French native speaker, I worked as a language assistant in South Yorkshire over the past 3 years while completing a Master's degree in teaching French as a foreign language. I now teach French at Alevel.
French native speaker, I worked as a language assistant in South Yorkshire over the past 3 years while completing a Master's degree in teaching French as a foreign language. I now teach French at Alevel.
Bundle including key resources on Christmas for the French classroom.
Advent calendar. A surprise everyday until Christmas before starting the lesson
Vocabulary posters and games
Dobble Game on Christmas vocabulary
Snake and ladder board game to practise speaking around Christmas questions
Christmas Maze to revise directions
This resource contains a presentation with pictures on French Christmas vocabulary such as "Les chants de Noël, La crèche, Le sucre d'orge, la galette rois...". The presentations can be printed and laminated to make lovely posters or used as worksheets for students.
The presentations come with activities and games to practice the vocabulary:
Memory cards
Bingo
Word scrambler
Odd one out
Fill the gaps
A printer friendly version in black and white is also included. Both PDF files are contained in a zip file. TO extract them, right clic on the file after downloading and extract.
If you're looking for more French Christmas activities have a look at my other resources.
Christmas Advent Calendar
Christmas Vocabulary - Dobble Game
Christmas Snake and ladders
Buying and leaving a review for this resource will give you access for free to another of my christmas resource: Christmas Snake and ladders to thank you for your purchase and your time.
I hope this resource will be useful and your students will enjoy it :)
Christmas activity to revise directions in French for Y7/Y8/Y9/Y10/Y11.
If you're looking for more French Christmas activities have a look at my other resources.
Christmas Advent Calendar
Christmas Vocabulary posters and activities
Christmas Vocabulary - Dobble Game
Christmas Snake and ladders
Thank you to Edu-Clip for the beautiful cliparts:
Dobble game on Christmas vocabulary to laminate for students to play with Christmas words.
The game comes in 2 difficulties:
Easy --> 13 symbols and 13 cards: 4 symbols per cards
Difficult --> 31 symbols and 31 cards: 6 symbols per cards
The easy one can be play in any language as it includs common vocabulay (christmas tree, present, father christmas...)
The difficult one is mainly aimed for Christmas French vocabulary as it includs French traditions (Père fouettard, bûche, galette des rois...)
Buying and leaving a review for this resource will give you access for free to another of my christmas resource: Christmas Snake and ladders to thank you for your purchase and your time.
If you're looking for a French christmas activity to suprise your students until christmas have a look at mon calendrier de l'aventmon calendrier de l'avent.
Both PDF files are included in a zip document. After downloading, right clic on the file to extract.
I hope this resource will be helpful and your students will enjoy it!
This French advent calendar can be used at the beginning of each lesson to count the days to Christmas.
Every school day until Christmas (from the 4th to the 22nd of Christmas, week-end not included), each slide will present a short activity such as recipes (bûche et escargots), devinettes, Christmas songs, short videos, some introduction on French traditions (St Nicholas, le Père fouettard, la Galette des rois)
This slide is mainly aimed at Y7, Y8, Y9, Y10, Y11 but as well as a PDF version the presentation comes in editable powerpoint version thus can be adapted to any level from Primary school to A-level.
Buying and leaving a review for this resource will give you access for free to another of my christmas resource:
Christmas Snake and ladders to thank you for your purchase and your time.
If you are looking for more Christmas resources, have a look at my other activities:
Christmas Vocabulary posters and activities
Christmas Vocabulary - Dobble Game
Christmas Snake and ladders
I hope this resource will be helpful and your students will enjoy it!
This card game is the perfect tool to practise conversation in a fun way for A-level students.
It contains 130 question cards covering all As and A2 topics, as well as 50 complex structure cards.
For only £1 more get another 300 questions !
The idea is for students to practice questions such as:
Comment encourager le respect et la tolérance en France ou dans le monde francophone?
Etes-vous pour ou contre le droit de vote à 16 ans?
Que savez-vous du patrimoine français?
With the obligation of using a complex structure to answer it:
si + imperfect + conditional
Bien que + subjunctive
En + Verb(ant)
This ressource is contained in a zip document. To access the cards after your download, right click on the file and extract. This will give you access to 21 documents:
2 blank canvas on words to allow you to create your own questions and structures
5 pdf structure documents. Each document contains 10 cards
13 pdf question documents. (10 questions on famille et relation, 10 questions on relation et couple, 10 questions on cybersociété, 10 questions on bénévolat, 10 questions on patrimoine, 10 questions on musique, 10 questions on cinéma, 10 questions on diversité et tolérance, 10 questions ons on marginalisation, 10 questions on crime, 10 questions on politiques, 10 questions on manifestation, 10 questions on immigration)
(AQA Exam Board)
Buying this resource and leaving a review will give you acess to an extra charged resource for free to thank you for your purchase.
If you're looking for more resources for A-level students, take a look at my other resources:
2 displays on complex structures to use for the speaking exam
13 specimen card for the speaking exam
AS vocabulary Taboo game
AS data/information cards to enlarge knowledge on French speaking countries and practice speaking
Worksheet to discover this French charity fighting to reintegrate excluded people into the society.
If you're looking for more resources for A-level students, take a look at my other resources:
A-level speaking question on all topic game
2 displays on complex structures to use for the speaking exam
13 specimen card for the speaking exam
AS vocabulary Taboo game
AS data/information cards to enlarge knowledge on French speaking countries and practice speaking
For an extra £3 only get another 9 resources !! Have a look at my Super Bundle Here!
This bundle contains key resources to prepare your students for their speaking exam.
- 13 unique specimen cards covering all AS and A2 topics
- 12 cards on AS topics to develop students’ knowledge on the French speaking world
- 2 displays on complex structures and expressions to use during the speaking exam
- A card game contaning 130 questions on all As/A2 topics and 50 complex structures cards
- more than 300 questions on AS and A2 topics
(AQA Exam Board)
Buying this resource and leaving a review will give you acess to an extra charged resource for free to thank you for your purchase.
Two displays to enlarge and laminate for the classroom or give to students as a mat/reminder of complex structures to use during their speaking exam.
The displays are mainly aimed for A-level students but can equally be used at GSCE level to push students.
The first display contains complex structures:
y/en
verbs (subjonctive, conditional, en + ant, aprés avoir + p.p, si + imperfect + conditionnal ...
linking works
giving reasons
filler
adverb of spontaneity
asking a question
The second display presents set phrases and expressions:
giving your opinion
giving general opinions
giving examples
avoiding answering
time phrases
useful words
If you're looking for more resources to prepare your A-level students for their speaking exam, take a look at my other resources:
13 specimen card for the speaking exam
A-level speaking question on all topic game
AS vocabulary Taboo game
AS data/information cards to enlarge knowledge on French speaking countries and practice speaking
Taboo game to laminate for the students to learn or revise AS vocabulary. Each topic (Musique, Cinéma, Patrimoine, Bénévolat, Cybersociété, Famille) contains 24 cards.
Worksheet summarising when to use Perfect (passé composé) and the Imperfect (imparfait) + mind maps on how each is formed.
The passé composé mind map can be enlarged and laminated to create a poster.
Cards covering AS topics to prepare students for their speaking exams. The cards contain general knowledge, data/statistics as well as a few questions on each topic. (AQA Exam Board)
They can be used to help students understand statistics on French speaking countries for the topic. For example:
• Selon une enquête IFOP, 86% des français estiment qu’Internet leur est devenu indispensable.
• En 2011 en France métropolitaine, 1 enfant sur dix de moins de 18 ans vivait dans une famille recomposée.
• En 2015, chaque spectateur français est allé en moyenne 5,3 fois au cinéma.
They can also be used to practice for the speaking exam with questions such as:
2) Quelle est la situation des « enfants boomerang » en France ?
4) Selon ce que vous en savez, quel est l’importance du bénévolat en France ou ailleurs dans le monde francophone ?
Some worksheets will provide general knowledge on:
- Francophone music
- French cinema
- Saint-Emilion (Patrimoine --> oeunotourisme)
- Le Secours Populaire (A charity)
- Les francopholies de la Rochelle (A festival)
The cards are contained in a zip file. Once downloaded right click on the file and extract to get the Word Card.
Buying this resource and leaving a review will give you acess to an extra charged resource for free to thank you for your purchase.
2 displays on complex structures to use for the speaking exam
13 specimen card for the speaking exam
A-level speaking question on all topic game
AS vocabulary Taboo game
A board game to lamniate for A-level to practice speaking on the topic of Politics by groups. The game contains:
-vocabulary question (ex: how to say a ballot box in French)
- general knowledge (ex: WHat's the name of the French president)
-speaking question (ex: are you in favor or against the right to vote at 16)
The board game as well as the rules are included.
Grammatical power point on the present tense, explaining the pattern for regulars verbs (group 1 and group 2) as well as irregular verbs (group 3).
A recap' word document is also included.
As well as two word documents with exercices. One on regular verbs and être/avoir and one on irregular verbs.
Exercices and expressions to practice essay writing for the French A-level.
- Formal expressions and idiom for essay
- Linking words
- Translations : Introduction on La Haine = French to English
Conclusion on La Haine = English to French
If you're looking for more ressources for A-level students, take a look at my other ressources:
2 displays on complex structures to use for the speaking exam
13 specimen card for the speaking exam
AS vocabulary Taboo game
AS data/information cards to enlarge knowledge on French speaking countries and practice speaking
13 specimen cards for the AQA French A-Level speaking exam covering all the topics. (AQA Exam Board)
Card A - PACS
Card B - Monoparentalité
Card C - Cyberterrorisme
Card D - Bénévolat
Card E - Les journées du patrimoine
Card F - La fête de la musique
Card G - Le cinéma français à l'étranger
Card H - La tolérance
Card I - La marginalisation des personnes handicapées
Card J - La récidive
Card K - Les jeunes et la politique
Card L - Les syndicats
Card M - Politiques d'immigration au Canada
To access the cards, extract them from the compressed file using the right click after downloading.
Buying this resource and leaving a review will give you acess to an extra charged resource for free to thank you for your purchase.
If you're looking for more ressources for A-level students, take a look at my other ressources:
2 displays on complex structures to use for the speaking exam
A-level speaking question on all topic game
AS vocabulary Taboo game
AS data/information cards to enlarge knowledge on French speaking countries and practice speaking