Instructional Video20:54
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Contrasting the everyday and the unknown settings in Baum's 'The Wizard of Oz'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can understand and analyse the way different settings are presented. Key learning points: - Baum describes the everyday setting of Kansas as dull and predictable. - Baum describes the unknown setting of Oz as wondrous...
Instructional Video22:21
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Writing clear analytical paragraphs about Bilan's 'Asha and the Spirit Bird'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can plan and write up a clear and cohesive paragraph to answer the question: ‘How does Bilan present the temple? in 'Asha and the Spirit Bird'. Key learning points: - In analytical writing, use conjunctions and...
Instructional Video25:00
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Verbs: doing and being verbs

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can identify the difference between a doing and a being verb. Key learning points: - Verbs are doing and being words. - Being verbs are "is", "are", "was" and "were". - Verbs can be in different tenses. - A being verb...
Instructional Video21:14
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Wer ist Bella? Was macht sie? Present tense verbs, yes/ no questions

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can differentiate simple present and present continuous in German when asking and answering questions. Key learning points: - There is just one present tense in German. - Time adverbs help to translate German present...
Instructional Video22:09
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Où habiter : extended writing

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can write about different places to live using a writing frame for support. Key learning points: - Moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles are used to mean me, you, him, her, us, you and them as emphatic pronouns. -...
Instructional Video25:01
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Avec mes amis: verbs like connaitre in present and perfect tense

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use a range of verbs like connaitre in the present and perfect tense to discuss friendships. Key learning points: - The past participles of most verbs like connaitre are formed with a 'u' ending e.g. connu, disparu,...
Instructional Video17:33
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Activités avant et aujourd'hui: extended speaking, photo description

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can successfully combine imperfect and present tenses to compare and contrast past and current activities in speaking, and I can accurately translate the imperfect tense into English. Key learning points: - The imperfect...
Instructional Video23:14
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Ce week-end: impersonal verbs

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use impersonal verbs to tell the time, describe weather, say what there is and what is necessary in the context of making plans. Key learning points: - An impersonal verb is a verb and subject that don't refer to a...
Instructional Video17:59
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Family activities: singular regular -er verbs

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use singular -er verbs to say what I do at the weekend. Key learning points: - Accents can change the pronunciation of a letter in French. The SSCs [e], [è] and [é] make different sounds. - 'Manger' (to eat) and...
Instructional Video26:21
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Ma ville avant : imperfect of être, avoir and faire

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can talk about what my town used to be like in the past using the imperfect tense of regular and irregular verbs. Key learning points: - 'avoir' and 'faire' have regular stems in the imperfect tense: 'av-' and 'fais-'. -...
Instructional Video26:02
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Barcelona: 'desde', 'desde hace' vs 'hace', phrases with 'llevar'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can understand a range of structures to talk about how long I've been doing something. Key learning points: - Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, a region in northeastern Spain, and is known for its art and...
Instructional Video27:58
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El mundo del trabajo: inflectional future - 'tendr-', 'har-', 'podr-'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use irregular verbs in the inflectional future to make predictions about careers and lifestyle. Key learning points: - A relative pronoun is a pronoun that introduces a relative clause. - A conjunction is a word that...
Instructional Video27:50
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La vie en ville : extended writing and speaking, photo description

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can describe a town in detail, using the imperfect and present tenses. I can describe a photo and draw comparisons between two photos. Key learning points: - We use present tense for describing a photo, but a range of...
Instructional Video27:50
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Conflits et solutions en famille : extended writing and speaking

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can understand and describe family events and issues using a checklist for range of language and accuracy. Key learning points: - The perfect tense, the imperfect tense and the present tense can be usefully combined to...
Instructional Video29:18
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Que faisais-tu quand ... ? : the imperfect tense with regular verbs ('BE' + ing)

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can describe what I and others 'were doing' and what 'was happening' using the imperfect tense. Key learning points: - The imperfect tense is used to describe what 'was happening' or what you 'were doing' when something...
Instructional Video29:11
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Aprender un idioma: stem-change verbs like 'encontrar', 'pensar', 'poder'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use stem-changing verbs to describe effective ways to learn a language. Key learning points: - It is important to revisit previously learnt words regularly to store them in your long-term memory. - Stem-changing...
Instructional Video29:51
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At school: -er and -ir verbs 1st person singular preterite

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use -er/-ir verbs to talk about what I did and do at school. Key learning points: - If the final syllable is stressed and the word ends in a vowel or 'n' or 's' there is an accent on the final vowel. - The 1st person...
Instructional Video30:38
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Summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st person present and past

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can say what I normally do and what I did in the summer. Key learning points: - The 1st person singular preterite of -ar verbs ends in '-é' - The 1st person singular present of -ar verbs ends in '-o' - To make a sentence...
Instructional Video31:47
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Schreib eine E-Mail: informal imperatives, present tense verbs

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can recognise and use the imperative of weak verbs to give instructions or advice in the context of technology. Key learning points: - There is just one present tense in German, used to translate the simple present and...
Instructional Video31:04
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Une orientation qui m'attire : extended writing and speaking

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can understand descriptions of a range of different jobs and express my interests and wishes for a future career. Key learning points: - Modal verbs and the conditional with vouloir are helpful for describing work tasks...
Instructional Video33:47
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Des histoires diverses : Present tense with depuis

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can understand different life experiences of people living in countries where French is spoken. Key learning points: - Depuis can mean since or for in English. - To talk about something that started in the past but...
Instructional Video36:23
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Future plans: 'ir' + a + infinitive

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use my knowledge of 'ir' and 'ir + a + infinitive' together with other vocabulary to talk about routine actions and future plans. Key learning points: - Understanding and composing sentences using familiar words...
Instructional Video40:07
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Socialising: -ar verbs 1st person present, 3rd person preterite

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use present and past tense verbs to talk about socialising online. Key learning points: - [ce], [ci] and [z] sound like the 'th' in 'think' in most of Spain, and 's' in Latin America and the Canary Islands. -...
Instructional Video37:42
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Questions about the summer holidays: -ar verbs in 2nd person singular

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can ask and answer questions about summer holidays using the present and preterite tenses. Key learning points: - When the SSC sounds [a], [e] and [o] appear together, they are pronounced separately. - The 1st person...