I am an MFL teacher with fifteen years of classroom experience, from primary to sixth form. I specialize in French teaching resources, bespoke language curriculum design and language CPD to support individual teachers and schools.
I am an MFL teacher with fifteen years of classroom experience, from primary to sixth form. I specialize in French teaching resources, bespoke language curriculum design and language CPD to support individual teachers and schools.
An easy to follow lesson for remote learning/independent use, based around a children’s cartoon video in French of how to make pancakes.
Instructions are on each slide as to which part of the video to follow and answers to questions appear upon clicking. Pupils will use a bilingual dictionary or an on line one to find the meaning of ingredients, learn how to make pancakes then have the choice to create a dream pancake with fillings, label in French, or make pancakes at home with an adult.
This lesson( Power Point with embedded sound files and student task sheets) has a phonic focus and is based around a poem by Nathalie Bonneau on You Tube called “Une histoire de coeurs”.Pupils learn the names of some animals in French and practice the key sounds of the graphemes they contain. They make sound-spelling links by hearing new words that contain the sounds, and identify these from a list. They then listen to and repeat the poem to reinforce the key sounds. Pupils use a bilingual/online dictionary to translate the poem into English, then adapt parts of it to create their own.
Twenty-one images with questions requiring students to use a bilingual dictionary to work out meaning and answer the comprehension questions in English. Useful as settling starters and dictionary practice tasks or end of lesson fillers.
A sentence building mat to help pupils with word order in French when using nouns with color adjectives. Also demonstrates how some colour adjectives change in the plural, and those that do not change.
A complete lesson for A level on the subject of home automation in the context of new technologies focusing on listening, reading,writing skills.
Students watch a short video clip explaining what la domotique is and how it works. They follow with the provided transcript then answer questions in English.
This is followed by a written text discussing the advantages and disadvantages of home automation. Students complete vocabulary, true/false/not mentioned, and L1-L2/L2-L1 translation exercises. All answers are provided.
Could be followed up with a discussion on the advantages/disadvantages of la domotique.
A word mat for colors in French. Also contains key sounds and grammar points. Clear charts explain how some color adjectives change for feminine and plural nouns.Can be used to combine nouns with colors and apply adjectival agreement.
A word mat of French words for parts of the body. Reference to the definite and indefinite articles. Clear charts explain how some color adjectives change for a feminine or plural noun. Can be used to design and describe monsters using the definite article or numbers with nouns for parts of the body and color adjectives. Can be used to apply word order and adjectival agreement.Can be used at the start of the next lesson as a vocabulary or spelling quiz; also for self and peer quizzing.
A word mat of core language for greetings in French. Pupils use in class to locate vocabulary, check spelling,and for self and peer quizzing.Includes notes on key sounds and grammar points.
A word mat helping pupils to create dates and birthdays in French using the words for days, numbers and months.There is also reference to key sounds and grammar points, and a model conversation using the language.Can be used in class for creating phrases, spell check, self and peer quizzing.
A core language mat introducing how to create the future tense in French using the first person singular. Examples of verbs and nouns, how to put these together, and a phonetic pronunciation guide for speaking.
A reading comprehension which revisits the present, past,future, pluperfect and passive tenses.Background information about Nicolas Sarkozy and information concerning the three judicial inquiries that he is targeted by.
Decoding a text, comprehension questions, dictionary work and translation into English/French.Answer sheet attached.
A lesson resource aimed at A level French students focusing on listening,reading,writing through use of authentic source, comprehension questions and translations L1-L2/L2-L1.All answers and transcripts provided.
The work is based around a video report from the French current affairs programme Sept à huit. It follows the impact of C-19 on the livelihood and living conditions of Séverine, a French baker in a French ski resort.The lesson is split into two parts and transcripts are provided for both so that students can follow as they listen.
Section one:
The introduction is a matching phrases to their definitions in French, followed by listening to the first part of the report then completing gapped sentences in French and translating these into English.Pupils finish the first section by answering comprehension questions in French.
Section 2:
Pupils listen to the second part of the report, following with the transcript if needed, then identify the four correct sentences out of a choice of eight.They then translate sentences into French and complete with the translation of a paragraph into English.
A French core language mat for numbers one to twelve.Also contains key sounds and grammar points. Use for locating numbers, spell check, self and peer quizzing.
A lesson pack comprising a Power Point with embedded sound files and answers that appear upon clicking. The lesson includes a core language mat and a worksheet to reinforce learning.
Pupils learn how to pronounce the days of the week in French, the sound of the letter i in French, and how to write the days correctly. Activities include a quiz, a true/false listening exercise and writing practice.There is a song and a worksheet to reinforce learning.
A lesson pack that would work well over two lessons. A Power Point with embedded sound files, instructions on the slides, answers upon clicking and a core language mat to support spelling/meaning for writing.
Pupils revisit days of the week then learn how to say the months of the year in French.They are introduced to the birthday question and recap the months through a song, then conduct a survey to practice asking and answering a question about birthdays.Pupils use the core language mat to extend the phrase to include a number and month and complete translations between two languages. Suggestions for further practice and a key dates research task.
Lesson pack of Power Point with embedded sound files, a phonetic pronunciation in French mat for each letter of the alphabet and alphabet bingo cards.A range of activities to begin recognizing sounds, and establish sound and spelling connections.
A lesson Power Point and core language mat to teach and put into practice describing eyes and hair in French.Pupils revise color adjectives then learn the key vocabulary to create phrases for eyes and hair. Activities include matching images to phrases, unscrambling words to create phrases, a quiz and using the core languages mat to create their own phrases applying correct word order and adjectival agreement where applicable.Instructions are on each slide. On the relevant slides answers appear upon a click.