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This is a cultural lesson based on the vocab of daily routine. Pupils watch a YouTube video, comparing the daily routine of a girl in the USA with a girl in Haiti. They then use the worksheet to translate the texts about the girls’ daily routine into their books. They should cut out the relevant half of the sheet, stick it into their books and then translate underneath each one. Get pupils to do a rough draft first, to be copied up neatly into their books.
Use the PPT to introduce family members in French.
The sheet is a copy of the family tree in the presentation, so pupils can follow and make notes.
Pupils then use the clues (e.g. my dad’s brother) to identify the family member.
Use this PPT to introduce pupils to how to give quantities of food and drink in German.
It begins with an example conversation, then teaches the new vocab and finally, pupils play noughts and crosses with the new vocab.
Give the students the gap-fill text about food & drink with 10 gaps in it (A to I). Of course, this can be more or fewer gaps – just remember to adjust the A to I in the table.
In each gap in the text, write a letter (A to I). Along the corresponding row in the table, give 6 alternatives to go in that gap. Pupils then choose one by rolling a dice.
When the student reaches the gap, they roll a dice and say/write the corresponding word.
Introduce pupils to different time phrases that refer to particular tenses (past, present & future), allowing them to show off their knowledge of tenses in a simple way.
After introducing the time phrases, pupils must identify which tense must be used for each time phrase that appears on the board. They do this by stepping backwards (past), stomping (present) and stepping forwards (future).
This PPT is on a timer, so pupils must be on their toes!
When pupils read a past tense phrase, they must either point backwards or step backwards (depending on the size of the class/classroom!). For the present tense, they either stomp or point down. For the future tense, they must either point in front of them or take a step forwards.
The text is on the topic of different music genres and is aimed at KS3 or 4. In 2 teams, pupils choose a word to find in the text. The pupils don’t know what each word is worth. Click on the word they have chosen when they have correctly identified it in the text and their score will be revealed. The winning team is the team with the highest score once all words have been found in the text.
This PPT introduces some facts about Christmas in France and can be used in conjunction with the Christmas wordsearch, where a lot of the vocab used is introduced. For the wordsearch, students use a school French dictionary to look up the English Christmas words and find the French words in the grid.
The PPT starts by introducing and then practising some facts about Christmas in France, followed by a video of a Christmas market in Mulhouse, Alsace.
There is then a Connect 4 game, practising the vocab and facts, followed by an Advent Calendar team game.
Instructions are in the notes section of the PPT.
This PPT introduces pupils to vocab about changing the planet (e.g. ‘I’m going to do charity work’).
To start with, pupils identify what 3 texts are about using clues.
Then, introduce the new vocab to pupils and then they fill in the gaps in the sentences and then match them to the English.
Use this PPT to teach pupils how to order an ice cream in French.
To begin with, pupils must try to work out the order of the conversation.
Then, introduce the vocab, using visual clues.
Finally, play noughts and crosses, using the initials of the new phrases.
Hand out one card to each student as they enter the room. It doesn’t really matter who gets what.
They have to complete the task after they’re settled (e.g. after writing the date, etc).
In their books, they should write ‘My entry task today is number ___’.
These could also be used as ‘extra’ tasks in the lesson.
Tasks include ‘You are a translator for this lesson!’ and ‘Get a purple pen from the top drawer, check your book for errors and correct them.’
Use this PPT to introduce pupils to how to say ‘some’ in French.
It begins by introducing different food and drink, using ‘some’. Pupils must identify the 4 different ways to say ‘some’.
They are then taught the rules and then must identify whether the French matches the images.
The images then rush across the screen and pupils must give the French.
Finally, there is a matching activity.
In this PPT, show pupils a word or phrase associated with a particular tense and they identify which tense. Look at the clues as well.
At the end of the PPT, show sections of a paragraph and pupils must identify the clues and tenses in each section.
