I'm a French native teacher who loves creating resources to boost students' progress.
Most of my resources are ready to be used in your classroom. They also include answers to facilitate your life.
Do not hesitate to have a look at the many free resources I have shared.
In my shop, you can find reading and listening tasks that are scaffolded. Exam style questions. A variety of mats (knowledge organisers). Cultural references for A Level. Etc.
J'espère pouvoir vous aider!
I'm a French native teacher who loves creating resources to boost students' progress.
Most of my resources are ready to be used in your classroom. They also include answers to facilitate your life.
Do not hesitate to have a look at the many free resources I have shared.
In my shop, you can find reading and listening tasks that are scaffolded. Exam style questions. A variety of mats (knowledge organisers). Cultural references for A Level. Etc.
J'espère pouvoir vous aider!
Each long writing comes with :
4 bullet points (aiming at using 3 different tenses).
**A grade 8-9 modal answer. **
A vocabulary search activity to extract complex structures (+ tweak them in a different context).
+guidance to help you assess your students’ work faster.
Topics covered :
Family
School
Food
Town/Region
Media
Routine
Chores
Environment
Hobbies
Holiday
Special occasion
ANSWERS ARE PROVIDED
*Do not hesitate to let me know what you think of them. You can easily contact me on my Facebook page too.
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This resource is aimed at French A level students working on the education topic. It deals with “la PMA/GPA en France"
It is a great resource of EDEXCEL. It can be easily adapted for AQA.
It is composed of a reading worksheet. It’s an authentic resource that has been scaffolded with pre-reading tasks. Great for A04 and to help students get ready for the speaking exams (taking notes of cultural facts)
It includes exam style questions.
Answers are provided to facilitate your life.
It is a ready-to-use resource which requires minimum preparation.
More resources on the topic of “Les changements de la famille” are available here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-a-level-education-whole-unit-listening-reading-speaking-cultural-facts-12218287
They include the following subtopics : Le vieillissement, la GPA, la PMA, le mariage, le PACS, le mariage homosexuel, la manif pour tous, & more!
BUNDLE WITH 8 DIFFERENT READING TASKS ON IMMIGRATION HERE : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-new-a-level-immigration-8-different-reading-tasks-exam-style-questions-with-answers-12043283
Authentic French article about the impact of immigration in France. It goes well with the “7.1 Les immigrés en France, d’où viennent-ils et pourquoi sont-ils venus ?” subtopic for EDEXCEL.
It includes:
a gap fill
a wordsearch (synonym)
exam style questions (tick the four correct answers)
ANSWERS ARE PROVIDED
**Analysez la façon dont la police est représentée dans le film.
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French A level essay question and A* model answer on La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz).
You will have access to complex structures that A level students could use in their essays, guidance regarding how to write a good essay on the film, the plan I used to write my model answer and finally my model answer.
I highlighted my Points, Evidence and Explanations in different colours to help your students analyse the model answer and to show them structures they could have used alternatively (from the complex structures table).
I give the “constuire une dissertation sur La Haine” structures to my weakest students (or to the class when working on their first essay) to help them focus on their ideas more than complex structures.
The markscheme is the one from Edexcel.
Do not hesitate to follow me on Facebook.
More model answers for La Haine are available in my shop.
Key words : La haine - essay questions - model answers - Mathieu Kassovitz - A* structures - Analysez la façon dont la police est représentée dans le film.
*Évaluez l’importance de la scène dans la galerie d’art à Paris.
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French A level essay question and A model answer on La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz).
You will have access to complex structures that A level students could use in their essays, guidance regarding how to write a good essay on the film, the plan I used to write my model answer and finally my model answer.
I highlighted my Points, Evidence and Explanations in different colours to help your students analyse the model answer and to show them structures they could have used alternatively (from the complex structures table).
I give the “constuire une dissertation sur La Haine” structures to my weakest students (or to the class when working on their first essay) to help them focus on their ideas more than complex structures.
The markscheme is the one from Edexcel.
Do not hesitate to follow me on Facebook.
More model answers for La Haine are available in my shop.
Key words : La haine - essay questions - model answers - Mathieu Kassovitz - A* structures - Évaluez l’importance de la scène dans la galerie d’art à Paris.
French GCSE booklet with all the activities you need to complete the “jours ordinaires, jours de fête” topic (module 3 - Studio textbook).
The booklet works well with both AQA and Edexcel examboards.
Lessons included are :
C’est bientôt dimanche ? (two lessons)
Grammar : POUVOIR & DEVOIR (present tense)
Grammar : food vocabulary (+ SOME)
Regarde ce que je mange (one lesson)
Grammar : EN
La fête du quatorze juillet en France (one lesson)
Félicitations (two lessons)
C’est la fête (one lesson)
**ANSWERS are provided. **
These lessons include reading activities. Exam style questions. Translations into French and into English. Speaking activities. Grammatical concepts.
They are great to use either in class, for homework, for independent studies or even for remote teaching.
If you have any questions at all, do not hesitate to contact me on Facebook or by email (pvfrresources@gmail.com)
Do not hesitate to check my shop for other modules.
This resource is aimed at French A level students working on the immigration/front national topic. It is about Jean-Marie Le Pen & le Front National.
It is a great resource of EDEXCEL. It can be easily adapted for AQA.
It is composed of a listening worksheet.
It’s an authentic resource that has been scaffolded with pre-listening tasks.
It includes exam style questions.
Answers are provided to facilitate your life.
They are ready-to-use resources which require minimum preparation.
More resources on the topic of “Le Front National” are available here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-a-level-front-national-listening-reading-speaking-cultural-facts-12263112
They include the following subtopics : Marine Le Pen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, la création du FN, l’évolution du FN, l’opinion des Français, l’élection de 2002 / 2017, and more.
This resource is aimed at French A level students working on the “Monde du travail” (Word of work). It deals with discrimination at work. (le harcèlement moral)
It is a great resource of EDEXCEL. It can be easily adapted for AQA.
It is composed of a reading worksheet. It is an authentic resource that has been scaffolded with pre-reading/pre-listening tasks.
It includes exam style questions.
Answers are provided to facilitate your life.
It’s a ready-to-use resource which requires minimum preparation.
More resources on the topic of “Le monde du travail” are available here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-a-level-world-of-work-12270886
They include the following subtopics : les grèves, les syndicats, les gilets jaunes, la pression au travail, les contrats de travail, Pôle Emploi, le chômage, etc.
This bundle includes a variety of subtopics for the “Monde du travail / World of work" topic - French A level. (Edexcel - can be easily adapted for AQA)
Subtopics included are:
*Pole Emploi - le chômage en France (listening)
Les lois pour le travail (reading)
Les syndicats (reading)
Les gilets jaunes (reading)
Les gilets jaunes : un an après (listening)
le grand débat - les gilets jaunes (listening)
l’égalité rééelle 2014 (reading)
la discrimination et le handicap (reading)
la discriminiation au travail (reading)
Mai 68 (reading & listening)
le RSA (listening)
The worksheets include a variety of activities from : vocabulary search / match-up / true or false / exam style questions
These worksheet are also full of cultural references. Some of which are gathered in the speaking mat that is also available in this BUNDLE. The speaking mat also includes some potential speaking questions.
ANSWERS ARE PROVIDED
Do not hesitate to let me know what you think of it, I also have a Facebook page should you have any questions.
Other themes are available in my shop.
This resource is aimed at French A level students working on the “Monde du travail” (Word of work). It deals with discrimination at work. (le handicap au travail)
It is a great resource of EDEXCEL. It can be easily adapted for AQA.
It is composed of a reading worksheet. It is an authentic resource that has been scaffolded with pre-reading/pre-listening tasks.
It includes exam style questions.
Answers are provided to facilitate your life.
It’s a ready-to-use resource which requires minimum preparation.
More resources on the topic of “Le monde du travail” are available here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-a-level-world-of-work-12270886
They include the following subtopics : les grèves, les syndicats, les gilets jaunes, la pression au travail, les contrats de travail, Pôle Emploi, le chômage, etc.
Lessons on my physical description (j’ai les yeux / j’ai les cheveux)
The second lesson focuses on negative structures to describe hair, eyes and personality.
This lesson follows of a unit where I taught students how to introduce themselves, talk about their birthdays, where they live and languages they speak.
Here is more information regarding lessons with PowerPoints you will find in my shop:
Each lesson comes with a .doc booklet and a PowerPoint with answers included to make your life easier.
Each lesson builds onto the previous ones to enhance prior knowledge and help students retain vocabulary.
Sentence builders are key elements of each lesson. You could use them to introduce new vocabulary and do fun activities with them. Do not hesitate to contact me on Facebook if you need some help.
I made sure to use a wide range of activities for the four skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing.
There are no listening tracks. I wrote the transcripts (which are included in the PowerPoint) and I usually either record myself or read it at loud. I hope this will work well for you.
You might want to edit/tweak the starter activity I created as it is usually linked to previous topics to reactivate prior knowledge. When I have slides introducing new vocabuary, I suggest adding pictures from Google Image to help your students.
Here are some lessons that could be taught before this topic:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-ks3-je-me-pr-sente-12390659
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-ks3-my-nationality-12390706
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-ks3-where-i-live-12390754
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-ks3-je-parle-12390802
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-ks3-my-personality-12407075
key words:
French KS3 beginners / j’ai les cheveux / j’ai les yeux / eyes / hair / physical description / le monde autour de moi / tout sur moi / mon autoportrait
GCSE / IGCSE lessons on the holiday topics (les vacances).
It is great to revise/work on the holiday topic and revise the following tenses (perfect, imperfect, present and future).
Travel and tourism. Local area, holiday and travel. Holidays: preferences; experiences; destinations
These resources work well with both the EDEXCEL and AQA exam boards.
They are composed of scaffolded activities including pre-reading tasks, a vocabulary search, grammar tasks, a reading task, exam style questions and translations. A variety of sentences builders are also included to revise/introduce/work on each tense.
Topics included are: les destinations, les pays, les moyens de transports, le passé, présent et le futur, etc.
Answers are provided to facilitate your life.
These resources require minimum preparation.
French GCSE/IGCSE listening questions. Practice. Listening revision. Excellent from independent learning. Home learning.
Students have 8 different photos linked to a given topic. (10 topics available in this bundle)
They will hear three different short recordings. (“question 1” - “question 2” - “question 3”).
They need to tick boxes mentioning positive opinions.
This is an exam style question - it will help students be more wary of “intruders” / “traps”.
Audio - Transcript - Worksheet & ANSWERS are provided.
Pictures are from royalty-free websites and therefore can be printed/photocopied.
Key words:
Me, my family and friends, Relationships with family and friends, Personal life and relationships, Identity and culture.
Technology in everyday life, Identity and culture, The world around us, the media, television.
Free-time activities, Identity and culture, Social activities, fitness and health, daily life, hobbies, interests, sports and exercise.
food and drink / daily life / food and eating out / free time activities.
Home, town, neighbourhood and region, Local area, Home and abroad. Life in the town and rural life. Town, region and country.
Holidays preferences, destinations.
what school is like / education and employment / school life / school routine / school activities.
French A level - l’institution du mariage - l’évolution de la structure familiale en France - French A level Edexcel lessons.
This unit is composed of six lessons : comment se marier en France ? ; les divorces ; le mariage pour tous ; l’opposition au mariage pour tous ; la PMA - GPA en France (2 leçons) ;
These lessons include listening and reading activities (authentic documents used). Exam style questions. Translations into French and into English. Speaking activities. Grammatical concepts.
They are great to use either in class, for homework, for independent studies or even for remote teaching.
They come with answers and a PowerPoint to facilitate your life.
Some of the reading/listening tasks used are also from this bundle as worksheets only : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12166331
French GCSE reading exam practice questions perfect for KS4 revision.
Questions follow the IGCSE Edexcel examboard style of questions.
There are practice questions per sub-topic (more than 100 texts in total!)
This reading booklet is idea for practice, assessment, independent learning. Answers are included.
Here is the list of the sub-topics covered:
Life in the town and rural life
Holidays, tourist information and directions
Services
Customs
School life & routine
School rules and pressures
School trips, events and exchanges
Work, careers and volunteering / future plans
House & Home
Daily routines and helping at home
Role models
Relationships with family and friends
Childhood
Environmental issues
Weather and climate
Travel and transport
Media – TV and films
Information and communication technology
Special occasions
Hobbies, interests, sports and exercise
Shopping and money matters
Accidents, injuries, common aliments and health issues
Food & drink
Do not hesitate to let me know what you think.
Key words : French IGCSE reading practice / French GCSE reading booklet / Life in the town and rural life / Holidays, tourist information and directions / Services /Customs /School life & routine /School rules and pressures / School trips, events and exchanges / Work, careers and volunteering / future plans
House & Home /Daily routines and helping at home /Role models /Relationships with family and friends /Childhood /Environmental issues
Weather and climate / Travel and transport / Media – TV and films /Information and communication technology /Special occasions /Hobbies, interests, sports and exercise /Shopping and money matters /Accidents, injuries, common aliments and health issues /Food & drink
French GCSE worksheets to focus on the conditional tense with the holiday topic. They can also work well for good/strong KS3 students as the first page is usually self-explanatory.
They are composed of two parts for differentiation. The first page focuses only on regular and common verbs from core French GCSE vocabulary lists.
The second page focuses on French irregular verbs (some are also uncommon verbs).
Activities are all scaffolded and lead to a short piece of writing.
These French GCSE worksheets are great for independent learning, home learning, homework or even cover work.
Answers are provided to make your life easier.
Here are all topics you can find in my shop:
School, sport, hobbies and leisures, the world of work, media, home and house, food, family relationships, chores, routine, holidays, environment, festivals and traditions.
Each topic has a worksheet for each of the following tenses:
Imperfect tense, perfect tense, present tense, near future tense (+infinitive structures & modal verbs), future tense, conditional tense/mood.
Don’t hesitate to follow me on my Facebook and Twitter pages to be aware of updates. More worksheets to be added this year (including complex structures).
Reading activities using authentic French articles dealing with the MEDIA topic from EDEXCEL.
Each reading task comes with :
a vocabulary search
comprehension questions
exam style questions
ANSWERS ARE PROVIDED
I have made this mat for my Y12/Y13 classes which focuses on the “Musique” topic.
It includes the following sub topics :
La loi Toubon
Les tendances musicales
L’influence de la musique
A lot of facts, dates and statistics are provided for each sub-topic.
(Facts highlighted in yellow => FRANCOPHONIE)
Potential exam style questions are also available (speaking).
Sources are provided.
I hope this helps.
French KS3 food lessons - la nourriture
This bundle is composed of PowerPoints with **answers included** and lessons in a booklet. This is perfect to be used in class, for homework, for remote teaching or independent learning.
Activities focus on the four skills : speaking ; listening ; speaking and writing.
The main part of each lessons is usually a sentence builder where the main vocabulary is taught/revised/mastered.
I will learn…
to talk about food and drinks I have ; when I drink or eat something ; what I like to eat and to drink ; to talk about food and drinks with more details ; to conjugate manger and boire in the present tense ; when to use ‘SOME’ to talk about food items ; to talk about what I do not eat or drink ; what I would like to eat and drink
This booklet also contains three listening activities with the soundtracks added.
I hope you will find these lessons helpful. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions either my email (pvfrresources@gmail.com) or on Facebook.
If you could leave a review here on TES, this would be greatly appreciated.