I am a French native speaker, really enthusiastic about teaching my language and sharing resources. I spent all my childhood in France. I moved to England eight years ago to do a Masters in Education and Modern Foreign Languages. I then did my teacher training (PGCE) in Modern Foreign languages, at King's College, in London and was in charge of the French department in a London private school for many years. I now teach and work as a Housemistress in a British school, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I am a French native speaker, really enthusiastic about teaching my language and sharing resources. I spent all my childhood in France. I moved to England eight years ago to do a Masters in Education and Modern Foreign Languages. I then did my teacher training (PGCE) in Modern Foreign languages, at King's College, in London and was in charge of the French department in a London private school for many years. I now teach and work as a Housemistress in a British school, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Allez 1- Unit 9.4 - Using 3 tenses - volunteering - KS3 French
This resource includes a worksheet and a power-point (about 20 slides) on the topic of volunteering and using three tenses.
Fully editable power-point
Worksheets to accompany the power-point
Speaking game to practise the near future tense and phrases on volunteering
Grammar point on the near future tense (revision)
Reading activity (you will need access to the Allez 1 textbook)
A starter activity + plenary + challenge tasks for the most able
Mini-whiteboard activity to practise recognizing three different tenses
Vocabulary building activities to learn new phrases on volunteering
If you would like to check the standard of my resources, you can download for FREE lesson 9.2, available in my shop.
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
Allez 2 - Unit 5.1 - Tu manges bien? - Food - partitive - il faut/il ne faut pas - KS3 French
This resource includes five worksheets and a power-point to introduce the topic of food and healthy eating. Students will also learn how to use the partitive and the infinitive phrase ‘il faut/il ne faut pas’. (15 slides)
Fully editable power-point
Worksheets to accompany the power-point
Grammar points with activities on partitive and the infinitive phrase 'il faut/il ne faut pas’
A card game to motivate students to speak
Mini-whiteboard activities
Speaking tasks to work on in pairs / dialogue about healthy eating
Vocabulary building activities on food and healthy eating
Homework task (writing activity)
A starter activity + plenary + challenge tasks for the most able
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
Allez 2 - Unit 4.4 - C’était mieux avant? - imperfect tense - past and present - KS3 French
This resource includes three worksheets and a power-point on the imperfect tense. Students will be able to differentiate between past and present and write a text in the imperfect tense. (26 slides)
Fully editable power-point
Worksheets to accompany the power-point
Grammar points with plenty of activities to practise the imperfect
Mini-whiteboard competition on verb endings
Speaking game to build sentences with opinions in the imperfect tense
Homework task on the imperfect tense
A trancript and activity linked a listening exercise that I created (please email me so I can forward the audio file to you)
Reading and listening activity (Kerboodle needed)
Vocabulary building activities on what people used to do compared to what they do now
A starter activity + plenary + challenge tasks for the most able
If you would like to check the standard of my resources, you can download FREE lessons on Allez 1 and 2, in my shop.
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
New A-level - ENTIRE BOOK STUDY
A study of the ENTIRE 55 chapters of the book with power-point presentations and questions to guide students as well as resources to help you analyse the book.
These resources include:
Power-points with plenty of questions to guide your students through the book
A booklet with all the main quotes from the first two chapters
An article study on the social topic studied in the book to have a better understanding of the context
Comprehension exercises of extracts
Written analysis of many chapters
Different worksheets with main quotes from the chapters to analyse or questions that lead your students to analyse
Quizzes to check students’ understanding of the chapters
Answer booklets for the last ten chapters (I will add the others progressively but the analysis answer most questions)
Two full sample essays on the book (one for Year 1 and the other for Year 2) one of them is offered and worth £3.10
Offered
1- A speaking game with cards and the rules to check students’ understanding of the book. (All the cards are editable so you can add more if you wish or change the questions.) Worth £3!!
It includes:
A set of editable cards with questions
The rules in French for your students to play the game
2- An essay planning bundle with a power-point and three worksheets to help your students with their essay writing. Worth £4!!
It includes:
Power-points with plenty of questions to guide your students through the essay planning
Teaching tips and lesson plan under most slides (do not forget to check them)
Three editable worksheets to teach essay structures to your students and sentence building
An essay sample with a range of activities and questions to help student understand how to write an essay and what to look for in the mark scheme
A lesson that will help your students to understand the new mark scheme and how they should write a successful essay
A power-point with a worksheet explaining and teaching how you can you the subjunctive in your essays. Based on the novel.
3- A power-point and worksheets on how to use the subjunctive in essays. Worth £3!!
4- Transcript of Youtube videos for each chapter (more to be added soon) £2 each
NEW =>>> Le jeu de poursuite offert!!!
A total of £27 of FREE resources!!
I will soon add more resources on the book so please do not hesitate to visit my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/MllePierre
Also, do not hesitate to check my FREE resources on No et moi available in my shop!
Here is Chapter 47 for free:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/no-et-moi-chapitre-47-free-11879122
And here is a FREE character study:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/no-et-moi-les-personnages-full-study-of-characters-full-essay-tips-free-11865603
Plenty more in my shop!!!
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
All the lessons with editable worksheets and power-points (10-15 slides each on average) for Unit 4 Allez 1
UNIT 5 - Mon quartier
5 whole lessons + all the worksheets
Please do not forget to read the teaching tips under some slides :-)
- A starter activity with a challenge
- Vocabulary build up with worksheets
- Challenge tasks throughout the lesson
- Homework ideas for each lesson
- Editable power-points
- Fun and challenging writing activities
- Speaking activities on town
- A grammar explanation of ‘il y a’ and ‘il n’y a pas’
- Several listening comprehension activities with a worksheet
- Grammar explanation ‘on peut + infinitive’ and other grammar revision
- A song with lyrics created and sang by me with a link to the Youtube video
- Vocabulary building activities to teach directions
- A grammar explanation on the imperative with exercises to practice
- A grammar worksheet on the imperative in French
- Role-play activity
- An iPhone activity
- A grammar explanation on modal verbs
- A grammar explanation of prepositions with ‘de’ and exercises to practice
- A grammar worksheet on prepositions in French
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
A complete study guide for students and teachers to the Individual Research Project (IRP) - examples and structures are in French and there is a Spanish version too!
This resource includes:
- A complete power-point full of advice, examples, what the examiner is looking for, how to tackle your project, where to start, how to write a good 'problématique' with examples (French & Spanish)
- A list of possible questions for the examiner with sample answers (French & Spanish)
- A booklet with top band grammar structures you need to include with plenty of examples (Spanish version coming up soon - check updates)
- A booklet full of expressions to help you structure and analyse your arguments and ideas (Spanish version coming up soon - check updates)
- Plenty of exam tips to be able to analyse, draw conclusions and get the best grade possible
- Step by step study guides (French & Spanish)
- Three student booklets to guide them - perfect for this summer
+ NEW -> Student booklet to guide them through the project and for them to complete. Perfect as a log book. (Spanish version now available!!)
Teacher tip: I actually gave all these resources to my students this week and asked them to come back in September with a topic they want to research and start selecting a few resources so they can formulate a specific question or area of study in September.
For a specific example of an IRP project, there is one available in French! Please copy and paste the link below. :-)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-example-of-an-individual-research-project-complete-study-new-a-level-2017-french-11665989
If you wish to download French or Spanish separately, they are available in my shop at a cheaper price.
Spanish only:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/individual-research-project-complete-student-teacher-study-guide-new-a-level-2017-spanish-11676953
French only:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/individual-research-project-complete-student-teacher-study-guide-new-a-level-2017-french-11676950
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
A lesson with two editable worksheets and a power-point (10-15 slides each on average).
Please remember to read the teaching tips under some slides :-)
- A starter activity with a challenge
- Clear learning objectives
- Homework ideas
- Several listening comprehension activities with a worksheet
- Challenge tasks throughout the lesson
- Vocabulary building activities
- Grammar explanation 'on peut + infinitive' and other grammar revision
- A worksheet which games to practise the vocabulary
LESSON 1 is FREE here so you can check the standard of my resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-free-allez-1-unit-5-1-deux-les-editable-11593802
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
Two lessons with editable worksheets and a power-point (more than 10 slides).
Do not forget to read teaching tips under slides.
- Starter activities for each lesson + learning objectives + challenge activities throughout the power-point
- Vocabulary games and worksheet with challenge activities
- Grammar explanation on negative forms and verbs of opinion
- Several writing activities about your favorite restaurant
- Survey activity
- Translation exercises
- Games
- A writing activity to use longer sentences and verbs of opinion + infinitive
- Homework to follow up what has been seen in the lesson
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
All the lessons with worksheets and editable power-points (15 slides or more each on average) for Unit 8 Allez 1
UNIT 8 - Bouger, c’est important
All the lessons + 1 FREE lesson
A starter activity for each lesson on the first slide + learning objective + challenge activities throughout the power-point
Vocabulary games and worksheets with challenge activities
jouer à + ball sport (grammar rule + a range of activities and worksheets to stretch your students)
Some speaking activities with mini-whiteboards to practise using time phrases
Faire du/de la/des/de l’ + other sports
Rule on the negative form (ne…pas and ne…jamais)
A writing activity on the sports they play and do
A kinesthetic activity on winter and summer sport with attached sheets
A fun speaking game to practise complex structures with rules and explanation
A listening activity on winter and summer sports (need the textbook and Allez 1 audio files)
A sample of a role-play on sport (practise in class and adapt it)
Using the conditional with extreme sports to stretch their vocabulary
A listening activity on the sports they would like to do (need the textbook and Allez 1 audio files)
A writing activity using the present and conditional
Learn new vocabulary on illnesses such as (j’ai une migraine, j’ai un rhume, je me suis cassé la jambe…) to stretch your class on the topic.
A power-point on the past tense with avoir and être
Plenty of mini-whiteboard activities using the past tense
A dictionary activity on irregular past participle
Several writing activities in the past tense
Translation activities to practise using the past tense
j’ai mal (lesson 8.4 FREE)
LESSON 8.4 is FREE in my shop so you can check the standard of my resources!
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
All the lessons with editable worksheets and power-points (10-15 slides each on average) for Unit 1 Allez 1
UNIT 1 - Je parle de moi
5 whole lessons + 1 FREE lesson + end of unit test
- A starter activity for each lesson on the first slide + learning objective + challenge activities throughout the power-point
- Vocabulary games and worksheets with challenge activities
- Speaking and writing activities to be able to talk about yourself (age, name, family)
- Learn this alphabet (link to songs on the power-point)
- Countries + game on flags
- Talk about your nationality (gender and adjective agreement)
- Definite and indefinite articles (le/la/les - un/une/des)
- Say where you live and where you used to live (survey activity with editable worksheet)
- Work on formulating simple questions in French
- Avoir with a dice game and grammar activities to practise this irregular verb
- Numbers up to 31 + months + seasons + birthday + date
- Talk about your favorite object
- Colours + adjective agreement
- A worksheet to accompany each power-point
- A revision worksheet to practise the vocabulary and grammar points seen in the unit
- Writing end of unit test + a vocabulary test
- Mon autoportrait (description of your hair and eyes) (lesson 4 FREE - link below)
LESSON 4 is FREE here so you can check the standard of my resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-free-allez-1-unit-1-3-mon-autoportrait-editable-11250669
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
Allez 1 - Unit 8 - Tu aimes le sport? - 8.1 - sport - jouer & faire - KS3 French
This resource includes a worksheet and a power-point (about 20 slides) on the topic of sport and the grammar point on jouer and faire.
Fully editable power-point
Worksheets to accompany the power-point
Grammar points with plenty of activities to practise
Translation exercises
Speaking activities
A starter activity + plenary + challenge tasks for the most able
Reading activities with worksheet to work our grammar points and use thinking skills (need access to the textbook for the text)
Mini-whiteboard activity to practise writing about sport using the new vocabulary
Vocabulary building activities
If you would like to check the standard of my resources, you can download unit 8.4 of the same chapter for FREE, in my shop.
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
Allez 1-Unit 8-Les sports d’hiver et d’été - 8.2- sports - conditional - KS3 French
This resource includes worksheets and a power-point (about 20 slides) on the topic of winter and summer sports and a grammar point on the conditional tense but also how to use opinions and make your sentences more complex.
Fully editable power-point
Worksheets to accompany the power-point
Grammar point on a tense with plenty of activities to practise
Translation exercise
Reading activity going around the class - great for kinaesthetic learners
Speaking activity - writing a dialogue and perform it in front of the class
Listening activities (you will need the audio file from Allez 1)
Writing activity to develop your sentences and use opinions
A starter activity + plenary + challenge tasks for the most able
Vocabulary building activities
If you would like to check the standard of my resources, you can download unit 8.4 of the same chapter for FREE, in my shop.
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
Allez 1 - Unit 6 - Tu en fais souvent - 6.3 - activities - sport - jouer - faire - KS3 French
This resource includes a worksheet and a power-point (about 15 slides) on the topic of activities and sport.
Fully editable power-point
Worksheet to accompany the power-point
Learn how to pronounce activities you do during the week
Revise the verbs ‘jouer’ and ‘faire’ in the present tense + preposition
Plenty of speaking exercises and games on activities and sport
Grammar explanation on jouer + preposition
A worksheet to build up vocabulary
Homework to consolidate the topic
Plenty of challenge activities for your most able students
If you would like to check the standard of my resources, you can download unit 6.2 of the same chapter for FREE, here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/allez-1-unit-6-tu-portes-quoi-quel-temps-fait-il-6-2-free-11108167
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
Allez 1 - Unit 6 - Mon week-end - 6.4 - daily routine - time - reflexive verbs - KS3 French
This resource includes 3 worksheets and 2 power-points (about 15 slides each) on the topic of time and reflexive verbs with daily routine.
Fully editable power-points
Worksheets to accompany the power-points
Learn how to pronounce the time and daily routine reflexive verbs
Learn how to tell the time in French and write it
Learn how to use reflexive verbs in the present tense
Plenty of mini-whiteboard activities to practise the time
A worksheet to practise the use of reflexive verbs and write using them
Plenty of challenge activities for your most able students
If you would like to check the standard of my resources, you can download unit 6.2 of the same chapter for FREE, here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/allez-1-unit-6-tu-portes-quoi-quel-temps-fait-il-6-2-free-11108167
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
All the lessons with editable power-points apart from the FREE resource (between 15 and 30 slides each on average) for Unit 7 - Allez 1 - KS3
UNIT 7 - LES VACANCES
ALL the lessons to teach the unit!
A starter activity for each lesson on the first slide + learning objective + challenge activities throughout the power-point
Les vacances vocabulary build up with infinitive activities
Le futur proche with grammar lesson
Types of accommodation to go on holidays
What I take with me on holiday - In my suitcase activity
Sentence building activity with opinions
Countries - activities with flags
Reading activity in the present and near future
The near future tense - talk about your ideal holiday - grammar point with plenty of activities to practise
Translation exercises
Mini-whiteboard activities to practise writing in the near future and past tenses
Listening activity on the past tense (email me if you would like it)
Use of time phrases in the past
Vocabulary building activities to learn verbs and phrases about holiday activities
J’aimerais/je voudrais - talk about your ideal holiday
If you would like to check the standard of my resources, you can download unit 7.3 of the same chapter for FREE, in my shop (not editable
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
A lesson with five editable worksheets and two power-points to cover lesson 4.1 of Allez 1.
Do not forget to read teaching tips under slides.
- A starter activity for each lesson on the first slide + learning objective + challenge activities throughout the power-point
- Vocabulary games and worksheet with challenge activities
- Grammar explanation on the partitive with worksheets to practise
- A listening activity from the book
- Homework ideas to follow up what has been seen in the lesson
- Grammar explanation on infinitives and conjugating -er verbs
- A lesson on infinitives and how to conjugate -er verbs
- A worksheet explaining the steps of conjugating an -er verb
- A fun mime the verb game
- A mini-whiteboard game to practise conjugating -er verbs
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
All the lessons with editable worksheets and power-points (10-15 slides each on average) for Unit 3 Allez 1
UNIT 3 - Autour de moi
6 whole lessons + end of unit test SAVE 50%
- A starter activity for each lesson on the first slide + learning objective + challenge activities throughout the power-point
- Vocabulary games and worksheet with challenge activities
- countries
- types of accomodation
- j'habite + prepositions
- à + town
- au, en + country
- introduction of the imperfect (avant, j'habitais...)
-giving opinions
- Grammar explanation on infinitives and conjugating -er verbs
- A fun mime the verb game
- A worksheet with a writing activity to use longer sentences and verbs of opinion + infinitive
- A mini-whiteboard game to practise conjugating -er verbs
- Homework on verbs to follow up what has been seen in the lesson
- A survey activity on pets to get the students talking in French
- Guess what is missing game with pets
- Practise asking questions in French and answering them about pets
- Adjective position in the sentence with a written activity to practise
- Create a column chart with the most popular animal in the class
- A reading activity to work out the meaning of colors and adjectives
- A full grammar explanation on adjective agreement
- Fill the gaps reading exercise on adjectives
- A power-point on numbers from 0-60 with possibility to use mini-whiteboards
- A written activity in the past tense on a day at the zoo.
- Fun games to get the students to speak in the target language (see explanation under the slide)
- A listening activity on what you saw and did not see at the zoo
- Vocabulary slides with lovely pictures
- Plenty of mini-whiteboard games on colours with animals and on opinions about animals
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
Easter egg hunt - La chasse à l’oeuf
A fun game to do before the end of term to make your brain cells work with fun enigmas in French! Everything has been created for you and all the resources have an editable version so you can adapt them to your own school. I have added some pictures of the game once printed to help you visualize it. I would advise you to laminate everything if you want it to last. :-)
Clear rules in English are provided and check the instructions under each slide of the power-point (notes section).
7 enigmas with 4 routes around the school (for four teams)
An EDITABLE power-point with all the enigmas and the material needed to play
Pictures of the final game to help you visualize it
My students completed it under 50 minutes and you can make it harder depending on the year group. I played it with Y10, 12 and 13 and they were all able to complete the game with the right level of challenge.
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on the rules or the activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
Les loups-garous de Thiercelieux - FRENCH GAME (role-play)
A French game (jeu de rôle) - Amazing if you know how to lead it. Create a mystic atmosphere and read the story on the board or give the PDF to the students. The pupils sit in circle and each one receives a card. Explain the rules clearly and start playing!
For more details on the rules and for you to feel confident leading it, click on the link below:
http://orig08.deviantart.net/346b/f/2012/038/0/f/werewolves_of_miller__s_hollow___rules_by_bintavivi-d4oypi5.html
I hope you will enjoy my resources and I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden
SAMPLE version - Auction game - La vente aux enchères
A fun game to revise French tenses! A sample version of the game. For the full game with a set of 6 editable auction cards, euro notes, 6 bidding cards in colour, an editable number card and coloured number card, copy the link below or you can visit my shop:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-tenses-full-game-auction-with-rules-and-resources-editable-11262204
- Clear rules in English are provided with a student friendly French explanation.
- A preview of card with numbers from 1 to 1000
- A preview of bidding cards
- A sample auction card on the perfect tense. For editable auction cards on the imperfect, the future simple, the near future and a GCSE/A-LEVEL card on the topic of health, please copy the link above or visit my shop.
- A 10 minute speaking activity which will allow your students to use the target language
- A perfect team building activity
I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on the rules or the activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message. I would really appreciate some feedback :-) Thank you very much.
@EloCamden