I produce high quality and engaging resources that really add value to your classroom. I am a passionate MFL teacher who has also worked with whole school literacy and numeracy intervention.
I produce high quality and engaging resources that really add value to your classroom. I am a passionate MFL teacher who has also worked with whole school literacy and numeracy intervention.
These resources perfectly complement "Tu veux sortir" and Désolé je ne peux pas" in Expo 2. There are excellently animated teacher PPts and support reading, writing and speaking activities.
Attached are resources to consolidate school subjects and to improve writing skills. Resources are easy to print and edit to suit the timings of your school day.
Attached are resources to introduce key vocabulary, learn about traditions around Europe and develop reading and writing skills. The teacher PPT drills key vocabulary. There us a match up reading activity of key quotes. There is a gap-fill reading activity of Valentine's traditions, There is then a writing frame for pupils to write their own card / letter. Also attached is a word search of key vocabulary.
This resource pack is useful for consolidating the " future simple" with higher candidates. There is a useful aide memoire of the formation then two exercises for forming questions and negation. The crossword worksheet contains mostly irregular verbs. The solution is also provided.
These resources are suitable for class work, homework, revision and cover work.
Grammar exercises to consolidate the "futur proche", All worksheets are easy to print and are ideal for revision, home work class work or cover work.
Quels sports pratiques tu pour garder la forme?
A vocab sheet to help pupils with different sports with "faire" and "jouer" also a crossword to consolidate understanding. Also a short writing frame e.g. Pour garder la forme j’adore jouer au foot et j’aime aussi faire de la boxe.
There are five excellent resources included to teach the imperfect tense using three skills; reading, writing and listening.
The teacher PPT uses a visual step by step guide to the imperfect tense formation. The PPT also goes through irregular formations and when to use the imperfect tense. There is a crossword for a mini-progress check using 3 regular verbs; one for each verb group and also the verb “être”. There are 10 clues to solve. A worksheet is included for this.
There is a short passage for pupils to identify the imperfect tense in context. This would be great to use as a modelled example for pupils to reproduce a text of what their life was like when they were younger.
There is a translation exercise checking understanding of the different contexts of the imperfect tense.
There is then an exercise where the pupils decide whether the sentences are in the perfect or imperfect tense.
There is also a writing exercise where pupils build knowledge of 15 time markers associated with the imperfect tense. A worksheet is included for this.
There is a reading gap fill exercise where pupils conjugate the verb into the correct form of the imperfect tense. A worksheet is included for this.
The next exercise is a listening gap-fill from a YouTube clip of Aladdin. Pupils listen to part of the fairy tale and fill in the correct verb. A worksheet is included for this.
The final exercise is a creative writing exercise - pupils have a choice of 3 titles
As a plenary pupils refer to their learning journey completing a 3-2-1 block review.
Pupils use a vocabulary frame to write a weather report using appropriate time markers and a variety of tenses. This is great for practising high frequency verbs in the present, past and future tense.
Also included is a worksheet with a translation exercise and a crossword puzzle. Again this enables pupils to demonstrate understanding of three tenses.
This would be an excellent end to the year for you and your class. This can be completed as a standalone lesson or worked through gradually in the build up to Christmas.
The first slide on the Ppt is a Christmas scene, pupils/teacher click on a number in the scene and complete the challenge as a class. There are 25 activities to complete. Each activity is hyperlinked back to the Christmas scene.
Included within the challenges is :
- reading comprehension with 6 questions based on "Salut
- word search based on "Salut" 18 phrases to translate and find
- reading comprehension based on "Mon album de famille" with 8 questions
- crossword - "mon album de famille" - 11 clues to solve
- translation challenge "au boulot"
- reading match up "au boulot"
- sentence unscramble "ou habitant-ils?"
- translation challenge "ou habitant-ils?"
-word cloud weather and activities
- fill in the missing vowels weather and activities
- questions and answers match up key language module 1
- pupils select square and translate the key phrase from module 1
- crossword present tense "le week-end"
- translation challenge present tense "le week-end"
- noughts and crosses "que fais tu comme sport"
- speaking and writing frame "que fais tu comme sport"
- match up game "micro trottoir"
- crossword "micro trottoir"
- speaking and writing frame "la tele"
- word maze "la tele"
- writing challenge TV genres
- speaking frame TV likes and dislikes past and present tense
- speaking frame "le week-end dernier"
- reading gap fill exercise "le week-end dernier"
- word cloud high frequency verbs in the past tense
The challenges are easy to differentiate and it would also be easy to re-use each of the 25 activities as starters or revision for other lessons.
Included within this pack is a word cloud of 16 key words associated with Christmas. Also included is a teacher Ppt to introduce the vocabulary - there are 20 slides in all. There is also a Christmas advent calendar for pupils to recall numbers 1-25. This is ideal for a starter or a quick recap exercise.
Ideal resources to stretch and challenge pupils whilst improving their speaking and reading skills.
There are 10 speaking questions using the present, conditional, imperfect and past tense.
The reading comprehension is taken from an authentic web article on what Christmas activities there are for children in Paris. The first task has 12 comprehension questions where pupils demonstrate understanding of the text. The second tasks builds on their vocabulary knowledge with 22 phrases to find.
This is ideal for classwork, homework or cover work. Resources are easy to print.
Included in this presentation is a Christmas star linked to 7 different activities in the past tense. The presentation reinforces the past tense with "avoir" using different verb forms.
A further presentation is attached of a Christmas star linked to 7 different activities in the "future proche". This is great to revise the future tense in different verb forms.
Also included is a reading activity describing the 8 reindeers which revises descriptions us using adjectives and superlatives
There is a short starter activity about what you want for Christmas. Pupils then use the model to either talk or write about what they want for Christmas.
A fun way to revise and reinforce essential grammar structures. The first slide is a reminder of numbers 1-25. The PPT contains a slide with 25 festive images that are all hyperlinked to a grammar challenge. Each challenge, once completed can be hyperlinked back to the summary slide.
What structures are covered?
present tense
Past tense
conditional tense
pluperfect tense
futur simple/futur proche
imperfect tense
partitive article
pronouns/possessive pronouns
question words/question forms
negation
adjectival agreement
comparatives
superlatives
definite/indefinite articles
the quiz could be done in parts over a series of lessons or in a standalone lesson. The questions can be extended if necessary. A lovely end to the year!
Pupils read 4 paragraphs with a variety of tenses. They then answer questions demonstrating understanding of the text. This could be used as a model for pupils to use to write their own canteen review.
Pupils label 12 activities of what Father Christmas is up using a prompt slide. Teacher solution is provided too. The pupils can use the summary slide to write an account of his day. Fun activity and great revision of high frequency verbs in the present tense.
Pupils listen to a popular song from Toy Story and fill in the missing verbs in the imperfect tense. They then demonstrate understanding of the lyrics by finding key phrases. They also reflect on their learning and the strategies they have used.
An interactive PowerPoint presentation that revises and reinforces high frequency vocabulary in a fun way. The first slide displays the 11 topics and the teacher or pupils decide which topic to test themselves on. Lots of popular games such as bingo can be played using the slides as a prompt. The topics included are
- days of the week
- months
- colours (11)
- pets (10)
- numbers 1-20
- countries (12)
- verbs (10)
- sports (7)
- Transport (8)
- Weather (5)
- Free time (6)
This can be used as a starter or a plenary too.
An 85 word account of someone's addiction to fashion. Pupils read the account and then complete a crossword demonstrating understanding of the extract. The second exercise is a categorisation of 14 statements of people's attitudes towards fashion - whether they are a fashion victim or not. This leads to pupils writing independently about their own attitudes towards fashion. They use the vocabulary from the first two exercises and are also provided with further expressions to exploit. This resource supports students providing opinions and justifying arguments. It is also a fun way of leading on to speaking practice debating the importance of fashion.
Easy to print and edit.
An array of resources that can be used and reused with new classes. Included are a variety of resources that are appropriate for a range of age groups. The aim being to get pupils communicating and building their confidence. The resources also enable the teacher to establish the learning climate and expectations for the year ahead.
- A treasure hunt of basic introductory vocabulary for pupils to circulate and recall vocab, the alternative if you prefer your students to sit down is a word search. There is a summary vocabulary on the excel worksheet - the pupils then use the vocabulary to produce their own luggage label in their books introducing themselves
- Also attached is an introductory PowerPoint setting out the course content for the year (edit to suit your scheme of work) and classroom expectations
- Within the PowerPoint "connaitre mieux ma classe" there is an amazing selection of icebreaker activities:
--- an outline of a person where the pupils fill in key information (what they learnt last year, what they like to do, what they don't like doing, their best friends, what they want to do after school and a memory from childhood
--- 5 generic introductory questions
--- an acrostic using the letters of their first name to describe themselves
--- a survey with 15 questions that they answer themselves and then pose questions to their partner to find out
their answers
--- a template where the pupils provide details of their learning style
--- a slide which prompts them to reflect on their learning thus far and their moving on targets this year
---positive note on leaving "I'm glad I met ______ because" (in French)
--- 3 exercises of the activity "find someone who" (with varying difficulty) - excellent for formulating questions and recalling high frequency vocabulary
--- 2 truth and a lie
--- "my biggest weakness" with 8 examples as a prompt for pupils
Really engaging activities that set your year/course off on a positive note. The resources are easy to edit too