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!
French A level - L’Occupation et la Résistance (+29 lessons)
Lessons on:
La France Occupée
La France sous l’Occupation et la collaboration
L’antisémitisme et l’Occupation
La vie sous l’Occupation et les représailles d’après-guerre
Le régime de Vichy
Le maréchal Pétain et le régime de Vichy
La Révolution nationale
La politique de Vichy et ses conséquences
La Résistance
La Résistance française
L’importance de Jean-Moulin et des femmes dans la Résistance.
Les Français libres et le général de Gaulle
Free lesson (la rafle du Vel d’Hiv) to give you an idea of how I structure them :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12748946
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.
If you have any questions at all, do not hesitate to contact me on Facebook or by email (pvfrresources@gmail.com)
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 A level resources which are aimed at French A level students working on the tradition and festival topic.
Great worksheets for EDEXCEL for both reading and listening skills.
La culture politique et artistique dans les pays francophones / Les festivals et les traditions / Les festivals, fêtes, coutumes et traditions.
Authentic resources that have been scaffolded with pre-reading/listening tasks. Great for A04 and to help students get ready for the speaking exams (taking notes of cultural facts)
They include exam style questions.
Answers are provided to facilitate your life.
They are ready-to-use resources which require minimum preparation.
They include the following subtopics : la fête des voisins, les jours fériés, la fête de la musique, l’évolution de Noël, les crèches de Noël, le festival de Canne, la fête des mères, la fête des pères, le ramadan en France, Pâques, le premier mai, le festival d’hiver de Québec, la fête des citrons de Menton, etc.
Do not hesitate to let me know what you think of them, I also have a Facebook page should you have any questions.
Other themes are available in my shop.
Updated 03/05/2023
Free examplar here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-igcse-gap-fill-exam-style-question-environnement-12104213
11 different activities to help iGCSE students practise the gap fill question (worth 10 marks) on a variety of topics.
(most of them are from my READING BOOKLET + ANSWERS :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-gcse-reading-booklet-exam-style-questions-12102665)
ANSWERS ARE PROVIDED with some important grammar rules that are reminded.
I hope this helps.
French IGCSE listening practice questions on the topics of holidays, routine & chores, food, home and house, leisure, media and school. Great for FrenchI GCSE listening revisions.
49 listening excercises in this bundle to help your students get ready for their listening exam.
Each worksheet includes pre-listening tasks which include key vocabulary that will be used in the recordings.
Each recording comes with a transcript and answers. Ideal for self-assessment, independent work. Great for home learning. The transcript could also be used for further activities (vocabulary search, gap fills, looking for mistakes, looking for synonyms, reordering sentences, etc.)
The 7 different exam style questions mirror the IGCSE French Edexcel listening papers. They can easily be adapted for AQA & EDEXCEL.
(listening for detail / listening for opinions / taking notes / multiple answer questions / gap fill activities / taking notes (pros & cons)
I hope this helps. Do not hesitate to get in touch with me on my Facebook page should you have any questions / comments.
Revision, practice, home learning, independent learning, cover work, homework, lessons.
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.
*
French A level – l’éducation – l’enseignement en France – le stress des examens – l’enseignement supérieur – de l’enseignement au boulot - French A level Edexcel lessons.
This bundle is composed of more than twelve lessons with a variety of homework tasks. (l’école obligatoire dès 3 ans – les conseils de classe – Le brevet – le stress et le bac – le décrochage scolaire – les écoles publiques et privées – le port du voile à l’école – la suppression de l’ENA – les stages en 3ème).
These lessons include listening and reading activities (authentic documents used). Exam style questions. Translations into French and into English. Speaking activities. Grammatical concepts (present subjunctive – conditional tense – prepositional verbs – demonstrative pronouns – adjectives – present participles).
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-12218287
Please note that the links for the listening activities can be found in the student’s booklet under the title of each lesson which includes a listening task. If you are using the PowerPoint, click on the “headphones” on the left handside and it will open the recording.
If you have any questions at all, do not hesitate to contact me on Facebook or by email (pvfrresources@gmail.com)
This booklet for La Haine is perfect to teach it to A Level students, use a revision or as homework. Most answers are provided which makes it easy to use.
It includes:
Scence analyses
Character analyses
Camera shots analyses
Exam style questions and a model answer
Key grammatical structures to master to do well in the essays.
Targetted translations.
The following lessons are included:
C’est quoi une banlieue ?
Makomé M’Bowole, l’affiche du film et l’histoire du film
Mathieu Kassovitz, La Haine et la Nouvelle Vague
La scène d’ouverture
Burnin’ and Lootin’
Le journal télévisé et Saïd
le personnage de Vinz
le personnage d’Hubert
La scène dans la rue et le deal d’Hubert
La scène sur les toits
La scène au parc de jeux
La scène chez Darty
La scène de la caméra cachée
La scène avec le revolver
La scène à l’hôpital
Les scènes avec Samir, un policier
La scène chez Hubert avec sa mère
La scène dans l’épicerie
La scène avec le DJ
La scène où Vinz tente de couper les cheveux de Saïd
La scène de breakdance
La scène de la course poursuite dans la cité
La scène dans le train en direction de Paris
La scène dans les toilettes
La scène dans le métro Parisien et à la sortie du métro
La scène chez Astérix
L’arrestation et la scène de la garde à vue à Paris
La scène à la gare et dans la galerie d’art
La scène dans les rues de Paris la nuit et celle avec les skinheads
La scène finale
Analyse d’un thème : les banlieues
Analyse d’un thème : Paris
Analyse d’un thème : la violence
Analyse d’un thème : la police
Analyse d’un thème : L’ennui
Analyse du trio : Hubert, Vinz et Saïd
Analyse d’un personnage : Saïd
Analyse d’un personnage : Vinz
Analyse d’un personnage : Hubert
Analyse des personnages secondaires dont Nordine
Analyse de deux personnages secondaires policiers
Analyse des journalistes, des personnages féminins et des habitants
Analyse de techniques cinématographiques : Le noir et blanc et le titre
Analyse de techniques cinématographiques : la bande sonore et la langue
Analyse de techniques cinématographiques : la structure du film
Analyse de techniques cinématographiques : les différents plans
Essay writing skills
Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me at : pvfrresources@gmail.com
French A level – le monde du travail - L’équilibre travail-vie personnelle : ça
marche? - Les grèves et les Français, un droit national ? - L’égalité homme-femme au travail : un mythe ou une réalité - ?French A level Edexcel lessons.
This bundle is composed of more than twelve lessons with a variety of homework tasks. (le télé-travail - les types de contrats - Pôle Emploi - Mai 68 - les gilets jaunes - les congés paternité - le handicap et le travail - Les CV)
These lessons include listening and reading activities (authentic documents used). Exam style questions. Translations into French and into English. Speaking activities. Grammatical concepts, etc.
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-12270886
If you have any questions at all, do not hesitate to contact me on Facebook or by email (pvfrresources@gmail.com)
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 GCSE listening worksheet. Listening revision. Listening practice.
These worksheets focus on a variety of GCSE topics. Each worksheet includes a variety of activities that are all scaffolded to lead towards an exam style question.
Matching-up activity :vocabulary extracted from the listening transcript. This should be done before playing the listening. This will help your students brainstorm vocabulary and focus on key words they need to be wary of, whilst working on the listening recording.
True false activity: sentences include synonyms of words from the transcript to help students focus on the meaning of the whole sentences.
Complete sentences : iGCSE exam style question. This activity usually uses synonyms instead of words extracted from the transcript.
Fill in the gaps - transcript : This could be given to weaker students to do the matching-up activity or used as a plenary.
Answers are provided to make your life easier
These worksheets are made for IGCSE classes but can easily be tweaked for AQA and EDEXCEL GCSE classes.
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.
Customs and festivals, Cultural life, Special occasions.
Home, town, neighbourhood and region, Local area, Home and abroad. Life in the town and rural life. Town, region and country.
global issues, environment, environmental issues, being green, international and global dimension.
home and abroad, travel and tourism, holiday and travel. Holidays preferences, destinations.
what school is like / education and employment / school life / school routine / school activities.
This bundle includes a variety of subtopics for the “Immigration" topic - A level.
Subtopics included are :
*aider les migrants (listening)
*aider les migrants (reading)
*raisons pour immigrer (reading)
*origines des immigrés (reading)
*origines des immigrés (listening)
*impact de l’immigration (reading)
*immigration et le football français (reading)
*économie française (reading)
*les droits des étrangers (reading)
*le Bumidom (listening)
*le chômage et les immigrés (listening)
The worksheets include a variety of activities from : vocabulary search / match-up / match-up with synonyms / 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.
French A level - Les changements dans la société française (+30 lessons)
Lessons on:
Les changements dans les structures familiales
La structure de la famille en France
L’institution du mariage
Les relations en famille
L’éducation
L’enseignement en France
Aie! L’école me stresse!
Je m’oriente vers l’enseignement supérieur
De l’enseignement au boulot
Le monde du travail
L’équilibre travaille-vie personnelle, ça marche ?
Les grèves et les Français, un droit national ?
L’égalité homme-femme au travail : un mythe ou une réalité ?
Free lessons (family topic) here to give you an idea of how I structure them :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12486793
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.
If you have any questions at all, do not hesitate to contact me on Facebook or by email (pvfrresources@gmail.com)
BUNDLE available here (+10 long writing model answers)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-gcse-igcse-long-writing-revision-grade-9-model-answers-10-topics-12219357
Worksheet to help my GCSE students write 150 words on four given bullet points using complex structures (extracted from the model answer).
ANSWERS ARE PROVIDED
MAT on ENVIRONMENT
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-mat-environment-ks4-igcse-gcse-11940826
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.
French A level - La France occupée - La France sous l’Occupation et la collaboration - L’antisémitisme et l’Occupation - La vie sous l’Occupation et les représailles d’après-guerre
French A level Edexcel lessons.
This bundle is composed of more than ten lessons with a variety of homework tasks.
Here are the subtopics that will be studied:
• Les années noires
o Les devoirs : l’Opéra de Paris pendant les années noires
Grammaire : le passé simple
• La rafle du Vel’ d’Hiv
o Les devoirs : Le discours de Jacques Chirac en 1995
Grammaire : pronoms possessifs
o Les devoirs : Le discours d’Emmanuel Macron en 2022
• Les témoignages des survivants du Vel d’Hiv
o Les devoirs : le témoignage d’Annette Mulette
Grammaire : l’imparfait
• C’est quoi, l’antisémitisme ? L’étoile jaune ?
• L’Occupation de la France
o Les devoirs : l’exposition « Le Juif et la France »
• Les restrictions pour les Juifs en France
o Les devoirs : le statut des Juifs
• Le mémorial de la Shoah à Paris
• Les tickets de rationnement
o Les devoirs : Les tickets de rationnement et l’impact sur la santé de la population
• La vie sous l’occupation
o Les devoirs : L’histoire du STO
Grammaire : la voix passive
• Les femmes tondues
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.
If you have any questions at all, do not hesitate to contact me on Facebook or by email (pvfrresources@gmail.com)
Have a look at the WHOLE BOOKLET (£4) here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-translation-booklet-french-english-writing-skills-30-translations-10-topics-with-answ-12014508
3 different texts to translate (EN-FR / FR-EN) on the following GCSE topic: FOOD - HEALTH
Answers are provided - grammar help is provided to support weaker students / boost students’ confidence. Grammar checkup at the end using grammar concepts used in the three translations.
Great to practice translation skills but also to improve students’ writing skills.
Free resources for you to have a look at how I am supporting my students to write answers to their end of year speaking questions.
I also wrote potential questions in French I could ask & gave sentences students could use (using different grammar concepts)
*Check my shop as there is a very interesting (and cheap) BUNDLE available including end of year questions + help + this grammar document + idioms! ** This includes : opinions - adverbs - time phrases - 6 tenses with most common verbs conjugated - A structures in French & English with a French example to translate into English for each structure!)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/igcse-gcse-speaking-conversation-help-questions-grade-9-a-worth-pounds-21-9-12007705
Resource which includes:
A match up with vocabulary linked to chores.
Verb table with a variety of tenses (you could remove some answers to test your students’ knowledge)
Sentences to translate into English from all the tenses used in the table.