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A short and simple French ghost story with accompanying translation and ‘find the word’ activities. Useful for final class before Halloween break.

A one page word document worksheet based on the professions/jobs in French. Contains one translation exercise and one comprehension exercise. Could be used for HW, class task or exam.

Rugby World Cup! An 11 slide PPT with activities included based on the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Can be used with students of any age.

A one page word document worksheet based on expressions with the verb 'faire'. Includes cloze test style exercise, translation task and an exercise in which students must make the sentences negative.

A PPT used for preparation for the French oral exam. Presented in a clear and colorful way. Questions and answers included. Can be used for ordinary level students and can easily be supplemented for higher level students.

Complete vocabulary booklet for ordinary level senior students. Easy to use and well structured. It has 31 pages in total. All topics needed for the Leaving Cert are covered, from basics like the days of the week, food, directions, pastimes, holidays and animals etc… to more difficult topics like social problems. Each unit of vocab is presented in a grid over one /two pages. The French words are written in and there is room for the student to write in the English translation. Also includes a full page of useful verbs in the first person ‘je’ in the present, past and future tense. The pages are numbered for easy direction in class. *For a vocab booklet for Junior Cycle students or for a booklet with French and English words written in, see ‘My Shop’.

A short 9 slide PPT explaining articles; The definite article, the indefinite article and the partitive article. Can be used to initially introduce the basic articles or can be used with an older class to revise.

This is a very comprehensive and well structured vocabulary booklet for Junior Cert or Leaving Cert/GCSE French. It has 27 pages in total. All topics needed for the Junior Cert are covered (from days of the week, to food, directions, pastimes, animals etc…). Each unit of vocab is presented in a grid over one/two pages. The French words are written in in black and the English translations are written in in a different colour for each topic. Also includes a full page of useful verbs in the first person ‘je’ in the present, past and future tense. The key ‘je’ verbs for ordinary level French are highlighted but can of course, be amended. The booklet can be printed and put together to suit your preferences/class needs. This is a very easy and clear way of presenting or revising vocab and serves extremely helpful to the students. *For the same booklet, without the English translations, see ‘My Shop’.

This is an easy to use and well structured vocabulary booklet for Junior Cert or Leaving Cert (Ordinary level) French. It has 26 pages in total. All topics needed for the Junior Cert are covered (from days of the week, to food, directions, pastimes and animals etc…). Each unit of vocab is presented in a grid over one /two pages. The French words are written in and there is room for the student to write in the English translation. The booklet can be printed and put together to suit your preferences. Also includes a full page of useful verbs in the first person ‘je’ in the present, past and future tense. This is an excellent way of presenting or revising vocab and serves extremely helpful to the students.

A 9 slide PPT which presents 'plurals' in French. The PPT firstly explains regular plurals, gives examples and has an exercise to follow. It then explains irregular plurals and again gives examples and has an exercise. Also explains how to change the definite and indefinite article. Transitions and animations are already included.

A PPT which can be used as a quiz/revision tool for vocabulary. Students can work alone, in pairs or groups to come up with 10 of each type of word e.g. 10 buildings in the town, 10 drinks, 10 animals etc… Can be adapted to suit class/year group!

An 11 slide ppt on the Rugby World Cup (in French). Suitable for a strong 3rd year/Junior cycle class, TY or 5th year group. Includes a flag activity, vocab activity and short comprehension/fact-file activity. Takes approximately a one hour class to complete. For more resources like this, see my shop!

A 2 page worksheet based around clothes and colours in French. Will help students to learn the vocab. Includes translation exercises, reading/learning task & small written tasks using agreements. Could be used as a work sheet, homework or exam.

A 2 page handout on postcard writing in French. Well laid out and easy to follow. Different key phrases are laid out under headings e.g. accommodation, weather, present tense activities, past tense activities etc... A go-to handout for postcard writing. Perfect for Irish junior cert higher level and can easily be amended for ordinary level too.

A comprehension worksheet based on the film 'Les Intouchables'. Comprehension put together using authentic online sources. Questions in French, to be answered in French.

A 38 slide PPT which presents the places and shops in the town using words and real life images. Animations included so that this presentation can be used as a revision exercise/form of assessment (AFL) as well as used to present the vocab initially. last two slides detail very simple oral and written tasks.

This document is aimed at higher level Leaving Cert French students in Ireland who are preparing for the oral exam. Could be adapted for ordinary level students. The booklet has one page dedicated to a theme (e.g. myself & my family, my area, school, pastimes etc…). There are margins at the side of each themed page in which students can take notes on pronunciation. There is some guidance at the top of each page as to what to include. There is a ‘star of the show’ section at the end of each theme in which student can write idioms/expressions/pieces of key vocab that they really want to be sure to include when discussing that theme. At the back of the booklet, there are tips for the exam and also details on the marking scheme. My students are really happy to have all of their oral content together in one place and find this document very useful in the last stages of their preparation.

A PPT with French idioms which can be used as a teaching tool or printed and used as posters.

A theme based ‘production écrite’ worksheet on refereeing. Includes a worksheet for students and the answer sheet for teachers. I started this activity using the key vocab listed - students had to work in pairs to translate and categorise the words (nouns/adjectives/verbs). They then had to use the vocab and prior knowledge to translate the sentences, all of which can be used for an opinion piece on this topic. Suitable for a Higher Level Leaving Cert/A level class.

A gapfill exercises on the importance of sport, looking at physical, mental and other benefits. Once corrected, this piece will serve as a sample answer for an opinion piece on the topic. Also attached is the full sample answer. Can be used as a pair or group reading activity or comprehension.