Advanced level reading and questions about the key dates in the history of the European Union. This should be informative for young people, particularly those who will be able to vote in the UK referendum on June 23rd. Long but fairly accessible text, questions in English and model answers provided. This historical perspective may help students understand the issues better. Adult learners may find this useful too. Free sample.

Article and exercises about sugar: its health dangers and advice for avoiding it. Text, vocabulary list to complete, true/false/not mentioned, pair work and summary to write in English. Suitable for good intermediate level.

Video listening based on a 1jour1question video series. This is called C'est quoi, le djihad?. Short linked video from Youtube, identify true sentences, sentences to translate into French and discussion questions. You might try this with an excellent Y11 class to challenge them.

Advanced level text and exercises about online bullying. Based on a recent UK survey of teenagers. Text, vocabulary list to complete, lexical work, questions for oral and written work, gap-fill and translation into French.

Foundation tier role-play examples for the new AQA GCSE specification. Example scripts provided. See my recent blog post for some commentary on role-plays.

A second adapted and abridged extract from Le Petit prince, this time with a vocabulary list to complete and questions in English. About the futility of amassing wealth.

A short extract from Le Petit prince (adapted) with a true/false/not mentioned exercise and translation. In line with new GCSE content. A very good Y9 class could do this.

A second set of Higher Tier AQA GCSE photo card practice examples. There are now four sets of photo card stimuli on the site, with a total of about 36 examples. All for the new specification starting next year.

I've just uploaded a second set of photo card stimuli for oral work. These are based on the AQA speaking test model (first teaching September 2016) and include five questions each. There are now three sets of these photos, two Foundation Tier (easier), two Higher Tier. You could include these in your future schemes of work.

Texts and exercises about voluntary work. An example of "narrow reading" - several short texts with recycled vocabulary, followed by various tasks: matching, "find the French", lexical study, gap-fill, translation both ways and oral work. For English and Welsh teachers this topic fits perfectly with AQA's new AS-level syllabus (low advanced level.