classroom instructions in French

present tense revision

Resources to encourage pupils to speak and write descriptively, providing and justifying opinions. There is a printout for pupils with a word cloud containing relevant vocabulary. Also included are sentence openers for giving your opinion and developing your arguments. This could be used with any topics and will help to improve spontaneity.

Pupil of the week certificate

20 questions in the present, past, future and conditional tense for pupils to ask each other to get to know each other. Depending on the pupils' ability the teacher might revise formulating questions first. This is a great activity when meeting new classes.

quick consolidation exercise

Quick starter for pupils to match up translations consolidating the perfect and imperfect tense. Easy to print and edit.

A speaking frame to help pupils develop a short presentation on their Euro 2016 match predictions using the near future. Each step is clear and pupils should be encouraged to extend their answers. This is a fun and engaging way to improve speaking skills and adapt to uncertain situations. Easy to print too! Don't forget to check out other resources on my profile for EURO 2016.

This is an authentic reading resource on a topical issue. Pupils read a recent article from www.franceinfo.fr and answer 11 comprehension questions. They also demonstrate understanding of the text by finding key vocabulary. This resource can be used to stretch higher GCSE candidates or for AS and A level candidate. The text can be extrapolated for pupils to complete a written or oral response as to whether they are for or against burkinis. This is easy to print and the questions can be easily edited for differentiation purposes.

This resource is great to use as a starter. It is an authentic reading extract where youNG people express their opinions on the advantages/disadvantages of TikTok. Great to use as a stimulus piece or as a short translation. There is a short reading task to check vocab knowledge and a slide for pupils to offer their own opinions on the use of TikTok either orally or in written form. Bonne lecture!

A text taken from https://www.rio2016.com/fr/actualites/aveclesrefugies Pupils answer questions on the text and demonstrate knowledge of the text finding French phrases and antonyms within the text. Ideally suited for developing pupils' confidence by using topical and authentic material. Easy to print and edit for your own purposes.

Engaging starter or plenary to recap on the present, future and past tense. Pupils serve the pronoun to match up with the correct verb(teacher or pupil clicks on matching pair). This will quickly highlight areas for pupil development. It is easy to change the verbs and the tenses if you want to challenge your pupils with other verbs or tenses.

This resource is a reading and translation activity adapted from an authentic article that has been taken from a popular French website. Pupils read the topical article on refugees and demonstrate understanding by completing the crossword. The clues are in English and pupils read the article to solve the puzzle. This is easy to print. It would also be easy to adapt as a comprehension exercise. After completing the exercise pupils have gained vocabulary knowledge to complete speaking or written work on the challenges faced by refugees.

Speaking AFL

Resource sheet to print out and cut in 3 - pupils answer 8 questions on free time Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire quand tu as du temps libre? Qu’est-ce que tu n’aimes pas faire quand tu as du temps libre? Tu fais du sport? Quelle est ta émission préférée? Et ton film préféré? Est-ce que tu aimes faire les magasins? Qu’est-ce que tu as fait le weekend dernier? Qu’est-ce que tu vas faire pendant les vacances de Noël?

Divide pupils into pairs and ask pupils to set up into teams on either end of the classroom. Pupils run/walk to their partner. Partner 1 reads out the phrases and partner 2 writes down the phrase. The objective being to write down phrases correctly with accurate spellings and accents. They then swap roles. The winning team presents the teacher with 5 accurate sentences. This is a fun way of getting pupils working collaboratively and improving listening and written skills.

Quick starter of 9 verbs. Pupils say which tense they are in. Good revision or consolidation quick fire exercise.

Ideal for books for students to refer back to through their course.

YouTube clip to a "Come Dine with Me" French equivalent. Lots of great vocab,. This leads on to a reading activity whereby pupils match up vocabulary which they can use and adapt to write about their ideal school canteen setup.

Word maze of key phrases on this topic. Extension … “can you add more rooms, types of houses, prepositions”; This is a great revision tool. Pupil and teacher friendly.