Learn. Teach. Travel. Coach.
Having been in the education world for more than a decade I bring knowledge and experience as a teacher, teacher trainer and coach.
My teaching career has led me from England, France, China and now to South America
In the last several years, I have delivered a number of workshops and conference to help organizations and individuals to improve their teaching-management skills.
If you have any question about my ressource, feel free to contact me
Learn. Teach. Travel. Coach.
Having been in the education world for more than a decade I bring knowledge and experience as a teacher, teacher trainer and coach.
My teaching career has led me from England, France, China and now to South America
In the last several years, I have delivered a number of workshops and conference to help organizations and individuals to improve their teaching-management skills.
If you have any question about my ressource, feel free to contact me
Here's a powerpoint with 31 colourful slides and its booklet with 8 pages about the Chinese New Year in French. It can be used for beginners and intermediate learners. It consists of:
- a self-target setting slide
- introduction to facts about customs and traditions for the Chinese New Year
- a quiz with a True/False
- an introduction to basic vocabulary about zodiacal signs with a game
- information about each zodiacal sign to practise adjectives
- a grammar point about adjectives (From easy to more complex explanation)
- a practice
- a speaking in pairs
- colouring activity with Chinese mask
- a review of objectives
Here's a nice powerpoint with 30 slides and its booklet with 6 pages to celebrate Christmas in Spanish with your students. It contains:
- a self-target setting slide with clear objectives
- a mini quiz as a starter
- information about how Christmas and the 31st of December are celebrated in Spain with some pictures, texts and videos
- vocabulary presentation
- drilling games
- a word search
- a maze
- colouring pictures
- an unjumbling activity as plenary
- a review of objectives
Here’s powerpoint with 33 slides and its booklet with 12 pages to teach about the New Year
is celebrated around the world. It is aimed at ESL students but it is suitable for any subjects to bring some cultural awareness in the classroom. It contains:
- a self-target setting slide
- a video as a starter
- an introduction to the different customs and traditions around the world for New Year (In Europe, the USA, Japan, in South America, for Jewish people, for Hindu people etc.)
- a quiz with answers and 2 rounds
- a reading with filling gaps
- a resolutions writing activity
- a word search
- an activity with letters to unscramble as plenary
Happy New Year
Here is a very colorful powerpoint with 27 slides and its booklet with 8 pages about Christmas.
It contains
- a self-target setting slide,
- 1 video -as a starter to introduce some vocabulary
- information about how Christmas is celebrated in France
- a True-False activity
- an introduction to the vocabulary through drilling and a missing picture game.
- a word search
- a maze -to free Santa Claus-
- 2 colouring pictures
- a postcard to write for their parents
- a dialogue with Santa Claus to fill in with present wishes
- a song with a filling gap activity and a puzzle as plenary.
I wish you all a very nice Christmas!
Here is a very colorful powerpoint with 27 slides and its booklet with 8 pages about Christmas for ESL beginners.
It contains
- a self-target setting slide,
- 1 video -as a starter to introduce some vocabulary
- information about Christmas
- a True-False activity
- an introduction to the vocabulary through drilling and a missing picture game.
- a word search
- a maze -to free Santa Claus-
- 2 colouring pictures
- a postcard to write for their parents
- a dialogue with Santa Claus to fill in with present wishes
- a song with a filling gap activity and a puzzle as plenary.
I wish you all a very nice Christmas!
Here is a colourful powerpoint presentation with 35 slides and its activity booklet with 8 pages to teach about Thanksgiving.
It can be used either at the beginning of the month to allow students to prepare Thanksgiving activities or right before the 4th Thursday of the month.
It contains:
- a self-target setting slide
- a video explaining the Pilgrims' story
- a recap to make sure students have understood the video.
- a multiple choice quiz
- a true-false exercise
- a word search
- a maze
- a filling gap exercise
- a recipe
- a thinking time activity to make students aware that we need to be grateful for what we have
- slides inviting students to reflect on themselves
- a plenary that invites them to prepare activities around Thanksgiving.
Bonjour
Want to travel with your students? Here's a nice powerpoint with 26 slides and activity booklet with 9 pages about countries in the world with a specific focus on French speaking countries. It contains:
- a detailed recap of what students should know and an overview of what they will learn
- a self-target setting slide
- a video about breakfast around the world where students identify the food
- a matching up between food and countries
- a quiz about European countries
- a world map puzzle to reorder in groups
- a grammar point about au, aux, en
- a practice
- a speaking practice filling gap information
- videos about la Francophonie with a True-false activity
- reading about French speaking countries and questions
- review about numbers and introduction to the Euros
- a conversation to reorder at the travel agent's
- a plenary with a word search
Enjoy
Teaching Black History Month? Not quite sure where to start?
Here is a powerpoint with 40 colourful slides and its booklet with 8 pages that can be used for an assembly or for a lesson to teach students creatively about Black History Month.
This lesson is full of songs, challenges and videos to bring awareness to your students about Black History Month and important figures in the Civil Right movement.
It contains:
- 1. a starter with a song "Happy Birthday" by Stevie Wonder and a discrimination activity
- 2. introduction to the topic with Black History month and related words
- 3. a song "Buffalo Soldier"
- 4. videos to raise awareness about Black History
- 5. a quiz
- 6. a true false activity
- 7. Reflection activity about famous Black People who have had an impact on the History
- 8. Rosa Parks' story and MLK’s story
- 9. a timeline activity with important events about History
- 10. guess games with songs by famous artists
- 11. challenges in groups (a slam song to create, posters, a big quiz involving the community, a play)
- 12. “I have a dream activity” where students reflect on their dreams and share them
- 13. Conclusion with a video and plenary to recap
Enjoy and Happy Black History Month!
Looking for a nice starter for Black History Month?
Here is a powerpoint with 7 colourful slides for a lesson to engage your students on the topic. It contains:
- introduction to the topic with Stevie Wonder’s song “Happy Birthday” with a segregation activity
- words to be related to the topic
- a reflection slide about famous black people who had an impact on the History
- a short video focusing on the Civil right movement
- a quiz
- a true/false activity
Full version with student exercices can be found here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/black-history-month-celebration-resources-student-activities-11138462
Here is a powerpoint with 34 colourful slides and its activity booklet with 6 pages about describing the house for beginners. It contains
- a self-target setting slide
- a detailed objective slide
- a short video to get your students started
- a wordsearch as a second starter which I also use as a dictionary contest
- an introduction to new vocabulary
- a quiz
- a where is waldo game
- a grammar point about the feminine and masculine words
- a reading activity
- a matching up activity with feminine masculine words
- a writing activity
- a plenary
- a review of objectives.
Here is a powerpoint with 6 colourful slides about describing the house for beginners. It contains
- a wordsearch as a second starter which I also use as a dictionary contest
- 2 reading activities
- a writing activity
- a plenary with a criss cross puzzle
Full lesson with student booklet can be found here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-resource-describe-your-house-lesson-exercise-decrire-sa-maison-en-francais-no-prep-11131174
French where we live
Here is a colourful powerpoint with 26 slides and its pdf activity booklet with 8 pages to introduce places (seaside, countryside etc.), likes and dislikes + reasons, where the house is located (next to/far from) + some places in town.
It contains
- a self-target setting slide
- a detailed objective slide
- a starter with texts and a true/false
- introductory slides for new vocabulary
- texts to be understood from gist to details
- a classification of opinions and reasons
- matching up exercises etc.
- a unjumble the sentences activity
- writing activities
- speaking activities in pairs
- a grammar point about -er verbs at the present tense
- a review of objectives
French where we live
Here is a colourful powerpoint with 6 slides to introduce places (seaside, countryside etc.), likes and dislikes + reasons
It contains
- a starter with texts and a true/false
- a classification of opinions and reasons
- matching up exercises etc.
- a grammar point about -er verbs at the present tense and a practice
Full Version of the lesson with student booklet can be found here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/where-i-live-french-description-lesson-exercises-description-en-francais-ou-habites-tu-11131139
Here's a powerpoint with 34 slides and its activity booklet with 10 pages to teach items of food for breakfast. It contains:
- a self-target setting slide
- a detailed objective slide
- a video with breakfasts around the world
- a reading activity
- a dictionary contest
- an introduction to the vocabulary
- drilling games (hidden picture)
- a grammar point (du,de la, des) and a practice
- a grammar point about prendre/boire and a practice
- revisions about opinions
- reading activities
- a writing activity
- a word search as plenary
- a review of objectives
Here's a powerpoint with 6 slides to teach items of food for breakfast. It contains:
- a reading activity
- a dictionary contest
- a matching up activity
- a grammar point (du,de la, des) and a practice
Full version of this lesson with the student booklet can be found here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/breakfast-food-in-french-no-prep-lesson-activities-le-petit-d-jeuner-en-fran-ais-11124783
Here a presentation about bullying. It is aimed at raising students awareness about the issue and get them ideas on how to fight it. I would suggest you use it during an assembly. The powerpoint contains 23 slides and the handout 5 pages
1. Think pair share activity about what makes them unique
2. Reflection activity about what the world would be like if we were all the same
3. Introduction to what bullying is
4. Bullying situations in pictures
5. True false activity about bullying figures
6. Process in bullying (Who is involved)
7. Consequences
8. Short video to illustrate the consequences with questions
9. Video clip about song “Hall of Fame” The Script to illustrate bullying and silent witnessing
10. Video about how to get help all together
11. Strategies to help the victim, the witness and to make bullies react
12. Conclusion and references
Here’s a preview presentation about bullying. It is aimed at raising students awareness about the issue and get them ideas on how to fight it. I would suggest you use it during an assembly. The powerpoint contains 6 slides with
1. Think pair share activity about what makes your students unique
2. Introduction to bullying
3. True false activity about bullying figures
4. Conclusion
Full version can be found here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/anti-bullying-assembly-stop-bullying-at-school-11122728
About me French Family description / La famille en français
Here's a powerpoint with 6 slides
It contains:
- a self-target setting slide for differentiation
- a presentation of members of the family
- a grammar point about mon, ma, mes /practice
- a family tree presentation for a writing activity
Full version with student booklet can be found here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/about-me-describe-your-family-in-french-no-prep-la-famille-en-fran-ais-le-on-activit-e-11120756
Here is a colourful 48 slides powerpoint and its booklet of 7 pages about telling the time for beginners. It contains
- a detailed objective slide
- a self-target setting slide where students can chose what target they want to reach
- revision games about numbers from 1 to 25
- an introduction to tell the time with clocks ( past/to -quarter/half- midday/midnight)
- writing activities
- revision of vocabulary about the routine (games,matching up, speaking activities)
- a battleship in pairs
- a writing
- a review of objectives
What time is it in french / Quelle heure est-il en francais ?
What time is it in french / Quelle heure est-il en francais ?
Here is a colourful 6 slide powerpoint to be used as lesson starter
It contains :
- a reading activity about the daily routine
- a bingo to revise numbers
- an introduction to tell the time with clocks ( past/to -quarter/half- midday/midnight)
- writing activity with clocks