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.
This resource looks at pets and animals in French and also how to describe them.
First of all, present the pets and animals to the class, going over the pronunciation and then play the memory game with them.
Get the students to read the slides and then answer the follow up questions.
Complete the follow-up activities by choosing a level that they feel most comfortable with.
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource explicitly looks at how to form questions using ‘est-ce que’ and how to incorporate question words into a question in the context of ‘manger’ (to eat).
Firstly, do a re-cap of the use of ‘tu’ or ‘vous’ by playing a quiz with the students as forming questions follows on from this.
After the quiz, get students to read the each question (you can get them to repeat after you if they have difficulty in pronouncing the words). Ask the class then to raise their hand if they think the correct answer is either ‘A’ or ‘B’. Ask them why they think or what tells them that that is the correct answer.
Play the dice game after the presentation and then get the students to then copy down the vocabulary on slide 51 if you wish or you can hand out the poster on the use of ‘est-ce que’ and question words’. They then can complete the follow-up activities tailored to their level. I would recommend the gifted and talented students to complete activity 4 and the much less able students to complete activity 1.
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource explicitly explores the use of the passive voice in the present tense which is introduced towards the end of the IGCSE programme and prepares students for the A-Level programme.
In this resource, get students to look at the differences between the active voice and the passive voice on slides 2-10.
Next, get the students to read the speech bubbles in the cartoons and after each example, get them to answer the questions using both the active and the passive voice. Feel free to provide extra support for those who are less able.
After the story, get the students to practise forming the passive voice by conjugating the sample verb ‘etre observé’ and then they can select any activity that they feel most comfortable with. I would recommend the gifted and talented to attempt activity 4, whereas the less able students should attempt activity 1.
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello and welcome to the eleventh installment of introducing numbers at primary Key Stage 1 level.
Because of the students’ very young ages, it is recommended to gradually introduce the numbers to them session by session.
This resource introduces the number 12 to them in French.
Go through the powerpoint with them introducing the numbers to them and get them to say how many shapes there are on the slides.
There is a subsequent differentiated workbook for the students to colour in and complete with some French mathematics! You can assign whichever level workbook to the students depending on how comfortable they feel with that level or whether or not they are able. The level 2 workbook focuses on more complex questions and mathematical sums such as multiplications and divisions, whereas the level 1 workbook does not.
There is also a wordsearch. Get the students to find the words ‘un’, ‘deux’, ‘trois’, ‘quatre’, ‘cinq’ , ‘six’, ‘sept’, ‘huit’, ‘neuf’, ‘dix’, ‘onze’ and ‘douze’
Also, do keep an eye out for the subsequent numbers 13-20.
Happy teaching and learning!
For only £12.50, this pack explicitly explores the numbers 1-10 at Key Stage 1 level in great detail with vast differentiation for students of all abilities.
For each number, this pack contains the folllowing:
a presentation powerpoint
a lower level workbook
a higher level workbook
ALSO!! Number 11 is also included completely FREE! A presentation powerpoint , a lower level workbook and a higher level workbook is also included!
For each resource, go through the powerpoint with them introducing the numbers to them and get them to say how many shapes there are on the slides.
There is a subsequent differentiated workbook for the students to colour in and complete with some French mathematics! You can assign whichever level workbook to the students depending on how comfortable they feel with that level or whether or not they are able. The level 2 workbook focuses on more complex questions and mathematical sums such as multiplications and divisions, whereas the level 1 workbook does not.
There is also a wordsearch with every resource. Get the students to find the numbers in words.
Don’t delay, take advantage of this wonderful and exclusive pack today!
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello and welcome to the tenth installment of introducing numbers at primary Key Stage 1 level.
Because of the students’ very young ages, it is recommended to gradually introduce the numbers to them session by session.
This resource introduces the number 11 to them in French.
Go through the powerpoint with them introducing the numbers to them and get them to say how many shapes there are on the slides.
There is a subsequent differentiated workbook for the students to colour in and complete with some French mathematics! You can assign whichever level workbook to the students depending on how comfortable they feel with that level or whether or not they are able. The level 2 workbook focuses on more complex questions and mathematical sums such as multiplications and divisions, whereas the level 1 workbook does not.
There is also a wordsearch. Get the students to find the words ‘un’, ‘deux’, ‘trois’, ‘quatre’, ‘cinq’ , ‘six’, ‘sept’, ‘huit’, ‘neuf’, ‘dix’ and ‘onze’
There is a big bundle available where you can purchase the resources for numbers 1-10 and you can get this resource completely free!! It is worth considering!!
Also, do keep an eye out for the subsequent numbers 12-20.
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the ninth 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 1-30 in French first of all and then ask the children if their birthday is in September. 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 ____ septembre’.
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 est nuageux’.
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 summer 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 September.
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello and welcome to the eighth installment of introducing numbers at primary Key Stage 1 level.
Because of the students’ very young ages, it is recommended to gradually introduce the numbers to them session by session.
This resource introduces the number 10 to them in French.
Go through the powerpoint with them introducing the numbers to them and get them to say how many shapes there are on the slides.
There is a subsequent differentiated workbook for the students to colour in and complete with some French mathematics! You can assign whichever level workbook to the students depending on how comfortable they feel with that level or whether or not they are able. The level 2 workbook focuses on more complex questions and mathematical sums such as multiplications and divisions, whereas the level 1 workbook does not.
There is also a wordsearch. Get the students to find the words ‘un’, ‘deux’, ‘trois’, ‘quatre’, ‘cinq’ , ‘six’, ‘sept’, ‘huit’, ‘neuf’ and ‘dix’.
Do keep an eye out for the subsequent numbers 11-20.
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the fourth installment of a specialised curriculum for learners with SEN who are significantly struggling with French or learners who have joined your class late into the academic year, who have no knowledge of French at all.
This resource looks at the fourth part of Unit 1: Greetings, which is on focused on ‘Tu es de quelle nationalité?’ and ‘Il/Elle est …’, as well as various nationalities in French
The students look at the vocabulary list and then read the cartoons, followed by questioning on the cartoons. They then can draw a cartoon strip based on what they have learnt.
I will be installing additional episodes of this specialised curriculum. Please do keep an eye out for them.
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the third installment of a specialised curriculum for learners with SEN who are significantly struggling with French or learners who have joined your class late into the academic year, who have no knowledge of French at all.
This resource looks at the first part of Unit 1: Greetings, which is on focused on ‘Où habites-tu’ and ‘J’habite à …’, as well as various cities in French.
The students look at the vocabulary list and then read the cartoons, followed by questioning on the cartoons. They then can draw a cartoon strip based on what they have learnt.
I will be installing additional episodes of this specialised curriculum. Please do keep an eye out for them.
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello and welcome to the eighth installment of introducing numbers at primary Key Stage 1 level.
Because of the students’ very young ages, it is recommended to gradually introduce the numbers to them session by session.
This resource introduces the number 9 to them in French.
Go through the powerpoint with them introducing the numbers to them and get them to say how many shapes there are on the slides.
There is a subsequent differentiated workbook for the students to colour in and complete with some French mathematics! You can assign whichever level workbook to the students depending on how comfortable they feel with that level or whether or not they are able. The level 2 workbook focuses on more complex questions and mathematical sums such as multiplications and divisions, whereas the level 1 workbook does not.
There is also a wordsearch. Get the students to find the words ‘un’, ‘deux’, ‘trois’, ‘quatre’, ‘cinq’ , ‘six’, ‘sept’, ‘huit’ and ‘neuf’
Do keep an eye out for the subsequent numbers 10-20.
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource exclusively looks at the use of ‘venir’ in the imperfect form followed by ‘de’ and the infinitive and it is excellent revision from ‘venir de faire’ in the present tense form. This resource is targeted at IGCSE level where more complex grammatical material is explored.
Get the students to read through the cartoons and ask them the questions on each slide. There are also more challenging questions for the more able students.
Afterwards, there are differentiated quiz levels. Get the students to complete which quiz they feel the most comfortable with and then go over the answers with them.
On slides 57 and 58, get the students to copy out the vocabulary and then complete the subsequent activities that they feel most comfortable with.
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello and welcome to the seventh installment of introducing numbers at primary Key Stage 1 level.
Because of the students’ very young ages, it is recommended to gradually introduce the numbers to them session by session.
This resource introduces the number 8 to them in French.
Go through the powerpoint with them introducing the numbers to them and get them to say how many shapes there are on the slides.
There is a subsequent differentiated workbook for the students to colour in and complete with some French mathematics! You can assign whichever level workbook to the students depending on how comfortable they feel with that level or whether or not they are able. The level 2 workbook focuses on more complex questions and mathematical sums such as multiplications and divisions, whereas the level 1 workbook does not.
There is also a wordsearch. Get the students to find the words ‘un’, ‘deux’, ‘trois’, ‘quatre’, ‘cinq’ , ‘six’, ‘sept’ and ‘huit’
Do keep an eye out for the subsequent numbers 9 and 10.
Happy teaching and learning!
I know irregular verbs can be very difficult to master at a young age as it is a highly dynamic concept and there are so many, however this resource explicitly looks at them at all. The following irregular verbs which are explored are as follows:
etre
avoir
recevoir
savoir
faire
mettre
croire
vouloir
connaitre
prendre
dire
lire
voir
ouvrir
devoir
pouvoir
boire
Get the students to read through the cartoons about Xavier’s week. Ask the students the follow up questions and ask what their thoughts are. Reveal the answers to them on the next slide.
Upon completion of reading the text, get the students to complete the follow-up activities.
This resource is geared towards learners at Key Stage3 level and in preparation for IGCSE level.
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello and welcome to the sixth installment of introducing numbers at primary Key Stage 1 level.
Because of the students’ very young ages, it is recommended to gradually introduce the numbers to them session by session.
This resource introduces the number 7 to them in French.
Go through the powerpoint with them introducing the numbers to them and get them to say how many shapes there are on the slides.
There is a subsequent differentiated workbook for the students to colour in and complete with some French mathematics! You can assign whichever level workbook to the students depending on how comfortable they feel with that level or whether or not they are able. The level 2 workbook focuses on more complex questions and mathematical sums such as multiplications and divisions, whereas the level 1 workbook does not.
There is also a wordsearch. Get the students to find the words ‘un’, ‘deux’, ‘trois’, ‘quatre’, ‘cinq’ , ‘six’ and ‘sept’.
Do keep an eye out for the subsequent numbers from 8-10.
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource exclusively looks at basic prepositions such as ‘sur’, ‘sous’ and ‘dans’. I have also included more complex material for more able students such as ‘a côté de’, ‘au fond de’ and ‘en face de’. This is ideal for teachers following Tricolore book 1.
Present the vocabulary and also the more complex prepositions to the more able students or the gifted and talented. There are also subsequent questions which follow which reinforces what the students have learnt.
On the last two slides, get the students to copy out the new vocabulary and then they can start the supplementary work if other students haven’t yet finished. On the next slide, the students can choose whichever level work they feel the most comfortable with.
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the second installment of a specialised curriculum for learners with SEN who are significantly struggling with French or learners who have joined your class late into the academic year, who have no knowledge of French at all.
This resource looks at the first part of Unit 1: Greetings, which is on focused on ‘Comment t’appelles-tu’ and ‘Je m’appelle …’
The students look at the vocabulary list and then read the cartoons, followed by questioning on the cartoons. They then can draw a cartoon strip based on what they have learnt.
I will be installing additional episodes of this specialised curriculum. Please do keep an eye out for them.
Happy teaching and learning!
Thank you very much for taking your time to look at this wonderful bundle!
This bundle contains the eight installments containing the months of the year, weather and seasons for January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August aimed at Key Stage 2 level.
The vocabulary contained in this pack is widely diverse and well differentiated and there are a wide range of resources available, such as colouring in worksheets, cutting and sticking activities, homework sheets and powerpoints.
The vocabulary contained in this pack is as follows:
January: Il fait froid, il neige, il fait mauvais, l’hiver
Differentiation: Il est neigeux
February: Il fait froid, il y a du gel, il neige, il fait mauvais, l’hiver
March: Il fait beau, il fait du vent, il fait plus chaud, le printemps
Differentiation: Il est venteux, il commence a faire chaud, il fait un beau temps
April: Il pleut, il fait doux, il y a un arc-en-ciel, le printemps
Differentiation: Il est pluvieux
May: le printemps, il fait très doux, il fait du soleil, il fait un temps superb.
Differentiation: Il ne fait plus froid, il fait un très beau temps, Il est ensoleillé
June: l’été, il fait chaud, il y a du foudre, il fait du soleil
Differentiation: Il y a du tonnerre, Il est ensoleillé
July: l’été, il fait très chaud, il fait un temps superb, il fait du soleil
Differentiation: Il est ensoleillé, il fait un très beau temps, il fait énormément, le ciel est tout bleu
August: l’été, il fait très chaud, il fait un temps superb, il fait du soleil
Differentiation: Il est ensoleillé, il fait un très beau temps, il fait énormément, il y a une secheresse
There will be more resources uploaded shortly for the subsequent months of the year as well as more bundles. Keep an eye out for them!
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the eighth 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 August 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 August. 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 ____ août’.
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 est ensoleillé’, ‘il fait énormément chaud’, ‘il y a une sécheresse’, etc.
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 summer 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 August.
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource explicitly looks at the use of the term ‘venir de faire quelquechose’ (to have just done something).
Get the students to read the cartoons on the slide and then each cartoon has a question about what is going on. Get them to decide which is/are the correct answer/s.
Spot the difference activities are followed and the students orally state what has just happened in the second picture. These activities contain visual support in case the students aren’t sure how to something in particular in French.
There are also reinforcement activities which the students can complete.
Happy teaching and learning!
