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.
Welcome to the tenth installment of months of the year, weather and seasons. This resource is geared towards learners of Key Stage 2 level and it focuses on the month of September and associated weather and season.
Present the numbers from 1-31 in French first of all and then ask the children if their birthday is in October. Ensure you tell the students that the first of the month is ‘le premier’. Ask them the question, ‘c’est quand, ton anniversaire’. Encourage them to reply ‘mon anniversaire, c’est le ____ octobre’.
Present the story and vocabulary to them. They are also available in the workbooks. The children can look at their workbooks as the story is presented on the board. If there are gifted and talented students in the class or native French speakers, present the more complex vocabulary to them which is ‘il ne fait plus chaud’, ‘il est orageux’ and ‘il y a une inondation’.
Get the students to complete the classwork such as the mix and match activity and the listening activity. When completing the listening activity, be sure to alternate between the lower level and the higher level questions. Next, the students can colour in the autumn picture in their workbook and then cut out the pictures and the labels from the sheet overleaf and label the colouring in sheet by sticking the correct pictures and labels together.
Play the quiz with the students. There are differentiated levels on the quiz and each student should select which level they feel most comfortable with.
There is also differentiated homework which revises the weather vocabulary from January to October.
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the eleventh installment of months of the year, weather and seasons. This resource is geared towards learners of Key Stage 2 level and it focuses on the month of November and associated weather and season.
Present the numbers from 1-30 in French first of all and then ask the children if their birthday is in November. Ensure you tell the students that the first of the month is ‘le premier’. Ask them the question, ‘c’est quand, ton anniversaire’. Encourage them to reply ‘mon anniversaire, c’est le ____ novembre’.
Present the story and vocabulary to them. They are also available in the workbooks. The children can look at their workbooks as the story is presented on the board. If there are gifted and talented students in the class or native French speakers, present the more complex vocabulary to them which is ‘c’est la moisson’.
Get the students to complete the classwork such as the mix and match activity and the listening activity. When completing the listening activity, be sure to alternate between the lower level and the higher level questions. Next, the students can colour in the autumn picture in their workbook and then cut out the pictures and the labels from the sheet overleaf and label the colouring in sheet by sticking the correct pictures and labels together.
Play the quiz with the students. There are differentiated levels on the quiz and each student should select which level they feel most comfortable with.
There is also differentiated homework which revises the weather vocabulary from January to November.
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the first installment of places in the town, which is about shopping for clothes at the department store.
First of all, go through the vocabulary of the clothes and the conjugation of the verbs ‘aller’ and ‘acheter’ and then complete the quiz.
Read the story next to the children. There are differentiated levels of the story, but choose whichever level the children feel most comfortable with.
There is also a differentiated workbook. Get the children to colour in the clothes and the words. Also, they can complete the conjugation of the verbs ‘aller’ and ‘acheter’. Following the story, there are subsequent activities that the children can complete.
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the second installment of places in the town, which is about food and drink at the coffee shop.
First of all, go through the vocabulary of the food and drink and the conjugation of the verbs ‘aller’ in the third person singular. Go over ‘je’ and ‘tu’ from the previous installment. Also introduce ‘je voudrais’ and ‘tu voudrais’ and then complete the quiz.
Read the story next to the children. There are differentiated levels of the story, but choose whichever level the children feel most comfortable with.
There is also a differentiated workbook. Get the children to colour in the food and drink and the words. Be sure that they colour the masculine words in blue ad the feminine words in pink. Also, they can complete the conjugation of the verbs ‘aller’ and ‘vouloir’. Following the story, there are subsequent activities that the children can complete.
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the third installment of places in the town, which is about being at the swimming pool
First of all, go through the vocabulary of being at the swimming pool and the conjugation of the verbs ‘aller’ in the first person plural, as well as ‘je’ and ‘tu’ form of the verb ‘avoir’ and then complete the quiz.
Read the story next to the children. There are differentiated levels of the story, but choose whichever level the children feel most comfortable with.
There is also a differentiated workbook. Get the children to colour in the vocabulary and the words. Be sure that they colour the masculine words in blue ad the feminine words in pink. Also, they can complete the conjugation of the verbs ‘aller’ and ‘avoir’. Following the story, there are subsequent activities that the children can complete.
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the fourth installment of places in the town, which is about being at the cinema
First of all, go through the vocabulary of being at the cinema and the conjugation of the verbs ‘aller’ in the third person plural, as well as ‘je’ and ‘tu’ form of the verb ‘regarder’ and then complete the quiz.
Read the story next to the children. Introduce examples of the ‘y’ pronoun when reading the story. There are examples which the children could do in the attached differentiated workbook. There are differentiated levels of the story, but choose whichever level the children feel most comfortable with.
There is also a differentiated workbook. Get the children to colour in the vocabulary and the words. Be sure that they colour the masculine words in blue ad the feminine words in pink. Also, they can complete the conjugation of the verbs ‘aller’ and ‘regarder’. Following the story, there are subsequent activities that the children can complete.
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the fifth installment of places in the town, which is about being at the castle
First of all, go through the vocabulary of being at the castle and the conjugation of the verbs ‘aller’ in the second person plural, as well as the use of ‘on peut’ and ‘il y a’ and then complete the quiz.
Read the story next to the children. There are differentiated levels of the story, but choose whichever level the children feel most comfortable with. After each picture, ask the children the subsequent questions.
There is also a differentiated workbook. Get the children to colour in the vocabulary and the words. Be sure that they colour the masculine words in blue ad the feminine words in pink. Also, they can complete the conjugation of the verbs ‘aller’ and ‘on peut’ and ‘il y a’. Following the story, there are subsequent activities that the children can complete.
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the sixth installment of learning about the rooms in the house.
This installment is about the bathroom and associated objects.
Go through the powerpoint reviewing the previously-learnt rooms of the house and the associated objects. Next, review the new prepositions and then introduce the bathroom with the associated objects. There is a subsequent quiz with differentiated questions.
There are differentiated workbooks available. Get the students to colour in the objects on pages 2-3 and unscramble the words. From pages 4 to 7, cut out and stick in the pictures of the images featuring the masculine words and the feminine words. On page 8 , the children need to complete the missing words by choosing the words below. On page 9, the children need to draw the bedroom, according to the instructions. On page 10 , they complete the spot the difference activity and then complete the wordsearch on page 11.
There is now a bundle available which contains all the six parts which are the lounge, the dining room, the kitchen, the hallway, the bedroom and the bathroom. Feel free to take advantage of this offer!
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the fourth installment of indirect object pronouns when using both the present tense and the perfect tense. Indirect object pronouns are widely covered in the IGCSE syllabus.
There are plenty of examples in the target language in a cartoon format with follow-up checkpoint questions in English. There are many differentiated activities for consolidation.
Do keep an eye out for the fifth sequel installment. This will be available soon.
Happy teaching and learning!
Students who are studying the IGCSE French course need to know the names of various foods, especially various meats. The activities are very well sequenced and they are also tailored to students of IGCSE level which includes listening, reading comprehension and writing in addition to open questioning. For the spot the difference activity, this could be used as an oral activity, assisting the students as necessary. They can write their answers down following the oral element of the activity.
This resource contains:
1 workbook
1 transcript for the listening activity
1 sound file for the listening activity
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource explicitly outlines the use of the term ‘dont’ in the context of a story about a young girl who was adopted. There are also subsequent follow up activities, fundamentally exercising the use of ‘dont’ and other relative pronouns which your students may have previously encountered.
This activity is geared towards IGCSE level French and it is also useful for students who are studying A-Level French.
Happy teaching and learning!
Here is the third installment of the subjunctive.
As you know, mastering the subjunctive is tricky business and it is more geared towards A-Level French. This activity basically describes more functions of the subjunctive in a nutshell in terms of certain conjunctions and it contains step by step methods as to how to form it.
Part 3 solely focuses on how to form regular ‘-re’ verbs in the subjunctive mood.
Other sequels regarding the functions of the subjunctive are also now available and you can also buy the bundle consisting of all 12 parts at a reduced cost!
Happy teaching and learning!
Joyeux Noël!
This resources exclusively explores negatives primarily used in the perfect tense and some examples in the present tense. It is also Christmas themed.
As a starter / warm-up activity, ‘ne … pas’ is revised and this is introduced at Key Stage 3 level.
Next, get the students to read the cartoon examples and then get them to answer the questions which follow.
There is a subsequent quiz which follows and then differentiated follow-up activities. The answers are also provided on the subsequent slides.
For the bigger picture, get the students to write down responses to the cues in the conversation and then they can convert the conversation into a comic strip in which they can add some more detail to the conversation by more questions being asked to which the responses require a negative.
There is also a wordsearch that the students can do as a plenary or as an extra activity and there are also colourful visual aids contained with this resource. Feel free to put them up in the classroom as you teach the topic!
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello everyone!
This resource ultimately explores the use of the question words ‘lequel’, ‘laquelle’, ‘lesquels’ and ‘lesquelles’. There are plenty of examples and subsequent follow-up differentiated activities such as speaking practices, quizzes and written activities.
It also revises and reinforces other grammatical concepts such as demonstrative adjectives and demonstrative pronouns.
This resource is specifically geared towards learners of IGCSE or IB level where such concepts are featured on the programmes.
Happy teaching and learning!
Students who are studying the IGCSE French course need to know the names of various foods, especially vegetables. The activities are very well sequenced and they are also tailored to students of IGCSE level which includes listening, reading comprehension and writing in addition to open questioning. For the spot the difference activity, this could be used as an oral activity, assisting the students as necessary. They can write their answers down following the oral element of the activity.
This resource contains:
1 workbook
1 transcript for the listening activity
1 sound file for the listening activity
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the second installment of learning about the rooms in the house.
This installment is about the dining room and associated objects.
Go through the powerpoint reviewing the previous learnt vocabulary and then introducing the prepositions first. Next, introduce the dining room with the associated objects. There is a subsequent quiz with differentiated questions.
There are differentiated workbooks available.
Level 1 (Niveau 1) - Lower level
Level 2 (Niveau 2) - Higher level
Get the students to colour in the things in the dining room and the prepositions and unscramble the words on the first few pages of the workbook. Next, cut out and stick in the pictures of the images featuring the masculine words and the feminine words. Then, the children need to complete the missing words by choosing the words below. The next few pages contains the listening tasks. Play the attached recording and the children then answer the questions. Then, the children need to draw the dining room, according to the instructions. On the last few pages, they complete the spot the difference activity and then complete the wordsearch.
There is a bingo sheet available which could be used as a plenary or the starter of the next lesson.
There are now subsequent installments available on my online shop. Feel free to take a look at them!
Happy teaching and learning!
This activity contains a large number of activities subjecting to a French Christmas. There is also a story in this activity about a little girl named Yvette and the story starts off in 1985 when she is 8 years old. She got a visit from Santa and an elf. The elf asked her to make a wish and her wish was granted by the magical elf which carried her off into the future 32 years later. Her thoughts of all of this, just only being a dream, had more to be desired for. A very overwhelming story but a happy one.
Students can start off the activities by becoming acquainted with the vocabulary by colouring in the pictures and then searching for more complex vocabulary in the story before reading it. While they are reading the story, there are spaces in the story where learners can write in the missing scenes and then draw them. They can be imaginative and creative as much as they like! After reading the story, learners have a choice of differentiated questions. The choice is up to them, which ever level they feel comfortable with.
This activity is geared towards learners whose native tongue is French and also Key-Stage 4 students who are following the standard curriculum as it contains a wide range of verbs in the perfect tense such as transitive and intransitive verbs and reflexive verbs in the perfect tense. There are also examples of the imperfect tense in the story.
The cost of this activity workbook is ₤5.
Happy teaching and learning and have a great Christmas!
This powerpoint introduces the days of the week in French to learners for the first time or it can be revision. Not only are there numerous activities with differentiation to reinforce one’s learning, but it also incorporates other elements such as birthdays, years in French, other vocabulary relating to time such as ‘aujourd’hui’, ‘demain’, ‘hier’, etc age and numbers. Definitely a very useful tool! This presentation is targeted at either Key Stage 3-4 learners.
There also a template wordsearch and a crossword available in this pack.
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello and welcome to the first edition of the food shops in French!
The first edition is about at the sweet shop (à la confiserie)
The children will learn about different sweets in French and there are a lot of activities which reinforces and consolidation of the vocabulary. They will also leanr about the verbs ‘je veux’, ‘tu veux’, ‘je vais’, ‘tu vas’ and the preposition ‘de’ There are also differentiated stories which the children can read and answer questions on. Accompanied with the powerpoint, are differentiated workbooks with lots of activities and a colourful classroom display of the partitive and quantitative articles ‘de’.
The level 1 workbook is the lower level workbook and the level 2 one is the higher level one. In both the lower level and the higher level workbooks, the children will learn about the partitive and quantative article ‘de’. In the higher level workbook only, children of higher level ability will become acquainted with terms such as the prepositions ‘y’ and ‘en’.
In the workbooks, the activities are as follows:
Pages 2-8 (2-10 in level 2) - colour in the pictures (which children love doing!!)
Pages 9-27 (11-29 in level 2) - cut out the squares and paste them onto the masculine, feminine and plural partitive and quantitative article pages
Pages 28-34 (30-37 in level 2) - read the story and then answer the questions
Pages 35-36 (38-39 in level 2) - go over the practice words ‘je veux’, ‘tu veux’, ‘je vais’, ‘tu vas’
Page 37 (40-42 in level 2) - choose the correct answers
Page 38 (43 in level 2) - listening comprehension - you can call out the vocabulary and the children match up the question number to the correct item
Happy teaching and learning!
This classroom displays depicts 105 different places in the town in French from A-Z!! YES, that’s right, 105!!
Each poster is very informative as it contains the place in the town in French with the name in English using both the definite and indefinite article as appropriate, alongside the preposition ‘à’ with its meaning in English.
You don’t need to necessarily put up all 105 posters, but the classroom would look absolutely bright, engaging and colourful if you did! You can of course be very selective and put up the most common ones but it is of course up to you!!
Also included in this resource, are 20 different things that can be found in the town, such as the bus stop, telephone box, level crossing, etc. Feel free to put those up as well!
Happy teaching and learning!