Print this writing wheel out for pupils to use when writing a simple short paragraph about where they live.
Pupils use this writing wheel to help them write about what activities they do when the weather is nice, when it’s raining, etc.
Introduce pupils to different time markers that refer to particular tenses (past, present & future), allowing them to show off their knowledge of tenses in a simple way.
Pupils are shown words that they have to remember in a given time limit. After a given time, the curtains close. Full instructions are in the notes section of this PowerPoint.
When teaching a lesson about using different tenses, show this on the board as pupils enter the room, giving them something to think about as they settle.
Pupils have a copy each of this sheet. In conversation, they must tick off as many opinion phrases as possible, by using them logically and sensibly in their conversation.
In teams, pupils make sentences using a single word revealed in the grid. Points are awarded for improved sentences as well! Full instructions are in the notes of the PowerPoint.
Working from the centre circle, pupils choose options and add extra detail to produce a paragraph in the past.
This is a whole lesson on different genres of music and how to give your opinion about the different genres. The accompanying worksheet is there to help pupils throughout the lesson.
Pupils stick this sheet into their exercise books at the start of the year for reference throughout the year. It has literacy codes on it, along with some phrases to help the students speak spontaneously.
The idea of this activity is for the pupils to give the four French paintings their own titles. Ideal as a starter for a dictionary skills lesson.
This is a simple list of opinion phrases and their English translation. It's better suited to higher ability pupils.
This PowerPoint introduces pupils to 8 different famous French people in history. The worksheet is designed for pupils to write short paragraphs in French about the people studied. There is a quiz PowerPoint as well, to check what pupils can remember.
Pupils use these slides to help them write a ‘for sale’ paragraph about a sibling or friend. It practises personality words and physical descriptions.
Using Monet’s painting, ‘Jardin à Sainte-Adresse’ and example sentences underneath the painting, pupils describe the picture. Perfect practice for the GCSE!
Use this whole lesson to teach pupils how to give their opinion about different works of art, finishing with a short paragraph. Full instructions in the PowerPoint notes.
As pupils go down the slope, they start with a sentence starter and make the sentence longer and longer as they go, by adding opinions, justification, examples, etc.
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