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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
Teaching grammar in French can be a headache especially when it comes to tenses. If you need to teach the imperfect tense but you are not quite sure where to start, this flexible resource will help you.
You will find a step-by-step powerpoint (with guiding notes at the bottom of each slide) with a relevant context for the lesson, a clearly explained and progressive grammatical point and exercises to practice. Every activity is followed by a feedback/correction to save your time.
This resource is aimed at intermediate students but you can easily adapt it for pre-intermediate or advanced students.
You will also get the handout so that students can keep a written track of their learning.
The resource contains:
1. A self-target setting slide with the objectives of the lesson
2. A starter with a story to reorder and verbs to identify
3. An explanation about the different uses of the imperfect tense with clear examples
4. An explanation about the formation of the imperfect
5. Introduction to the verb ÊTRE, -CER verbs, GER verbs
6. Exercises (filling gaps, writing, word search, sentences to complete, sentences to change from singular to plural form)
7. A review of objectives
Have fun teaching the imperfect tense!
Check my store for more for resources about grammar and tenses here:
French Grammar : The present Prefect lesson and exercices No Prep
French Grammar : The present Simple lesson and exercices No Prep
French Grammar : The Future lesson and exercices No Prep
When we teach beginners in English one of the first lessons is about family and description with the use of the verb BE. How about having the context, the vocabulary and the grammar in just one place with explanations, exercises and feedback?
This flexible resource will help you teach young adults and adults about family, age, personality description and grammar points about the verb BE and adjectives. This resource is aimed at helping teachers to complement their textbook or to give enough material for those who are not lucky enough to have access to ESL textbooks/material.
The resource contains a powerpoint with 28 slides with clear explanations at the bottom of each one of them to give you a step-by-step explanation about the progression of the lesson. The exercises are corrected to save you time!
The resource also contains an activity booklet for students with 11 pages so that they keep a record of their learning.
The approach is communicative to allow students to develop their speaking skills but it also contains grammar points reinforced by exercises to consolidate their grammatical skills and writing skills.
You will find different types of activities to allow a greater differentiation in your class:
- A recap about self-introduction with questions to answer and to be created
- Matching up (about family members, age, personality adjectives)
- Filling gaps
- Family trees
- Classification activities for adjectives
- Reading activity
- Guessing game about family members
- 2 grammar points followed by exercises and correction (BE and adjectives)
- Writing
- Survey
- Review of objectives
I suggest you use this resource after the ESL Unit 1 lesson 5
to help students structure their knowledge but you can easily use this resource on its own!
Have fun!
Need more ESL lesson Check Unit 1 :
Unit1 Lesson1 Introduction, country and nationality
Unit1 lesson2 Number and basic question
Unit1 Lesson3 Food, like and opinions
Unit1 Lesson4 Hobbies and adverbs of frequency
Any questions : carolinemusserotte@teacherlocker.com
Happy Mother's Day!
Here's a colourful powerpoint with 24 slides and its activity booklet to celebrate Mother's Day in French with your beginners. It contains:
- detailed objectives slide
- SMART setting slide
- an introduction with a reading
- a True-False activity
- a review/introduction about chores
- a matching up
- drilling activities with games (disappearing pictures, slapping the board in teams)
- introduction to the present tense for -er verbs and chores
- a speaking activity about how students help their mums around the house
- a noughts and crosses in pairs
- a reading about the origins of Mother's day with a True-false
- an introduction to vocabulary to celebrate with a guessing game for drilling
- a word search focusing on positive adjectives
- a writing
- a recipe
- a detailed review of objectives
Enjoy! I suggest you use the booklet that goes with it!
Teaching grammar to beginners in ESL is not always easy. How about having all the grammar in one place with explanations, exercises and feedback? This flexible resource will help you teach young adults and adults about the main grammatical points for beginners. You could use it as a review, grammatical introduction or even homework to consolidate your students’ knowledge about:
- Verb be
- Simple present
- Possessive adjectives/Subject pronouns
- Wh-questions/Yes-No Questions
- Adverbs of frequency
Each slide of the 31-slide powerpoint comes with notes to help you guide your students. Each grammar points contains between 2 and 5 different types of exercises to suit your learners’ abilities (filling-gaps, choosing the right option, correction the mistakes, writing activity, answering questions or reordering activity) and allow them to work at their own pace. All the exercises are corrected to save you time.
You will also get the handout with 14 pages so that students can keep a written track of their learning.
I suggest you use this resource after the ESL Unit 1 lesson 4 to help students structure their knowledge
Have fun teaching grammar!
Check more lessons for this Unit 1 :
Check here Unit 1 Lesson 1 Introduction, country and nationality
Check here Unit 1 lesson 2 Number and basic question
Check here Unit 1 Lesson 3 Introduction, country and nationality
Check here Unit 1 Lesson 4 activities and adverbs of frequency
Need to teach the future tense in French to your students pre-intermediate? Not quite sure what to do? In this flexible resource you will find a step-by-step powerpoint (with guiding notes at the bottom of each slide) with a relevant context for the lesson, a clearly explained grammatical point and exercises to practice. Every activity is followed by a feedback/correction to save your time.
You will also get the handout so that students can keep a written track of their learning.
The resource contains:
1. A self-target setting slide with the objectives of the lesson
2. A starter with a Q/A in pairs
3. A video with answers to be answered by students
4. An introduction to the difference between the near future and simple future
5. Introduction to irregular verbs
6. Exercises (filling gaps-writing-speaking-drawing on the handout)
7. A review of objectives
Have fun telling about the future!
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Need more grammar lesson in french check out :
French Grammar : The present Prefect lesson and exercices No Prep
French Grammar : The present Simple lesson and exercices No Prep
Hi everyone,
As part of the elementary ESL series, here's the freebie of the new lesson about food, nationalities and countries (review from lesson 1), likes and opinions.
If you need to introduce likes, dislikes, opinions, this new lesson is a great way to do it interactively as it contains 3 videos and 16 activities in total that will help you teach in a fun and communicative way. This lesson is aimed mainly at teenagers or adults but it can be adapted easily for a younger audience.
This freebie contains 7 slides with :
1. a starter to review what has been done in lesson 2
2. an introduction to recap about countries and food items
3. a video about food in the world
4. a recap about what people eat according to the different countries
5. a recap about questions for nationalities and countries with celebrities guessing
6. a grammar point about he/she
This is a starter/preview of
Unit 1 lesson 3 food, like and opinion
Here’s a nice presentation with 7 slides to teach English - a basic/elementary level.
The lesson is aimed at teenagers, young adults or adults with little or no English at all. It is all about giving them confidence in learning this new language. So whatever their mothertongue this should help they develop communicative skills quickly.
It contains:
1. A brainstorming about what they have learned in Unit 1 lesson 1 about countries/nationalities, the alphabet and basic questions
2. An interactive activity with a forum where students can read about another student telling about why English is important for him. Students need to recognize cognates.
3. A writing activity about why English is important for them
4. A review about the alphabet pronunciation and IPA with a text message to decipher
5. An introduction to numbers with a matching up
This is a starter/preview of Learn about number / Basic questions / Recognizing cognates resources / Filling a form
Hi everyone,
As part of the elementary ESL series, here's the new lesson to teach about places, activities and adverbs of frequency. If you need to introduce activities people do on the weekend with the use of adverbs of frequency, this resource is a great way to do it interactively as it contains 3 videos and 12 activities in total that will help you teach in a fun and communicative way.
This lesson is aimed mainly at teenagers or adults but it can be adapted easily for a younger audience. It contains a powerpoint with 33 slides and an activity booklet for students with 12 pages with:
1. a starter to review what has been done in lesson 3 about food, likes and opinions
2. a quiz about different places in the world
3. videos
- video about London,
- video about China
- video about Rio de Janeiro with questions
4. texts about people to discover what they do on their weekends
5. a comprehension grid
6. a matching up activity
7. a grammar point about adverbs of frequency
8. a practice about the present simple with the use of adverbs of frequency
9. a writing activity
10. a speaking game as a plenary
11. a review of objectives
Enjoy!
Enjoy! Check and follow my store for more resources!
Check here Unit 1 Lesson 1 Introduction, country and nationality
Check here Unit 1 lesson 2 Number and basic question
Check here Unit 1 Lesson 3 country and nationality, like and opinion
Hi everyone,
As part of the elementary ESL series, here's the new lesson to teach about food, nationalities and countries (review from lesson 1), likes and opinions. If you need to introduce likes, dislikes, opinions, this resource is a great way to do it interactively as it contains 3 videos and 16 activities in total that will help you teach in a fun and communicative way. This lesson is aimed mainly at teenagers or adults but it can be adapted easily for a younger audience. It contains:
1. a starter to review what has been done in lesson 2
2. an introduction to recap about countries and food items
3. a video about food in the world
4. a recap about what people eat according to the different countries
5. a recap about questions for nationalities and countries with celebrities guessing- including a video about a chef cooking
6. a grammar point about he/she -his/her followed by 3 practices
7.a video to recap about food but especially to introduce the adjectives of opinions
8. an activity with opinions to complete
9. 2 speaking activities about International food so that students can reuse the opinion words
10. reading activities about if people like cooking or not with a comprehension grid
11. a writing activity
12. a survey
13. a review of objectives
Enjoy! Check and follow my store for more resources!
Check here Unit 1 Lesson 1 Introduction, country and nationality
Check here Unit 1 lesson 2 Number and basic question
Hi everyone,
Teaching tenses and especially the present perfect in French can be difficult but here’s a resource that should help you teach the present perfect tense in a fun and dynamic way. This lesson is aimed at children and teenagers but it can be adapted for the needs of adults. It contains a powerpoint with 17 slides and an activity booklet with 5 pages so that students can keep a track of their learning. It contains 11 activities in total.
1. As an introduction to the lesson students are invited to set themselves a target so that they own their learning (3 targets are offered as part of differentiation)
2. The lesson starts with a reading activity where students need to identify the verbs and make suggestions about the use and formation of the verbs. It is followed by a correction.
3. The teacher introduces the utilization of the present perfect tense
4. The teacher introduces the formation of the tense according to the three groups but also the formation with the use of être/avoir and the agreements
5. Focus on the negative form with all three groups
6. Students match up the beginning and end of sentences to check the understanding of the structure
7. Introduction to most irregular verbs
8. 3 progressive exercises
9. a writing activity
10. jeopardy in teams. Students need to say complete sentences according to the sentences they see on the board.
11. Review of objectives.
Have fun and don’t forget the booklet so that students can keep a written track of their learning!
Hi everyone,
Teaching tenses and especially the present perfect in French can be difficult but here’s a resource that should help you teach the present perfect tense in a fun and dynamic way. This lesson is aimed at children and teenagers but it can be adapted for the needs of adults. It contains a powerpoint with 17 slides and an activity booklet with 5 pages so that students can keep a track of their learning. It contains 11 activities in total.
1. As an introduction to the lesson students are invited to set themselves a target so that they own their learning (3 targets are offered as part of differentiation)
2. The lesson starts with a reading activity where students need to identify the verbs and make suggestions about the use and formation of the verbs. It is followed by a correction.
3. The teacher introduces the utilization of the present perfect tense
4. The teacher introduces the formation of the tense according to the three groups but also the formation with the use of être/avoir and the agreements
5. Focus on the negative form with all three groups
6. Students match up the beginning and end of sentences to check the understanding of the structure
7. Introduction to most irregular verbs
8. 3 progressive exercises
9. a writing activity
10. jeopardy in teams. Students need to say complete sentences according to the sentences they see on the board.
11. Review of objectives.
Have fun and don’t forget the booklet so that students can keep a written track of their learning!
Hi everyone,
Teaching grammar is not always easy but here’s a resource that should help you teach the the present simple in a fun and dynamic way. This lesson is aimed at children and teenagers but it can be adapted for the needs of adults. It contains a powerpoint with 16 slides and an activity booklet with 3 pages so that students can keep a track of their learning. It contains 11 activities in total.
1. As an introduction to the lesson students are invited to set themselves a target so that they own their learning (3 targets are offered as part of differentiation)
2. The lesson starts with a reading activity where students need to identify the verbs and make suggestions about the use and formation of the verbs. It is followed by a correction.
3. The teacher introduces the utilization of the present forms
4. The teacher introduces the formation of the present tense according to the three groups but also the formation of être/avoir
5. Focus on the negative form with all three groups
6. Students to match up the beginning and end of sentences to check the understanding of the structure
7. Introduction to most irregular verbs with the 1st person singular
8. 3 progressive writing exercises
9. students write about their routine
10. jeopardy in teams. Students need to say complete sentences according to the sentences they see on the board.
11. Review of objectives.
Have fun and don’t forget the booklet so that students can keep a written track of their learning!
ESL Unit1 Lesson 2
Learn about number / Basic questions / Recognizing cognates / Filling a form
Here’s a nice presentation with 40 slides and its activity booklet with 11 pages for the students to teach them English - a basic/elementary level. The booklet is printable friendly so you can print it in black/white.
So if you need to teach your students about numbers up to 10, answering basic personal questions, learning about the verb “BE” and have them to fill in a form, here you are! This interactive lesson will help you developed these skills. All 4 skills are also embedded.
The lesson is aimed at teenagers, young adults or adults with little or no English at all. It is all about giving them confidence in learning this new language. So whatever their mother tongue this should help they develop communicative skills quickly.
It contains:
1. A brainstorming about what they have learned in Unit 1 lesson 1 the alphabet and basic questions
2. An interactive activity with a forum where students can read about other students telling about why English is important for them. Students need to recognize cognates.
3. A writing activity about why English is important for them
4. A review about the alphabet pronunciation and IPA with a text message to decipher
5. An introduction to numbers with a matching up
6. 3 short listening activities with filling gaps
7. A reading/writing activity to fill in a form
8. Questions to reorder
9. Questions and answers to match up
10. A grammar point about word order for questions and answers
11. A second grammar point about the verb BE
12. A form to fill for themselves
13. Questions to ask their partner to practice their questions/answers
14. Review of objectives
Check here Unit 1 Lesson 1 Introduction, country and nationality
Check here Unit 1 Lesson 3 Introduction, country and nationality
Enjoy! Check and follow my store for more resources!
Fool's day is coming watch your back :-)
Here is a very colourful powerpoint with 18 slides for French beginners to teach about the Fool’s day.
It contains:
- a recap slide with what students should know and what they will learn
- a self-target setting slide for differentiation
- a reading activity about the origins of Fool’s day in France
- a true/false and its correction
- a matching up activity about vocabulary
- a wordsearch
- a speaking activity with opinions and justifications
- a reading activity
- a grammar point about the imperative
- a practice about the imperative
- fish to cut out
- an unjumbling sentences activity as plenary
- a review of objectives.
Enjoy!
Let's Celebrate Earth day in French
Here's a powerpoint with 20 slides and a student booklet with 8 pages to teach about the environment and its protection. It was made for Earth Day but it can be used anytime. It contains:
- a self-target setting slide with detailed objectives
- videos about Earth day as a starter
- an introduction to vocabulary through a matching up
- texts about the environment, pollution and solutions
- debating activities with arguments to sort out
- vocabulary for debates (opinions and disagreement)
- videos about solutions to protect the environment with a conversation to reorder and a sketch to do
- a word search as plenary
- a detailed review of objectives.
Enjoy!
They are so cute! Which kid wouldn’t want to cuddle a lovely pet? How about teaching children about pets then?
This colorful resource with a 32-slide PowerPoint and its activity booklet with 11 pages is aimed at beginners in French.
It will help you to teach about pets, colors and opinions in just on resource. The 4 skills are embedded and kids will love the games that will make your lesson an interactive one!
It is aimed at children or teens but feel free to adapt it for adults.
It contains:
1. a self-target setting slide so that students are responsible for their own learning
2. a matching up activity about colors as a starter
3. a small text about pets with questions
4. an introduction about pets
5. games to practice the language (Hidden game, slapping the board game, unscrambling words)
6. a grammar point about feminine and masculine words
7. adjectives about pets (matching up, definition about pets/animals)
8. speaking activities (survey, pair work)
9. a reading task
10. a writing task
Enjoy !!!
Easter is on its way! Can’t wait for a chocolate hunt, right?
In the meantime I suggest you this resource to develop your students’ knowledge about Easter and other celebrations in. This lesson will also give you the opportunity to practice vocabulary about Easter and grammar about the simple present tense in French
It gives an explanation as to why we celebrate Easter and other celebrations around it (Carnival, Fat Tuesday… ).
The presentation is made of 37 colourful slides and the activity booklet contains 14 pages to make your lesson more interactive and enjoyable.
It contains:
- a self-target setting slide
- a video about Easter
- reading activity about the different celebrations(how we celebrate them and why with some pictures to help for the understanding.)
- a True/False activity,
- an introduction to the vocabulary
- games for drilling
- a noughts and crosses to be played in pairs
- an introduction to the present tense (ER, IR, RE) and a practice
- a word search
- unscrambling activity
- colouring activities for the younger ones
- a pair work speaking activity with opinions
- a puzzle with letters to unscramble
It is quite flexible and will allow you to teach from pre-intermediate to intermediate levels with kids, teens or adults.
So you just need to choose what will best suit your group.
The International Day of Woman is just around the corner and as March is celebrated as Women's History Month, let’s talk to our students about women’s achievements. This resource will help you develop your students’ awareness about the impact of women in History through a wide variety of games, videos, songs and projects. It is quite flexible to work with students from different levels/age groups.
It consists of a powerpoint with 40 slides and its activity booklet for students with 17 pages:
- a brainstorming about the topic with words as a support
- a video about main female figures in the world
- a mini quiz about what the International Women day is about with a reading about its origin and purpose
- other female figures and their inventions to match up
- a quiz about some important events and women (voting, amendment, bills etc.)
- a song celebrating woman's achievement (Roar by Katy Perry)
- a thinking slide about advantages/drawbacks to be a man/woman
- advertising about women and discrimination
- information about the Suffragettes and more descriptions about exceptional women
- a text about Aung San Suu Kyi (life and achievement)
- a group project
- a guess game activity
- a review of objectives
The International Day of Woman is just around the corner and as March is celebrated as Women's History Month, let’s talk to our students about women’s achievements. This resource will help you develop your students’ awareness about the impact of women in History through a wide variety of games, videos, songs and projects. It is quite flexible to work with students from different levels/age groups.
It consists of a powerpoint with 40 slides and its activity booklet for students with 17 pages:
- a brainstorming about the topic with words as a support
- a video about main female figures in the world
- a mini quiz about what the International Women day is about with a reading about its origin and purpose
- other female figures and their inventions to match up
- a quiz about some important events and women (voting, amendment, bills etc.)
- a song celebrating woman's achievement (Roar by Katy Perry)
- a thinking slide about advantages/drawbacks to be a man/woman
- advertising about women and discrimination
- information about the Suffragettes and more descriptions about exceptional women
- a text about Aung San Suu Kyi (life and achievement)
- a group project
- a guess game activity
- a review of objectives
Hi everyone!
Here is a colourful presentation about Saint Patrick's day in Spanish. I made it quite flexible to allow you to work with children, teens or even adults! You just need to choose which activities are best suited for your audience! You have 12 activities in total! For an easier use you have notes at the bottom of each slide to guide you in your teaching.
The level is from pre-intermediate to intermediate. It contains
-a self-target setting slide
- a video about St Patrick in Spanish followed by questions
- a reading activity about St Patrick
- a True/False activity
- an introduction to new vocabulary through drilling
- a disappearing game to practise vocabulary
- a slap the board game activity
- a pair work- speaking activity
- a maze
- a group work with creation of booklet/powerpoint with another video
- a story about the Leprechauns- listening/drawing
- a drawing contest
- a word search as plenary
Student usually love it, especially the group work as they are free to use their imagination and research skills.
Lots of fun!