Interactive Transform (IT) sits at the Interactive row and Transform column of the PICRAT grid. Below: real Mfl lessons for KS3 that classify as IT, plus anti-examples that look IT but are not.

Moderated language exchange with native speakers

Year 8 · 40 min · 1 device per student

Each student is paired with a peer in a target-language country through a school-moderated platform. They exchange a sequence of asynchronous voice memos and short videos over six weeks, with one live video call midway. The teacher reviews messages weekly for safety and language progression.

Tools: Microsoft Teams

Co-authored cultural photo essay with partner school

Year 9 · 240 min · 1 device per student

A class partners with a class in a target-language country. Together they build a single shared photo essay on cultural similarities and differences (food, school day, family rhythm, weekend life). Each student contributes one photo plus a 50-word target-language caption; their partner-school peer responds with a comparison. The essay publishes as a co-authored web page across both classes.

Tools: Google Sites, Microsoft Teams

Live target-language debate competition between schools

Year 9 · 60 min · 1 shared screen plus per-pupil devices for prep notes

A class hosts a live debate competition in target language with a partner school in another country. Two teams of three argue a position (e.g. "school uniform should be abolished"); native-speaker peers argue the opposite. Teacher-judges on both sides give feedback. The class watches the full debate live and votes on the strongest case made.

Tools: Microsoft Teams

Lessons that look IT but are not

Useful counter-examples when you are checking your own lesson placement on the PICRAT grid.

This page is one of a growing set of PICRAT examples by cell, subject and key stage. Page maintained by Andy Perryer.