1. Herts for Learning Ltd L O Show how you can be Outstanding
Add fizz and sparkle to your lessons Engage, enthuse, motivate
pupils Ensure Progress NQT Adding to your MFL teaching toolbox at
KS4 Jon Meier (Verulam School, St Albans)
2. Verulam All ability boys school GCSE June 2013: 140 entered
A*-C: French 83%, German- 93%, Spanish- 100% Average 91%
3. Show you mean business Get them on your side Behaviour is
the key Exam focus & grade awareness
4. What makes a successful GCSE lesson? Discussion 5 mins Clear
objectives Pupils go out buzzing with a real sense of achievement
Relevance Progress Enjoyment pace, variety They have moved a stage
further towards achieving their targets Spiral learning building on
prior knowledge All pupils feel confident and supported Pupils have
played an active part in the lesson and have not just been leaking
bottles They enjoy, respect and have confidence in the teaching
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5. Controlled Assessment Writing Top Tips Clear task, but not
over prescriptive Task must not be too original or unconventional
e.g. write a letter to a hotel in France/Spain Germany applying for
a summer job. You could include the following: Why you are
interested in working in the hotel Your qualities and character
Previous relevant experience When you can start The type of work
youd like to do Ask about times, days off / local amenities
6. GCSE Writing tips Build confidence & complexity and link
to speaking, reading and listening skills Ensure plenty of mini
paragraph practice along the way. Draft 1 2 & 3 Show them the
mark scheme Give them practice tasks with the mark scheme Self and
peer assessment (see handout) Use model answers at different grades
(see handout) Use display work as models collective memory /
running dictation tasks Practise - Paragraphing , neatness, spacing
& use of prompt sheets
7. How do we use model answers? You have a piece of writing at
Grade C no mistakes but its very basic - What do you do with it?
Option A- Put clues round the room and get them to work in teams
Option B- Put groups in charge of different areas: e.g. Tenses 6Ws
Connectives & conjunctions Time tags Opinions and Justification
Option C- Show them an improved version do messenger & scribe
Option D- - show an improved version - See how much they can
remember Option E- gap fill version (with/ without support) Option
F- Group writing Having been through improvements & notes
taken, all do a version collaboratively in groups but competing
against other groups. Teacher takes one in from each group, at
random and marks it before the end of lesson. Points & winners
allocated. End
8. Bonjour je mappelle Henry Meadows et je voudrais travailler
dans lhtel Splendide en t. Jai vu votre annonce sur le site
jobetudiant.net Jai dix-sept ans, jhabite en Angleterre prs de
Londres et jtudie le franais depuis cinq ans. Je ne parle pas trs
bien et je voudrais amliorer mon franais Je suis actif, sociable,
et travailleur. Je suis en bonne sant. Pour mon stage en enterprise
jai travaill dans un htel qui sappelle Sopwell House. Jai travaill
dans lhtel pendant trois semaines. Jtais dans la cuisine, dans le
restaurant, la reception et jai nettoy les chambres. Jai beaucoup
dexprience et jespre que vous pouvez trouver quelque chose pour
moi. Est-ce quil y a une piscine dans lhtel? Est-ce que je peux
dormir dans lhtel ou dans la ville? Merci et au revoir. Grade
C
9. Monsieur Jai vu votre annonce dans le journal anglais The
Times et je suis serais intress par votre offre demploi. Vous
verrez bien que je suis anglais. Mes connaissances de la langue
franaise sont pourtant assez bonnes et, bien entendu, jai envie de
les amliorer afin de dcouvrir les plaisirs culturels (et
gastronomiques) de la France. En plus je pourrais ainsi largir mon
esprit et connatre dautres gens et une autre culture. Je suis
actif, sociable et travailleur. Jadore galement voyager et parler
avec dautres gens. Etant sportif, je suis en bonne sant. Grce un
stage de trois semaines que jai dj effectu dans un htel renomm qui
sappelle Sopwell House, jai rcolt bon nombre dexpriences pratiques
et utiles. Par exemple, jai pass quelques jours travailler dans le
restaurant o jai eu loccasion de servir des clients clbres tels que
Wayne Rooney (qui a command un steak frites avec du ketchup) et
Angelina Jolie qui na pris quune pomme et une carotte. Avant de
travailler dans le restaurant, jtais dans la cuisine, o jai lav et
pluch des lgumes. Aprs avoir pass quelques jours dans le
restaurant, jai travaill avec le service de nettoyage et jai rang
les chambres. Je viens de terminer un stage comme matre-nageur dans
un club sportif priv.
10. Zap reader Paste some of the above text into zap reader and
see what happens You can also use the online teleprompter here:
http://www.easyprompter.com/
11. Logic starter A F B cinema C D HE G Theres a bakers to the
left of the station Opposite the sports shop, theres a butchers The
station is to the left of the butchers The cinema is opposite the
station The music shop is to the left of the cinema The bookshop is
next to the bakers, on the left The tourist office is also next to
the music shop All descriptions are as were looking at it Answer A=
bookshop B= bakers C=station D=butchers E= tourist office F= music
shop G= cinema H=sports shop 1 minute!
12. GCSE Speaking Tips from the student room
13. GCSE Speaking Tips Build gradually Grade D/C: Prepare with
a bank of core questions (about 15 ?) (but must be flexible) Grade
B/A/A* use the core questions and encourage extended answers Ensure
coverage of 3 tenses, time tags and conditional Lots of peer
assessment Use FLA, parent helpers, sixth formers to help the
pupils- plenty of 1 to 1and small group practice Relentless
drilling of AVOCADO and 6Ws Spontaneity and target language (not
just et vous, madame?) Keep the task simple but ensure it gives the
more able scope to show off Get the pupils to practice with prompt
cards, flashcards, snakes and ladders style games Train the pupils
to ask the questions and do group learning Careful use of prompt
sheets a valuable resource Presentations dont really show examiner
what pupils can really do Use Popplet to practice ( see next slide)
Pupils can record themselves, use prompt cards e.g. quizlet etc Ma
villequizlet (part 1 around grade C):
http://quizlet.com/26983558/flashcards
15. GCSE Reading Tips Do it as you go along; But blitz from Feb
of y11 Onscreen textbooks are good e.g. Edexcel Active Teach Lots
of revision workbooks are available Chunk the questions Do relevant
questions to topics as you go along Do a full paper in trial exam
and from March y11 Allow time for Instant feedback in the lesson +
time to recap & review; A short reading extract makes a good
starter Quiz format is good use Barryfunenglish + tools for a
scoreboard Try wheeldecide to put keywords into a spinner-
http://wheeldecide.com see also sandfields interactive
resources
16. Dont waste time copying vocabulary Brainstorm it Test it
Use it Quiz it Context is the key
17. Listening & Reading Lots of work on synonyms, Lots of
work on negatives etc Positive or negative put post-it phrases into
columns on the board / use IWB Mon profdhistoireesttrop strict. Il
esttoujours de mauvaisehumeur Par contre, jai un bon prof de maths.
Il est strict on rigoleaussidanssescours. Tense search look for
clues: avant/ ; maintenant; plus tard, danslavenir
18. Same or different? A starter idea can be modified to suit
the topic 1) Ma villeestlaideElle nest pas jolie 1) Il y a beaucoup
de choses faire pour les jeunesIl y a trspeu pour les jeunes 1) Je
ne vaisjamais au cinmaJe vais au cinmaunefois par an 1) Les
restaurants sontchersIl fautavoir beaucoup dargent pour aller aux
restaurants 1) Il ny a plus de bibliothquela bibliothque a fermily
a deuxans 1) Je naime pas faire les courses avec ma mreFaire des
achats avec mes parents, cela ne me plat pas
19. GCSE Listening Tips Dont ignore listening skills Short
chunks Initially - Show listening as transcript; do it as a reading
Pause and repeat, Pause and predict the extract Prepare and
pre-empt the areas of difficulty Groups team competition Teach and
practise word families: chmagechmeur Chaud chauffer
chauffagechaleur Rouge rougir Customize your own exams e.g.
https://www.examwizard.co.uk/
20. Listening & Reading question types picture-vocab match
Find 5 correct statements (out of 8) Summary; paraphrase (headline
summary, who says what etc) Gap-fill Multiple choice comprehension
Tense recognition Understanding for/ against arguments Traditional
comprehension -answers in English Listening Extract 1- personal
info Listening 2 - uniform Listening 3 - hobbies
21. List 5 correct facts Substitute Vrai/faux Gap-fill Reorder
textivate Top/tail Convert Je to il Grammar analysis Comparison
work
23. Continuity Target language Mix of creativity and cramming
Plenty of formal & informal testing Good quality A4L: feedback
& follow-up Review and recap Theme and variations Well-planned,
well-structured varied lessons From Feb of y11 focus on L & R
papers Lots of exam questions along the way Past papers in chunks
D/C interventions A/A* interventions Les secrets du succs
24. Watch and see how much you can remember
http://starwars.com/play/online-activities/crawl-creator/
25. Tagxedowordle
26. Building from KS3 Dont take anything for granted Insist
they learn grammar &vocab from the start regular mini tests
Clear SOW with milestones and assessment points Give them the
assessment criteria and refer to them frequently Teachers must read
Examiners Reports Well-organised notes: draft- redraft -final
Selected L & R questions topic linked make it active Show past
papers early and practise questions regularly Give frequent model
answers at Grade C, B A/A* - but make it interactive GCSE MFL KEYS
TO SUCCESS
27. Encouraging independence Brainsbooksbuddyboss* Dictionary
duel Find x words in 2 minutes on the topic:- the team with the
most wins Beat the Teach- 1 point if you have it and the teacher
has it 2 points if you have it and the teacher doesnt Common errors
wear / where; there/ their; Bowl/ Bowel Phonics teacher says a word
2 pupils race to find the word Check the part of speech teacher
reads a word e.g. Travail pupils look it up and find which part of
speech it is (also: Fatigu, fatigant) false friends hunt pupils
chase as many as possible librairie, bless, retard, bras,
professeur, collge, demander, commander, gentil, crayon, rester,
sale Dictionaries????? Whats wrong here? Jai haricot au cinma
29. Charles, please provide fresh cucumber, orange juice, Daily
Express and The Times, & make sure you bring IVY Connectives
& conjunctions Past Present Future Conditional Opinions &
justification Detail and extend Accuracy Time-tags & make sure
you bring Interest & variety
30. Youre never too old for a Zondle game
http://www.zondle.com/cdl.aspx?qp=171151&a=268
31. 6Ws: Who what when where why what is/was it like? AVOCADO
Model answers at Grade C, B A/A* Access to correct grammar notes
and topic vocabulary Exam boards core vocab sheets time phrases:
weave into everything from the start Syllabus summary assessment
schedule Access to grammar Access to star phrases, & structures
WOW! phrases (see handout) Past Paper Questions False friends lists
great for L & R exercises Regular learning and testing on the
above Revision mats, cereal packets, quiz-cards, displays,
take-away menu Helpful displays + revision & grammar placemats
- make these or see MFL Sunderland resources:
http://www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/resources-fr-ks4-wks.htm
What do the pupils need?
32. Suggestions: Amazon.de Amazon.fr TV: la grille des missions
Cinema + Rouen+ programme Subway Belgique McDonalds France Subway
France Pizzas `a emporter Using Authentic materials
www.allocine.fr
33. A* Phrases in French Activity: Make up similar lists for
German and Spanish Si jtais riche, je Pour + inf Afin de+ inf Aprs
avoir/ aprs tre + pp Avant de + inf Reflexive verbs Use nous / on
instead of the eternal je Avant, jhabitais/ jaimais. maismaintenant
Plus tardjhabiteraipeut-tre Venir de Avoirenvie de Avoirhorreur de
Avoirpeur de Modal verbs je veux/ peux/dois/ Mais, par contre,
pourtant Aussi = galement Ainsi /donc Qui and que used correctly
Imagine! Au cin, jai vu la prof qui sappelle Mme Rollin cest la
profque je dteste Les frites quejaimangestaient dlicieuses Je
vaispouvoirperfectionnermonfr anais Je me passionne pour . Je
mintresse A selection
35. See also MFL Sunderland resources:
http://www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-
sunderland/resources-fr-ks4-wks.htm
36. Smiley face/ multiple choice voter Download from here
http://verulamvle.typepad.com/vets
37. ability groups for some activities
38. ability groups for some activities
39. extra support CD borderline A/A* Give occasional AS
questions to the high flyers Use the FLA, parents etc to help What
about the D word? Are the pupils learning or just doing? Are they
making progress this lesson and over the week Are they engaged and
enjoying the lesson? Are they understanding? (use your
mini-plenaries)
40. Correct the mistakes collective corrections Correct each
others Mark each others work against assessment criteria Mini
whiteboards Flipcams Use authentic materials occasionally
McDonalds, online Pizza menu, James Bond, cinema programme,
football results, Subway menu Writing duel rough paper Revision
planes / helicopters Paper-toss / fruit shoot! Post-its quiz
questions Sentence auction- 6 or 7 groups of 3. Each group has a
notional sum of money to begin with say 50 euros. Groups bid for
and buy sentences displayed one at a time. Some sentences contain
mistakes and are therefore worthless. Some are correct and are even
A* sentences and so worth lots of money say 20 euros each . The
winning group is the one with the most money at the end. Fun the
pupils love it but you need to keep track of the money won/or paid
out by each group.
41. For/ against practice [SMSC sex drugs &rocknroll ]
Avant / maintenant / danslavenir (plus tard) - good news- bad news
Starter: grammar gym past pres future Add a time phrase Grade
expander give a core sentence, pupils in groups have to come up
with the best and longest variation. Group writing battle all do an
exercise , groups mark each others and the teacher marks one; next
lesson feedback on mistakes and misconceptions
42. 10+ Ideas for Starters 1) Unusual picture brainstorm ideas
2) Mr Bean Youtube cartoon 3) Top 10s e.g. BARB 4) a few lines
grabbed from a GCSE reading comp (linked to topic area) 5) Two or
three 3 pairs of Thinking skills /logic test same or different?
e.g. a) Mon prof de maths nous fait toujoursrire b) monprof de
mathsesttrssrieux 6) Selection of 3 or 4 sentences decide if they
are Positive or Negative e.g. Il esttrop strict et, en plus, on
napprendriendanssescours Good news bad news 7) Selection of
sentences decide if Past Present or Future? Avant nous
habitionsunebanlieue 8) tense warm up je joue au foot + P, F + time
phrase They set one for each other 9) False friend task 10) Display
a sentence - Find and correct the (3-5) errors Or Display a piece
of writing - Guess the grade 11) Brainstorm and generate a Popplet
spider diagram on a topic (like the one at the start)
43. 10 ideas for probing plenaries clock diagram with keywords
linked to a topic 1 team to get all the way round See
Popplethttp://popplet.com/app/#/460907 Grids: Staircase go up the
steps, completing a set of tasks, Football grid, noughts&
crosses Darts Blockbusters see
http://www.teachers-direct.co.uk/resources/quiz-busters/ Pass the
fakephone, when music stops, pupils say something they have learnt
Post-it quiz question or vocab item; also Coloured paper cut up as
thought clouds pupils write quiz questions or concerns and queries
Quiz buzzers + have I got a lesson for you Flipcams Teach the class
password to get out of the door Deutsch machtSpa je me suisbienamus
10 questions/ tasks to unlock the door Remember the plenary should
not be an afterthought- all the learning from the lesson should
culminate in this so why not show the plenary at the start and say
this is your challenge A better word? Learning check, recap
44. Online resources for your toolbox some of my favourites
Audioboo, vokaroo, audiopal easy online voice recorders. Voki
create a speaking avatar classtools.net lots of great resources to
use make up vocab tests, reveal hidden picture, countdown timer to
music etc Online stopwatch.com- selection of fun countdown
different timers to set 1 minute, press 1 then zero to move it 1
place left, then 0 again to move it again. Fotobabble add audio to
a photo Image chef add short captions to a range of signs,
T-Shirts, spaghetti soup etc Front Page me add your own image to a
front page of a magazine Wordle create word clouds great for
starters. Also: Tagxedo Bubbl.us mindmapping boxes, great for
extending topic work. Poppletis also good needs free sign up Star
Wars Crawl Creator Google translate or TTS text to speech IM
translator will speak back text Easyprompter.com displays scrolling
text like a TV autocue Edexcel OLD past papers by topic
http://www.frenchrevision.co.uk/edexcel/index.htm
45. Play the Plenary Blockbusters quiz How much did you learn?
http://www.teachers-direct.co.uk/resources/quiz-busters/quiz-busters-
game.aspx?game_id=79571 Aim: connect 2 sides of the board for your
team, red or blue
46. Your homework: Discuss & share key ideas with the dept
back at school make a revision placemat Or a take-away grammar menu
Include the following Time-expressions key grammar star expressions
& constructions [email protected]