A text with exercises resource about astronaut Sophie Adenot's return from space after eight months on the ISS. I've recommended a 2-minute YouTube video as a pre-reading task. Then it's a an easy text, vocab to find, MCQs, false statements to correct, questions in French and translation into French. Level A2. Higher GCSE Y10/11.

A video listening resource based on a short and excellent CinéQuiz video on YouTube. All about Georges Méliès, the French pioneer of special effects (as honoured by Scorsese inthe film Hugo). Questions in English and vocabulary to find. A transcript is available on the YouTube page. Answers given. Level B2.

This is an advanced video listening resource for adult learners (though you could use it with good Y13s). It's a YouTube-sourced video from CinéQuiz about the early origins of cinema. There is a variety of exercises at B2 level. Captions are available and I would recommend using them

This is the ninth and final 10-page grammar booklet based on AQA sub-themes. This one is on environment and where people live. It covers: present tense, perfect tense, present v imperfect, adjectives, and si-clauses (pres + future and imperf + conditional). If you put all nine booklets together you have 90 pages of grammar delights! These are really for GCSE Higher (grades 5-8-ish). They may be too easy fro the very best classes.

A full lesson including video listening, a written text and comprehensive set of exercises for comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and discussion. Level B1/2. There is over an hour of work in this if you wat something current for your Y13 class. Fits brilliantly with A-level sub-themes such education and demonstrations.

This is the 8th 10-page grammar booklet. This one is based on the AQA sub-theme of travel and tourism. Grammar covered: perfect, imperfect, future, prepositions with transport, comparatives and superlatives. Level A2.

Another 10-page grammar booklet based on the AQA theme of celebrity culture. Grammar covered: present, perfect, imperfect, present v perfect, adjectives and modal verbs. Level A2. Good for Higher Tier GCSE (all boards)

A sixth 10-page grammar booklet matched to GCSE themes. This one is related to customs, celebrations and festivals, and includes sections on present tense, adjectives, perfect tense, modal verbs and imperatives. I use ChatGPT to build these but they need a fair bit of tweaking and editing.

The fifth 10-page GCSE grammar booklet. This one is themed around media and technology, an AQA topic. Grammar covered is relative pronouns, questions, negatives, present and perfect tenses.

A fourth 10-page grammar booklet for Higher GCSE. Topic area: free time. Grammar covered: perfect tense, future, near future, direct object pronouns, and comparatives and superlatives. Theseare matched against AQA themes but can be used with other boards, of course.