High school French resources: fundamentals

✮ French months and days bundle - Les jours et les mois ✮ This months and days bundle will help your beginner French students learn the days of the week and the months, and they’ll enjoy the learning! Great for core French and immersion schools! LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students. Merci beaucoup!

This one page scrambled words worksheet will help your beginner French students of all ages learn the days of the week and the months. Great for core French, immersion schools, and even beginner secondary students! This resource includes all of the days of the week and months in French. It is an easy, no prep activity that is really useful for early finishers, for students who need extra help, and for literacy centers. LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students. Merci beaucoup!

These word search worksheets will help your beginner French students of all ages learn the days of the week and the months. Great for core French, immersion schools, and even beginner secondary students! This resource includes a worksheet with a blank grid for students to create their own word search. All of the days and months are written on the sheet. When they’ve finished making it they can exchange with another student and solve each solve the puzzle made by their classmate. 3 ready-made word searches are included. You can choose which one to give your students as each one is of a different level of difficulty. I like to print the ready-made search that I want to use on one side of a paper, and print the make your own version on the other side. I have used this resource with 8 year old students as well as 14 years olds. Please note that due to the nature of the word search I have not included accents in this resource. The basic puzzle is suitable for grades 1 and 2. Words are hidden across and down only. The intermediate puzzle is suitable for grades 3 and 4. Words are hidden across, down and diagonally. The advanced puzzle is suitable to grades 5+. Words are hidden across, down, diagonally and backwards. LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students. Merci beaucoup!

This is a powerpoint introducing pets in French. Once the vocabulary has been introduced play the happy families card game which is included. Simply print the card slides and cut up into cards. Laminate or print on to card to re-use with other classes. Full instructions are included as well as helpsheets to print or to display. There are two versions. The easy version requires pupils simply to use the pets vocabulary in different sentences (As-tu un chat? Non, je n’ai pas de chat.) The extended requires pupils to use descriptions such as colours, size and eye colour. A fun way of practising speaking and listening skills and covers a number of teaching points: questions, negatives, pets vocabulary, descriptions.

Use this chatty mat to encourage your pupils to speak more French! Print off and laminate the mat, hand out to pupils or one to a table, and reward when pupils use the mat throughout the lesson! The resource includes both an editable and non editable version of the mat so you can adjust it to suit your purposes. A HUGE thank you in advance if you buy this resource!

KS3 French Studio 2 Vert Module 1 T’es branché Unit 5 Quand il fait beau , on va au parc. Titre: Quand il fait beau , on va au parc. L’objectif : Talking about what you do in different weather

KS3 French Ma famille - Family Speaking activity

KS3 - KS4 French holidays - vacances L’objectif : Explain what I normally do during the holidays Outcomes: All must be able to say what they like to do. Most should be able to say what they like to do according to the weather. Some could be able to say and write what they do in relation to various types of weather.

KS3 French Television Lesson vocabulary introduction and use of opinion L’objectif : give opinions on TV programmes Outcomes: All must be able to say different type of TV programmes Most should be able to give opinions on TV programmes Some could be able to give justified opinions on TV programmes.

Week 1 Numbers and Time telling Quelle heure est-il? Il est …une heure/ deux heures… Et quart/ moins le quart/ et demie… Il est midi/ minuit Week 2 - 3 Daily routine A quelle heure… ? Normalement/ le samedi/ en semaine… Je me réveille/je me lève/je me brosse les dents, les cheveux/ je me lave/je me douche/je me coiffe/ je m’habille/je vais en bas/ je prends mon petit déjeuner/je prépare mes affaires /je quitte la maison/ je vais au collège / j’arrive au collège Après le collège… Je joue au foot/ je vais au parc/ je regarde la télé… Week 4 - 5 Likes and dislikes + activities Weather + activities • Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire le week-end? • J’adore /J’aime / je n’aime pas / je préfère/ je déteste… Jouer au foot / tennis / danser / chanter/ voyager / regarder la TV / nager / écouter de la musique / sortir avec mes amis / aller au cinéma • Quand il fait chaud/ pleut / neige/ Il y a du vent/ du brouillard/ du soleil……

KS2 - KS3 French to describe your personality Titre : Je me présente Les objectives: Some will be able to describe their personality and others using adjectives, intensifiers and connective Most will be able to describe themselves in simple sentence All will be able to say and write 6 adjectives

KS2 - KS3 French To say how tall I am Titre : Je me présente Les objectives: Some will be able to describe themselves and others using adjectives, intensifiers and connectives Most will be able to talk about their height using adjectives and intensifiers (quite, very) All will be able to talk about their height in simple sentence

Titre : Quelle heure est-il ? Les objectifs: Some will be able to use numbers and key time words to say the time Most will be able to say the time All will be able to understand the time

KS2 - KS3 The weather French Titre : Quel temps fait-il ? Les objectives: Some will be able to describe the weather without support Most will be able to describe the weather with support All will be able to say 3 words to describe the weather

KS2 - KS3 French - numbers Titre : Les chiffres Les objectifs: Some will know the French number between 1 and 10000. Most will know the French number between 1 and 100. All will know the French number between 1 and 59.

KS3 French What do you like to do according to the weather Titre : Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire quand… ? Les objectives: Some will be able to say and write what they like to do in relation to various types of weather, adapting a model Most will be able to say what they like to do according to the weather, with support All will be able to say what they like to do with support

KS2 - KS3 French lesson Classroom commands to use the target language in class.

A reading comprehension about the World Cup 2018 with questions in English - mainly a timetable of the fixtures - countries playing, where they are, when they are playing and on which French TV channel they can be viewed; Revision/ introduction of countries, 24 hour times and days of the week; cultural information; reading to extract information ; reading a timetable of fixtures

This contains six differentiated board games for practising telling the time in French. Simply print which boards you wish to play with. Laminate or print on to card for increased durability. The six boards are: o’clock times; half hour and on the hour; quarter hour intervals; mixed times; the 24-hour clock; analogue clock faces. A template is also included to make dice. Full instructions are included as well as a help sheet and ideas on how to support / extend the games. Pupils play in groups of 2 - 4 players and take it in turns to ask and answer questions about the time. This is a fun way to practise speaking and listening skills as well as to consolidate time vocabulary.

Songs I wrote to teach French at BGE / KS3 / Junior High levels. They usually follow the books STUDIO 1, 2 and 3. Can also work with EXPO and METRO. All lyrics: me. All music: me Except ‘si vous votez pour moi’ music: OXYDZ. For England and Wales. S1=Y7. S2=Y8. S3=Y9. Northern Ireland: Y8-9-10. USA: 6th-7th-8th Grade. I am sharing this for free. Feel free to use it in your classroom. Don’t uplaod / share it as your own. It took me time to create and record the songs, please respect that. :) If you create a worksheet for the songs, please credit me as the author of the song/lyrics. Feel free to pass the links on to me, I’ll post them here so other teachers can find your page/work. https://soundcloud.com/frenchinsongs

A comprehensive package for teaching French to Year 4. It can also be used with, amended and adapted to other year groups. Songs, games, tasks and activities Intercultural Understanding Literacy Oracy Information Culture Numbers Likes and dislikes La Nourriture Food Transport Countries Full Assessment for Learning

A comprehensive package for teaching French to Year 3. It can also be used with, amended and adapted to other year groups. Songs, games, tasks and activities Intercultural Understanding Literacy Oracy Information Culture Numbers Names Alphabet Animals Colours Greetings Full Assessment for Learning

This is a speaking and listening board game to practise talking about pets. Full instructions included with ideas on how to support, extend and differentiate. Pupils play in groups of 2 - 4. They will need counters and a dice - a dice template is included in the powerpoint if needed. Pupils move around the board asking and answering the question ‘As-tu un animal?’ A help sheet is provided, as well as powerpoint slides introducing all of the vocabulary which will be needed. A fun way of practising speaking and listening skills as well as the vocabulary. Introducing the vocabulary and playing the game several times will be enough for the main part of a lesson on the topic.

This resource is for Year 8 students studying French. It is to help students studying for GCSE. They will review family and friends, countries and nationalities, describing themselves, reflexive verbs, passé compose, descriptive adjectives, daily routine, giving excuses for not going out, 24 hour time, parts of the body, 1-100, saying you are ill and giving medication, food you eat for breakfast and lunch, fruit, vegetables, quantities, transport, monuments in Paris, holidays and weather. There are many exercises and vocabulary lists to help students remember the words they have studied during the year.

9 x No prep pairwork speaking activities Topic: Mon école et les matière Encourage fluency and confidence using Spanish with thematic conversation activities. 1) L’éducation 2) Les langues 3) La religion 4) L’histoire 5) La géographie 6) La science 7) L’art 8) Les nombres 9) La musique Part 1: Photo description & comparison Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices Vocabulary acquisition Part 2: Discussion questions Debates Agree / disagree Advantages / disadvantages Encourages fluency and confidence using French Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class Instructions for PART 1: 1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo). 2) Change pairs to AB. 3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively. 4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively. 5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos. Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each. Encourage use of CONNECTORS: Premièrement, Deuxièment,Pour finir Cependant, D’autre part, Alors que De plus, En outre, Par ailleurs Instructions for PART 2 1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to: Extend their answers Elicit more information Agree / disagree with their partners Justify their arguments 2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them. Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory. GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS (in French)

9 x No prep pairwork speaking activities Topic: Mon monde Encourage fluency and confidence using Spanish with thematic conversation activities. 1) Les animaux 2) La campagne 3) La nature 4) Les pays 5) La météo 6) L’environnement 7) Les villes 8) Les bâtiments 9) Les voyages Part 1: Photo description & comparison Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices Vocabulary acquisition Part 2: Discussion questions Debates Agree / disagree Advantages / disadvantages Encourages fluency and confidence using French Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class Instructions for PART 1: 1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo). 2) Change pairs to AB. 3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively. 4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively. 5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos. Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each. Encourage use of CONNECTORS: Premièrement, Deuxièment,Pour finir Cependant, D’autre part, Alors que De plus, En outre, Par ailleurs Instructions for PART 2 1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to: Extend their answers Elicit more information Agree / disagree with their partners Justify their arguments 2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them. Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory. GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS (in French)

11 x No prep pairwork speaking activities Topic: Ma Vie Encourage fluency and confidence using French with thematic conversation activities. 1, Les habitudes 2. La famille 3. Les quartiers 4. La personnalité 5. L’ amour 6. Les émotions 7. Le logement 8. Les fêtes 9. Les loisirs 10. La nourriture 11. L’enfance Part 1: Photo description & comparison Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices Vocabulary acquisition Part 2: Discussion questions Debates Agree / disagree Advantages / disadvantages Encourages fluency and confidence using French Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class Instructions for PART 1: 1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo). 2) Change pairs to AB. 3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively. 4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively. 5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos. Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each. Encourage use of CONNECTORS: Premièrement, Deuxièment,Pour finir Cependant, D’autre part, Alors que De plus, En outre, Par ailleurs Instructions for PART 2 1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to: Extend their answers Elicit more information Agree / disagree with their partners Justify their arguments 2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them. Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory. GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS (in French)

I love to play the game Brainstorming with my students! Easy to play and use with beginners and advanced students alike. This Remue-Méninges set is a classic version with no specific theme. Object of the game One player or team tries to get his teammate to guess the words related to the first word. The player must give clues in FRENCH. Teams score points for each word successfully guessed in 3 minutes. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. The teams take turn guessing and verifying the words have been guessed. You can also play this game in pairs! Amusez-vous bien! You can also have your students study the vocabulary on the cards! Included ✩ 75 playing cards in French and English to print, cut out and laminate - color copy ✩ 75 playing cards in French and English to print, cut out and laminate - black and white copy ✩ 75 playing cards in French only to print, cut out and laminate - color copy ✩ 75 playing cards in French only to print, cut out and laminate - black and white copy ✩ File for projecting one card at a time in French only ✩ File for projecting one card at a time with French and English words ✩ How to play Be sure to visit my shop and browse through 500+ resources like grammar games, speaking activities, listening comprehension, worksheets, and much more. Just click here! LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students. Merci beaucoup!

A workbook (with an answerbook included as a separate document) for A level students doing French and needing translation practice. There are exercises on each theme from English to French and from French to English. The themes include: family structures, modern values, friendships, relationships youth trends, personality and identity educational and employment opportunities regional culture and identity in France and French speaking countries media, art, film and music in the French speaking world migration and integration cultural identity and marginalisation cultural enrichment and celebrating difference June1940-May 1945 the cultural dimensions in occupied France 1945-1950 Suitable for any exam board

Le jeu des sept familles - A classic card game is fun for students of all ages! This version is for practicing the present tense conjugations of regular RE verbs. 2 game sets are included using the following verbs: vendre, attendre, répondre, descendre, entendre, fondre, mordre, perdre, rendre, revendre, défendre, détendre, tendre, étendre. Includes: Les règles du jeu en français Set 1: 42 playing cards to print on heavy paper or cardstock Set 2: 42 playing cards to print on heavy paper or cardstock This card game is an excellent way to practice and memorize verb conjugations, and it will have your students speaking to each other in French the whole time! In the deck of 42 cards there are 7 families of 6 cards (je - tu - il - nous - vous - ils). One player distributes five cards to each player (2 to 4 per group). The rest of the cards are placed in the “pioche”. One player begins the game by asking another player to give him a card. He might say, “Dans la famille VENDRE, est-ce que tu as TU VENDS?” His goal is to come up with a complete family. If the player doesn’t have it, he says “pioche”. If he draws the card that he asked for, he can continue to play and ask someone for another card. Each time a player comes up with all six members of a family, he can make a stack. At the end of the game, the player with the most sets of families wins! Be sure to visit my shop and browse through 500+ resources like grammar games, speaking activities, listening comprehension, worksheets, and much more. Just click here!

French lesson on animals. Includes a variety of activities, games and a homework.

This is a board game to practise speaking and listening skills on the topic of weather in French. Pupils play in groups of 2 -4. Simply print slide 4 for each group - this is the board. Laminate or print on to card for increased durability. Each group will also need a dice - a template is provided to be printed and assembled if needed. Players move around the board asking and answering questions about the weather. There are three different help sheets included, as well as full instructions on how the game can be extended further. Also included are powerpoint slides which introduce the weather phrases - together with the game this could be the main part of a lesson.

A complete French grammar booklet (123 pages) that includes the following: Aimed at A level students. §1 Passé composé / perfect tense §2: Subject, direct object and indirect object §3. Personal pronouns: direct and indirect object pronoun §4. Past participle: agreements §5. Passe composé or imperfect? §5.1 Plus-que-parfait – pluperfect §6. Present or future, perfect or future perfect? §7. Uses of conditional and conditional perfect §8. Sentences with si §9. The passive §10. Depuis etc: points to note concerning tenses: Depuis Venir de Il y a Devoir §11. Use of the infinitive §12. Relative pronouns (1) 1.1 qui 1.2 que 1.3 ce qui / ce que 1.4 word order §13 Relative pronouns (2): dont §14. Relative pronouns (3): relative pronouns after a preposition §15. The subjunctive (1): formation, some uses §16 The subjunctive (2): uses (cont.) §17 Asking questions (1): inversion §18. Asking questions (2): What? Who? General exercises Indirect questions §19. Pronouns: en §20. Pronouns: y §21. The Imperative §22. Demonstrative pronouns §23. Emphatic pronouns §24. Possessive pronouns • Key to exercises

Following the marking of exercise books, I give my students several personalised learning targets and activities to complete as a starter during the next lesson. I created this Slide which I put up on the board to encourage a dialogue between us and to get them thinking about their progress and what they are still struggling with. (I also used their responses in their books as a way of planning follow up lessons as well as a starting point for my next set of marking). Please feel free to use and adapt as you feel appropriate.

A set of 4 editable PowerPoint Menus that you can use to quickly and easily plan an entire lesson’s worth of activities. Each menu can be printed for the class or can be displayed on the white-board, like any standard PowerPoint lesson. This set includes A stylish café style menu with room for up to 11 different lesson tasks, activities or homework assignments. A minimalist design with lots of room for information, this menu is suitable for KS4 and higher ability learners. There is plenty of space on this activity sheet to push students with extension goals and independent research information. A bold, diner style menu with room for up to 9 activities. This retro-looking menu works well with mixed ability KS3 and 4 groups and features a prominent center panel that draws the eye and can be used to present crucial information to your students. A colourful, fast-food style menu with room for 4 activities. This vibrant menu is full of bright imagery and large text, making it ideal for KS3 students, or those with SEN/differentiation needs; it offers a more focused choice of activities for students to work through. A modern, bistro style pamphlet with room to set 5 homework tasks. This A5 homework tracker can be printed two-to-a-page and handed out to students at the beginning of the week or before study-leave and half-term breaks. Suitable for all ages and ability groups. These editable menus provide teachers with a quick and easy method to create fun, independence-focused lessons with differentiation built in to the structure itself. They’re also great for providing a quick cover lesson to leave with your cover teachers. The lessons come in the standard PowerPoint format and are completely editable. Though suitable for any subject, they are particularly useful for English, Humanities and MFL departments. Sets include printer-friendly black and white printables as well.

French board game to practise giving the date. Pupils play in groups of two to four. Slide three is printed for each group and is the ‘board’. Print on to card or laminate for increased durability. Each group will need a dice. If these are not already available, print and assemble to template provided on slide four. Full instructions are provided as well as a help sheet. A great game to practise speaking and listening skills, as well as how to make the date in French. Suitable for KS2-4 and a good revision activity.

This is a bundle of 273 speaking prompt cards mostly for intermediate to advanced students and even for adult learners. Two of the sets are written only in French. One set is written in French and English and that’s a good way for low intermediate learners to learn a lot of new vocabulary and engage in speaking French. Includes: 70 cards to print for upper intermediate + file for projecting or tablets 83 cards to print for intermediate + file for projecting or tablets 120 bilingual cards for beginners to advanced Be sure to visit my shop and browse through 500+ resources like grammar games, speaking activities, listening comprehension, worksheets, and much more. Just click here! Here’s what some teachers have to say about these French conversation cards: Great addition to my resources. Merci. The students really enjoy using these for our conversation times. Excellent resource! Many different verb tenses used. I am looking forward to using them later in the year with my french 3 students. I love these! Thank you so much for putting these together. Printed and put on rings they are a great filler for any time. Use these cards at the end of the year to bring together all that your upper level students have learned, use them at back to school as a review, or just cut them out and have them ready to go on key rings at any time of the year for quick bell ringer activities or for when you want your students to practice speaking French. You can even use these cards as writing prompts. Merci beaucoup!

My French students always get confused when expressing durations of time. This resource includes a one page handout with simplified rules and examples in French and English for when to use pour, pendant, depuis, and il y a. There is space beneath each rule and example for students to write their own examples in French and English. The exercise that follows includes 25 sentences for students to fill in the blanks with pour, pendant, depuis or il y a. A variety of tenses are used in this exercise. Sentences are written in the present tense, passé composé with both être and avoir as helping verbs, futur proche, passé récent, futur simple, and imperfect. Answer key is included. Be sure to visit my shop and browse through 500+ resources like grammar games, speaking activities, listening comprehension, worksheets, and much more. Just click here! LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students. Merci beaucoup!

A great bundle, with two excellent lessons focusing on revision technique and strategies for success for the Listening and Reading Exams. Relevant to both the AQA and Edexcel courses, the PowerPoints include information on the exam formats, types of questions, number of marks available and strategies for success! Links to AQA and Edexcel past papers and assessments included for French, Spanish and German, saving you lots of time! Lots of opportunity for interaction and a Treasure Hunt game at the end of each lesson for a light-hearted review of any vocabulary learned! Also included are the AQA Exam Factsheets for French, Spanish and German. Simply print and share with your class. All of the information required for each of the four exams in French, Spanish and German. A great time-saver! Perfect for students and parents.

A great resource, clearly explaining the topics studied over the course of the French GCSE and the format of the upcoming exams with a detailed breakdown for the Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing papers. Information includes the length of each exam, the question styles and number of marks available. The GCSE qualifications from 1-9 are also explained in a user-friendly format. Colourful pictures of France, easy to read and informative! A great time-saver! Perfect for students and parents.

A quick, worksheet with four activities for beginner learners to reinforce learning the rooms in the house. First is a picture round, second is name the room where you would do the activity (simple sentences in French in the first person), then it’s anagrams and finally a vocabulary activity - get pupils thinking where they can find “un parapluie”, for example. Perfect to set as a homework, or simply to reinforce names of rooms during your lesson!

This is a double worksheet (1 LA worksheet and 1 HA worksheet in the same document). The pupil follow the written instructions and apply them to the treasure map, in order to find the correct treasures.