Here is a powerpoint I have created on Christmas. I have the same powerpoint with audio on my TES shop. The original audio powerpoint has been modified to give the pupils an activity to do while reading which is read the paragraphs and find some Christmas vocab.

Here is a worksheet I have created around the food topic, diet, opinions on food and drink. It can used as an end of topic activity to recap vocabulary. The first task is to use the information in English to write what members of a family like eating and drinking. The second task is a very long comprehension task where pupils have to read and scan the text to find some English words. They also have to find to tick the correct person for each statement. Finally there is a translation task.

Here is a worksheet I have prepared to work on French adjectives and agreement. Pupils will have to fill in a table modifying the adjectives to agree. Then they have to write the correct adjectives to complete the sentences. There is a game of ‘guess who’ to play with the class or with a partner. To finish the pupils have to translate the sentences

Here is a resources I created to challenge my more able pupils. There is picture first to describe. The information (adjectives, hair and eye colour, personality, job, hobbies and age) are in English and they have to write sentences in French to describe each member. The next task is a long reading task, followed by a table to complete. The third task is a translation. The final task is a faulty translation. They have to spot the mistakes and correct them.

Here is a powerpoint I have created on the topics (qu’est-ce que tu regardes et qu’est-ce que tu lis?) I have tried to introduce get the students’ interest by using authentic French films poster/ titles to get them to guess the famous films/ programs.

Here are resources I have created to practise -er verbs. You will find a worksheet which pupils can use as support to make sentences using various -er verbs and pronouns. There is also a 4 in a row template.

Here are resources I created for my most able students. They were given various tasks to conjugate regular French verbs ending in -ir such as finir and choisir.

Here are some resources I have created for very able French learners in to practise the -er verbs and ir verbs at the present. There are a couple a worksheet and some blockbuster games to play in class (with some challenging tasks, e.g. doubling the consonant with verbs like jeter, je jette).

Here are two comprehension tasks I have created on la Nouvelle Vague. The reading comprehension goes with an article published on Lumni Enseignement. The listening task goes with a video which shows Truffaut explaining la Nouvelle Vague to the famous journalist Anne Sinclair.

Here is a powerpoint to revise what we like watching on TV and hobbies. The slides aim at encouraging group conversation or pair work. I have recapped present tense with 'er verbs and added negatives and adverbs to express the frequency. There is also a snake and ladders board game with films and opinion.

These worksheets contain various activities (short writing task to start with, followed by a reading task and finishing with a longer reading task paired with by a true or false task). These worksheets aim at motivating lower ability that are interested in football. There is also a powerpoint to teach months of the year (with French celebrations) and numbers up to 31 to teach how to say when our birthday is. I have put the pictures from the worksheet in order to do one as a model with them and to correct them after.

Here is an assessment (worksheets and presentation) I made to assess my primary age children on pets and colour.

Here is an assessment I have created to assess my primary children on their first unit of French. The powerpoint matches the assessment worksheets. It includes some writing tasks (1 short task: writing your name and age, 2nd task: writing name, age and how you feel using clues with support, 3rd task writing name, age and feelings without support), a listening task (using alphabet to spell name), another listening task on name, age and feelings.

Here is a powerpoint presentation on places in town. It aims at teaching primary age children teaching or a lower ability class. I used the town of Redcar in the North East. The powerpoint has two workksheets (differentiated) to work on reading and writing skills. They are very easy tasks (circle the correct answers) and complete with missing vowels, replacing pictures by words. There is a comprehension task for the more able pupils. I have created a four in row speaking task to play in pairs or as a group (one with support il y a…and one with there is, there is no, there are…to translate). I have added a battle-ship speaking task for the pupils to play in pairs. Finally there is a reading task which can be used as a model for writing.

Here is a support I have created to encourage students to talk about themselves.

Here is card game I created to use as a translation game. One student reads the English or the French sentence, the others have to translate it in the other language. It aims at practising passe compose with (je, tu , il and elle forms) and various hobbies.

Here is powerpoint I have made to recap the different uses of verb avoir with ‘basic vocabulary’ e.g. age, pets, colour of hair, colour of eyes, school timetable, classrooms, being hot, being hungry…etc. You can get the pupils to give you the answers verbally or in writing (from slides 34 to 62). Each slide has the correct answer. The last two slides can be used as visual prompt. The pupils have to tell what students have (stationery, clothes, hair) or what there is in the classroom.

Here is a powerpoint you can use to introduce the topics on holidays and the near future. The first slide recaps/ introduces the verb aller at the present tense (get the pupils to give the correct answers). The next slides can be used as a pair work or group work. Then there is translation task (spot the mistakes). Slide 10 can be used as battle ship task. Slide 11 is a class game (boys vs girls), say a sentence using aller for each picture. Slides 12 and 13 are ‘find the following…in the text’. Last slide can be used as visual for a plenary

Here is a very lengthy powerpoint presentation that can be used over two or three lessons. It gives the pupils plenty of opportunities (orally or in writing) to use the correct ending for each pronoun. I tried to use it with free time and hobbies (to model possible answers for speaking exams). I have also included few board game (5 in a row class work or pair work) and some blockbuster games. Powerpoint overview: Slides 1 and 2 understanding pronouns. Slide 3 : understanding infinitives Slide 4: what is the present tense? Slide 6: endings for each pronoun Slides 7 and 8: Je and Tu endings Slide 9: il and elle ending Slides 10 to 19: which sentence is correct?# Slide 20: pair work (choose an action to go with each pronouns, guess your partner’s choices) Slides 21 to 25: write or say a sentence for each picture. Slide 26: write sentences Slide 27: add adverbs Slide 28: add frequency expressions Slide 29: use the negative Slides 30 and 31: Blockbuster (boys vs girls) translations Slide 32 : write sentences using adverbs Slide 33: nous and vous forms Slide 34: ils and elles forms Slides 35 to 49: which sentence is correct. Slides 50 to 52: Translation Slides 53 to 55: French culture quiz

I created this support matt to work on basics conversation. It can be used for group or pair work. It covers the following topics: greetings, introducing yourself and your family, asking and saying your age or someone’s age, physical descriptions, describing your school uniform, saying the date, talking about your school subjects and giving opinions, talking about your classroom, hobbies, sports and and connectives.