A word mat of core language for greetings in French. Pupils use in class to locate vocabulary, check spelling,and for self and peer quizzing.Includes notes on key sounds and grammar points.

A lesson unit, comprising a Power Point with embedded sound files and a core language mat, to learn how to apply word order correctly in French using nouns for parts of the body and color adjectives.Pupils revise colors and nouns for parts of the body in French through song. They learn where to place the color adjective in a phrase, with plenty of speaking activities to apply this: guess my sentence, roll the dice.Pupils use the core language mat to help with translations between the two languages, draw and color a monster from reading descriptive phrases in French, then adapt phrases to create their own monster description. Opportunity to extend by using a bilingual dictionary. The core language mat indicates how the ending of some color adjectives change in the feminine and plural forms. If you can buy a copy of the book Va t’en grand monstre vert by Ed Kimberley, or Toutes les couleurs by Alex Sanders, this would support this work on word order wonderfully.

A word mat helping pupils to create dates and birthdays in French using the words for days, numbers and months.There is also reference to key sounds and grammar points, and a model conversation using the language.Can be used in class for creating phrases, spell check, self and peer quizzing.

A reading comprehension which revisits the present, past,future, pluperfect and passive tenses.Background information about Nicolas Sarkozy and information concerning the three judicial inquiries that he is targeted by. Decoding a text, comprehension questions, dictionary work and translation into English/French.Answer sheet attached.

This lesson focuses on these key sounds in French: an/ou/eu/oi.Pupils learn how to pronounce the sounds for these, then learn how to say the colour adjectives.A song reinforces the key sounds.Speaking activities include recalling the words for the colour images, a memory game, listening and showing the colours heard. Pupils begin to write the colour adjectives, making sound-spelling links. There is an art activity(The Snail by Matisse), and a poem which are opportunities to use a bilingual dictionary: to find more colours for the art activity,and new nouns to adapt a poem.Sound files are embedded in the Power Point and there is a core language mat to support meaning and spelling.Can be used for independent learning or in class.

A lesson resource aimed at A level French students focusing on listening,reading,writing through use of authentic source, comprehension questions and translations L1-L2/L2-L1.All answers and transcripts provided. The work is based around a video report from the French current affairs programme Sept à huit. It follows the impact of C-19 on the livelihood and living conditions of Séverine, a French baker in a French ski resort.The lesson is split into two parts and transcripts are provided for both so that students can follow as they listen. Section one: The introduction is a matching phrases to their definitions in French, followed by listening to the first part of the report then completing gapped sentences in French and translating these into English.Pupils finish the first section by answering comprehension questions in French. Section 2: Pupils listen to the second part of the report, following with the transcript if needed, then identify the four correct sentences out of a choice of eight.They then translate sentences into French and complete with the translation of a paragraph into English.

Key vocabulary to practice asking and answering a question about birthdays.

Lesson pack comprising a Power Point with embedded sound files and a core language mat to support spelling and meaning. The lesson focus is to use the correct form of the possessive adjective MY in French with masculine,feminine and plural nouns for clothes. Pupils learn to say the nouns correctly in a phrase using je mets+ mon/ma/mes+noun. Memory tasks including a quiz and choosing the correct form of the possessive adjective reinforce this.Pupils understand when to use mon,ma or mes and begin writing the phrase with the correct form of mon/ma/mes. There is an extra task based on the story book Je m’habille et je te croque by Bénédicte Guettier .It is a short story of a wolf getting dressed, using the same structure as practised in the lesson : je mets+mon/ma/mes+noun. Pupils can adapt this to create their own storyboard, look up new clothing nouns in a bilingual dictionary and write the phrase for each image they create, in French.They can then tell their version of the story in French or make a video clip of their story.

A French core language mat for numbers one to twelve.Also contains key sounds and grammar points. Use for locating numbers, spell check, self and peer quizzing.

This lesson is an introduction the future tense in French using the first person singular only. I have used a range cognates and near cognates for the nouns to facilitate understanding and increase confidence in pupils when creating their own sentences. Sound files are embedded in the Power Point.The lesson comprises a Power Point,teacher lesson notes, a core language mat with the written language and a phonetic pronunciation guide.Pupils use the four skill areas.They use a bilingual dictionary to find core language, then link images to future tense phrases by listening and reading, before beginning to create their own sentences in the future tense. Pupils use scaffolded support for speaking, then move to translating and creating written future tense sentences independently.

A lesson pack comprising a Power Point with embedded sound files to develop accurate pronunciation and a core language mat to support spelling/meaning. Pupils revise numbers 1 to twelve through learning how to ask and answer a question about age in French. Activities include guess my sentence in which pupils need to read, write, speak and listen, appreciating a rap song in French about age, and translating.They come across j’ai used here in translation as I am because relating to age. They revisit key sounds and learn how to write key phrases accurately in French.

This lesson is focused on pupils mastering the key phonemes EU/CH/IN/OU/ER through language specific to the theme of Easter.The lesson contains a Power Point with embedded sound files, instructions on each slide and answers that appear upon clicking.There is also a core language mat with the phonetic pronunciation. Pupils identify and practise the key sounds, are able to match words containing these to images for meaning then build spoken sentences through language retrieval, repetition and extension.They move on to writing the core language correctly by making sound-spelling links that enable them to insert the correct phonemes into each of the core words.Pupils watch a cartoon clip in French that contains some familiar language and use their detective skills to identify further words containing the phoneme OU.At the same time they learn about the Easter tradition in France and give a spoken summary of what they have understood.They practise writing the core vocabulary in Easter shapes to fix the sound-spelling links. There is also a link to an extra intercultural understanding activity on Euroclub schools

A lesson pack that would work well over two lessons. A Power Point with embedded sound files, instructions on the slides, answers upon clicking and a core language mat to support spelling/meaning for writing. Pupils revisit days of the week then learn how to say the months of the year in French.They are introduced to the birthday question and recap the months through a song, then conduct a survey to practice asking and answering a question about birthdays.Pupils use the core language mat to extend the phrase to include a number and month and complete translations between two languages. Suggestions for further practice and a key dates research task.

A lesson comprising reading comprehension exercises based upon a short text giving background information of the origin of International Women’s Day, women in the Covid world, Covid and increasing violence against women. Students then watch and listen to a video clip in French about the evolution of women’s rights in France over the last century ( transcript provided) and complete exercises including true/false, translation into French, Translation into English. Answers provided.

Lesson pack of Power Point with embedded sound files, a phonetic pronunciation in French mat for each letter of the alphabet and alphabet bingo cards.A range of activities to begin recognizing sounds, and establish sound and spelling connections.