My name is Christopher Palmer and I am a languages practitioner. I am now in my sixteenth year of teacher and I have a wealth of experience of liaising with the standard EdExcel GCSE French, Cambridge International GCSE French, EdExcel A-Level French, beginner's Mandarin courses and I am starting to become acquainted with IB French. I have published a vast array of resources which span Key Stage 2-5.
My name is Christopher Palmer and I am a languages practitioner. I am now in my sixteenth year of teacher and I have a wealth of experience of liaising with the standard EdExcel GCSE French, Cambridge International GCSE French, EdExcel A-Level French, beginner's Mandarin courses and I am starting to become acquainted with IB French. I have published a vast array of resources which span Key Stage 2-5.
This resource exclusively looks at the imperfect tense in French which is introduced at Key Stage 3 level and explores reflexive verbs in the imperfect form.
It also gives students the opportunity to learn how to talk about simultaneous actions in the past, and also revises other previously learnt functions of the imperfect and perfect tense in the form of a quiz.
Happy teaching and learning!
I know irregular verbs can be very difficult to master at a young age as it is a highly dynamic concept and there are so many, however this resource explicitly looks at them at all. The following irregular verbs which are explored are as follows:
etre
avoir
recevoir
savoir
faire
mettre
croire
vouloir
connaitre
prendre
dire
lire
voir
ouvrir
devoir
pouvoir
boire
Get the students to read through the cartoons about Xavier’s week. Ask the students the follow up questions and ask what their thoughts are. Reveal the answers to them on the next slide.
Upon completion of reading the text, get the students to complete the follow-up activities.
This resource is geared towards learners at Key Stage3 level and in preparation for IGCSE level.
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the sixth installment of learning about the rooms in the house.
This installment is about the bathroom and associated objects.
Go through the powerpoint reviewing the previously-learnt rooms of the house and the associated objects. Next, review the new prepositions and then introduce the bathroom with the associated objects. There is a subsequent quiz with differentiated questions.
There are differentiated workbooks available. Get the students to colour in the objects on pages 2-3 and unscramble the words. From pages 4 to 7, cut out and stick in the pictures of the images featuring the masculine words and the feminine words. On page 8 , the children need to complete the missing words by choosing the words below. On page 9, the children need to draw the bedroom, according to the instructions. On page 10 , they complete the spot the difference activity and then complete the wordsearch on page 11.
There is now a bundle available which contains all the six parts which are the lounge, the dining room, the kitchen, the hallway, the bedroom and the bathroom. Feel free to take advantage of this offer!
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the second installment of learning about the rooms in the house.
This installment is about the dining room and associated objects.
Go through the powerpoint reviewing the previous learnt vocabulary and then introducing the prepositions first. Next, introduce the dining room with the associated objects. There is a subsequent quiz with differentiated questions.
There are differentiated workbooks available.
Level 1 (Niveau 1) - Lower level
Level 2 (Niveau 2) - Higher level
Get the students to colour in the things in the dining room and the prepositions and unscramble the words on the first few pages of the workbook. Next, cut out and stick in the pictures of the images featuring the masculine words and the feminine words. Then, the children need to complete the missing words by choosing the words below. The next few pages contains the listening tasks. Play the attached recording and the children then answer the questions. Then, the children need to draw the dining room, according to the instructions. On the last few pages, they complete the spot the difference activity and then complete the wordsearch.
There is a bingo sheet available which could be used as a plenary or the starter of the next lesson.
There are now subsequent installments available on my online shop. Feel free to take a look at them!
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the fifth installment of learning about the rooms in the house.
This installment is about the bedroom and associated objects.
Go through the powerpoint reviewing the previously-learnt rooms of the house and the associated objects. Next, review and introduce the new prepositions and then introduce the bedroom with the associated objects. There is a subsequent quiz with differentiated questions.
There are differentiated workbooks available.
Level 1 (Niveau 1) - Lower level
Level 2 (Niveau 2) - Higher level
Get the students to colour in the things in the bedroom and the prepositions and unscramble the words on the first few pages of the workbook. Next, cut out and stick in the pictures of the images featuring the masculine words and the feminine words. Then, the children need to complete the missing words by choosing the words below. The next few pages contains the listening tasks. Play the attached recording and the children then answer the questions. Then, the children need to draw the bedroom, according to the instructions. On the last few pages, they complete the spot the difference activity and then complete the wordsearch.
There is a bingo sheet available which could be used as a plenary or the starter of the next lesson.
There are now subsequent installments available on my online shop. Feel free to take a look at them!
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource looks at various European countries in French with their prepositions, such as ‘au’, ‘en’ and ‘aux’. There is a memory game of the prepositions and the names of the European countries in French. You can divide the class up into groups and they can score points for their team for every missing country that they remember. There are also quizzes about the countries and the prepositions used when expressing them. Subsequently, the students then copy out the table and fill in the missing gaps.
There is also an accompanying colouring in poster of the flags of the European countries with a wordsearch. Furthermore, there is a reading comprehension activity attached with differentiated questions.
This resource is geared at Key Stage 3 level.
Happy teaching and learning!
Here is a resource which outlines the use of ‘apres avoir/etre/s’etre + past participle’ construction and there are many activities which reinforce this.
This activity is geared at IGCSE level.
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Here is a presentation for learning members of the family. It is also good for consolidating possessive words and also gender which is why all the words have been highlighted in either blue or pink. This is suitable for teaching Key Stage 2 French as there is a story with true/false questions which consolidates what the children have learnt. Enjoy!
This presentation focuses on demonstrative pronouns in French which is covered at IGCSE and A-level French. It explicitly highlights the main demonstrative pronouns in question followed by subsequent activities with differentiated levels.
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This resource explicitly outlines a very broad cultural element such as the great distinctions as to when to use the 'tu' or the 'vous' form. Students complete the quiz reassuring them of any unfamiliar vocabulary and then they read the cartoon strip followed by another quiz on the story and there are follow up activities on it.
This resource is geared towards learners of Key Stage 2/3 level.
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I have devised a powerpoint about the functions of direct object pronouns in the present tense which greatly facilitates teaching and learning as they can be complex at times. It contains several examples of practising direct object pronouns and there is an exercise at then end of the powerpoint which follows.
This powerpoint is geared towards students of IGCSE level as it is themed as one's hometown.
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Here is part 1 of breakfast items in French. The powerpoint introduces differentiated vocabulary for different levels, followed by various activities and a quiz. This pack also contains differentiated workbooks for different levels where children colour in the words blue, as it only contains masculine nouns (and they can colour in the pictures too!). This is ideal for Key Stage 1 and 2 French.
New vocabulary:
Le café
Le pain grillé
Des oeufs
Le beurre
Le jus d'orange
Differentiated vocabulary:
Des oeufs brouillés (scrambled eggs)
Un oeuf à la coque (a boiled egg)
This resource looks at various Asian countries in French with their prepositions, such as ‘au’, ‘en’ and ‘aux’. There is a memory game of the prepositions and the names of the Asian countries in French. You can divide the class up into groups and they can score points for their team for every missing country that they remember. There is also a quiz about the countries and subsequently, the students then copy out the table and fill in the missing gaps.
There is also an accompanying colouring in poster of the flags of the Asian countries with a wordsearch. Furthermore, there is a reading comprehension activity attached with differentiated questions.
This resource is geared at Key Stage 3 level.
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource exclusively looks at general school life in France. It looks at the different schools, names of class years and different subjects. It also looks at how school culture in France differs from other countries.
This resource is geared towards learners of Key Stage 3 level.
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource looks at the alphabet in French in the theme of countries around the world and also various cities where there are pages and pages of colouring in. It also executes the reading, speaking, writing and listening skills. This resource is geared towards learners of Key Stage 1 and Key stage 2. It can also be very good revision for Key Stage 3 learners.
Happy teaching and learning!
Preparation time: 30 minutes - 1 hour (introducing new vocabulary)
Lesson length: 45 minutes - 1 hour
Here is the 2nd resource for introducing French to adults at beginner's level!
I have compiled this resource using an adult approach who are learning French for the very first time.
This activity focuses on numbers 1-10 and introduces the conjugation of 'habiter' and 'etre' in such a way that one conveys where one lives in this lesson. This resource also incorporates all the four keys skills such as reading, listening, speaking and writing.
This resource includes the worksheet, the sound file for the listening task, the listening transcript as well as my powerpoint presentation for introducing the numbers 1-10 with many subsequent activites.
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This resource explicitly explores a great deal of weather vocabulary in French and it is targeted at learners of Key Stage 2-3 level.
There is a quiz with five questions which revises the weather that occurs in France for every four months of the year and there is a song at the end of the presentation which is sung in the theme of 'Twinkle, twinkle, little star'
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This resource looks at phrases which use the verb 'avoir' as opposed to 'etre'. The presentation of this concept has been composed in the form of a story about an eleven year-old girl who has recently moved to France and she doesn't speak French that well, resulting her in frequently using phrases that should use 'avoir', forms them with 'etre' instead. It is a very good story with a follow up quiz of the story.
This resource is geared towards students at IGCSE level.
Happy teaching and learning!
Here is part 2 of breakfast items in French. The powerpoint introduces differentiated vocabulary for different levels, followed by various activities and games. This pack also contains differentiated workbooks for different levels where children colour in the words pink, as it only contains feminine nouns (and they can colour in the pictures too!). This is ideal for Key Stage 1 and 2 French.
New vocabulary:
La confiture
La marmelade
Une crêpe
Differentiated vocabulary:
Les mouillettes (toasted soldiers!)
Picture pairs numbers 1-100 in French. This is ideal for Key Stage level 2-3 French and also for learners of a stronger ability or gifted and talented learners. There is also a differentiated version available.
Instructions: Print off each slide and them laminate them. Cut along the black line to separate them and begin playing!
Happy playing and learning!