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.
Whether you are generally revising the perfect tense in the negative form or teaching it for the first time, here is an activity that will give students a firm acquaintance with this concept or greatly revise it. There is also a wordsearch where students find 29 hidden verbs and write them in the correct column in the table below.
Happy teaching and learning!
This game is an excellent way of revising grammar and it is specifically tailored at IGCSE level, however it can also be used to revise grammar at A-Level also.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with this game, basically the class is divided into two teams. If a team gets a question right (on whatever topic) they place their coloured hexagon over the topic and they can pick another question. If they get a question wrong, the other team will have a chance to answer. The first team to get their coloured hexagons in a line either horizontally or diagonally, wins the game!
This pack contains the game board and questions from each topic! Keep an eye out for my resources as I will be soon publishing more differentiated questions for students of a stronger ability!
Preparation time: 30 minutes - 1 hour (introducing new vocabulary and also the transcript and sound files for the listening activity)
Lesson length: 1.5 hours - 2 hours
Here is the 10th resource for introducing French to adults at beginner’s level!
I have compiled this resource using an adult approach who are learning French for the very first time.
This activity focuses on the time around the clock in between intervals, i.e. seventeen minutes past four, twenty-three minutes to three, etc. It also incorporates the verbs ‘partir’ and ‘etre’ in the present tense, forming questions using ‘est-ce que’, alongside the distinction between ‘a quelle heure’ and ‘quand’. Several places in France are also introduced. This resource also incorporates all the four keys skills such as reading, listening, speaking and writing.
Accompanied with this resource is the worksheet, the transcript and the sound files for the listening assignment.
I also have a new bundle created which includes all the first ten installments at a discounted price!
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource looks at various Asian countries in French with their prepositions, such as ‘au’, ‘en’ and ‘aux’. There is a memory game of the prepositions and the names of the Asian countries in French. You can divide the class up into groups and they can score points for their team for every missing country that they remember. There is also a quiz about the countries and subsequently, the students then copy out the table and fill in the missing gaps.
There is also an accompanying colouring in poster of the flags of the Asian countries with a wordsearch. Furthermore, there is a reading comprehension activity attached with differentiated questions.
This resource is geared at Key Stage 3 level.
Happy teaching and learning!
Preparation time: 30 minutes - 1 hour (introducing new vocabulary)
Lesson length: 45 minutes - 1 hour
Here is the very first resource for introducing French to adults at beginner's level!
I have compiled this resource using an adult approach who are learning French for the very first time.
This activity focuses general greetings and introduces gender and number differentiation, which incorporates all the four keys skills such as reading, listening, speaking and writing. This resource includes the worksheet, the sound file for the listening task and the listening transcript.
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This a sequel from Part 2: Possessive adjectives (ton, ta, tes) and this powerpoint presents possessive adjectives for ‘son’, ‘sa’ and ‘ses’ in the context of extended family members related by marriage to the biological parents. It is a good introduction for Key Stage 2-3 learners as there are follow up activities which follow, which also revises previously learnt possessive adjectived for ‘je’ and ‘tu’.
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This resource exclusively looks at farm animals, numbers, gender of words and plurality of nouns, in particular words that end in ‘-al’ and ‘-au’. There are pages and pages of colouring in activities where the children colour in the gender of the words and the animals of course! There are differentiated versions available in this pack. This resource is geared towards learners of Key Stage 1and Key Stage 2 level. These resources also exercises reading, writing and listening skills.
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This resource looks at exclusively, the numbers from 1-50 in French and expressing the year in French. This resource is geared towards learners of Key Stage 2 level and it can also be good revision for learners at Key Stage 3 level. This resource exercises reading, writing and listening skills, alongside mathematical skills. The workbook contains differentiated versions. The children can colour in the numbers on each page of course!
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This activity covers the months of the year in French as well as writing the dates in French. There are colouring pages for each month the child learns as well as fun activities at the back of the workbook. This resource is ideal for Key stage 2 learners.
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This powerpoint teachers numbers from 1-20 in French. It also reinforces or introduces age and years in French, in addition to how to express one’s age and when one was born in French. There are also follow up activities in this powerpoint such as picture pairs and French mathematics.
This resource exclusively explores which items can be found in which shops, as well as the preposition ‘de’.
There are lots of follow-up differentiated activities and attached, is a vocabulary sheet.
This resource is geared towards Key Stage 3 and it is compatible with Tricolore 2.
Happy teaching and learning!
This is the fifth installment of the test papers series which I have devised following my teaching from Tricolore 1 text book which I use to teach my year 7 students.
The content of the test is as follows:
Numbers 1-100
Months of the years and dates
Various festivals in France
Expressing cost
Various birthday gifts
Clothes
Use of the ‘avoir’ and ‘être’ in the present tense
Plurality of nouns
This pack contains the following:
One listening test paper
One reading, grammar and writing test paper
The audio file for the listening test
A copy of the listening transcript
The mark scheme
This resource is designed for students of Key Stage 3 (primarily year 7 students) (First form in Northern Ireland) or learners of post-Key Stage 3 age who are learning French for the first time.
Pleas note that this resource is linked to the 5th Edition of the Tricolore 1 textbook and not the former ones.
Happy teaching and learning!
This is the sixth installment of the test papers series which I have devised following my teaching from Tricolore 1 text book which I use to teach my year 7 students.
The content of the test is as follows:
‘-er’ verbs in the present tense
Weather
Seasons
The distinction of the use of ‘on’
This pack contains the following:
One listening test paper
One reading, grammar and writing test paper
The audio file for the listening test
A copy of the listening transcript
The mark scheme
This resource is designed for students of Key Stage 3 (primarily year 7 students) (First form in Northern Ireland) or learners of post-Key Stage 3 age who are learning French for the first time.
Pleas note that this resource is linked to the 5th Edition of the Tricolore 1 textbook and not the former ones.
Happy teaching and learning!
The completion of the first installment of Tricolore 2 (5th edition) is finally here!
This is the first installment of the test papers series which I have devised following my teaching from Tricolore 2 text book which I use to teach my year 8 students.
The content of the test is as follows:
Places in the town
Various grocery items
General shopping expressions
Expressing currency and cost
Review of the present tense using regular ‘-er’, ‘-ir’ and ‘-re’ verbs
More use of the preposition ‘de’ with quantities and negatives
This pack contains the following:
One listening test paper
One reading, grammar and writing test paper
The audio file for the listening test
A copy of the listening transcript
The mark scheme
This resource is designed for students of Key Stage 3 (primarily year 8 students) (Second form in Northern Ireland) or learners of post-Key Stage 3 age who are learning French for the first time.
Please note that this resource is linked to the 5th Edition of the Tricolore 2 textbook and not the former ones.
Happy teaching and learning!
Whether you are generally revising the perfect tense with reflexive verbs or teaching it for the first time, here is an activity that will give students a firm acquaintance with this concept or greatly revise it. This activity is suitable from Key Stage 3 onwards. The answers are also available with the activities.
There are also some more complex material incorporated in this resource as such as the use of agreements, using a direct object with a reflexive verb and the use of 'se faire'.
The teacher's view of this resource is also included.
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the third installment of the parts of the body and ailments for Key Stage 2.
This resource is centered on the parts of the body which begin with a vowel or the silent ‘h’ and ailments, in terms of ‘j’ai mal a l’’. Due to its complexity, it is advisable to introduce the different genders of the parts of the body as well as the grammar, week by week.
For the lesson structure:
Go through the powerpoint regarding the parts of the body with the students. You could start with the game ‘Jacques a dit’ (Simon says).
Review the masculine and feminine parts of the body, then introduce the parts which begin with a vowel or the silent ‘h’ and then ‘j’ai mal a l’’.
Get the students to colour in the worksheets. On the first worksheet, get the students to colour in the letters in any colour ‘à + l’’ and ‘a l’’. Then they cut out the pictures and labels and stick them correctly onto the first sheet they coloured in. There are differentiated worksheets for this. The level 1 worksheet only contains ‘j’ai mal a l’epaule, a l’estomac, a l’orteil’. The level 2 worksheets contain the aforementioned items, also including ‘j’ai mal a l’aisselle’.
If you have time at the end of the lesson, you can play the quiz with the class. There are differentiated questions with answers!!
Do keep a look out for the subsequent edition such as the plural parts of the body.
Happy teaching and learning!
This bundle contains all four editions regarding parts of the body and ailments and it is geared at Key Stage 2 level.
The outline of each part is as follows:
Part 1:
Masculine parts of the body and j’ai mal au
Le dos
Le ventre
Le bras
Differentiation: Le genou
Part 2:
Feminine parts of the body and ‘j’ai mal a la’
La jambe
La pouce
La gorge
Differentiation: La cheville
Part 3:
Parts of the body which begin with a vowel or the silent ‘h’ and ‘j’ai mal a l’’
L’epaule
L’estomac
L’orteil
Differentiation: L’aisselle
Part 4:
Parts of the body in the plural form and ‘j’ai mal aux’
Les dents
Les pieds
Les oreilles
Differentiation: Les genoux
Due to its complexity, it is advisable to introduce the different genders of the parts of the body as well as the grammar, week by week.
Go through the powerpoint regarding the parts of the body with the students. You could start with the game ‘Jacques a dit’ (Simon says).
For each week, review the parts of the body, then introduce the new parts and then the new grammar.
Get the students to colour in the worksheets. On the first worksheet, get the students to colour in the letters. Then they cut out the pictures and labels and stick them correctly onto the first sheet they coloured in. There are differentiated worksheets for this.
If you have time at the end of the lesson, you can play the quiz with the class. There are differentiated questions with answers!!
Happy teaching and learning!
This worksheet gives students the opportunity to build up on their vocabulary by searching for French synonyms and also further practise these new words. A very useful tool when developing learners' writing in preparation for the exam. This worksheet is geared towards very high achieving students, gifted and talented learners and learners whose native tongue is French.
This worksheet gives students the opportunity to build up on their vocabulary by searching for French synonyms and also further practise these new words. A very useful tool when developing learners' writing in preparation for the exam. This worksheet is geared towards very high achieving students, gifted and talented learners and learners whose native tongue is French.
This worksheet gives students the opportunity to build up on their vocabulary and also further practise these new words. A very useful tool when developing learners' writing in preparation for the exam. This worksheet is geared towards learners of a weaker ability.
