Suitable for Year 7 or 8 French students
A good starter before this would be to use dictionaries to look up 5 places in the town and discuss the possibilities for the definite article.
This then reminds how to say ‘to the place’ - with examples and own practice. There is a final task with a challenge element for the more able. This would take a whole lesson.
Power point - explaining how to form the past tense (perfect tense) in French
Matching exercise at the start to establish patterns - 'avoir' verbs only - including irregulars
4 puzzles/crosswords:
2 that cover and practise the numbers 1 - 12. The first quite simply do you know the number? If yes, fill it in, in German in the crossword. The second, still 1 - 12, but this time anagrams of the German numbers to solve.
2 that cover numbers 13 - 31.
The first that is simply translating the number into German and filling in the crossword.
The second - more of a challenge! Sums, using the German words - with the student having to do the sum and then write the answer, in German, in the crossword.
Ma Journée - Quelle heure est-il?
Work out the times in French and fill in the crossword puzzle in French - use a pencil!!! Challenging. Answer sheet attached.
Times match - in French - good starter activity
Kleidungen - Clothes - simple crossword testing 12 items of clothing in German - doesn't include definite or indefinite article.
Was trägst du in der Schule? - harder crossword demanding the correct definite article and including first and third person of the key verb 'tragen' and the German for 'is' - enable and lead to description of clothes. 19 words/phrases in total to translate.