My name is Christopher Palmer and I am a languages practitioner. I am now in my sixteenth year of teacher and I have a wealth of experience of liaising with the standard EdExcel GCSE French, Cambridge International GCSE French, EdExcel A-Level French, beginner's Mandarin courses and I am starting to become acquainted with IB French. I have published a vast array of resources which span Key Stage 2-5.
My name is Christopher Palmer and I am a languages practitioner. I am now in my sixteenth year of teacher and I have a wealth of experience of liaising with the standard EdExcel GCSE French, Cambridge International GCSE French, EdExcel A-Level French, beginner's Mandarin courses and I am starting to become acquainted with IB French. I have published a vast array of resources which span Key Stage 2-5.
This resource explicitly outlines a very broad cultural element such as the great distinctions as to when to use the 'tu' or the 'vous' form. Students complete the quiz reassuring them of any unfamiliar vocabulary and then they read the cartoon strip followed by another quiz on the story and there are follow up activities on it.
This resource is geared towards learners of Key Stage 2/3 level.
Happy teaching and learning!
Here is a presentation for learning members of the family. It is also good for consolidating possessive words and also gender which is why all the words have been highlighted in either blue or pink. This is suitable for teaching Key Stage 2 French as there is a story with true/false questions which consolidates what the children have learnt. Enjoy!
Preparation time: 30 minutes - 1 hour (introducing new vocabulary)
Lesson length: 45 minutes - 1 hour
Here is the 2nd resource for introducing French to adults at beginner's level!
I have compiled this resource using an adult approach who are learning French for the very first time.
This activity focuses on numbers 1-10 and introduces the conjugation of 'habiter' and 'etre' in such a way that one conveys where one lives in this lesson. This resource also incorporates all the four keys skills such as reading, listening, speaking and writing.
This resource includes the worksheet, the sound file for the listening task, the listening transcript as well as my powerpoint presentation for introducing the numbers 1-10 with many subsequent activites.
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This presentation focuses on demonstrative pronouns in French which is covered at IGCSE and A-level French. It explicitly highlights the main demonstrative pronouns in question followed by subsequent activities with differentiated levels.
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This resource looks at phrases which use the verb 'avoir' as opposed to 'etre'. The presentation of this concept has been composed in the form of a story about an eleven year-old girl who has recently moved to France and she doesn't speak French that well, resulting her in frequently using phrases that should use 'avoir', forms them with 'etre' instead. It is a very good story with a follow up quiz of the story.
This resource is geared towards students at IGCSE level.
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I have devised a powerpoint about the functions of direct object pronouns in the present tense which greatly facilitates teaching and learning as they can be complex at times. It contains several examples of practising direct object pronouns and there is an exercise at then end of the powerpoint which follows.
This powerpoint is geared towards students of IGCSE level as it is themed as one's hometown.
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Here is part 1 of breakfast items in French. The powerpoint introduces differentiated vocabulary for different levels, followed by various activities and a quiz. This pack also contains differentiated workbooks for different levels where children colour in the words blue, as it only contains masculine nouns (and they can colour in the pictures too!). This is ideal for Key Stage 1 and 2 French.
New vocabulary:
Le café
Le pain grillé
Des oeufs
Le beurre
Le jus d'orange
Differentiated vocabulary:
Des oeufs brouillés (scrambled eggs)
Un oeuf à la coque (a boiled egg)
This resource looks at various Asian countries in French with their prepositions, such as ‘au’, ‘en’ and ‘aux’. There is a memory game of the prepositions and the names of the Asian countries in French. You can divide the class up into groups and they can score points for their team for every missing country that they remember. There is also a quiz about the countries and subsequently, the students then copy out the table and fill in the missing gaps.
There is also an accompanying colouring in poster of the flags of the Asian countries with a wordsearch. Furthermore, there is a reading comprehension activity attached with differentiated questions.
This resource is geared at Key Stage 3 level.
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This resource exclusively looks at general school life in France. It looks at the different schools, names of class years and different subjects. It also looks at how school culture in France differs from other countries.
This resource is geared towards learners of Key Stage 3 level.
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This resource looks at the alphabet in French in the theme of countries around the world and also various cities where there are pages and pages of colouring in. It also executes the reading, speaking, writing and listening skills. This resource is geared towards learners of Key Stage 1 and Key stage 2. It can also be very good revision for Key Stage 3 learners.
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This resource explicitly explores a great deal of weather vocabulary in French and it is targeted at learners of Key Stage 2-3 level.
There is a quiz with five questions which revises the weather that occurs in France for every four months of the year and there is a song at the end of the presentation which is sung in the theme of 'Twinkle, twinkle, little star'
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Here is part 2 of breakfast items in French. The powerpoint introduces differentiated vocabulary for different levels, followed by various activities and games. This pack also contains differentiated workbooks for different levels where children colour in the words pink, as it only contains feminine nouns (and they can colour in the pictures too!). This is ideal for Key Stage 1 and 2 French.
New vocabulary:
La confiture
La marmelade
Une crêpe
Differentiated vocabulary:
Les mouillettes (toasted soldiers!)
Picture pairs numbers 1-100 in French. This is ideal for Key Stage level 2-3 French and also for learners of a stronger ability or gifted and talented learners. There is also a differentiated version available.
Instructions: Print off each slide and them laminate them. Cut along the black line to separate them and begin playing!
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Comparatives are necessary when students are studying the Key Stage 3, GCSE and IGCSE programme. This powerpoint depicts and explains the formation of comparatives in general. It starts off depicting very basic examples such as using numbers and then progresses onto more complex material. There is a quiz at the end of the powerpoint based on general knowledge.
There is also more differentiated version of this powerpoint.
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This resource explicitly looks at the immediate future tense and future plans in which there is a short story on the immediate future tense based on very near future plans. There is a quiz which follows, followed by subsequent activities.
This resource is geared towards Key Stage 3 learners of French.
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This resource looks at reflexive verbs in the perfect tense and it is based on a story about a bank robbery.
The story is ideal for reinforcing reflexive verbs previously learnt in the perfect tense at Key Stage 3 level and it is great for consolidation.
The students read the story and then there are quiz questions which follow every part of the story. There are also subsequent differentiated activities available.
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This resource exclusively revises body parts and looks at various ailments, mainly which use reflexive verbs in the perfect tense with direct objects which agreements are not required, which is a difficult concept.
Students memorise all the body parts and then they play the memory game. They then read the story about Calamity Jane and then try the quiz questions about the story which follow. There are then subsequent, differentiated activites which follow.
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This bundle contains the editions of possessive pronouns for both the masculine and the feminine form.
They can be tricky, therefore I devised these powerpoints in a way to facilitate learning.
Go through the slides with the students and get them to complete the missing words in the practice stage. There is a subsequent quiz and differentiated activities which reinforces the vocabulary as well as the masculine form of possessive pronouns.
This is ideal for students studying French at IGCSE, A-Level and IB level.
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello and welcome to the first installment of school subjects and ‘-er’ verbs at Key Stage 2 level.
This may be the first time, Key Stage 2 school children will become acquainted with ‘er’ verbs and school subjects in French.
Attached is a powerpoint and differentiated colouring in workbooks.
My methodology is as follows:
Go through the powerpoint with the children. Get them to say the missing endings of the verbs and the missing school subject.
Play the noughts and crosses game as a follow-up activity.
On slide 111, get them to copy out the vocabulary if you wish or you can print off the slide and give it to them as a vocabulary list.
On slide 112, the children can select whichever differentiated work they wish to complete in class and whatever they feel most comfortable with.
The next lesson:
Hand out the colouring in workbooks to the children. Selectively distribute whichever level workbook that you feel they could cope with.
Get them to colour in the endings of the conjugated verbs and ask them to go over the grey words in the box with their pencil. They can also colour in the cartoons too if they wish.
Get them to colour in the flags according to the languages.
If you have time during class, they can complete the work on slides 19-21 or they can complete it for homework.
They are going to be more installments for other verbs and other school subjects. Do keep and eye out for them!
Happy teaching and learning!
Here is part 3 of breakfast items in French.This is the final stage of lessons concerning breakfast. The powerpoint introduces differentiated vocabulary for different levels, followed by various activities and games. This pack also contains differentiated workbooks for different levels where children colour in the words blue and pink, as it contains both masculine and feminine nouns (and they can colour in the pictures too!) and there are comic strip quizzes available also! This is ideal for Key Stage 1 and 2 French.
New vocabulary:
une orange
le miel
le lait chaud
un croissant
Differentiated vocabulary:
le petit déjeuner anglais
des flocons d'avoine