Secondary French teacher, rated Ofsted 'Outstanding' at KS3, KS4 and KS5.
PGCE and NQT mentor. Regular CPD/Professional Learning leader. State and private sector experience.
Secondary French teacher, rated Ofsted 'Outstanding' at KS3, KS4 and KS5.
PGCE and NQT mentor. Regular CPD/Professional Learning leader. State and private sector experience.
Excellent resource for charting and assessing student progress within lesson. Slide can be printed and students given a copy, or slide can be displayed for students to draw their own learning journey arrow on a whiteboard at the start of the lesson.
They circle where they feel they are in terms of their confidence with the LO at the start of the lesson, and then come back to it at various points. At the end of the lesson, they review their learning and should be at the higher end of the scale. A useful reference tool for the teacher to determine those who need more support, and those that can be pushed further.
Useful for daily teaching, or to use over the course of a module. Great when being observed too as very visual signpost that learning is being monitored by teacher, and those students that need support / further challenge are being picked up and helped appropriately.
Great lesson, covering use of 'il y a' and 'il n'y a pas de' + names of different shops and amenities in town. Very comprehensive resource. 30 slides in total. Fully animated with all answers and explanations for each activity in the notes section of each slide.
Lesson begins with 'Connect 4' Starter. Students, playing against a partner or as a whole class, have to connect four squares by translating the words from French into English or vice-versa (linked to adjectives to describe town, simple opinions and reasons).
Images then follow with text for students to repeat after teacher of places in town (une gare etc.). Students then match the French with the English translation in a table with the words (differentiated tables provided).
Listening activity is next, using 'Voki', online characters (simply click hyperlink to listen). Scripts provided if teacher prefers to read.
Twitter feeds follow with questions linked to where different celebrities live. Students asked to work out 'il y a' and 'il n'y a pas de' rule. Whiteboard activity is next - students must write sentence to describe town plan displayed on board using vocabulary. Students then asked to design and describe own town (scaffold provided for LA students).
Final slide is a plenary game of 'Spin the Wheel'.
Huge time saver and great fun to teach!
Numbers worksheet with five activities relating to numbers 11-50. Fully differentiated with 'Challenge' extension and 'Want support?' help sheet with number line from 1-50 and useful vocabulary for sums.
Full answer sheet provided for reflection and marking.
Great time saver! Used successfully with KS2 and KS3. Works as a whole lesson with repetition at the start, lotto and a song.
Excellent resource, asking students to perform a number of tasks and puzzles using number 51-100.
Used successfully as whole lesson with repetition at start, asking students to work out the patterns between higher numbers (using number line resource as support) and lotto.
Bundle includes worksheet with five different activities. Fully differentiated including support sheet and Challenge activity. Answer worksheet as a time saver for teacher marking and/or reflection and number line.
Great resource, teaching clothes, adjectival agreements and demonstrative adjectives to students. Linked to Expo 2 (Rouge) spread on 'Les vêtements', and drawing on some GCSE vocabulary to extend HA.
Vocabulary for colours and clothes, games, mini whiteboard activities, a reading, a speaking and a writing task with a full slide of vocabulary to support learners and clear Success Criteria.
Fully animated with all answers and notes under each slide for teacher if helpful. Can easily be split into two lessons depending on ability of group. Great fun to teach!
Lesson linking to Expo 2 (Rouge) spread on invitations - making them, deciding whether or not to accept and giving an opinion / reason for answer.
Fully differentiated with different options for vocabulary grids (writing the answers in, or drawing lines between the English and the French), listening activity and with a Challenge question drawing on grammatical knowledge for reading activity (presented as a Twitter feed).
Seven activities in total, full lesson PowerPoint and Publisher file with all worksheets. Directions for teacher under each slide, all animations and answers. Treasure Hunt game to finish!
Great lesson, teaching the numbers 1-20 in French. Links to Expo 1 spread 'Quel âge as-tu' - this is the first lesson working on numbers before introducing the avoir phrase too.
Very interactive, lots of games, mini whiteboard work and opportunities for repetition. First slide on PowerPoint is grid to be printed as a worksheet.
Treasure Hunt plenary game to finish!
Great lesson, teaching the French alphabet to beginners. Based on Expo 1 French alphabet spread, but can be used for any age group.
Starter builds on previous knowledge and asks students to find basic greetings in a grid. Practice with the sounds of the French alphabet follows, with two games.
Mini whiteboard activity to spell the mystery character's name is next, followed by the question 'Comment ça s'écrit' and the students noting the answer for their own names (and those of extended family, pets etc. if teacher wishes).
An introduction to French accents is the last activity, with a Blockbusters game to review and consolidate learning to finish.
Engaging way to present alphabet, fully animated with notes under each activity for teacher if required. Great fun to teach!
Excellent resource, fully differentiated, focusing on French New Year customs and traditions. Text is taken from an article online (link on document) and has been simplified and split into six paragraphs for ease of translation and discussion.
Fully differentiated with a Challenge extension question to extend HA learners - further researching 'La Galette des Rois'. Over a page of vocabulary, split into paragraphs to support LA.
A series of questions in English link to the article, with paragraph numbers in brackets to direct learners who require support to the right paragraph. Can easily be deleted to extend challenge if required.
Suitable for HA KS3 and KS4. Great fun to teach!
Great lesson, focusing on excuses for not responding positively to an invitation.
Based on 'Desolée mais...' spread in Expo 2 (Rouge). Can be taught as one or two lessons depending on ability of group - lots in here. 11 activities in total + 2 Starters and 2 Plenary games. I have split it into two lessons as best for my class, but second date and Starter slide can easily be deleted to make it into one lesson.
Fully animated with all answers. Directions for teacher if helpful under each slide. Differentiated with support and challenge options.
Lots of games, mini whiteboard activities etc. Verb tables and songs for 'devoir' and 'pouvoir'. A huge time saver and great fun to teach!
Excellent grammar bundle covering key concepts of KS3 and KS4 syllabi. All animations, formatting and answers ready to go. Easily adaptable for any year group. A real time saver!
1. Common infinitives - 3 slides - Covers key verbs in French and past participles of both avoir and être. Asks students to categorise verbs and to work out rules for endings in perfect tense.
2. Comparatives - 9 slides - Uses films to introduce concept of 'plus/moins/aussi...que'. Example sentences and translation. Whiteboard activity, differentiated to support LA with key words at top of slides. Task linked to watching of 'Minions' film trailer in French. Students asked to use language in own sentences following trailer.
3. Depuis and ça fait que - 7 slides - Comprehensive explanation of two conjunctions and whiteboard activity across six slides, differentiated to help LA learners with key words at top of slide. Students must decide which phrase to use and why,
4. Depuis - 4 slides - Precedes activity with 'ça fait que'. Explanation of when to use and mini-whiteboard translation. Easily adaptable and suitable for all ages.
Great lesson building on Sport 1 (recognising different sports + opinions) and Sport 2 (jouer + definite article). Fully differentiated and animated, with directions for each activity in Notes section for teachers. 37 slides in total. Can easily be split into two lessons if best for group.
Slide 1: Date, title, learning objective, starter (adding in the right definite article for sports with jouer and translation).
Slide 2: YouTube video montage of London 2012 Olympics highlights. Students encouraged to think about one main difference between the sports that they are watching. Draw out that some use balls (jouer) and some don't (faire).
Slide 3: Students re-cap names of different sports, naming as many as they can from 12 images on slide in given time limit.
Slides 4 - 15: Students repeat (with actions if wished) sports that use faire, picking out the definite article each time.
Slides 16 - 18: Students complete table of sports that use faire.
Slides 19 - 23: Points game, guessing the hidden sports, to consolidate vocabulary.
Slides 24 - 25: Students note down grammar rule for definite article and how it combines with faire.
Slides 26 - 28: Students spot use of faire + definite article in reading text (Twitter feeds created using classtools.net) and answer questions.
Slides 29 - 35: Students translate sentences with faire on mini whiteboards.
Slide 36: Writing activity. Clear Success Criteria given.
Slide 37: 'Big Wheel' plenary to finish.
Comprehensive resource, building from Places in town 1 (see other resources), asking students to recognise places in town and use them with the conjunction 'près de' + correct article.
Learning objectives:
1. To be able to understand how to say ‘a’ and ‘the’ in French.
2. To be able to say what I live close to.
Lesson includes: Starter activity, finding places linked to town in a grid (for example 'une boulangerie'); a dice speaking game to practice pronunciation and translation (offering a good basis for discussion on how to build sentences); whiteboard work practising the correct articles for masculine, feminine and plural nouns; a reading activity based on a Facebook profile to draw out the rule for 'près de' and a writing task. Scaffold provided for LA.
Fully animated with all answers. A great time saver!
Clear, concise explanation of use of faire with different tenses. Examples given with perfect, imperfect, pluperfect and simple future. Second slide has a series of questions for students to translate, using four tenses. Easily adaptable for younger learners, using extra tenses as differentiation for HA.
Great lesson, linking to activities that are done in the house. 31 slides in total, very engaging with lots of different activities to consolidate learning and vocabulary.
Fully animated with all answers. Instructions for teacher for each activity in Notes section of slides. A huge time saver and great fun to teach!
Uses 'My learning journey' AfL tracker throughout lesson to encourage students to reflect on own learning and progress. Great for teacher to identify those who need more support / challenge.
Lesson begins with starter asking students to pick one of four boxes (increasing in difficulty) and translate sentences linked to house and town. Students then repeat household activity vocabulary after teacher (with actions!) and then fill in table to refer back to vocabulary. Differentiated options for filling in table (drawing a line between French and English or writing English answers in).
Game of Splat! follows to consolidate learning, along with listening activity. Whiteboard activity is next (points scoring depending on level of challenge selected by student and completed within time limit). Twitter feed reading comprehension follows (created on classtools.net), followed by writing activity. Heads down, thumbs up game as plenary.
Great resource, building on 'Sport 1' (different sports and opinions). Fully animated with information in Notes section for teachers for each activity. Very straightforward build to help students make link and understand traditionally challenging grammar point for younger learners.
Starter activity is followed by repetition of different sports to consolidate knowledge from previous lesson. Students encouraged to pick out the definite article in preparation for following activities.
Students then reflect on the different definite articles, before working out what happens when they combine with 'jouer' in a reading activity (presented as Twitter feeds from David Beckham and Jonny Wilkinson). Students then note down the rule, before translating on their mini whiteboards sentences linked to different sports with jouer + à.
Final activity is to design a comic strip (either using the computer or drawing), with clear success criteria provided.
Treasure Hunt review at end of lesson.
Display Bundle!
Five different display ideas for Secondary, with cover posters ready to go.
First display is a 'Mot de la Semaine' poster template, with two examples linked to traditionally challenging vocabulary at KS4.
Second display posters are an image of a detective (A4), with several A4 speech bubbles encouraging independent learning and enquiry (A3B4ME) and suggesting ways to improve work.
Third, fourth and fifth display posters are linked to GCSE modules. Easily printed to display next to student work. Year 8 Comic Strips links to Daily Routines module (used alongside Linguascope Comic Strip creator), Year 10 links to simple future tense and organising an event for the local area, and Y11 links to Healthy Lifestyles.
All easily adapted.
Clear, concise explanation of aller + imperfect tense, followed by slide with questions for students to gauge their understanding. Great as printed worksheet or as mini whiteboard activity.
Clear, concise explanation of formation of the conditional tense and uses, followed by questions for students. Excellent as a worksheet printed for students, or as a mini whiteboard activity to gauge understanding.