I’m Rachel and I've been teaching for 18 years! I first taught English (TEFL) in Japan and Madrid and then taught French and Spanish in Surrey. I subsequently worked in a UK curriculum school in sunny Dubai. I have now relocated to the UK and have a gorgeous baby daughter!
I have a learning-centred approach and encourage my students to be active and reflective learners. I really enjoy the creative process of making PowerPoints and worksheets and hope you enjoy using them!
I’m Rachel and I've been teaching for 18 years! I first taught English (TEFL) in Japan and Madrid and then taught French and Spanish in Surrey. I subsequently worked in a UK curriculum school in sunny Dubai. I have now relocated to the UK and have a gorgeous baby daughter!
I have a learning-centred approach and encourage my students to be active and reflective learners. I really enjoy the creative process of making PowerPoints and worksheets and hope you enjoy using them!
Expressions:
Le football.
Le tennis.
Le rugby.
Le ping-pong.
Le surf.
La voile.
La natation.
Le vélo.
Le skate.
Le patinage.
L’équitation.
The first slide encourages the students to actively engage with the new vocabulary: working in teams, using their prior knowledge, knowledge of other languages and using a process of elimination to figure out the meanings. They then discuss the pronunciation and question each other before the teacher checks with the whole class.
The next slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill.
The next section of slides have multiple choice questions. Then there are "what's missing?" slides.
The final slide has pictures of all the phrases. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!
Expressions:
Je regarde la télé. (regarder)
Je danse. (danser)
Je joue sur une console. (jouer)
Je surfe sur Internet. (surfer)
J’écoute de la musique. (écouter)
Je retrouve des amis. (retrouver)
Je vais au cinéma. (aller)
Je vais à la pêche. (aller)
The first slide encourages the students to actively engage with the new vocabulary: working in teams, using their prior knowledge, knowledge of other languages and using a process of elimination to figure out the meanings. They then discuss the pronunciation and question each other (QFQs = Quick Fire Questions) before the teacher checks with the whole class.
The next slides have each phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill.
The next section of slides have multiple choice questions. Then there are "Qu’est-ce que c’est?" slides.
The final slide has pictures of all the phrases. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love!
The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!
Spanish PowerPoint introducing school subjects.
The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. To break up the presentation (there is a lot of vocab!) there is then a slide with pictures of the new vocabulary thus far. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love!
The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If it’s the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!
Then more vocabulary is introduced followed by graded questioning.
Then there are "what's missing?" slides. The final slide could be used to play a revision Beat The Teacher game during the next lesson.
This presentation presents household chores in the present tense in Spanish.
Phrases:
Hago la cama.
Barro el patio.
Cocino/ preparo la cena.
Hago la compra.
Friego los platos.
Arreglo mi dormitorio.
Pongo/ quito la mesa.
Lavo el coche.
Saco la basura.
Paso la aspiradora.
Plancho.
The first slides have each chore in Spanish with a picture. The teacher should use this to elicit the meaning in English and drill the pronunciation. Then there is graded questioning. Firstly there are multiple choice slides followed by whats missing memory game slides. You can also use the final slide to play a game of "beat the teacher" to revise the learning at the end or during the following lesson.
Beat the teacher is played like this:
The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!
This one slide PowerPoint can be used as a simple 10 minute Spanish warmer/ starter activity to play the game "I spy with my little eye...."
The students play this in small groups practising not only classroom vocabulary, but also thinking more imaginatively e.g. clothing, colours and vocabulary such as "hair" and "eyes." Therefore this can be used with a variety of year groups.
Enjoy!
This one slide PowerPoint teaches students how to say their age.
Battleships Expressions:
Tengo
Tienes
Miguel tiene
Antonio tiene
Javier tiene
Tenemos
once años.
doce años.
trece años.
catorce años.
quince años.
dieciséis años.
Battleships Game
Instructions
The students love this competitive and fun game!
I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions.
The students then focus on pronunciation and decide the two easiest and two most difficult words to pronounce.
I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game.
The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen.
I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the Spanish version and then try to play the game saying the Spanish phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the Spanish version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the Spanish version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the Spanish version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures!
During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes.
Enjoy!
These matching cards can be used either to elicit numbers, fractions and statistics or to revise previous learning. It can be used at the beginning of the year or throughout the year as a warmer/ starter activity.
Expressions:
Une moitié.
Un tiers.
Un/une sur dix.
Virgule.
Un quart.
La majorité
Mille.
Un million.
Un milliard.
Quinze virgule six pourcent.
Une quinzaine de jours
You may choose to have different levels of challenge. For example,
Level 1 = match the cards and discuss the pronunciation.
Level 2 = match the cards , discuss the pronunciation and then have quick fire questions from French to English, whereby 1 student closes their eyes and their partner reads out the French cards which the student must translate into English from memory.
Level 3 = As Level 2 but the quick fire questions are from English to French.
Following checking there are 2 fun games to play, either pelmenism or a game I learnt in Japan called Karuta. In Karuta the students put the English language cards to one side and spread out the French cards in front of them. I then say the English and the students compete to touch the correct French card first. Whoever touches it first wins the card. The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins. The students love this game!
Expressions:
Le mercredi, à dix heures
Le lundi à onze heures
Le mardi à huit heures moins le quart
Le jeudi à une heure moins vingt
Le dimanche à deux heures moins vingt-cinq
on a musique.
on a dessin, c’est génial !
nous avons allemand, c’est intéressant.
j’ai histoire, c’est nul.
il a EPS, c’est très fatigant.
elle a l’art dramatique, ce n’est pas marrant.
Battleships Game
Instructions
The students love this competitive and fun game!
I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions.
The students then focus on pronunciation and decide the two easiest and two most difficult words to pronounce.
I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen.
I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the French version and then try to play the game saying the French phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the French version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the French version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the French version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures!
During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes.
Enjoy!
Spanish Battleships Game / Lotto grid numbers 1-20
Instructions
The students love this competitive and fun game!
I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions.
The students then focus on pronunciation and decide the two easiest and two most difficult words to pronounce.
I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game.
The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen.
I use the second sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the Spanish version and then try to play the game saying the Spanish phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the Spanish version next to the second version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the Spanish version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the Spanish version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures!
During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes.
Enjoy!
The cards have the following On Exchange conversation which the students must unjumble:
Hugo: Voici ma mère. Je te présente ma mère.
Mme S: Bonjour Lloyd. Bienvenue à Strasbourg.
Lloyd: Merci madame.
Hugo: Et mon père.
Lloyd: Bonjour monsieur.
M S: Bonjour Lloyd. Tu as fait bon voyage ?
Lloyd: Oui, c’était bien, mais un peu long.
Mme S: La mer n’était pas agitée ?
Lloyd: Non, la mer était calme.
Hugo: Qu’est-ce que tu as fait pendant le voyage ?
Lloyd: J’ai parlé avec mes copains.
Extension: Develop the final answer.
Then answer the question: Qu’est-ce que tu voudrais faire demain?
You may choose to have different levels of challenge. For example,
Level 1 = order the cards and discuss the pronunciation.
Level 2 = as Level 1 and then have quick fire questions from French to English, whereby 1 student closes their eyes and their partner reads out the French cards which the student must translate into English from memory.
Level 3 = As Level 2 but the quick fire questions are from English to French.
Following checking there is a fun game to play which I learnt in Japan called Karuta. In Karuta the students spread out the cards in front of them. I then say the English and the students compete to touch the correct French card first. Whoever touches it first wins the card. The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins. The students love this game!
I use these cards to elicit and revise the word order of object pronouns with verbs. I differentiate as follows:
All: Working in pairs match, then elicit where pronouns go in relation to the verbs.
Most : As above and order the pronouns into 5 columns,
Some: As above and question each other English to French and French to English.
Expressions:
Le secrétaire les leur a envoyés
Ils m’y ont vu.
Je vous en enverrai
La librairie va me l’envoyer demain
Est-ce que je pourrais t’y accompager?
J’espère les y retrouver.
Je le lui ai dit!
Il m'en a parlé plusieurs fois.
Me, te, se, nous, vous, se
Le, la, les
Lui, leur
y
en
Following checking there are 2 fun games to play, either pelmenism or a game I learnt in Japan called Karuta. In Karuta the students put the English language cards to one side and spread out the French cards in front of them. I then say the English and the students compete to touch the correct French card first. Whoever touches it first wins the card. The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins. The students love this game!
Expressions:
Llego al instituto
Llegas
Mi hermano llega
Llegamos Llegáis
Llegan
en autobús o en bici.
en coche o en metro.
en moto o en tren.
a pie o en taxi.
pronto.
a tiempo.
tarde.
Battleships Game
Instructions
The students love this competitive and fun game! It covers al forms of the verb llegar, a range of transportation plus early, on time and late.
I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions.
The students then focus on pronunciation and decide the two easiest and two most difficult words to pronounce.
I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game.
The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen.
I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the Spanish version and then try to play the game saying the Spanish phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the Spanish version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the Spanish version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the Spanish version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures!
During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes.
Enjoy!
This single PowerPoint slide Warmer/ Starter Activity helps students focus on the pronunciation of the ch, th and r sounds in French.
I use this as a quick warmer and ask the students to discuss the pronunciation and meaning in pairs/ groups before eliciting and checking both. After drilling I challenge the students to say each sentence 3 times as fast as possible and then pounce on some "volunteers"!
Phrases:
Charles a un chien, un cheval et des cochons.
Thomas aime le thon, le thé, le théâtre et l’athlétisme.
Rebecca mange du riz au restaurant romantique
Differentiated worksheet to practise emphatic pronouns.
Content:
The emphatic pronouns are listed in French and English.
Moi
Toi
Lui
Elle
Soi
Nous
Vous
Eux
Elles
EXAMPLE CONTENT:
A. Emphatic pronouns are used after prepositions e.g.
Je m’entends bien avec elle = ______*students write in the English
Je m’entends bien avec lui = __________________________
Sans vous = without _______
B. Emphatic pronouns are used for comparisons e.g.
Je suis plus grand qu’elle = ____________________________________.
Elle est plus drôle que lui = ____________________________________.
C. Emphatic pronouns are used for emphasis e.g.
Moi, je suis travailleur, mais toi, tu es paresseux ! = ___________
Moi, je veux une glace = ____________________________.
D. They are also used on their own e.g.
Qui a un chat? Toi! Lui! Elle! Moi! = _____________________.
Exercice A. Complétez et traduisez en anglais.
1. Je m’entends bien avec ______ (them). = ________________.
2. Je ne m’entends pas avec _____ (him). = ________________.
Extra (extension task):
1. La femme est derrière ______ (us). = ____________________.
2. David Beckham est plus mignon que _____ (him). = _________.
3. Angelina Jolie est plus intelligente que _____ (her). = ________.
Extra extra !: Écrivez 7 phrases en utilisant des pronoms disjonctifs.
Write 7 sentences using emphatic pronouns. (Try to use a range of tenses and adjectives and write complex sentences).
This sheet has a range of expression to support students creating a French Wanted Poster either in class or as homework to practise adjectives for physical description.
Phrases given include:
Recherché = wanted
Récompense = reward
Mort ou vif = Dead or alive
Euros = euros
Il/Elle s’appelle… = He/ She is called
Il/ Elle a *** ans = He/ She is *** years old.
Son anniversaire est le…. = His/ her birthday is on the…
There are 3 levels of challenge to extend the more able students whilst supporting those who are weaker.
The first slide encourages the students to actively engage with the new vocabulary and grammar: working in teams, using their prior knowledge, knowledge of other languages and using a process of elimination to figure out the meanings and rules. They then discuss the pronunciation and question each other before the teacher checks with the whole class.
Key expressions:
Je vais arriver à l’heure.
Je vais faire mes devoirs.
Je vais écouter mon professeur.
Je vais me coucher de bonne heure.
Je vais ranger ma chambre.
The next slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English, the formation and to drill.
The next section of slides have multiple choice questions. Then there are "what's missing?" slides. The next slide has pictures of all the phrases. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!
The next slide summarises the formation of the Near Future and the following slide looks at the conjugation of aller.
The last 3 slides can be used for a re-cap at the end of the lesson or the beginning of the next lesson.
You may then wish to use my Battleships Game/ Lotto grid to consolidate this knowledge.
Expressions:
Je vais
Tu vas
Il va
Elle va
On va
Nous allons
Vous allez
Ils vont
Elles vont
arriver à l’heure.
faire les devoirs.
écouter le professeur.
me/te/se/nous/vous/se coucher de bonne heure.
ranger ma/ta/sa/notre/ votre/leur chambre.
manger des fruits.
Battleships Game
Instructions
Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions and discuss the pronunciation.
I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen.
I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the French version and then try to play the game saying the French phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the French version next to the English version so they have lots of support
Expressions taught:
Il faut arriver à l’heure.
Il ne faut pas laisser son portable allumé.
Il ne faut pas manger en classe.
On ne doit pas courir dans les couloirs.
On ne doit pas fumer à l’intérieur.
Il ne faut pas porter de bijoux.
Il faut respecter les profs et les autres élèves.
Il faut faire ses devoirs regulièrement.
Il faut apporter un mot d’absence signé par les parents.
The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill.
The next section of slides have multiple choice questions.
Then there are "Qu’est-ce que c’est?" slides.
Group Talk foster the spontaneous use of the target Language in the classroom. This sheet can be used in conjunction with my Group Talk Discussion Mat. It can also be used as a role play template.
There are 5 questions on the sheet:
1. Qu’est-ce que vous mangez généralement, au petit déjeuner?
2. Qu’est-ce que vous buvez normalement?
3. Qu’est-ce que vous mangez et buvez à midi?
4. Qu’est-ce que vous avez mangé et bu hier soir?
5. Qu’est-ce que vous allez manger et boire demain?
The students pair up and one student asks a question. There are then 3 levels of challenge:
1. The student can answer using the expressions in the box (which you have translated and elicited the pronunciation of beforehand).
2. In addition the students use some of the words listed below the box to extend their answers.
3. In addition the students should try to come up with other spontaneous phrases.
Using the discussion mat with this allows them to build in additional responses e.g.
Attend! = Wait!
C’est ridicule! = That’s ridiculous!
Tu es fou/folle?! = Are you crazy?!
Ce n’est pas juste = It’s not fair!
Tu plaisantes? = You must be joking/ are you joking?
Expressions:
Vous avez…
une chambre pour une personne
une chambre double/ avec un grand lit
une chambre avec lits jumeaux
de libre, s’il vous plaît?
Pour…
une nuit.
deux nuits.
une semaine.
une quinzaine de jours.
Pour…
une personne.
deux personnes.
deux adultes et deux enfants.
Il y a….
WC
une douche
une salle de bains
une télévision
...dans la chambre?
Je voudrais aussi une chambre accessible aux handicapés. Je suis en fauteuil roulant.
Il y a…
un restaurant
un ascenseur
un parking
une piscine
....à l’hôtel?
The slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill.
La Coupe du Monde 2018 Resources Product Description.
I have planned this lesson not only to teach vocabulary and facts about football and the World Cup 2018, but also to help the students to respond creatively to their learning and hopefully share their passion for football! The PowerPoint uses matching cards, colourful pictures and animations and YouTube extracts set to music to inspire the students. It is planned to use with students from Years 6-9 (the final task is very open-ended).
Slide 2 states the objective:
Objectif: To learn about Le Football & La Coupe du Monde 2018 and to respond creatively to your learning.
All: Will learn vocabulary and facts and use them to create an acrostic or a calligramme.
Most: Will learn and research vocabulary and facts and use them to create an acrostic or a calligramme.
Some: Will learn and research vocabulary and facts and use them to create a poem.
Slide 3 has a YouTube link to follow to use with the attached worksheet: https://youtu.be/uC14iKFNwIc . This uses the official FIFA promotional video and the students tick the countries they see. The worksheet is differentiated with an Extra! challenge. The answers are on the next PowerPoint slide.
Slide 5 introduces key vocabulary and can be used with the matching cards. The students should work in pairs/ groups to match the vocabulary and the picture using their previous knowledge, cognates and a process of elimination.
Vocabulary:
Le joueur de foot
Le gardien de but
L’arbitre
Le stade
Le ballon de foot
La coupe
Un drapeau
Une équipe
Un carton jaune
Le terrain de foot
Un maillot de foot
Des chaussures de foot
The activity is differentiated as follows:
All: Match Up!
Most: Perfect Pronunciation Challenge!
Some: Quick Fire Questions! (Here the students quiz each other: French to English, English to French, spellings, accents……).
Slides 6 to 17 show each word and the matching picture and colourful animations.
Slide 18 has all the pictures for a quick recap.
Then there is graded questioning:
Slides 19 to 30 have A, B, C multiple choice questions.
Slides 31 to 44 are “What’s missing?” slides.
Then slide 45 has a YouTube link to the France 2018 Promo video and students should note down new nouns and adjectives expressing the emotions they see and feel (if they don’t know the French they can grab a dictionary later!)
The creative challenges are presented on slides 45 and 46, this is to either create an acrostic, a calligramme or a poem (there is a poem template provided). This information is also on the accompanying worksheets.
Slide 47 provides the opportunity for reflection.
I really hope you and your students enjoy these resources!