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.
Hello and welcome to the very first 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 starts off by introducing the numbers 1 and 2 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. At the end, I have designed a song in the theme of London Bridge. You could try singing it to them in that particular melody. I did it with my class and even the students started to join in even though I was demonstrating it to them!
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’ and ‘deux’ as many as possible.
Do keep an eye out for the subsequent numbers from 3-10.
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!
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!
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!
This resource explicitly explores the use of the passive voice in the past, 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 vu’ 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!
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!
Welcome to the third 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 March 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 March. 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 ____ mars’
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 fait un beau temps’ / ‘il est venteux’.
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 spring 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 a differentiated homework in the workbook available.
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!
Welcome to the sixth 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 June 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 June. 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 ____ juin’.
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 y a du tonnerre’, 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 a differentiated homework in the workbook available.
Happy teaching and learning.
Welcome to the fifth 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 May 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 May. 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 ____ mai’
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 un très beau temps’.
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 spring 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 a differentiated homework in the workbook available.
Happy teaching and learning.
Welcome to the first 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 January 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 January. 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 ____ janvier’
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 neigeux’.
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 winter 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 a differentiated homework in the workbook available.
Happy teaching and learning.
Welcome to the second 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 February and associated weather and season.
Present the numbers from 1-29 in French first of all and then ask the children if their birthday is in February. 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 ____ février’
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 fait un mauvais temps’ / ‘il est neigeux’.
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 winter 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 a differentiated homework in the workbook available.
Happy teaching and learning.
Welcome to the seventh 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 July 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 July. 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 ____ juillet’.
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’, ‘le ciel est tout bleu’, 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.
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!
Welcome to the twelfth and the very final 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 December 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 December. 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 ____ décembre’.
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 glacial’.
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 winter 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 December.
Please do have a look at my bundle where you can buy all these resources from January right up to December, that’s right all twelve months of the year, at a discounted price!!!
Happy teaching and learning!
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!
Quiz on Imperatives - Level 2
This more advanced quiz exclusively looks at the formation of imperatives in the following:
Various expressions
Expressions using ‘avoir’
Distinction between ‘connaitre’ and ‘savoir’
Verbs using ‘faire’ with nouns derived from associated verbs
In this quiz, students need to distinguish which form of the imperative they need to use judging by the context of the sentence. Such contexts incorporate the following:
Possessive adjectives
The use of ‘tu’ or ‘vous’
Distinction between ‘connaitre’ and ‘savoir’
Expressions using ‘avoir’
Possessive pronouns
Negations using ‘ne … que’
There is a lower level quiz available for students who may struggle with this concept.
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!
Welcome to the fourth 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 April 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 March. 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 ____ avril’
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 pluvieux’.
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 spring 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 a differentiated homework in the workbook available.
Happy teaching and learning.