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I am an MFL teacher with fifteen years of classroom experience, from primary to sixth form. I specialize in French teaching resources, bespoke language curriculum design and language CPD to support individual teachers and schools.
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I am an MFL teacher with fifteen years of classroom experience, from primary to sixth form. I specialize in French teaching resources, bespoke language curriculum design and language CPD to support individual teachers and schools.
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La Chandeleur French pancake day.Remote learning.
An easy to follow lesson for remote learning/independent use, based around a children’s cartoon video in French of how to make pancakes.
Instructions are on each slide as to which part of the video to follow and answers to questions appear upon clicking. Pupils will use a bilingual dictionary or an on line one to find the meaning of ingredients, learn how to make pancakes then have the choice to create a dream pancake with fillings, label in French, or make pancakes at home with an adult.
How old are you?
Numbers 1 -10, asking and answering the question about age. Revising exchanging greetings.
French Core Language Mat Bundle.
A bundle of five French core language mats on the topics of greetings, numbers one to twelve,dates, colors,and parts of the body. These all contain explanations for key sounds and grammar points. Some have adaptable conversation models. Using the parts of the body word mat, pupils apply word order, adjectival agreement using numbers, nouns and color adjectives.They learn how some color adjectives change for feminine and plural forms of nouns.
French exchange greetings.
A key stage two, or three, beginner lesson unit in which pupils are introduced to different ways of greeting others in French. They learn to ask and answer a simple question using a range of phrases for feelings. Sound files are embedded into the Power Point.Activities included allow pupils to practice pronunciation, listen and identify key language, write key language in French. They take part in a simple conversation and a song to reinforce the language learned.The lesson includes the Power Point, a noughts and crosses board,a core language mat.
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French Getting Started About Me.
Four lesson packs which can be used in the following order to learn enough French to exchange greetings and feelings, learn numbers 1-11 and say age, learn the days and months, how to ask for and give information about birthdays. All have core language mats. All contain embedded sound files for independent learning, teacher as co-learner and answers appear on slides upon clicking to check progress.
French colours core language mat.
A word mat for colors in French. Also contains key sounds and grammar points. Clear charts explain how some color adjectives change for feminine and plural nouns.Can be used to combine nouns with colors and apply adjectival agreement.
French parts of the body.
A lesson unit comprising Power Point, core language mat and body bingo cards. The Power Point has sound files embedded for independent learning, teacher as co-learner.Answers appear on slides upon clicking to check progress. Pupils learn how to pronoun the words for parts of the body in French. Activities to reinforce include a quiz, what’s missing , Simon says,bingo,and how to write the nouns accurately in French with the correct article. The core language mat supports meaning and spelling.Pupils learn the forms of the definite article in French (the) and how it changes depending on whether the noun is masculine,feminine, starts with a vowel or is in the plural form.
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French word order using nouns and colour adjectives.
A series of three lessons each with a Power Point, embedded sound files and core language mats to support meaning and spelling of new language.
Lesson 1 -nouns for parts of the body in French. Pupils develop accurate pronunciation, make sound-spelling links and understand the masculine,feminine, plural forms pf the definite article in French.They play various memory games such as Jacques a dit/Simon says and what is missing.
Lesson 2-Color adjectives. This lesson focuses on key graphemes in color adjectives and that color adjectives follow the noun in French.A range of activities for pupils to apply this.
Lesson 3-Apply correct word order. Begin to familiarize with adjectival agreement.Pupils revise nouns for parts of the body and color adjectives in French then begin to apply correct word order by combining these in speaking and writing activities. This culminates in them adapting descriptive phrases to create their own in order to create a description of a monster.
*If you can purchase the following story books, these complement the above lesson unit:
Va t’en grand monstre vert by Ed Kimberley and Toutes les couleurs by Alex Sanders.
French parts of the body and colours core language mat.
A word mat of French words for parts of the body. Reference to the definite and indefinite articles. Clear charts explain how some color adjectives change for a feminine or plural noun. Can be used to design and describe monsters using the definite article or numbers with nouns for parts of the body and color adjectives. Can be used to apply word order and adjectival agreement.Can be used at the start of the next lesson as a vocabulary or spelling quiz; also for self and peer quizzing.
French eyes and hair descriptions core language mat.
A sentence building mat to help pupils with word order in French when using nouns with color adjectives. Also demonstrates how some colour adjectives change in the plural, and those that do not change.
French Greetings Core Language Mat.
A word mat of core language for greetings in French. Pupils use in class to locate vocabulary, check spelling,and for self and peer quizzing.Includes notes on key sounds and grammar points.
French apply word order and create a monster.
A lesson unit, comprising a Power Point with embedded sound files and a core language mat, to learn how to apply word order correctly in French using nouns for parts of the body and color adjectives.Pupils revise colors and nouns for parts of the body in French through song. They learn where to place the color adjective in a phrase, with plenty of speaking activities to apply this: guess my sentence, roll the dice.Pupils use the core language mat to help with translations between the two languages, draw and color a monster from reading descriptive phrases in French, then adapt phrases to create their own monster description. Opportunity to extend by using a bilingual dictionary.
The core language mat indicates how the ending of some color adjectives change in the feminine and plural forms.
If you can buy a copy of the book Va t’en grand monstre vert by Ed Kimberley, or Toutes les couleurs by Alex Sanders, this would support this work on word order wonderfully.
French dates core language mat.
A word mat helping pupils to create dates and birthdays in French using the words for days, numbers and months.There is also reference to key sounds and grammar points, and a model conversation using the language.Can be used in class for creating phrases, spell check, self and peer quizzing.
French classroom instructions.
A lesson Power Point with embedded sound files for pupils to learn and master classroom instructions in French. They visit three key sounds in French, learn to recognize and respond to classroom instructions in French,play Simon Says, match the written instruction to the image and then link sound-spelling with a simple writing activity.
Future tense resolutions in French using je.
A core language mat introducing how to create the future tense in French using the first person singular. Examples of verbs and nouns, how to put these together, and a phonetic pronunciation guide for speaking.
Nicolas Sarkozy et la justice.
A reading comprehension which revisits the present, past,future, pluperfect and passive tenses.Background information about Nicolas Sarkozy and information concerning the three judicial inquiries that he is targeted by.
Decoding a text, comprehension questions, dictionary work and translation into English/French.Answer sheet attached.
French quick comprehension lesson starters.
Twenty-one images with questions requiring students to use a bilingual dictionary to work out meaning and answer the comprehension questions in English. Useful as settling starters and dictionary practice tasks or end of lesson fillers.
French colour adjectives.
This lesson focuses on these key sounds in French: an/ou/eu/oi.Pupils learn how to pronounce the sounds for these, then learn how to say the colour adjectives.A song reinforces the key sounds.Speaking activities include recalling the words for the colour images, a memory game, listening and showing the colours heard. Pupils begin to write the colour adjectives, making sound-spelling links. There is an art activity(The Snail by Matisse), and a poem which are opportunities to use a bilingual dictionary: to find more colours for the art activity,and new nouns to adapt a poem.Sound files are embedded in the Power Point and there is a core language mat to support meaning and spelling.Can be used for independent learning or in class.
French describe eyes and hair.
A lesson Power Point and core language mat to teach and put into practice describing eyes and hair in French.Pupils revise color adjectives then learn the key vocabulary to create phrases for eyes and hair. Activities include matching images to phrases, unscrambling words to create phrases, a quiz and using the core languages mat to create their own phrases applying correct word order and adjectival agreement where applicable.Instructions are on each slide. On the relevant slides answers appear upon a click.