Pets reading and drawing task for beginners. Weather crossword for beginners.

Simple weather crossword for beginners. See all the other recent additions.

Code breaking task based on Christmas vocabulary for beginners. Thsi goes with a few other Christmas activities on the Y7 page. Check other recent additions for A-level: listening and reading on homophobia, for example.

A help sheet on using more interesting verbs in A-level essays: avoiding être, avoir and causer. You'll find this on the A-level page in England and Wales exam preparartion.

Other recent additions include resources on homophobia for A-level.

Reading, oral and writing work on homophobia. This could be done at AS level with a good group or A2 level. Based on short case stories of victims of homophobic abuse. Reading, matching, discussion, writing. This would go well with the listening task I posted just recently.

Listening: report on the International day against homophobia. Discussion questions, then brief TV report from GrandLille TV. Sentences to translate based on report. Direct transcripiton needed.

15 prompts for creative discussion and/or writing. Many of these require the conditional mood. Good for a one-off lesson if you feel like a change from other topics. See A-level resources page, under "discussions".

Video listening task for near beginners on daily routine. I have placed this on the Y8 page, but you could also use this resource with a good Y7. Video, true/false in french, gap fill, questions and writing task. A very good introduction or reinforcement activity for daily routine.

Intermediate reading task about the Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager attacked and now threatened again for her defence of girls' education. Article and questions in English. This could be given to advanced learners too.

Text and exercises on ocean acidification following the latest IPCC report. Article, vocabulary, lexical work, paraphrase, discussion and translation. An excellent piece for English and Welsh A2 level preparation. Yes! More environment stuff - but it's important!!