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, Y10-11 (Intermediate)

Crossword on French geography, intermediate level. Basic locational geography: rivers, cities, mountains etc. Definitions in French. I have also placed this in the adult students section.

, Y7 (Beginner)

Family tree with questions. You could display the family tree for oral work or do the worksheet questions as part of your sequence on the family. Questions are "scaffolded" i.e. include part gap fill. Practice of names, age and mon/ma.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

Advanced level notes and practice worksheet on gender. This may help when students ask "how do you work out the gender of a noun in French?"

, Y9 (Low intermediate)

Two resources on the superlative: (1) grammar worksheet. This is always a tricky one to teach because of the word order issues. This sheet has a simple explanation, examples, then a box of words from which students can make sentences. Students can then make up their own. (2) I have also done a crossword on the same topic. Both resources are in Y9, but could be used with very quick Y8 up to Y10.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

A-level text and exercises. Is musical taste related to personality and intelligence? Article, vocabulary, discussion questions, true/false/not mentioned and translation into French. Fits well with AQA sub-topic on music.

, Y8 (Very low intermediate)

Battleships game using near future (aller + infinitive). There are lots of battleship paiwork grids on frenchteacher. With this one students have to make up whole sentences and must not use the same one twice. You could use this from Y8 to easy Y10. Creative-mungus!

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

Video listening, advanced level. What is canna..is? (In case your school filtering system is averse to certain substances.) Linked to a 1jour1question video from Milan Presse with cartoons. Sentences to translate into French using transcription of the commentary. Fast but clear. Students could also take notes in English if you prefer.

, Y10-11 (Intermediate)

Intermediate reading comprehension with questions in English. This is about a young African boy brought up in wartime Germany, who wanted to join the Nazi party, survived the war and eventually became the editor of a US magazine for African-Americans. Interesting story.

, Y12-13 (Advanced), FREE

Video listening. Young childen talking about holidays. This is another one from the Les Enfants du XXIe siècle series on Youtube. Always amusing. Good authentic language at a simple level. Gapfill with teacher's answers. Offered as a fee sample.

, Y7 (Beginner)

Year 7/Primary resource to practise il y a, but mainly il n'y a pas de.... Short powerpoint presentation based on a picture of a 19th century classroom. (Some would say not so different from today's!) Simple sequence with written prompts for repetition, leading to description of the students' own classroom. Good for revision of classroom objects too.