Beginner PowerPoint. What does Spotty want to do? (two verbs together). Easy lesson sequence, using il veut, then je veux and tu veux. Featuring my (free on Pixabay) dog, Spotty. Absolutely no relation to another dog with spots.

A teacher-read narrow listening task on the topic of social media. Four very short texts, a "who said?" exercise and a true/false. Answers given. This is one of several similar zero prep tasks on the Y9 page. You could display the texts for further exploitation.

Short text and exercises on the tiopic of laïcité. Three principles are explained. Vocabulary to find and questions to answer, including a some translation. This is a good basis for discussion of freedom of expression and the differences between the UK and France.

PowerPoint presentation about Marcus Rashford. An easy fact file for reading aloud, followed by true/false and gap-fill + a memory test. Good source of QA and repetition. Could be the basis for a piece of easy writing about another famous person. I've put this on the Y7 page, but it could be used with older pupils.

Audio listening based on an Audio Lingua recording. Holiday in Corsica. This is a "correct the faulty transcript" task. Answer given. Good for Higher GCSE (intermediate).

Video listening. A talk about investment in material cultural heritage (buildings) and how it is viewed in France and Europe in general. This is a sub-titled video and the task is to find the French through both reading and listening. Answers given. A good basis for further discussion. Best for Y13.

Esay senetnce builder frame. Saying what you like and don't like doing (ce qui me plaît/ce qui me déplaît). Lesson sequences suggested. Could be used with Y7 or Y8.

Near-beginner sentence builder frame. Saying you know or don't know how to do something (use of savoir + infinitive in the first person singular). Suggested lesson sequence given.

Two new easy sentence builder frames for Y7 or Y8. One uses vouloir (what you want and don't want to do), the other uses pouvoir (what you can and can't do where you live). I've added a possible teaching sequence you could use in a lesson plan.

Text and exercises on the the new baccalauréat. The text is a student's experience of the reform. Vocab to find, synonyms to search for and a written summary. Answers given.