exams.
Rubrics for German GCSE 9 - 1 Specifications.
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Rubrics for German GCSE 9 - 1 Specifications.

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For the new GCSE exams, pupils will be expected to understand all German exam rubrics. This PowerPoint goes through all rubrics needed, starting with understanding the main verbs, commonly used words and then through to whole instructions in German. There are plenty of exercises for pupils to complete and a worksheet that accompanies the PowerPoint. This could be broken down and used over several lessons. UPDATED 20/02/17
Rubrics for French GCSE 9 - 1 Specifications.
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Rubrics for French GCSE 9 - 1 Specifications.

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For the new GCSE exams, pupils will be expected to understand all French exam rubrics. This PowerPoint goes through all rubrics needed, starting with understanding the main verbs, commonly used words and then through to whole instructions in French. There are plenty of exercises for pupils to complete and a worksheet that accompanies the PowerPoint. This could be broken down and used over several lessons.
Reflexive Verbs in the Perfect Tense/ Passé Composé - A Complete Guide.
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Reflexive Verbs in the Perfect Tense/ Passé Composé - A Complete Guide.

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This resource introduces students to reflexives verbs in the past perfect tense and gives a step-by-step method of how to form the perfect tense of reflexive verbs. The slides contain grammar notes that students can note in their exercise books and use as a reference for all future work using these verbs. There are a wide range of exercises to complete, as well as a reading comprehension and a writing task. There is a worksheet that accompanies the PowerPoint. There is also a separate worksheet with translation exercises into English and into French. This is a tried and tested method to ensure comprehension and the ability to confidently form the perfect tense with reflexive verbs.
The Perfect Tense (le passé composé) - avoir & etre verbs - A Complete Guide.
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The Perfect Tense (le passé composé) - avoir & etre verbs - A Complete Guide.

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There are two lengthy Power Points which will take several lessons to complete. By the end, pupils will be able to understand and successfully form the perfect tense of avoir verbs, both regular and irregular, as well as all être verbs. The Power Points can be used for pupils to create accurate grammar/ resource notes in their books, which they can then refer back to when working individually to form the past tense. On each PowerPoint there are lots of exercises for pupils to complete in order to check comprehension. A comprehensive worksheet accompanies each of the Power Points. There are also three further worksheets with exercises that could be used as class or homework and will indicate the pupils’ ability to understand and form this tense. This is a tried and tested method and will have your students being able to successfully form the perfect tense!
French GCSE 9 - 1 Specifications Speaking Exam - General Conversation.
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French GCSE 9 - 1 Specifications Speaking Exam - General Conversation.

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This is a booklet that can be printed for each student and contains approximately 200 general conversation questions. These questions have put together by researching all exam boards specifications and example materials. The questions are in themes are also broken down into sub-themes. Within each set of questions in a sub-theme, they have been classified into tenses so that pupils can be clear of the tense they need to use to answer the relevant question. These can form the basis of regular classroom practice for the speaking exam and if pupils are confident with these questions, they will also be able to answer many of the questions that will form part of the photo card section of the exam. UPDATED
French 9 - 1  GCSE Speaking Exam Photo Cards
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French 9 - 1 GCSE Speaking Exam Photo Cards

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Based on the new specifications of exam boards for French GCSE, I have produced 40 different photo cards, all have 5 questions and are a range of questions to cover both foundation and higher tiers. The cards cover all 3 themes and all sub-themes. The questions are based on information from several exam boards. The assessment criteria for AQA, Edexcel and WJEC are included on the mark schemes document.
Reflexive Verbs in the Present Tense in French - A Complete Guide.
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Reflexive Verbs in the Present Tense in French - A Complete Guide.

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This resource pack will ensure students have a full understanding of recognising and conjugating reflexive verbs in the present tense. The first PowerPoint introduces pupils to reflexives verbs, in the infinitive and then demonstrates how to form the present tense of reflexive verbs, using a step-by-step method. The slides contain grammar notes that students can note in their exercise books and use as a reference for all future work using these verbs. There are a range of exercises to complete, as well as a reading comprehension and a writing task. There is a worksheet that accompanies the PowerPoint. The second PowerPoint contains pictures of daily routine activities with the appropriate phrases, in the first person, and then moves on to tasks to complete using all subject pronouns with a wide range of reflexive verbs. This is a tried and tested method to ensure comprehension and the ability to confidently form the present tense with reflexive verbs.
The Present Tense in French- Regular and Irregular Verbs - A Complete Guide.
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The Present Tense in French- Regular and Irregular Verbs - A Complete Guide.

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This resource will ensure your students have a full understanding of both regular and irregular verbs in the present tense, and that they will be able to form the present tense in French confidently and independently. This pack has two lengthy Power Points that explain in detail how to form the present tense of regular and irregular verbs. The first PowerPoint goes through in detail how to form the present tense of -er, -ir and -re verbs and the slides can be used as grammar notes for pupils to record in their books. Each section has a range of exercises to complete and there are final exercises to complete using all the three types of regular verbs. These exercises include transition exercises, important to start early on, ready for the new GCSE specifications. The irregular verbs PowerPoint follows a very similar format with exercises to complete, translation work and challenges. There are worksheets to accompany each PowerPoint. These presentations of the present tense follow a tried and tested method; ensuring pupils have a clear grasp of this tense.
The French Future Tense with Aller and The Simple Future - A Complete Guide.
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The French Future Tense with Aller and The Simple Future - A Complete Guide.

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This resource pack will ensure students have a full understanding of recognising and conjugating verbs in the future tenses. Each PowerPoint takes you through how to (1) form the future tense with ‘aller’ and (2) form the simple future tense on a step-by-step basis, all grammar notes could be copied into ex books. There are lots of follow on exercises to check comprehension and a reading comprehension in each. These Power Points have been put together after using the grammar notes on which they are based for many years. This is a way of ensuring pupils understand and can easily use these tenses. Each PowerPoint has an accompanying worksheet for all of the exercises.
Understanding Grammatical Terms for French learners.
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Understanding Grammatical Terms for French learners.

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This is a set of three lengthy PowerPoints that can be used over 2/3 lessons. The first PowerPoint introduces an extensive range of grammatical terms, including pronouns, infinitives, conjugated verbs, articles, intensifiers and many more with lots of examples. There is a plenary/test to check students’ comprehension. The other two PowerPoints have a more in-depth check of understanding with French texts; one for students who have only covered present tense verbs; and the other covering three tenses.
An Introduction to Pronouns, Verbs and Infinitives in German.
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An Introduction to Pronouns, Verbs and Infinitives in German.

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This set of resources is aimed at German students who are going to be introduced to the present tense verb conjugation. There is lesson plan and all resources, including a Powerpoint presentation for entire lesson(s), a detailed lesson plan, worksheets etc needed for one or two lessons, after which time students will be able to conjugate regular present tense verbs and understand all grammar terms used.
French Perfect Tense Murder Mystery - (passé composé)
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French Perfect Tense Murder Mystery - (passé composé)

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For pupils studying the Perfect Tense, this is a whole set of resources based on an exciting murder mystery. It includes, not only the murder mystery, but starter activities, two plenaries, extension documents, lesson plans etc. Pupils work in groups and compete against the other groups to solve the murder first. This set of resources was used for both Ofsted and internally reviews lessons which were rated as 'outstanding'. The objectives are: To enhance thinking skills in order to participate effectively in a team and reflect on learning. To consolidate prior knowledge of the past tense in order to further develop understanding and accuracy.