Learn. Teach. Travel. Coach.
Having been in the education world for more than a decade I bring knowledge and experience as a teacher, teacher trainer and coach.
My teaching career has led me from England, France, China and now to South America
In the last several years, I have delivered a number of workshops and conference to help organizations and individuals to improve their teaching-management skills.
If you have any question about my ressource, feel free to contact me
Learn. Teach. Travel. Coach.
Having been in the education world for more than a decade I bring knowledge and experience as a teacher, teacher trainer and coach.
My teaching career has led me from England, France, China and now to South America
In the last several years, I have delivered a number of workshops and conference to help organizations and individuals to improve their teaching-management skills.
If you have any question about my ressource, feel free to contact me
About me French Family description / La famille en français
Here's a powerpoint with 6 slides
It contains:
- a self-target setting slide for differentiation
- a presentation of members of the family
- a grammar point about mon, ma, mes /practice
- a family tree presentation for a writing activity
Full version with student booklet can be found here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/about-me-describe-your-family-in-french-no-prep-la-famille-en-fran-ais-le-on-activit-e-11120750
What time is it in french / Quelle heure est-il en francais ?
What time is it in french / Quelle heure est-il en francais ?
Here is a colourful 6 slide powerpoint to be used as lesson starter
It contains :
- a reading activity about the daily routine
- a bingo to revise numbers
- an introduction to tell the time with clocks ( past/to -quarter/half- midday/midnight)
- writing activity with clocks
Full version can be found here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/what-time-is-it-in-french-no-prep-lesson-activities-quel-heure-est-il-en-francais-no-prep-11119098
Here’s a lesson starter about physical description with 7 slides. It contains:
- a setting target slide
- a matching up activity
- a vocabulary slide
- colouring and writing activities
- a writing and drawing activity
- a review of objectives
Full lesson and activity booklet for the student can be found here :
https://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/french-physical-character-description-lesson-booklet-no-prep-la-description-physique-personalit-11091395
Bonjour
Want to travel with your students? Here's a nice powerpoint with 26 slides and activity booklet with 9 pages about countries in the world with a specific focus on French speaking countries. It contains:
- a detailed recap of what students should know and an overview of what they will learn
- a self-target setting slide
- a video about breakfast around the world where students identify the food
- a matching up between food and countries
- a quiz about European countries
- a world map puzzle to reorder in groups
- a grammar point about au, aux, en
- a practice
- a speaking practice filling gap information
- videos about la Francophonie with a True-false activity
- reading about French speaking countries and questions
- review about numbers and introduction to the Euros
- a conversation to reorder at the travel agent's
- a plenary with a word search
Enjoy
Happy Mother's Day!
Here's a colourful powerpoint with 24 slides and its activity booklet to celebrate Mother's Day in French with your beginners. It contains:
- detailed objectives slide
- SMART setting slide
- an introduction with a reading
- a True-False activity
- a review/introduction about chores
- a matching up
- drilling activities with games (disappearing pictures, slapping the board in teams)
- introduction to the present tense for -er verbs and chores
- a speaking activity about how students help their mums around the house
- a noughts and crosses in pairs
- a reading about the origins of Mother's day with a True-false
- an introduction to vocabulary to celebrate with a guessing game for drilling
- a word search focusing on positive adjectives
- a writing
- a recipe
- a detailed review of objectives
Enjoy! I suggest you use the booklet that goes with it!
A powerpoint presentation with 34 slides and its activity booklet with 10 pages. It consists of:
- a detailed introduction to the objectives and a SMART target setting slide
- a review of basic family vocabulary as starter
- an introduction to the new vocabulary
- speaking activities in pairs and teams
- writing activities
- drawing activities
- 3 short grammar points about adjectives, to be, to have
- vocabulary about personality
- games (word search, puzzle, fun speaking activities, noughts and crosses etc.)
- a review of objectives
Here's a colourful 31 slide powerpoint about days, months and seasons in French for beginners. It contains:
- a self-target setting slide
- an introduction to the vocabulary -for each topic -days/months/seaons
- games to practise the language (guessing games, matching up activities, noughts and crosses, slap the board game, a word search, a puzzle with letters to unscramble, a battleship)
- pair work activities with likes/dislikes and opinions.
- a group work with a survey
- a review of objectives
Bonjour,
Here is a powerpoint with 28 slides introducing health issues for beginners. It contains
- a detailed recap/introductory slide about what students should know and will learn
- a self-target setting slide,
- a starter with a monster to draw to revise about body parts
- an introduction to different health issues
- 2 grammar points (au, à la, aux) + être/avoir.
- a matching up exercise
- mimes
- games for drilling (quiz and slap the board)
- conversations in pairs (phone call to the doctor and at the doctor's)
- a plenary with sentences to unjumble.
In order to facilitate your student progress it also contain a nice colourful booklet with 8 pages to use alongside with the powerpoint.
Enjoy! And feel free to contact me if any question.
Hi everybody
The end of the year is not far, so here's a nice quiz for your students to review what they know about France and its culture (History, geography, food, sport, celebrities, brands etc!)
It contains a powerpoint and booklet with 51 questions + answers about France and French culture with:
- 15 general questions
- 36 questions divided into sections (geography, food, celebrities, monuments, music, culture)
- answers at the end
Enjoy! As a suggestion, have your students to work in groups and use the booklet. It's more challenging and creates a good team work at the end of the year.
All the questions are in French and I added the english question if needed.
French chores description
A colourful powerpoint presentation with 30 slides and its activity booklet with 8 pages for beginners to introduce the vocabulary about chores. It contains
- a self-target setting slide
- a detailed objective slide
- a reading activity as a starter
- a matching up,
- a presentation to the vocabulary
- drilling games ( hidden pictures, noughts and crosses, miming activities)
- a grammar point about reflexive verbs, ER verbs, IR verbs and FAIRE at the present tense
- more vocabulary about frequency
- a practice
- another reading with more details
- a writing
- a unjumble the sentences as plenary
When teaching about the house for beginners in English there are so many ways that it is difficult to know where to start. How about having the context, the vocabulary and the grammar in just one place with explanations, exercises and feedback?
This flexible resource will help you teach young adults and adults about furniture in different rooms and prepositions of places. There is also a recap about rooms in the house. This resource is aimed at helping teachers to complement their textbook or to give enough material for those who are not lucky enough to have access to ESL textbooks/material.
The resource contains a powerpoint with 31 slides with clear explanations at the bottom of each one of them to give you a step-by-step explanation about the progression of the lesson. The exercises are corrected to save you time!
The resource also contains an activity booklet for students with 10 pages so that they keep a record of their learning.
The approach is communicative to allow students to develop their speaking skills but it also contains reading and writing activities to consolidate their grammatical skills and improve their writing skills.
You will find different types of activities to allow a greater differentiation in your class:
- A video about accommodations with questions
- Texts about apartments to match up to pictures
- A video to introduce the idea of flat share and flat interview
- A personal quiz about personality
- Labelling activities about furniture
- Matching up
- Speaking in pairs
- Games (bingo)
- Grammar point about prepositions
- Matching up between pictures and sentences
- True/False activity
- Description game in pairs about prepositions, furniture and rooms
- Reading with choosing the right option
- Writing activity
- Definitions and words to put in the grid as plenary
- Review of objectives
I suggest you use this resource after the ESL Unit 3 lesson 2 to help students structure their knowledge but you can easily use this resource on its own!
Have fun!
Any Question ? Mail me at carolinemusserotte@teacherlocker.com
Check previous lessons of this unit below :
Unit 3 Lesson 1 Where I live ?
Unit 3 Lesson 2 Describe your house
Teaching grammar and vocabulary to beginners in ESL is not always easy. By the time we complete a Unit, many students will have forgotten important vocabulary and grammar points! So consolidation of the knowledge is absolutely vital!
How about having all the grammar and vocabulary in one place with explanations, exercises and feedback?
This flexible resource will help you teach young adults and adults about the main grammatical points for beginners. You can select which point you want to consolidate by simply the content page or just follow the order of the lesson
You could use it as a review, grammatical introduction or even homework to consolidate your students’ knowledge about:
Vocabulary:
Vacations
Weather
Hobbies
Days of the week
Extreme sports
Movies
TV programs
Grammar:
Suggestions
Likes/dislikes
Present continuous
Each slide of the 31-slide powerpoint comes with notes to help you guide your students. You will find a wide range of activities (filling-gaps, matching-up, answering questions, reordering activity, labelling, reading, word search…) and allow them to work at their own pace. All the exercises are corrected to save you time.
You will also get the handout with 10 pages so that students can keep a written track of their learning.
Have fun teaching grammar and vocabulary!
Any Question Mail me at carolinemusserotte@teacherlocker.com
Check previous lessons of this unit below :
Unit 4 Lesson 1 Hobbies -verbs play/do/go -days of the week
Unit 4 Lesson 2 Hobbies -suggestions-abilities (can/can’t)
Unit 4 Lesson 3 Hobbies -Movie - invitation
Unit 4 Lesson 4 Hobbies - TV Program / telling the time
Unit 1 BIENVENUE
Back to school? Where to start to teach French to absolute beginners? How can you make a quick start while not worrying about Unit plans? Here’s the answer!
This resource of 12 pages will help you plan your first weeks with French beginners. It is aimed at 12-15 hours of teaching corresponding to about 6-7 weeks depending on your school’s system.
It contains 9 lesson outlines divided by context, teaching objectives, suggested activities, and homework. The Unit plans are also differentiated to suit all your learners. They follow a logical teaching order to allow a smooth spiraled progression for your learners.
With this resource you will be able to teach about:
1. Vocabulary/Context:
- Greetings/self-introduction
- Asking/answering personal questions
- Objects
- Colors
- Days/Months/date
- Classroom instructions
2. Grammar:
¥ indefinite and definite articles
¥ numbers 1–31
¥ il y a
¥ regular plurals
¥ imperative forms
¥ possession using de
Any Question Mail me at carolinemusserotte@teacherlocker.com
Need another French unit plans or for full year check the bundle below.
Teaching about food? How can we be sure that we have integrated all the vocabulary and grammar relevant to their level?
How about having the context, the vocabulary and the grammar in just one place with explanations, exercises and feedback to teach about food, restaurants, how to order and “How much/How many”?
This delicious flexible resource will help you teach teenagers and adults about food habits, menus, different types of restaurants, ordering food, How much/many... This resource is aimed at helping teachers to complement their textbook or to give enough material for those who are not lucky enough to have access to ESL textbooks/material.
The resource contains a powerpoint with 36 slides with clear explanations at the bottom of each one of them to give you a step-by-step explanation about the progression of the lesson. The exercises are corrected to save you time!
The resource also contains an activity booklet for students with 10 pages so that they keep a record of their learning.
The approach is communicative to allow students to develop their speaking skills but it also contains reading and writing activities to consolidate their grammatical skills and improve their writing skills.
You will find different types of activities to allow a greater differentiation in your class:
- A recap about food (guessing game) as a starter
- A reading about likes/dislikes and food
- A reading with a filling gap activity
- A speaking about types of restaurants
- A matching up with food items/menu
- A conversation to reorder and to role play at the restaurant
- A writing about menu
- A conversation about ordering food in a fast-food restaurant with a comprehension grid
- A grammar point about How much/How many
- 3 practices based on the grammar point
- A disappearing game as a plenary
- A review of objectives
I suggest you use the activity booklet that goes with it so that your students can keep a written track of their learning!
Have fun!
Any Question Mail me at carolinemusserotte@teacherlocker.com
Check previous lessons of this unit below :
Unit 5 Lesson 1 : learn about shopping list and food habit
International Women’s Day is an important celebration worldwide and it is crucial to tell our students about their achievements. For that purpose here’s a presentation with 41 slides in French. It is aimed at intermediate or advanced students and it is interactive to allow a lot of discussion and debates about women’s rights and their impact on society. It contains:
1. a brainstorming with words related to the topic
2. a video that should allow some conversations between students
3. a thinking time about important women figures
4. a matching up with inventions/women
5. a song related as a tribute to women’s achievement with quotes from the song to think about
6. a filling gap activity
7. a quiz about women’s rights
8. a short grammar activity
9. a pair/group work to think about advantages/drawbacks of being a man/woman
10. a matching up with French laws in France about women
11. a reading activity with a filling gap
12. questions related to the text
13. two adds about women leading to a creative activity in groups
14. the story about Aung San Suu Kyi
15. Guessing games
16. Maze as a plenary.
Enjoy!
Teaching about food? How can we be sure that we have integrated all the vocabulary and grammar relevant to their level?
How about having the context, the vocabulary and the grammar in just one place with explanations, exercises and feedback to teach about some, any, a few, a little, imperative forms and recipes?
This flexible resource will bring English alive in your classroom and it will help you teach teenagers and adults about food, ingredients, kitchen utensils, cooking verbs, imperative forms, quantifiers... This resource is aimed at helping teachers to complement their textbook or to give enough material for those who are not lucky enough to have access to ESL textbooks/material.
The resource contains a powerpoint with 26 slides with clear explanations at the bottom of each one of them to give you a step-by-step explanation about the progression of the lesson. The exercises are corrected to save you time!
The resource also contains an activity booklet for students with 9 pages so that they keep a record of their learning.
The approach is communicative to allow students to develop their speaking skills but it also contains reading and writing activities to consolidate their grammatical skills and improve their writing skills.
You will find different types of activities to allow a greater differentiation in your class:
- A recap about food, dishes and meals (questions) as a starter
- A wordsearch
- An unscrambling the sentences activity
- A classification of items between healthy and unhealthy food
- A matching up with kitchen utensils
- A reading with questions
- A speaking activity about recipes to introduce ingredients
- A video
- A speaking activity about cooking recipes
- A matching up with verbs
- A miming activity
- A grammar point about quantifiers
- 2 practices about quantifiers
- a grammar point about the imperative form
- A mind map recipe activity
- A review of objectives
I suggest you use the activity booklet that goes with it so that your students can keep a written track of their learning!
Have fun!
Any Question Mail me at carolinemusserotte@teacherlocker.com
Check previous lessons of this unit below :
Unit 5 Lesson 1 : learn about shopping list and food habit
Unit 5 Lesson 2 : learn about restaurant ordering and how much/how many
Teaching about the body to beginners? Not too sure what to do?
This pack will help you to tailor your lesson in Spanish to the vocabulary and grammatical needs of your students while having fun!
Here is what you get in this pack: a powerpoint with 36 slides designed for beginners, pre/intermediate about body part and also an activity booklet so that students can keep a track of their learning.
To help you in your teaching, there are notes at the bottom of the slides to guide you. The activities are also corrected to save you time!
Now, are you ready for some fun and an active lesson full of games?
The lesson contains:
- a detailed review slide with what students should know and what they will learn
- a self-target setting slide
- a starter with a video to trigger their speaking skills
- introduction of parts of the face and body
- MANY drilling games (Simon says game, guess games, one ping-pong pair work activity,drawing activities and many more!)
- matching up activities
- labelling activities
- a reading activity with questions
- 2 word searches.
Have fun when teaching Spanish!
Hi everyone!
The end of the year is coming...and sometimes by the end of the year we are not quite sure how and what to teach anymore.
Have you noticed how our students can look tired or bored at the end of the year? Are you looking forwards some vacations? I bet that's the same for your students.
How about boosting them a little bit with this colourful quiz that you can use to play in team?It will break your routine nicely while challenging your students.
Here's what you get in this resource: a 60-slide PPT and an activity booklet with 13 pages testing the knowledge of your students about Spain and Spanish culture. It contains:
- a self-target setting slide
- 28 questions to test their knowledge with Multiple choice answers (about the geography, famous celebrities, food, languages...)
- 28 answers
- a review of objectives
Enjoy
Here is a colourful 48 slides powerpoint and its booklet of 7 pages about telling the time for beginners. It contains
- a detailed objective slide
- a self-target setting slide where students can chose what target they want to reach
- revision games about numbers from 1 to 25
- an introduction to tell the time with clocks ( past/to -quarter/half- midday/midnight)
- writing activities
- revision of vocabulary about the routine (games,matching up, speaking activities)
- a battleship in pairs
- a writing
- a review of objectives
Fool's day is coming watch your back :-)
Here is a very colourful powerpoint with 18 slides for French beginners to teach about the Fool’s day.
It contains:
- a recap slide with what students should know and what they will learn
- a self-target setting slide for differentiation
- a reading activity about the origins of Fool’s day in France
- a true/false and its correction
- a matching up activity about vocabulary
- a wordsearch
- a speaking activity with opinions and justifications
- a reading activity
- a grammar point about the imperative
- a practice about the imperative
- fish to cut out
- an unjumbling sentences activity as plenary
- a review of objectives.
Enjoy!