1. This tool allow students to quickly
learn different verbs conjugations.
Pupils record their scores and I have
a breakdown of their individual
performance.
Pupils can also concentrate on one
verb at a time as well as one
personal pronoun. This is a good
way of differentiating work.
2. I often create grammar tasks
in a language which is
accessible to young students.
This exercise consolidates
what was taught in class
Sometimes I include links to
Youtube videos which explains
the rules if they require it.
The gapfill also reinforces
keywords and basic verbs
conjugations.
3. Students often do translations too in
my lessons. Unfortunately, Google
translate is getting more accurate
which is a real pain!
Therefore I don’t do translations as
homework tasks very often.
Q35 and 36 are incorrect sentences
written by students.
Students enjoy seeing their names
online for some reason and often
complain to me when their names
don’t appear!
4. I use Memrise to help students better
understand what these important
words mean.
Too often I see students using words
like “le” far too liberally. This exercise
is helpful.
We often repeat the words in class.
Especially “je” and “j’ai”
When the class gets a bit too noisy, I
usually get a student to shout out
“ça suffit maintenant” It seems to be
quite effective and saves my voice!
5. Students sometimes forget “que” because it is usually omitted in English.
Gapfill
Multiple choice question
Too many students do not understand the importance of the direction of accents.
A few don’t bother at all with them!
6. I teach a range of abilities. I have to make sure that questions are
appropriate for all levels.
Some Year 7 students in my class would struggle here. They have an
option of putting an “x” which will be marked correctly but I will know
they haven’t actually attempted the question.
7. A very common mistake but one which maybe too difficult for a few students.
Students also get immediate feedback. I could have given more
information on the correct answer but I made this test quite quickly.
8. This question has three mistakes. However, by saying there are
four mistakes. Some students do find the correct three. Also,
forming questions like this bring to light misconceptions.
With these types of questions, I have seen some wonderful learning
conversations between students as they evaluate this question. They
discuss each word and justify their inclusion.
(For some reason the site keeps wanting to capitalise the “h” very weird!)
