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 review if you are happy with your purchase, or email me (Charlie01042000@gmail.com) and I will be happy to resolve any problems.
This resource includes 3 files:
a) PPT guiding students through the format of the 90 word task
understand the format of the task
identify key words in the bullet points to ensure correct tense is used
identify linguistic success criteria (sentence starters / connectives / opinions / negatives / tense / intensifiers / comparatives (& superlatives)
use a WAGOLL to identify examples of linguistic success criteria
find the French activity (using the WAGOLL) to identify key vocabulary
Reading activity (using the WAGOLL) - complete the sentences in French from the options in the box
analysis of markscheme (Edexcel, Foundation Writing, 90 word task)
b) Student task sheet
c) Feedback / DIRT sheet
A selection of “One Pen One Dice” activities for GCSE Studio French Module 8
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 7 separate activities covering the following topic areas from Module 8:
What is important in life and what concerns me
Talking about the weather
Talking about natural disasters
Protecting the environment
Ethical shopping
Talking about volunteering
Discussing big events
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 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.
The ideal no-prep starter or plenary to ensure that your students are continually refreshing their vocabulary knowledge!
A selection of Grid Translations for Dynamo 3 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 songs and musical instruments
Discussing your musical preferences
Describing future plans
Describing a trip to a concert
Interviewing a young musician
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
A set of activities to practise numbers 1-31 in French
Can your students answer the questions correctly without losing the balloons and causing the basket to fall? Each slide contains 10 questions. Students lose 1 balloon for an incorrect “yellow” response and 2 balloons for an incorrect “green” response. Click on the balloons to make them fly away!
All “yellow” questions focus on numbers 1-10. All “green” questions focus on numbers 11-31
Activity 1: Translate the number from English to French
Activity 2: Translate the number from French to English
Activity 3: Answer the sum (shown as figures) in French
Activity 4: Answer the sum (shown as French words) in French
Activity 5: Fill in the missing vowels and say the number in French
Activity 6: Unjumble the anagrams and say the number in French
While your students are working remotely, it is more important than ever that they keep previously learned knowledge fresh in their minds. Why not set them an extra “5 a day Challenge” or use one of the slides as no-prep starter for your lessons?
This PowerPoint contains 27 sets of “5 a day” questions drawn from the content covered in Studio GCSE French Modules 1-4.
a) A word / short phrase to translate into English
b) A word or short phrase to translate into French
c) A sentence to translate into English
d) A sentence to translate into French
e) An open-ended question to answer in French
The following topics are covered:
Describing people
Describing my town
Talking about what I do with friends
Talking about family relationships
Arranging to go out (future tense)
Describing a day out (past tense)
The person I admire
Revising leisure activities
Revising films / going to the cinema
Talking about sport
Talking about using technology
Talking about books and music
Talking about tv programmes
Talking about a night out with friends
Talking about food and meals
Describing clothes and what to wear
Describing daily life
Shopping for clothes
Describing festivals and traditions
Talking about shopping for a special meal
Describing family celebrations
Talking about where you live and what you can do there
Revising places in town and asking the way
Describing a region
Finding out tourist information
Discussing plans and the weather
Talking about your town, village or neighbourhood
A no-prep starter or plenary to practise items of food in French.
Can your students find all 15 items of food without hitting the wipeout squares?
3 Wipeouts = Game over!
A set of retrieval activities for Studio GCSE French Module 2
Can your students translate the sentences correctly without losing the balloons and causing the basket to fall? Each slide contains 10 questions. Students lose 1 balloon for an incorrect “yellow” response and 2 balloons for an incorrect “green” response. Click on the balloons to make them fly away!
Each slide corresponds to a double page spread from Module 2, including Point de Départ pages.
The following topics are covered:
Leisure activities
Films and going to the cinema
Talking about sport
Talking about using technology
Discussing reading habits and music
Talking about television programmes
Talking about a trip out with friends
Text about Le Carnaval / Mardi Gras with questions in English.
Divided into 3 sections:
Le Carnaval - c’est quand? - explains when the carnival period is and why the dates change each year
Le Mardi Gras - explains what Lent is and why we eat pancakes at Mardi Gras
Le Carnaval - describes what happens during the carnival period
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 2.
The ideal no-prep starter or plenary to ensure that your students are continually refreshing their vocabulary knowledge!
Reading comprehension based on C’est quoi, le 14 juillet? video clip from 1 Jour, 1 Question (link to clip included in document).
Document includes transcript of text plus the following exercises:
Tick the words which appear in the text
Find the words in French in the text
Vrai / Faux/ Pas Mentionné
Find the mistakes in the English translation of a section of the text.
All answers are included on separate slides to enable pupils to self / peer mark.
A selection of Grid Translations for GCSE Studio French Module 2.
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 on the worksheets:
a) Talking about sport
b) Talking about using technology
c) Talking about reading and music
d) talking about tv programmes
e) Talking about a night out with friends
A selection of Grid Translations for Dynamo 3 French Module 4.
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 food
Discussing eating habits
Talking about animals and the natural world
Talking about helping the environment
Talking about what you would like to do
A selection of Grid Translations for Dynamo 3 French Module 1.
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 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
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
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 Grid Translations for Dynamo 1 French Module 4.
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 animals
Describing your family
Describing where you live
Talking about breakfast
Talking about Bastille Day
Creating a cartoon family
A selection of Tangled Translations for Dynamo 1 French Module 5
For each topic, a paragraph is 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 5:
Describing where we go at the weekend
Inviting someone out
Ordering drinks and snacks in a café
Saying what you are going to do
Describing plans for a special weekend
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 “Retrieval Activities” based around GCSE Studio French Module 4
For each 2 page spread in the chapter (including Point de Départ pages), there are 2 powerpoint slides which can be used to help students recap previously learned vocabulary and structures:
a) “Cinq par Jour” - a selection of 5 questions ranging from single word / short phrase translation to an open ended question for students to answer in French
b) A retrieval grid of 16 items for students to translate. Items are colour-coded and worth between 1 and 4 points depending on difficulty. An easy way to measure progress over time and incorporate an element of competition into lessons.
Ideal as no-prep starters or a “refresh your memory” interval in a double lesson!