These are the 2 first lessons of the Module on Celebrity and culture for the new French GCSE - Les célébrités.
It covers the question: Qui est ta célébrité préférée ?Who is your favourite famous person?
The grammar is about job titles and adjectives changing in Masculine and Feminine.
This is used with Year 9 French mixed ability students following a module about films.
We use the EPI teacher method in our lessons to encourage fluency and confidence.
I used the AI website Pixlr to create the images - some of which students found strange.
Some activities overlap to adapt depending on the teaching groups.
Are you looking for different resources about famous people? Are you wanting groups of students to each research a single person and report back to the class? These presentation make excellent starting points for any research or famous people topics.
Students study a variety of speeches: (Braveheart's 'Freedom' speech; St Crispin's Day speech from Henry V; Churchill's 'Their Finest Hour' and 'Fight on the Beaches' speeches; Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech, and Sojourner Truth's 'Ain't I A Woman?')
Video clips of the speeches are accompanied by full texts. Materials for differentiation ensure that students of different abilities will be able to access the work.
The classroom activity is accompanied by an integral VLE homework activity that reminds students of the main learning points of the scheme before setting a homework task.
Contents: (Full 5-7 lesson scheme of work, resources and lesson plans)
Classroom presentations
7 page workbook
Differentiation materials
VLE presentation
Homework resource booklet
Lesson plans
All images free to use commercially.
Simple texts (mainly true) about famous people in German. There is a grid for pupils to fill in, but I can't locate it - you could just delete the information from the answer grid and use that. I made it on a mac and some of the information seems to have slid together so apologies for that!
ICT FAMOUS PEOPLE
TEACHING and DISPLAY RESOURCES
Resources included are as follows:
PDF file for you to print.
Title page to head wall display (A4) – ‘famous people’
Long banner spread over 3 pages ‘Information Communication Technology’
18 A4 posters of famous people in IT – such as Steve Job, Mark Zuckerberg, Ada Lovelace, Bill Gates etc.
(NET WORTH updated where applicable in Jue 2025)
Each Poster has the persons name, photo and basic facts.
Great for a wall display in classroom or around the school.
British Culture Quiz Part 5
A Jeopardy type game about Famous People. This is the fifth part of my Quiz on the UK series.
20 slides with multiple choice questions. Team game.
Use this PowerPoint to introduce a few famous French people in history.
There is brief information about all in French, which can then be translated by students into English.
Worksheet with associated web pages about some famous French people. This activity can take place in class or as homework.
For the required web pages: navigation instructions are provided.
Learn about the explorer and slave trader ‘Christopher Columbus’.
Just follow the attached 21-slide PowerPoint.
Ideal for 7+
2 integrated activities included: Comprehension and Colouring Task.
Contents:
Introduction.
Video.
Activity 1: 28 Questions about the video.
Answers to Questions.
Activity 2: Colouring in sheet.
Learn about the ‘King of Rock and Roll’, Mr. Elvis Presley!
Watch the video, answer the questions and have a go at singing one of his superb songs.
Just follow the fully editable 12-slided show.
Ideal for 6 and above.
Enjoy learning about Michael Jordan’s incredible journey to stardom.
Just follow this 8-slide PowerPoint and your student’s will DREAM BIG, just like he did.
Included in the fully editable presentation are 3 activities (ideal for 6+).
Contents:
Introduction.
Story – Dream BIG.
Activity 1: Questions to answer about the story.
Activity 2: Colour in the picture of Michael Jordan.
Activity 3: My Dreams!
More About This Resource
This set includes 10 posters featuring famous figures from various fields. They are ideal for displaying in classrooms or school hallways. Through these posters, students become familiar with notable individuals, find inspiration, and build motivation.
You can print the posters in A4 (8.27x11.7") and A3 (11.7x16.5") formats.
Recommended primarily for upper primary and secondary school students.
Print, laminate or frame them, and use them to decorate your school environment.
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Activity designed to elicit use of the imperfect tense of the third person of Etre and adjectives. Instructions: 1.students are grouped in teams of three and given one mini board per group; 2. under time constraints they must come up with one or more adjectives to describe the famous (dead) person on teach given slide; 3. One point is awarded to the best description; 5. Students cannot use the same adjective more than once; 6 The team with the highest score wins.
A powerpoint with facts about famous celebrities with disabilities including symbols for SEN and information about Purple Tuesday. Differentiated work sheets using widget.
A full lesson with creative ideas to engage SEN student and get them to think about key historical figures from the past. Includes a game and an activity where students link text about historical figures to images. Extension tasks for higher learners.
A French worksheet with brief information about 2 famous people, followed by sentences in French which pupils must complete themselves with details taken from the information above. Leads in to further work such as pupils creating their own sets of information plus sentences, or that of other famous people.
A fun quiz I have recently written to show that having ADHD/ADD/ASD or similar disabilities need not stop you from being successful in life.
The aim is to use this with students who feel that their disability is hindering their life chances.