LO: to learn new vocabulary about places town in French
For KS3 Year 9. Recap on town vocab + description of type of towns
Comprehension / reading text as plenary (focus on 3 tenses)
LO: to learn about France and to gather information about French geography.
Great lesson to introduce pupils to French geography (towns, cities, mountains, rivers and seas) using key french vocab (preposition, weather, directions). Can be used to introduce the topic of Environment at KS3 level.
Great engagement from pupils!
Journée de l’Europe (Europe Day - French)
LO: to learn countries and nationalities of Euope and learn about Europe Day
Perfect for KS3 with a focus on Europe but also on countries / nationalities in French and a recap on houses.
It includes a map to colour and quiz with a video
LO: to practice present, past and future of -er and -ir verbs as well as main irregular verbs for the past tense.
Plenty of recap and activities with games (angry birds + competition translation super mario)
Ideal for KS4 recap or consolidation at KS3
LO: To learn new vocabulary linked to Easter and learn about French traditions
Introduction to new key Easter vocab followed by a wordsearch, then French easter traditions with a quiz (link to Youtube video) + loto (my pupils love loto!) - comes with worksheet. Ideal for KS3
Used it with year 8 and they loved it!
Simple recap of rules for er verbs present tense, followed by future and past tense.
Plenary : angry birds translation game. I put pupils in 6 teams of 5, they need to smash the wall by getting the translation right and they then pick a number on the wall and behind it are points (it could be +2, +5 or even -1). Engagement 100%
Perfect for KS3 (or even revision KS4)
LO: to be able to understand and form the past tense with avoir and -er / -ir verbs
Focus on avoir + past participle (er/ir verbs)
Includes link to avoir song on Youtube
For KS3 - my year 7 loved it!
Snake & Ladders with both French and English so they can practice speaking with vocab around school (subjects, opinions, teachers and times / timetable)
Francophonie - Quiz for KS3
It is a challenging quiz preceded by a treasure hunt.
Lots of information (history, celebrities, flags, geography, footballers…)
To be used during Francophonie week. Ideal for KS3 + linked to house/home/food topics
Reading, listening + treasure hunt activity. (all worksheets and games included)
A school-wide treasure hunt game. Perfect for Year 7/8
You need 30 participating teachers across the school, they will each receive a card with a flag, a country and a capital city that they can wear on their badge.
The pupils will need to go on a hunt to find all the information (country + capital city) that each teacher has.
Challenge : a blank map of the world to colour all french speaking countries found.
Have fun!
LO: To describe where you live (area & habitation) and to enrich our vocabulary through reading.
Introduction to new vocab (areas + types of homes) followed by a listening task and a reading / comprehension as plenary.
LO: To learn about quantities in French and be able to order food at a market
This powerpoint include a handout for reading/vcop + a listening and a speaking activity (kagan)
LO: To learn how to say the time in French (KS3)
starter - spot the mistakes (based on school subjects and opinions)
1st part - o’clock
2nd part - quarter / half
Great to use with mini whiteboards
KS3/4. LO: To be able to use and identify three tenses when writing and reading about mobile phones
Two texts on mobile phone usage in French + differentiated translation challenge (pupils love it!) comes with handout!
KS3/4 : Introduction to mobile phone vocabulary. Variety of activites (listen and repeat, match up, listening and survey in classroom to promote speaking)
LO: to learn new vocab linked to mobile phone and use it to say what you do with your phone.
KS3: Board game perfect for interactive whiteboard.
24 cases which hide differentiated translations around the theme of TV and cinema (3 tenses : present, perfect and near future)
You can split the class into two teams (green and purple). The team with the most correct answers win! My pupils love this and are engaged throughout the lesson!