Learn. Teach. Travel. Coach.
Having been in the education world for more than a decade I bring knowledge and experience as a teacher, teacher trainer and coach.
My teaching career has led me from England, France, China and now to South America
In the last several years, I have delivered a number of workshops and conference to help organizations and individuals to improve their teaching-management skills.
If you have any question about my ressource, feel free to contact me
Learn. Teach. Travel. Coach.
Having been in the education world for more than a decade I bring knowledge and experience as a teacher, teacher trainer and coach.
My teaching career has led me from England, France, China and now to South America
In the last several years, I have delivered a number of workshops and conference to help organizations and individuals to improve their teaching-management skills.
If you have any question about my ressource, feel free to contact me
Here's a powerpoint with 6 slides to teach items of food for breakfast. It contains:
- a reading activity
- a dictionary contest
- a matching up activity
- a grammar point (du,de la, des) and a practice
Full version of this lesson with the student booklet can be found here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/breakfast-food-in-french-no-prep-lesson-activities-le-petit-d-jeuner-en-fran-ais-11124788
Here’s a freebie about classroom instructions with 6 slides. It contains:
- a setting target slide
- a matching up with pictures and instructions
- a drawing activity
- a noughts and crosses
- a review of objectives
Full version can be found here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/classroom-instruction-in-french-no-prep-lesson-activity-instruction-dans-la-classe-en-francais-11113878
Here’s a nice presentation with 7 slides to teach English - a basic/elementary level.
The lesson is aimed at teenagers, young adults or adults with little or no English at all. It is all about giving them confidence in learning this new language. So whatever their mothertongue this should help they develop communicative skills quickly.
It contains:
1. A brainstorming about what they have learned in Unit 1 lesson 1 about countries/nationalities, the alphabet and basic questions
2. An interactive activity with a forum where students can read about another student telling about why English is important for him. Students need to recognize cognates.
3. A writing activity about why English is important for them
4. A review about the alphabet pronunciation and IPA with a text message to decipher
5. An introduction to numbers with a matching up
This is a starter/preview of Learn about number / Basic questions / Recognizing cognates resources / Filling a form
Here’s a nice freebie with 8 slides to teach students English for the first time.
The lesson is aimed at teenagers, young adults or adults with little or no English at all. It is all about giving them confidence in learning this new language. So whatever their mothertongue this should help they develop communicative skills quickly.
It contains:
1. A brainstorming about why it is important to learn English with a fun short video
2. A writestorming about countries
3. A feedback with a brief grammar point about the use of articles with countries (aimed at more proficient students)
4. A geography activity so that they can reuse the vocabulary about countries with a map to label
5. A matching up activity between world countries and flags
The full lesson with the student booklet activity for student can be found here :
https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/esl-eal-self-introduction-countries-and-nationalities-11198859
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Here’s a powerpoint about colours with 6 slides. It contains:
- a setting target slide
- a matching up with school objects
- a wordsearch
- a filling gap activity
- a review of objectives
The full version (whole lesson and Activity book can be find here :
https://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/french-colours-lesson--activities-les-couleurs-en-francais-le-on--activit-s-no-prep-11089010
Is there anything nicer than children and pets? Well, how about teaching them vocabulary about pets then? Here’s a freebie you’ll find useful to teach beginners in French about pets with 7 slides. It contains:
- a setting target slide where students can decide what they are going to learn
- a matching up activity about colours
- a reading about pets with questions
- an unscramble the letters activity to develop reading skills
- a matching up activity
- a review of objectives
Need more than a starter lesson ? Get the full lesson here
Hi everyone,
As part of the elementary ESL series, here's the freebie of the new lesson about food, nationalities and countries (review from lesson 1), likes and opinions.
If you need to introduce likes, dislikes, opinions, this new lesson is a great way to do it interactively as it contains 3 videos and 16 activities in total that will help you teach in a fun and communicative way. This lesson is aimed mainly at teenagers or adults but it can be adapted easily for a younger audience.
This freebie contains 7 slides with :
1. a starter to review what has been done in lesson 2
2. an introduction to recap about countries and food items
3. a video about food in the world
4. a recap about what people eat according to the different countries
5. a recap about questions for nationalities and countries with celebrities guessing
6. a grammar point about he/she
This is a starter/preview of Unit 1 lesson 3 food, like and opinion
Here’s a nice presentation with 7 slides to teach English - a basic/elementary level.
The lesson is aimed at teenagers, young adults or adults with little or no English at all. It is all about giving them confidence in learning this new language. So whatever their mothertongue this should help they develop communicative skills quickly.
It contains:
1. A brainstorming about what they have learned in Unit 1 lesson 1 about countries/nationalities, the alphabet and basic questions
2. An interactive activity with a forum where students can read about another student telling about why English is important for him. Students need to recognize cognates.
3. A writing activity about why English is important for them
4. A review about the alphabet pronunciation and IPA with a text message to decipher
5. An introduction to numbers with a matching up
This is a lesson starter/preview of Learn about number / Basic questions / Recognizing cognates resources / Filling a form
Here’s a freebie about why learning a foreign language with 6 slides. It contains:
- an objective slide
- a matching up activity
- a true/myth activity with answers
- a celebrity slide with celebrities speaking many languages
- reasons why learning an MFL is important
The full version can be found here :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/why-learn-foreign-language-assembly-11113847
French where we live
Here is a colourful powerpoint with 26 slides and its pdf activity booklet with 8 pages to introduce places (seaside, countryside etc.), likes and dislikes + reasons, where the house is located (next to/far from) + some places in town.
It contains
- a self-target setting slide
- a detailed objective slide
- a starter with texts and a true/false
- introductory slides for new vocabulary
- texts to be understood from gist to details
- a classification of opinions and reasons
- matching up exercises etc.
- a unjumble the sentences activity
- writing activities
- speaking activities in pairs
- a grammar point about -er verbs at the present tense
- a review of objectives
Here’s powerpoint with 33 slides and its booklet with 12 pages to teach about the New Year
is celebrated around the world. It is aimed at ESL students but it is suitable for any subjects to bring some cultural awareness in the classroom. It contains:
- a self-target setting slide
- a video as a starter
- an introduction to the different customs and traditions around the world for New Year (In Europe, the USA, Japan, in South America, for Jewish people, for Hindu people etc.)
- a quiz with answers and 2 rounds
- a reading with filling gaps
- a resolutions writing activity
- a word search
- an activity with letters to unscramble as plenary
Happy New Year
Looking for activities and games that you can use, adapt and reuse over and over again?
I have created this resource with teachers and students in mind. Knowing how difficult it is to create original activities and game that will motivate and challenge students, I have come up with this 60-ready-to use interactive games, ideas and activities that will save you a lot of time.
Here’s how it works:
1. You get a fully interactive powerpoint with 113 slides and 60 activities
2. The activities are divided into 8 sections according to their use:
a. Guessing games and quizzes (Questions and hiding picture, Questions and rewards, Questions for a winner, Jeopardy, Multiple answers, Hiding picture)
b. Activities with timer (Questions with timer, Who the fastest in the class? , A short answer game)
c. Labelling activities (Geography and countries, Dinner’s ready, Spooky Halloween)
d. Team games (Blockbuster, Slapping the board game, Boardgame, Puzzle, Spot the differences, The dictionary race, Disappearing game, The first one who can name… )
e. Drawing and settling down activities (Read and draw, Write and draw, Word search, From English to French, The hidden sentences, Coloring activity, Pictionary, Back-to-back descriptions)
f. Activities in pairs (Battleships, Family tree, Matching up, Draw your family tree, Guessing games, Snakes and ladders, Noughts and crosses, Ping-pong, Filling-gap, Role-play, Classification)
g. Engaging everyone (One question/one student, Who’s my next victim, Mind map, Questions in a hat, Survey, Fashion show, Let’s debate, Counting game, Hot-air balloon, Find the mistakes, Post-it game, Dominos)
h. Other activities (Identify key words, The odd-one-out, Classification, Summary, Hangman)
3. To get access to the activities, follow the menu in each section. Click on the ORANGE button provided to choose an activity. To come back to the menu click on the GREEN arrow at the top right handside of each slide.
4. Each activity is explained with step-by-step instructions in the notes section at the bottom of each slide to save you time.
5. You also get the booklet with 56 pages with all activities that can be photocopied and used in class with students.
6. You also get in the booklet blank templates that you can use and adapt for your own needs.
- This resource is highly interactive to allow fun interactions with your students but you don’t need to be a techy to use it!
- It is highly adaptable. You just need to adapt it for your needs
- It is a time-saver: No need to overthink your planning.
- It works! They have proven to be very useful in my classes
If you are looking for more personalized activities for your class or your school, let’s get in touch! Always happy to help.
The French have voted for their 2 favorite candidates for the presidential elections. It is now quite hard to tell the future and if you are teaching French you may find it hard to explain the programs of each of the candidates. This resource will help you teach about the elections by putting the results into the French context and by explaining the birth of each political party.
This resource is aimed at intermediate-advanced level students. This resource contains a PPT with 24 slides with different activities. It also contains a booklet for students so that they can keep a track of their learning.
All the activities are corrected to save you time. Here's what you will get:
1. a matching up activity with the 5 main political parties that were competing (texts with main ideas and political trends)
2. a true/false activity about the political campaign
3. a reading with questions about Marine Le Pen and her program
4. Two video clips: Students need to answer questions about her political trends and main concerns for the voters of the Front National
5. A mini-biography to reorder about Marine Le Pen
6. A reading about the history of the FN and how it is presented now
7. A text about Emmanuel Macron and his program with questions
8. A brainstorming about what students may know about him
9. A video clip with questions
10. a mini-biography to reorder about Emmanuel Macron
11. A text giving some insight about his Party En Marche
12. The results as a conclusion
Enjoy. I am sure it will help you teach about the elections and their importance not only in France but also on the international scene.
I suggest you also use this resource that gives you a clear idea of the political system in France.
Check here French election Process
Thanksgiving is just around the corner. How about telling our students a bit more about culture and traditions?
Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of year for our French students to discover a bit more about other cultures. This lesson is aimed at proficient students in French (B2-C1) or it can even be used for native speakers that want more culture about the United States. However many activities have also been designed in this resource for lower level students so that they can understand the concept of being grateful for what they have.
Every activity is corrected to save you time and you get detailled notes at the bottom of each slide of the PPT to guide your teaching! The booklet is a good way to help your students keep a record of what they have learned in class
Here's what you will get in this 36-slide PPT lesson and its 12-page booklet:
1. A starter with a brainstorming
2. A video about Thanksgiving's story
3. A true-false activity
4. A text to reorder
5. A fun mini quiz about Thansgiving in History
6. A matching up activity about Thanksgiving menu
7. An interactive menu with 5 activities to choose from (You can do them all if you want as well.)
with - a recipe
- a maze
- a wordsearch
- a poem
- Thanksgiving tree
8. A thinking time activity with slides to open up students' minds to be grateful for what they have
9. a review of objectives
Have a lovely Thanksgiving!
The International Day of Woman is just around the corner and as March is celebrated as Women's History Month, let’s talk to our students about women’s achievements. This resource will help you develop your students’ awareness about the impact of women in History through a wide variety of games, videos, songs and projects. It is quite flexible to work with students from different levels/age groups.
It consists of a powerpoint with 40 slides and its activity booklet for students with 17 pages:
- a brainstorming about the topic with words as a support
- a video about main female figures in the world
- a mini quiz about what the International Women day is about with a reading about its origin and purpose
- other female figures and their inventions to match up
- a quiz about some important events and women (voting, amendment, bills etc.)
- a song celebrating woman's achievement (Roar by Katy Perry)
- a thinking slide about advantages/drawbacks to be a man/woman
- advertising about women and discrimination
- information about the Suffragettes and more descriptions about exceptional women
- a text about Aung San Suu Kyi (life and achievement)
- a group project
- a guess game activity
- a review of objectives
Hi everyone!
Valentine’s day is just around the corner! Ready to spread love and vocabulary in French?
So, here is a colourful powerpoint with 37 slides about Valentine's day in French and its activity booklet to make Valentine’s day a memorable day for your students.
I made it quite flexible to allow you to work with children, teens or even adults! You just need to choose which activities are best suited for your audience!
The level is from pre-intermediate to intermediate. It contains
-a self-target setting slide,
-a video about Valentine -that should be played without the sound for students to predict the story
- slides explaining the story followed by a true false exercise
- a presentation of vocabulary with audio
- 3 fun memorising games
- a word search
- a maze
- a dialogue to practise with a review about likes and dislikes + opinions
- a colouring activity to review colours
- an activity to have students to write a Valentine's card
- a song by Edith Piaf with filling gaps.
- a song by Anais to open up the discussion
I hope you will like it as much as my students did!
Happy Valentine! Use the activity booklet for more efficiency!
Hi everyone!
Valentine’s day is just around the corner! Ready to spread love and vocabulary in Spanish?
So, here is a colorful powerpoint with 36 slides about Valentine's day in Spanish and its activity booklet with 11 pages to make Valentine’s day a memorable day for your students.
I made it quite flexible to allow you to work with children, teens or even adults! You just need to choose which activities are best suited for your audience!
The level is from pre-intermediate to intermediate. It contains
-a self-target setting slide,
-a commercial about Valentine to trigger their speaking skills
- a video that should be played without the sound for students to predict the story
- slides explaining the story followed by a true false exercise
- a presentation of vocabulary
- 3 fun memorizing games
- a word search
- a maze
- a dialogue to practise with a review about likes and dislikes + opinions
- a colouring activity to review colours
- an activity to have students to write a Valentine's card
- a song with filling gaps.
- a review of objectives
I hope you will like it as much as my students did!
Happy Valentine! Use the activity booklet for more efficiency!
Here's a powerpoint with 31 colourful slides and its booklet with 8 pages about the Chinese New Year in French. It can be used for beginners and intermediate learners. It consists of:
- a self-target setting slide
- introduction to facts about customs and traditions for the Chinese New Year
- a quiz with a True/False
- an introduction to basic vocabulary about zodiacal signs with a game
- information about each zodiacal sign to practise adjectives
- a grammar point about adjectives (From easy to more complex explanation)
- a practice
- a speaking in pairs
- colouring activity with Chinese mask
- a review of objectives
The International Day of Woman is just around the corner and as March is celebrated as Women's History Month, let’s talk to our students about women’s achievements. This resource will help you develop your students’ awareness about the impact of women in History through a wide variety of games, videos, songs and projects. It is quite flexible to work with students from different levels/age groups.
It consists of a powerpoint with 40 slides and its activity booklet for students with 17 pages:
- a brainstorming about the topic with words as a support
- a video about main female figures in the world
- a mini quiz about what the International Women day is about with a reading about its origin and purpose
- other female figures and their inventions to match up
- a quiz about some important events and women (voting, amendment, bills etc.)
- a song celebrating woman's achievement (Roar by Katy Perry)
- a thinking slide about advantages/drawbacks to be a man/woman
- advertising about women and discrimination
- information about the Suffragettes and more descriptions about exceptional women
- a text about Aung San Suu Kyi (life and achievement)
- a group project
- a guess game activity
- a review of objectives
Hi everyone!
Here is a colourful presentation about Saint Patrick's day in Spanish. I made it quite flexible to allow you to work with children, teens or even adults! You just need to choose which activities are best suited for your audience! You have 12 activities in total! For an easier use you have notes at the bottom of each slide to guide you in your teaching.
The level is from pre-intermediate to intermediate. It contains
-a self-target setting slide
- a video about St Patrick in Spanish followed by questions
- a reading activity about St Patrick
- a True/False activity
- an introduction to new vocabulary through drilling
- a disappearing game to practise vocabulary
- a slap the board game activity
- a pair work- speaking activity
- a maze
- a group work with creation of booklet/powerpoint with another video
- a story about the Leprechauns- listening/drawing
- a drawing contest
- a word search as plenary
Student usually love it, especially the group work as they are free to use their imagination and research skills.
Lots of fun!