I am a French native speaker, really enthusiastic about teaching my language and sharing resources. I spent all my childhood in France. I moved to England eight years ago to do a Masters in Education and Modern Foreign Languages. I then did my teacher training (PGCE) in Modern Foreign languages, at King's College, in London and was in charge of the French department in a London private school for many years. I now teach and work as a Housemistress in a British school, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I am a French native speaker, really enthusiastic about teaching my language and sharing resources. I spent all my childhood in France. I moved to England eight years ago to do a Masters in Education and Modern Foreign Languages. I then did my teacher training (PGCE) in Modern Foreign languages, at King's College, in London and was in charge of the French department in a London private school for many years. I now teach and work as a Housemistress in a British school, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2 lessons with editable worksheets and a power-points (10-15 slides each on average).
- Avoir with a dice game and grammar activities to practise this irregular verb
- Talk about your favorite object
- Colours + adjective agreement
- A worksheet to accompany each power-point
- A revision worksheet to practise the vocabulary and grammar points seen in the unit
- Writing end of unit test
LESSON 4 is FREE here so you can check the standard of my resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-free-allez-1-unit-1-3-mon-autoportrait-editable-11250669
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
All the lessons with worksheets and editable power-points (15 slides or more each on average) for Unit 8 Allez 1
UNIT 8 - Bouger, c’est important
All the lessons + 1 FREE lesson
A starter activity for each lesson on the first slide + learning objective + challenge activities throughout the power-point
Vocabulary games and worksheets with challenge activities
jouer à + ball sport (grammar rule + a range of activities and worksheets to stretch your students)
Some speaking activities with mini-whiteboards to practise using time phrases
Faire du/de la/des/de l’ + other sports
Rule on the negative form (ne…pas and ne…jamais)
A writing activity on the sports they play and do
A kinesthetic activity on winter and summer sport with attached sheets
A fun speaking game to practise complex structures with rules and explanation
A listening activity on winter and summer sports (need the textbook and Allez 1 audio files)
A sample of a role-play on sport (practise in class and adapt it)
Using the conditional with extreme sports to stretch their vocabulary
A listening activity on the sports they would like to do (need the textbook and Allez 1 audio files)
A writing activity using the present and conditional
Learn new vocabulary on illnesses such as (j’ai une migraine, j’ai un rhume, je me suis cassé la jambe…) to stretch your class on the topic.
A power-point on the past tense with avoir and être
Plenty of mini-whiteboard activities using the past tense
A dictionary activity on irregular past participle
Several writing activities in the past tense
Translation activities to practise using the past tense
j’ai mal (lesson 8.4 FREE)
LESSON 8.4 is FREE in my shop so you can check the standard of my resources!
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
All the lessons with some editable worksheets and power-points (10 slides each on average) for Unit 1 Allez 2
UNIT 1 - C'est quoi, la France?
4 whole lessons + 1 FREE lesson
- A starter activity for each lesson on the first slide + learning objective + challenge activities throughout the power-point
- Vocabulary games and worksheets with challenge activities
- An adjective agreement game to do in class with all the students (see explanation under the slide)
- Grammar explanation on adjective agreement
- Reading activity on French geography (comparisons)
- Written activities on a French cartoon character and a famous French character
- A fun Kinesthetic game on the differences between France and Great Britain
- Quizzes on French famous characters and French cartoons
- Reading activity on dates
- Fill the gaps activity on the perfect tense (revision of the perfect tense)
- Vocabulary worksheets to be able to give complex opinions
- A lesson on comparatives to build up the vocabulary range of your students
- Role-play activities
- Sentence building activity on comparatives
- Plickers activity (see website to use it)
- A worksheet to accompany each power-point
- Practise reading and writing dates and higher numbers
- Les matières scolaires (lesson 3 FREE - link below)
LESSON 5 is FREE here so you can check the standard of my resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-free-allez-2-unit-1-5-la-bd-french-cartoon-characters-editable-11369440
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
LESSON 1 - UNIT 2 - La télé, ma réalité
A power-point with plenty of activities and nice resources to teach this lesson.
- Learn the vocabulary linked to TV programs
- Give your opinion about TV programs
- Revise the plural of nouns and adjectives
- Direct Object pronouns explained clearly and progressively to KS3 pupils
- Written and spoken exercises to practise using direct object pronouns
- A role play on direct object pronouns
- A worksheet with a dialogue to practise the speaking
- Homework to practise the work done
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on the rules or the activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
Allez 1- Unit 9.4 - Using 3 tenses - volunteering - KS3 French
This resource includes a worksheet and a power-point (about 20 slides) on the topic of volunteering and using three tenses.
Fully editable power-point
Worksheets to accompany the power-point
Speaking game to practise the near future tense and phrases on volunteering
Grammar point on the near future tense (revision)
Reading activity (you will need access to the Allez 1 textbook)
A starter activity + plenary + challenge tasks for the most able
Mini-whiteboard activity to practise recognizing three different tenses
Vocabulary building activities to learn new phrases on volunteering
If you would like to check the standard of my resources, you can download for FREE lesson 9.2, available in my shop.
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
Allez 2 - Unit 2.2 - La musique, ma muse - faire + inf. et rendre + adj. - opinions - KS3 French
This resource includes three worksheets and a power-point on the topic of music with opinions. Learn how to use two complex structures faire + inf. and rendre + adj.
Fully editable power-point
Worksheets to accompany the power-point
Grammar points with plenty of activities to practise faire + inf. and rendre + adj.
Reading, listening and speaking exercises
activity
Give your opinion on music
Role play in pairs
A starter activity + plenary + challenge tasks for the most able
Vocabulary building activities on types of music
Research work on music
If you would like to check the standard of my resources, you can download FREE lessons on Allez 1 and 2, in my shop.
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
Allez 2 - Unit 4.4 - C’était mieux avant? - imperfect tense - past and present - KS3 French
This resource includes three worksheets and a power-point on the imperfect tense. Students will be able to differentiate between past and present and write a text in the imperfect tense. (26 slides)
Fully editable power-point
Worksheets to accompany the power-point
Grammar points with plenty of activities to practise the imperfect
Mini-whiteboard competition on verb endings
Speaking game to build sentences with opinions in the imperfect tense
Homework task on the imperfect tense
A trancript and activity linked a listening exercise that I created (please email me so I can forward the audio file to you)
Reading and listening activity (Kerboodle needed)
Vocabulary building activities on what people used to do compared to what they do now
A starter activity + plenary + challenge tasks for the most able
If you would like to check the standard of my resources, you can download FREE lessons on Allez 1 and 2, in my shop.
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
A lesson with five editable worksheets and two power-points to cover lesson 4.1 of Allez 1.
Do not forget to read teaching tips under slides.
- A starter activity for each lesson on the first slide + learning objective + challenge activities throughout the power-point
- Vocabulary games and worksheet with challenge activities
- Grammar explanation on the partitive with worksheets to practise
- A listening activity from the book
- Homework ideas to follow up what has been seen in the lesson
- Grammar explanation on infinitives and conjugating -er verbs
- A lesson on infinitives and how to conjugate -er verbs
- A worksheet explaining the steps of conjugating an -er verb
- A fun mime the verb game
- A mini-whiteboard game to practise conjugating -er verbs
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
BONJOUR - ÇA VA?
Allez 1 or Tricolore 1
The first two lessons on how to greet someone in French. These two lessons come with fully editable power-points and lots of fun images and interactive activities to get your students motivated and interested in the subject. Great lessons to start the year.
- A mini-video and a French 'bonjour' rap song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7tJSTCI-L8)
- A first fun homework worksheet
- Lots of mini role-plays activities to get them speak
- Some spelling and pronunciation tips throughout the power-point
- Confidence building activities to start the year
- A starter activity for each lesson on the first slide + learning objective
- Challenge activities throughout the power-point
- A listening activity with a video link
- A plenary activity to check understanding
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
Easter egg hunt - La chasse à l’oeuf
A fun game to do before the end of term to make your brain cells work with fun enigmas in French! Everything has been created for you and all the resources have an editable version so you can adapt them to your own school. I have added some pictures of the game once printed to help you visualize it. I would advise you to laminate everything if you want it to last. :-)
Clear rules in English are provided and check the instructions under each slide of the power-point (notes section).
7 enigmas with 4 routes around the school (for four teams)
An EDITABLE power-point with all the enigmas and the material needed to play
Pictures of the final game to help you visualize it
My students completed it under 50 minutes and you can make it harder depending on the year group. I played it with Y10, 12 and 13 and they were all able to complete the game with the right level of challenge.
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on the rules or the activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
A complete study guide for students and teachers to the Individual Research Project (IRP) - examples and structures are in French and there is a Spanish version too!
This resource includes:
- A complete power-point full of advice, examples, what the examiner is looking for, how to tackle your project, where to start, how to write a good 'problématique' with examples (French & Spanish)
- A list of possible questions for the examiner with sample answers (French & Spanish)
- A booklet with top band grammar structures you need to include with plenty of examples (Spanish version coming up soon - check updates)
- A booklet full of expressions to help you structure and analyse your arguments and ideas (Spanish version coming up soon - check updates)
- Plenty of exam tips to be able to analyse, draw conclusions and get the best grade possible
- Step by step study guides (French & Spanish)
- Three student booklets to guide them - perfect for this summer
+ NEW -> Student booklet to guide them through the project and for them to complete. Perfect as a log book. (Spanish version now available!!)
Teacher tip: I actually gave all these resources to my students this week and asked them to come back in September with a topic they want to research and start selecting a few resources so they can formulate a specific question or area of study in September.
For a specific example of an IRP project, there is one available in French! Please copy and paste the link below. :-)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-example-of-an-individual-research-project-complete-study-new-a-level-2017-french-11665989
If you wish to download French or Spanish separately, they are available in my shop at a cheaper price.
Spanish only:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/individual-research-project-complete-student-teacher-study-guide-new-a-level-2017-spanish-11676953
French only:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/individual-research-project-complete-student-teacher-study-guide-new-a-level-2017-french-11676950
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
An introduction lesson and the first lesson on family to help you start teaching the new French specification.
- introduction of the new course with explanation
- two introduction videos on the chosen movie and film (could be adapted to different ones)
- plenty of photographs to generate discussion on this new topic
- changes and evolution of family types
- speaking and writing activities
- a quiz with statistics (who wants to be a millionaire animation)
- how to give figures in French about divorce and mariage
- a true or false activity
- homework activities (written + vocabulary homework)
- debate for or against marriage (words to put around the classroom to develop their vocabulary on the topic and make it more interactive)
- the imperfect tense
- oral activities on marriage
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on the rules or the activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
NO et MOI {Part 2} - Etude des chapitres 6 à 10
New A-level and A2
A study of the next five chapters of the book with a power-point presentation with questions to guide students and resources to help you analyse the book.
This resource includes:
- A power-point with plenty of questions to guide your students through the book
- Different worksheet with main quotes from the chapters to analyse or questions that lead your students to analyse
- A written analysis of all the chapters to help you answer the questions and understand the book
- Two quizzes to check students’ understanding of the chapters
I will soon add the next chapters so please do not hesitate to visit my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/MllePierre
If you would like to purchase the entire book study, you can find it in my shop too.
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide, activity or worksheet please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
BUNDLE - DIRECT and INDIRECT object pronouns - RELATIVE PRONOUNS QUI/QUE/DONT/LEQUEL/DUQUEL/AUQUEL
LESSON 1 - DIRECT and INDIRECT object pronouns
An interactive lesson on direct and indirect object pronouns. The students are guided and explained how to use them correctly. There is a lot of questioning to make your students think.
LESSON 2 - RELATIVE PRONOUNS - QUI/QUE/DONT
The presentation allows students to work out the rules by themselves and there is also a range of activities for each pronoun.
There are challenge activities on most slides. A lot of differentiation.
LESSON 3 - RELATIVE PRONOUNS II - QUI/DONT/LEQUEL/AUQUEL/DUQUEL
A resource perfect for your AS or A2 students which explain progressively the different relative pronouns with prepositions.
There are tips and video links attached to each slide to help you teach the grammar progressively.
The presentation allow students to work out the grammar rules by themselves instead of you giving them all the answers.
There are also translation activities on the power-point for each relative pronoun as well as a worksheet to help you consolidate each point.
You could also do a flipped classroom with the video links or ask the students to watch them as homework.
Lesson 3 is available on its own at a cheaper price if you copy the link below:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks5-fr-relative-pronouns-with-prepositions-qui-lequel-duquel-auquel-dont-11225103
I hope you will enjoy my resources and I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
You will get the entire second section to teach the first unit of the Year 1 new French A-level.
This resource includes:
- A power-point which covers 3 lessons on the topic of family
- Plenty of opportunities for students to debate and discuss with stimulus photos
- Analysis of key words with definitions and questions to make them think
- an article from a newspaper on 'Le mariage pour tous' to practise summary skills (scaffolding to approach this difficult exercise)
- A study of a Youtube video with a transcript that I wrote myself and questions to study it (topic of homoparentalité)
- Debate on 'La Manif pour tous' (students will learn what it is about by analysing quotes from political figures)
- Debate on PMA
- Find the synonyms exercise and study data
- Explanation and practise of the perfect tense
Please check this resource regularly as I will update it this term as I teach it! Plenty more resources to come with your purchase!
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on the activities, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would advise you to get the Oxford AQA French textbook as well as Kerboodle and all the new ZigZag booklets. See details under the slides.
I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
All the lessons with editable power-points (10-15 slides each on average) for Unit 6, Allez 1
UNIT 6 - C’est mon truc - KS3
5 whole lessons + all the worksheets
Please do not forget to read the teaching tips under some slides :-)
Learn how to use possessive adjectives with clothes
Revise adjective agreement with colors and clothes
A weather forecast project and speaking activity
Learn weather phrases in French with one direction
A reading and writing activity about the weather in France
Learn how to pronounce clothes with different activities
Revise colors and learn about textures
A speaking activity on clothes and time phrases
A first introduction to the verb ‘porter’
A fun reading and writing activity on clothes and style
Learn how to pronounce activities you do during the week
Revise the verbs ‘jouer’ and ‘faire’ in the present tense + preposition
Plenty of speaking exercises and games on activities and sport
Grammar explanation on jouer + preposition
A worksheet to build up vocabulary
Homework to consolidate the topic
Learn how to pronounce the time and daily routine reflexive verbs
Learn how to tell the time in French and write it
Learn how to use reflexive verbs in the present tense
Plenty of mini-whiteboard activities to practise the time
A worksheet to practise the use of reflexive verbs and write using them
Plenty of challenge activities for your most able students
Two lessons with editable worksheets and a power-point (more than 20 slides).
Do not forget to read teaching tips under slides.
- Starter activities for each lesson + learning objectives + challenge activities throughout the power-point
- Vocabulary games and worksheets with challenge activities
- Grammar explanation on numbers and quantities
- Learn high numbers to be able to give prices and quantities
- Several writing activities
- Mini-whiteboard activités about numbers and quantities
- Games with prices
- Dialogue worksheets to build up to role-play activity
- A number worksheet
- Homework to follow up what has been seen in the lesson
- Put the dialogue back in order worksheet to help with role-play activity
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
NO et MOI - Chapitre 47 (FREE)
New A-level and A2
A study of chapter 47 with a power-point presentation with questions to guide students and resources to help you analyse the book. + ANSWER BOOKLETS
This resource includes:
1 power-point with plenty of questions and varied exercises to guide your students through the book
Different worksheets with questions to help your students analyse the book
NEW answer booklets with all my analysis
Access to my Youtube video on Chapter 1
If you would like the audio file, please email me at elodiepierre@icloud.com
I will soon add the next chapters so please do not hesitate to visit my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/MllePierre
This resource on characters is also available for FREE here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/no-et-moi-les-personnages-full-study-of-characters-full-essay-tips-free-11865603
I will also add answer booklets for all the chapters from now on!
If you would like to purchase chapters 1 to 47 or bundles, you can find them in my shop too. I also have resources on essay writing and how to use the subjunctive in your essays. There is also a game on getting to know the book. Finally, there is also a booklet with answers on the movie to help your students understand the book.
For reference, I use the No et moi, Le Livre de Poche which costs £6.30 on Amazon.
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide, activity or worksheet please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
Les loups-garous de Thiercelieux - FRENCH GAME (role-play)
A French game (jeu de rôle) - Amazing if you know how to lead it. Create a mystic atmosphere and read the story on the board or give the PDF to the students. The pupils sit in circle and each one receives a card. Explain the rules clearly and start playing!
For more details on the rules and for you to feel confident leading it, click on the link below:
http://orig08.deviantart.net/346b/f/2012/038/0/f/werewolves_of_miller__s_hollow___rules_by_bintavivi-d4oypi5.html
I hope you will enjoy my resources and I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
SAMPLE version - Auction game - La vente aux enchères
A fun game to revise French tenses! A sample version of the game. For the full game with a set of 6 editable auction cards, euro notes, 6 bidding cards in colour, an editable number card and coloured number card, copy the link below or you can visit my shop:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-tenses-full-game-auction-with-rules-and-resources-editable-11262204
- Clear rules in English are provided with a student friendly French explanation.
- A preview of card with numbers from 1 to 1000
- A preview of bidding cards
- A sample auction card on the perfect tense. For editable auction cards on the imperfect, the future simple, the near future and a GCSE/A-LEVEL card on the topic of health, please copy the link above or visit my shop.
- A 10 minute speaking activity which will allow your students to use the target language
- A perfect team building activity
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on the rules or the activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
