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.
Unit 1: Family members
Lesson 1-1: Mum and Dad
This lesson is designed for children who are in their first year of studying Mandarin Chinese.
Objectives: Vocabulary and characters: 妈妈 (mum),爸爸 (dad), 你好 (hello),你早 (good morning)
Differentation: 老师 (teacher),同学 (classmate),晚上好 (good evening)
Trying to teach the imperfect tense and your learners understanding the concept, can prove to be very challenging.
This activity is designed to facilitate this and make teaching and learning much easier. When going through the initial steps of the recipe, it would be a good idea to do some examples on the board before attempting the method.
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The cost of this activity is £2.
Whether you are generally revising '-er' verbs in the perfect tense or teaching it for the first time, here is an activity that will give students a firm acquaintance with this concept or greatly revise it. There is also a colouring in poster available for student to learn some '-er' verbs in French.
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Whether you are generally revising '-ir' verbs in the perfect tense or teaching it for the first time, here is an activity that will give students a firm acquaintance with this concept or greatly revise it. There is also a colouring in poster available for student to learn some '-ir' verbs in French.
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Whether you are generally revising '-re' verbs in the perfect tense or teaching it for the first time, here is an activity that will give students a firm acquaintance with this concept or greatly revise it. There is also a colouring in poster available for student to learn some '-re' verbs in French.
Happy teaching and learning!
Whether you are generally revising the perfect tense in the negative form or teaching it for the first time, here is an activity that will give students a firm acquaintance with this concept or greatly revise it. There is also a wordsearch where students find 29 hidden verbs and write them in the correct column in the table below.
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Unit 1: Family members
Lesson 1-4: Grandchildren and learning to say thank you
Vocabulary: 谢谢 (thank you) (total: 18 words) (total number of characters: 19)
Differentiation: 孙子 (grandson),孙女 (granddaughter) (total: 27 words) (total number of characters: 31)
Objective 1: Recall to say thank you in Mandarin
Objective 2 (for more able students): Recall at least 10 family members in total (including this lesson's new items)
Unit 1: Family Members
Activity 1-4: Thank you
This activity is designed for children in their first year studying Mandarin Chinese
Listening: Game of bingo
Writing: Write and repeat several times the following vocabulary: 谢谢
Reading and writing: Reading the sentences and distinguish the correct word by filling in the gaps.
If there are any students (i.e. Cantonese speaking students, mother-tongue students, gifted and talented) who you deem capable of going beyond this range of vocabulary, there is a differentiated work book available.
Here is a useful worksheet to express distance in French. There are differentiated questions available. This activity is geared towards learners of IGCSE French and A-Level French.
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Picture pairs numbers 1-10 in French. This is ideal for Key Stage level 1-2 French.
Instructions: Print off each slide and them laminate them. Cut along the black line to separate them and begin playing!
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This activity is designed for students who are studying two languages at GCSE/IGCSE level and also who are learning dates for the first time. This resource is also geared towards native French speakers who are studying Mandarin Chinese.
This resource exclusively looks at basic prepositions such as ‘sur’, ‘sous’ and ‘dans’. I have also included more complex material for more able students such as ‘a côté de’, ‘au fond de’ and ‘en face de’. This is ideal for teachers following Tricolore book 1.
Present the vocabulary and also the more complex prepositions to the more able students or the gifted and talented. There are also subsequent questions which follow which reinforces what the students have learnt.
On the last two slides, get the students to copy out the new vocabulary and then they can start the supplementary work if other students haven’t yet finished. On the next slide, the students can choose whichever level work they feel the most comfortable with.
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This powerpoint exclusively explores the four different ways of using the four different interrogative words for ‘which’ in French.
The first activity revises the demonstrative adjectives which the students could do as a warm-up activity. Subsequently, the powerpoint introduces the four different ways to express ‘which’ in French. As each one is explored, display each poster in the classroom to illustrate each meaning and it is a very resourceful way to make use of the working walls in the classroom. Throughout the powerpoint, the students will be acquainted with the verb ‘acheter’ and its conjugation. The students can note its conjugation as they progress through the powerpoint. When the students begin the production stage of the lesson, they can complete the activity on page 59 of the slide. The activities are differentiated and the students can choose which level best suits them. The answers are provided on the subsequent slides of the powerpoint.
There is also a Kahoot quiz available on my account. The links are as follows:
Level 1: https://create.kahoot.it/share/quel-quelle-quels-quelles-niveau-1/b03f2ee0-c8cd-4f72-bb34-28629bd7692d
Level 2: https://create.kahoot.it/share/quel-quelle-quels-quelles/42cb20a2-3bb6-43ad-9b55-326bb82db022
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This powerpoint explicitly outlines the function of ‘ne … ni … ni’ and other uses of this concept both in the present tense and the perfect tense. There is a wealth of good examples demonstrated in this presentation with follow up differentiated activities and also revises previously learnt negatives in French. This is ideal for learners of IGCSE French and AS/A2 level French.
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This resource explicitly looks at the use of the term ‘venir de faire quelquechose’ (to have just done something).
Get the students to read the cartoons on the slide and then each cartoon has a question about what is going on. Get them to decide which is/are the correct answer/s.
Spot the difference activities are followed and the students orally state what has just happened in the second picture. These activities contain visual support in case the students aren’t sure how to something in particular in French.
There are also reinforcement activities which the students can complete.
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This resource looks at the distinction between when we use the question words ‘quand’ and ‘a quelle heure’. Students read the story and then complete a quiz on the story in order to demonstrate comprehension. There are also follow-up activities.
This resource is geared towards learners of Key Stage 3 and 4 level.
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This resource looks at general feelings using the expression ‘Ca va’. It also looks at the pronunciation of the cedilla.
It would come in very useful when starting the new academic year and starting off using Tricolore 1.
There are lots of differentiated activities, geared towards learners of all abilities.
For the listening activities:
Lower level worksheet: Say either one of the facial expressions and allow the student to choose the correct picture.
Higher level worksheet: Use the same word as for the lower level worksheet and the student has to draw that particular facial expression in the box provided.
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Quiz on Imperatives - Level 1
This quiz exclusively looks at the formation of imperatives in the following:
Regular verbs
Irregular verbs such as 'Faire, ‘Avoir’, ‘Aller’ , ‘Etre’ and ‘Savoir’
Verbs in the negative form
Reflexive verbs
Reflexive verbs in the negative form
There will be a higher level quiz available shortly. Do keep an eye out for it.
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Intransitive verbs - Level 2
This quiz exclusively looks at the seventeen verbs in French which use ‘etre’ as the helping verb in terms of:
Opposite meanings (i.e. sortir - entrer, etc)
Repeat verbs (repartir, ressortir, etc)
It also briefly looks at some intransitive verbs which can become transitive.
Students will be able to recall the verbs which use ‘etre’ in more depth, in particular if they have completed the level 1 quiz.
More complex material involving the use of intransitive verbs in the perfect verbs is exhibited in more advanced levels of the quizzes. Level 3 beings to introduce this. The more advanced levels of the quiz are also available. Why not take advantage of the bundle and purchase all five levels at a reduced price?
Happy teaching and learning!