I like to create interactive and engaging resources to broaden the students' knowledge in their subject and to expand their general knowledge with cultural activities (the tasks are often link to paintings analysis, songs, film extracts, etc.)
You will find neat and organised PowerPoint presentations to engage the students and to give them the motivation to learn !
I like to create interactive and engaging resources to broaden the students' knowledge in their subject and to expand their general knowledge with cultural activities (the tasks are often link to paintings analysis, songs, film extracts, etc.)
You will find neat and organised PowerPoint presentations to engage the students and to give them the motivation to learn !
50 slides in French about the Olympic Games organised in Paris this Summer (ressources and ideas based on the official website) - explore this amazing event through reading, listening, speaking and writing activities in French !
50 slides (all 100% in French) which can easily be divided into 4 or 5 lessons depending in how much depth you want to explore this topic - adaptable to all levels (with beginners you can do some activities in English for example)
Lesson objectives :
Understand the significance of the 2024 Olympic Games being held in Paris
Learn key vocabulary related to the Olympics in French
Discuss the impact of the Olympics on Paris and its cultural heritage
Part 1 : the symbols of Paris 2024 / les symboles des JO 2024
Part 2 : the Flamme / la Flamme Olympique
Part 3 : the sports (including extensive activities about Paralympics) / les sports olympiques
Part 4 : the places for the competition / les lieux de la competition
Part 5 : closer look at the medals / les medailles
Part 6 : closer look at the official poster / l’affiche des JO 2024
Part 7 : the Olympic village / le village olympique
Full lesson on the tradition of Christmas in France
The traditionnal Christmas market in Alsace
Les santons de Provence
Les illuminations a Paris et le sapin des Galeries Lafayette
lesson starter : christmas vocab match up the images and the French words
map of France recap North South East West - can you place those cities ?
listening activity : watch a video about the tradition in the south of France
writing activity : describe the picture
speaking activity : choose your favourite Galerie Lafayette Christmas tree
plenary : can you recognise these French Christmas songs ?
Are you planning to visit Le Louvre with some students during a trip to Paris ?
Why don’t you organise a treasure hunt to discover the wonderful secrets of this museum in a fun way !
This treasure hunt lasts approximately 60-90 minutes. It is aiming at KS3 and KS4 English speaking students who are learning French. Most of the questions are in English, only one is in French (but can be easily adapted if need be).
The students have to find 10 artworks, picked among the most famous ones in the museum : the Venus de Milo, the caryatids statues and the sculpture of Artemis goddess of the hunt, known as the Diana of Versailles, the Seated Scribe, the ‘Regent’ Diamond, The Winged Victory of Samothrace, The Coronation of Napoleon, The Raft of the Medusa, Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People, The Mona Lisa of course, and finally the monumental Wedding Feast at Cana.
For each artwork, the students have to answer specific questions which will help them discover the historical context, and focus on some details of the sculptures and paintings. A short and accessible explanation retrieved from the Louvre Educational Resources official website will be given in English for each artwork.
I am a French teacher in a British school and I created this treasure hunt for my Year 7, 8, 9, and 10 students as we stopped in Le Louvre during our Paris trip. If you spot any mistakes please leave a comment so I can modify the document. You will also be able to easily add, remove or edit it as it is in a Word format.
Beautiful A3 posters to display in your classroom or simply to print for your IB students, explaining what the five themes are for the 2020 French IB examination and giving ideas of sub-topics to study in class. All the content comes from the official IB French B teacher guide.
Can also be used in a PowerPoint presentation to explain the new IB criterias.
One poster per theme :
Experiences
Identites
Ingeniosites humaines
Organisation sociale
Partage de la planete
A fun and entertaining creative writing lesson on Easter !
Starter activity : Read the beginning of the sentence and imagine what is going to happen next.
Fun facts about easter and eggs.
Creative writing about a man who built a nest on a building and spent a few days there, living like a bird.
A fun and entertaining Easter lesson to learn about the French traditions :
- lesson starter : match the English and the French key words of the lesson
- Guess the missing words activity to talk about the Easter bells
- 4 slides with questions like 'describe what is on the picture' to look at what French people do and eat
- Easter vocabulary drill
- a recap grammar point on masculin/feminin
- an exercise to identify masculin and feminin words
- a more challenging exercise: agree the noun/adjective
- an entertaining reading activity : decorate your easter egg (the students read a text an follow the instructions to decorate an egg in their books)
- a writing activity to talk about what you would like for Easter
- a plenary on your way out
It is a great complete lesson which is suitable for Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 if you adapt the different activities to your groups !
Whole lesson of the 1st labour, killing the Nemean Lion.
Reading the story
Video extract to understand what is happening in this chapter
Creative writing
Full French lesson on Christmas - Powerpoint + worksheet
- lesson starter : Christmas vocabulary match up the image and the French word
- grammar point : IL Y A
- reading activity : read the description of the Christmas tree on the worksheet and draw the Christmas tree
- listening activity : Fill in the gaps of the song Vive le Vent !
- writing : write your Christmas list in French
35 slides to introduce the writing techniques MADFOREST.
One slide to explain the technique and one slide to practice it with an exercise each time.
Metaphor
Alliteration
Direct address
Facts
Opinions
Repetition
Exaggeration / Emotive language
Similes
Triples
Can be used as part of a lesson when needed or as a display/poster in the classroom.
10 slides on the French Revolution to explain what it is.
- Brainstorming to start the lesson
- Listening activity : video 'The French revolution in a nutshell' to understand what happened on the 14th July 1789. the students answer the 3 questions What ? When ? Where ?
- Class activity : What is la Marseillaise ? Listen to an extract of the song and fill in the gaps in the lyrics
- Why is the flag blue white red ?
- Writing activity (GCSE training) - Describe the picture : Delacroix painting, la Liberte guidant le peuple. Recap of the vocabulry in the foreground/background etc.
- Quizlet vocabulary practice - the students can scan the QR code to land on the quizlet page and practice the vocab. Print the flashcards from the website to practice the vocabulary in class.
Kinesthetic activity.
The students are given a card ans they have to find their matching pair by asking French questions to each others, for example COMMENT T'APPELLES-TU ?
Lesson starter - vocabulary/spelling game
What is a theme in literature ?
Examples of themes in famous stories
Exercise - Can you recognize the different themes in 6 Taylor Swift's songs extracts
Writing task in pairs - list all the themes in Alice in Wonderland and give examples
Plenary - creative writing task
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Lesson starter - vocabulary/spelling game
What is a hatter? General knowledge introduction
Writing task - describe the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's movie
Creative writing task
Compare the three characters (original illustration from the novel, the Walt Disney cartoon and the movie).
Plenary - What would your mad hatter look like?
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Lesson starter - vocabulary/spelling game
Read the first chapter of the novel and analyse it.
Youtube video - extract of the Walt Disney cartoon to compare it with the novel
Compare the two pictures.
Writing task - structured paragraph to compare the movie, the cartoon and the novel.
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Lesson starter - vocabulary/spelling game
Who are the characters?
Lesson on the different types of characters in a story (protagonist, antagonist, secondary..)
Who are they in Alice in Wonderland ?
Write a pargraph to describe an original illustration by John Tenniel.
Creative writing plenary.
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Expo 1 - French Module 3 - lecon 2 Ma maison / My house
Lesson starter - Who has got the biggest house ? cultural slide
Revision of the vocabulary small/big/semi-detached house
Brain storming - can you name any room ?
Listening task from the book
Vocabulary presentation and practice - kitchen / living room / bathroom / bedroom / hall / garden ...
Listening activity - listen and fill the gaps
Grammar point - Il y a + exercise
Speaking task - describe a house to your partner
Plenary - pair activity - worksheet find the name of the rooms
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Who are the fairies ?
Analyse of an extract of the Pacific Northwest Ballet's performance to describe the kingdom of the fairies.
Writing task: Who is Puck? Describe him and make predictions.
Reading task: extract of the play + re-writing few lines in modern English
Analyse of a second extract of the ballet to understand who the characters are.
Why can we recognise them?
Plenary: persuasive writing
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