My name is Christopher Palmer and I am a languages practitioner. I am now in my sixteenth year of teacher and I have a wealth of experience of liaising with the standard EdExcel GCSE French, Cambridge International GCSE French, EdExcel A-Level French, beginner's Mandarin courses and I am starting to become acquainted with IB French. I have published a vast array of resources which span Key Stage 2-5.
My name is Christopher Palmer and I am a languages practitioner. I am now in my sixteenth year of teacher and I have a wealth of experience of liaising with the standard EdExcel GCSE French, Cambridge International GCSE French, EdExcel A-Level French, beginner's Mandarin courses and I am starting to become acquainted with IB French. I have published a vast array of resources which span Key Stage 2-5.
The subjunctive can be briefly introduced at IGCSE French level as students can be encouraged to implement more complex grammar structures in their writing in order to boost their marks further and is widely used as A-Level. Because the subjunctive can be used in so many different contexts and situations, I have devised its concept into various installments. This bundle includes the whole set consisting of the twelve installments of the subjunctive which are as follows:
Part 1: Regular ‘-er’ verbs and expressions of emotion
Part 2: Regular ‘-ir’ verbs and expressions of obligation and desire
Part 3: Regular ‘-re’ verbs and certain conjunctions
Part 4: Irregular primary verbs ‘aller’, ‘etre’, ‘avoir’ and ‘aller’ with hypothetical expressions
Part 5: Irregular ‘-re’ verbs and possibility and necessity
Part 6: Irregular ‘-ir’ verbs - fear, anxiety and forbidding
Part 7: Connaitre and savoir with superlatives and extremity
Part 8: More irregular ‘-ir’ verbs and other conjunctions
Part 9: Reflexive and impersonal verbs + hypothetical state
Part 10: The past subjunctive using ‘avoir’ verbs + miscellaneous expressions which require either the subjunctive or the indicative
Part 11: The past subjunctive using ‘etre’ verbs + inverted questions such as ‘pensez-vous que …’, ‘crois-tu que …’
Part 12: The past subjunctive using reflexive verbs + a revision of all expressions which either require the subjunctive or the indicative.
Happy teaching and learning!
The subjunctive can be briefly introduced at IGCSE French level as students can be encouraged to implement more complex grammar structures in their writing in order to boost their marks further and is widely used as A-Level. Because the subjunctive can be used in so many different contexts and situations, I have devised its concept into various installments. This bundle includes the first eight installments of the subjunctive which are as follows:
Part 1: Regular ‘-er’ verbs and expressions of emotion
Part 2: Regular ‘-ir’ verbs and expressions of obligation and desire
Part 3: Regular ‘-re’ verbs and certain conjunctions
Part 4: Irregular primary verbs ‘aller’, ‘etre’, ‘avoir’ and ‘aller’ with hypothetical expressions
Part 5: Irregular ‘-re’ verbs and possibility and necessity
Part 6: Irregular ‘-ir’ verbs - fear, anxiety and forbidding
Part 7: Connaitre and savoir with superlatives and extremity
Part 8: More irregular ‘-ir’ verbs and other conjunctions
Joyeux Noël!
This resources exclusively explores negatives primarily used in the perfect tense and some examples in the present tense. It is also Christmas themed.
As a starter / warm-up activity, ‘ne … pas’ is revised and this is introduced at Key Stage 3 level.
Next, get the students to read the cartoon examples and then get them to answer the questions which follow.
There is a subsequent quiz which follows and then differentiated follow-up activities. The answers are also provided on the subsequent slides.
For the bigger picture, get the students to write down responses to the cues in the conversation and then they can convert the conversation into a comic strip in which they can add some more detail to the conversation by more questions being asked to which the responses require a negative.
There is also a wordsearch that the students can do as a plenary or as an extra activity and there are also colourful visual aids contained with this resource. Feel free to put them up in the classroom as you teach the topic!
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello everyone!
This resource ultimately explores the use of the question words ‘lequel’, ‘laquelle’, ‘lesquels’ and ‘lesquelles’. There are plenty of examples and subsequent follow-up differentiated activities such as speaking practices, quizzes and written activities.
It also revises and reinforces other grammatical concepts such as demonstrative adjectives and demonstrative pronouns.
This resource is specifically geared towards learners of IGCSE or IB level where such concepts are featured on the programmes.
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Students who are studying the IGCSE French course need to know the names of various foods, especially vegetables. The activities are very well sequenced and they are also tailored to students of IGCSE level which includes listening, reading comprehension and writing in addition to open questioning. For the spot the difference activity, this could be used as an oral activity, assisting the students as necessary. They can write their answers down following the oral element of the activity.
This resource contains:
1 workbook
1 transcript for the listening activity
1 sound file for the listening activity
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the second installment of learning about the rooms in the house.
This installment is about the dining room and associated objects.
Go through the powerpoint reviewing the previous learnt vocabulary and then introducing the prepositions first. Next, introduce the dining room with the associated objects. There is a subsequent quiz with differentiated questions.
There are differentiated workbooks available.
Level 1 (Niveau 1) - Lower level
Level 2 (Niveau 2) - Higher level
Get the students to colour in the things in the dining room and the prepositions and unscramble the words on the first few pages of the workbook. Next, cut out and stick in the pictures of the images featuring the masculine words and the feminine words. Then, the children need to complete the missing words by choosing the words below. The next few pages contains the listening tasks. Play the attached recording and the children then answer the questions. Then, the children need to draw the dining room, according to the instructions. On the last few pages, they complete the spot the difference activity and then complete the wordsearch.
There is a bingo sheet available which could be used as a plenary or the starter of the next lesson.
There are now subsequent installments available on my online shop. Feel free to take a look at them!
Happy teaching and learning!
This activity contains a large number of activities subjecting to a French Christmas. There is also a story in this activity about a little girl named Yvette and the story starts off in 1985 when she is 8 years old. She got a visit from Santa and an elf. The elf asked her to make a wish and her wish was granted by the magical elf which carried her off into the future 32 years later. Her thoughts of all of this, just only being a dream, had more to be desired for. A very overwhelming story but a happy one.
Students can start off the activities by becoming acquainted with the vocabulary by colouring in the pictures and then searching for more complex vocabulary in the story before reading it. While they are reading the story, there are spaces in the story where learners can write in the missing scenes and then draw them. They can be imaginative and creative as much as they like! After reading the story, learners have a choice of differentiated questions. The choice is up to them, which ever level they feel comfortable with.
This activity is geared towards learners whose native tongue is French and also Key-Stage 4 students who are following the standard curriculum as it contains a wide range of verbs in the perfect tense such as transitive and intransitive verbs and reflexive verbs in the perfect tense. There are also examples of the imperfect tense in the story.
The cost of this activity workbook is ₤5.
Happy teaching and learning and have a great Christmas!
Hello and welcome to the first edition of the food shops in French!
The first edition is about at the sweet shop (à la confiserie)
The children will learn about different sweets in French and there are a lot of activities which reinforces and consolidation of the vocabulary. They will also leanr about the verbs ‘je veux’, ‘tu veux’, ‘je vais’, ‘tu vas’ and the preposition ‘de’ There are also differentiated stories which the children can read and answer questions on. Accompanied with the powerpoint, are differentiated workbooks with lots of activities and a colourful classroom display of the partitive and quantitative articles ‘de’.
The level 1 workbook is the lower level workbook and the level 2 one is the higher level one. In both the lower level and the higher level workbooks, the children will learn about the partitive and quantative article ‘de’. In the higher level workbook only, children of higher level ability will become acquainted with terms such as the prepositions ‘y’ and ‘en’.
In the workbooks, the activities are as follows:
Pages 2-8 (2-10 in level 2) - colour in the pictures (which children love doing!!)
Pages 9-27 (11-29 in level 2) - cut out the squares and paste them onto the masculine, feminine and plural partitive and quantitative article pages
Pages 28-34 (30-37 in level 2) - read the story and then answer the questions
Pages 35-36 (38-39 in level 2) - go over the practice words ‘je veux’, ‘tu veux’, ‘je vais’, ‘tu vas’
Page 37 (40-42 in level 2) - choose the correct answers
Page 38 (43 in level 2) - listening comprehension - you can call out the vocabulary and the children match up the question number to the correct item
Happy teaching and learning!
This classroom displays depicts 105 different places in the town in French from A-Z!! YES, that’s right, 105!!
Each poster is very informative as it contains the place in the town in French with the name in English using both the definite and indefinite article as appropriate, alongside the preposition ‘à’ with its meaning in English.
You don’t need to necessarily put up all 105 posters, but the classroom would look absolutely bright, engaging and colourful if you did! You can of course be very selective and put up the most common ones but it is of course up to you!!
Also included in this resource, are 20 different things that can be found in the town, such as the bus stop, telephone box, level crossing, etc. Feel free to put those up as well!
Happy teaching and learning!
I am offering all 9 of the IGCSE Food workbooks for just ₤30, which is a saving of ₤15! These workbooks are designed for students who are studying food at IGCSE French level.
The nine themes are as follows:
Part 1 - Fruit
Part 2 - Vegetables
Part 3 - Meat
Part 4 - Fish
Part 5 - At the delicatessen
Part 6 - At the bakery
Part 7 - Drinks
Part 8 - Breakfast
Part 9 - Traditional French cuisine
Not only do these workbooks cover and revise an enormous amount of vocabulary, but they also contain a wide-range of grammar covered at IGCSE level and beyond, in preparation for A-level French. In addition, the activities are very well-sequenced and covers the four key skills.
Happy teaching and learning!
Students who are studying the IGCSE French course need to know the names of various delicatessen items served at the delicatessen, which gives the students a deeper insight into French cuisine. Before working on this workbook, it would be an idea to buy a variety of different French cheeses and breads for the students to sample, unless they have any specific dietary requirements or allergies. The activities are very well sequenced and they are also tailored to students of IGCSE level which includes listening, reading comprehension and writing in addition to open questioning. For the spot the difference activity, this could be used as an oral activity, assisting the students as necessary. They can write their answers down following the oral element of the activity.
This resource contains:
1 workbook
1 transcript for the listening activity
1 sound file for the listening activity
Happy teaching and learning!
This amazing bundle looks at the main rooms of the house in French with the associated vocabulary, in addition to various prepositions.
The main six rooms of the house are included, which are:
The lounge
The dining room
The kitchen
The hallway
The bedroom
The bathroom
There is also a bonus Christmas edition of the house included!
Each part consists of a powerpoint with games, differentiated workbooks and preposition vocabulary sheets. The lower level workbooks (level 1) are geared for lower ability learners and the higher level workbooks (level 2) are designed for the gifted and talented and native-level French speakers.
For just £15, instead of £24.50, this whole bundle is all yours!
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the fifth installment of learning about the rooms in the house.
This installment is about the bedroom and associated objects.
Go through the powerpoint reviewing the previously-learnt rooms of the house and the associated objects. Next, review and introduce the new prepositions and then introduce the bedroom with the associated objects. There is a subsequent quiz with differentiated questions.
There are differentiated workbooks available.
Level 1 (Niveau 1) - Lower level
Level 2 (Niveau 2) - Higher level
Get the students to colour in the things in the bedroom and the prepositions and unscramble the words on the first few pages of the workbook. Next, cut out and stick in the pictures of the images featuring the masculine words and the feminine words. Then, the children need to complete the missing words by choosing the words below. The next few pages contains the listening tasks. Play the attached recording and the children then answer the questions. Then, the children need to draw the bedroom, according to the instructions. On the last few pages, they complete the spot the difference activity and then complete the wordsearch.
There is a bingo sheet available which could be used as a plenary or the starter of the next lesson.
There are now subsequent installments available on my online shop. Feel free to take a look at them!
Happy teaching and learning!