Bonjour, I have been a French and Spanish teacher for 22 years now, and I truly enjoy making engaging and colourful resources for my classes. I wanted to share some with you to save you time (we all know that teachers never get enough time!). Feel free to adapt and change anything to your taste and teaching style.
Bonjour, I have been a French and Spanish teacher for 22 years now, and I truly enjoy making engaging and colourful resources for my classes. I wanted to share some with you to save you time (we all know that teachers never get enough time!). Feel free to adapt and change anything to your taste and teaching style.
-3 stories about events and legends from France in English (Le Mont Saint Michel, le Débarquement, Jacques Mesrine) - 76 slides - part 4.
-Texts and photos, telling in details each event.
-Warning: some photos and details could be disturbing for some young pupils (to review and adapt according to your class).
-My pupils/students LOVED having one lesson based on culture only, with dark and quirky stories.
-I designed it, using some Wikipedia details for precise details (dates, statistics for example).
-You could adapt this for homework or a classroom presentation by pupils in French.
-2 powerpoints: foundation and higher, with 10 role plays each (exploring every theme), with support box (key words for candidates).
-2 word documents: foundation and higher, with the answers of each role play.
-I printed role plays on a laminated card (both sides with a different role play), and made a booklet of the answers (one booklet per level). Great for pair-work activities!
-A series of photos with questions and prompts for each theme of the GCSE speaking examination picture based talk.
-2 powerpoints: one Foundation and one Higher.
-2 photos per theme: one slide has the questions in English with prompts in French, the next has the questions in French only (to spark pair-work discussion).
-6 stories about events and legends from France in English (Napoléon, Notre-Dame de Paris, les 3 mousquetaires, le fantôme de l’Opéra, Vincent Van Gogh, le chevalier d’Eon) - 101 slides - part 2/4.
-Texts and photos, telling in details each event.
-Warning: some photos and details could be disturbing for some young pupils (to review and adapt according to your class).
-My pupils/students LOVED having one lesson based on culture only, with dark and quirky stories.
-I designed it, using some Wikipedia details for precise details (dates, statistics for example).
-You could adapt this for homework or a classroom presentation by pupils in French.
-Powerpoint with explanation, cards and prompts to spark speaking or writing (pair-work competition).
-Cards to be printed, laminated and separated in envelopes: 4 different sections with 12 expressions (time phrases, verbs, connectives, adjectives).
-Prompts: 13 slides with a different theme, to prompt pupils to write or say a sentence, using all 4 words picked from each category (verbs must be conjugated correctly, depending on the time phrase picked).
-Great pair-work activity, pupils compete against each other and must justify why their sentence is better than their partner (accuracy, length, additional details…).
-You could make it a timed competition.
-The idea comes from a CPD that I went to, I then designed my own activity around this idea.
-My pupils enjoy having a break from their computers and it encourages kinesthetic learning, as well as writing / speaking in a spontaneous way.
-Powerpoint: slides with bubble speeches, containing questions, from beginner level to pre-GCSE.
-5 slides with 6 questions, followed by model answers.
-Powerpoint slide with peer-assessment feedback sheet
-Word document with peer-assessment feedback sheet
-I use these online or printed out to spark pair-work and spontaneous talk
-Great for formative assessment, but done by a peer (pairs must listen to each other and justify their grading)
-With Year 7, 8 and 9, great warm-up task, preparing them for the GCSE conversation, as questions could be asked in random order.
-Powerpoint: slides with photos and prompts with a support box to encourage pupils to speak with more spontaneity and to revisit certain grammar rules.
-Powerpoint: slides with questions with model answers to spark conversation, prompting pupils to listen to their peers and answer accurately.
-Feedback sheet for peer-assessment.
-Powerpoint: slides with photos and prompts with a support box to encourage pupils to speak with more spontaneity and to revisit certain grammar rules.
-Powerpoint: slides with questions with model answers to spark conversation, prompting pupils to listen to their peers and answer accurately.
-Feedback sheet for peer-assessment.
-Powerpoint A Level: slides for each theme, with 4 blank squares to annotate key expressions (to support specific vocabulary, verbs and facts).
-Powerpoint IGCSE: slides for each of the Edexcel IGCSE themes, 2 slides with key translations in both languages to retrieve key concepts, followed by 1 slide to add personal notes.
-Powerpoint KS3: slides with blank sections to add any specific words, verbs, adjectives from a particular module.
-x3 slides: 1 for the iGCSE / 1 for the new AQA GCSE / 1 for the current GCSE
-Speaking examination tasks divided, with criteria to remind pupils of the key elements to access the highest grade.
-Prompts in English to remind pupils to extend sentences
-I have drafted these to help my pupils give each other honest feedback, as well as reminding them of the speaking requirements.
-Powerpoint: slides with A Level speaking grade criteria for the stimulus card ahe IRP (simplified)
-Great for peer-assessment feedback (can be printed on card).
-I use this online or printed out to allow students to listen to each other and be critical about the performance
-**Essay format with core sentences **ready to use for ANY title, ANY book (can be amended for films) with alternative structures for each section.
-Edexcel speaking materials:
1-Card to use in class and prompt students to peer-mark each other, following the Edexcel grade criteria (stimulus + conversation + IRP).
2-Answer card with prompts to develop any questions (stimulus + conversation).
3-Debating expressions to use for class activities.
4-Edexcel Themes: question bank (to prompt class talk and practise the conversation section of the examination).
-**Essay format with core sentences **ready to use for ANY title, ANY book (can be amended for films) with alternative structures for each section.
-AQA speaking materials:
1-Card to use in class and prompt students to peer-mark each other, following the AQA grade criteria (stimulus + conversation + IRP).
2-Answer card with prompts to develop any questions (stimulus + conversation).
3-Debating expressions to use for class activities.
-Edexcel iGCSE speaking / writing materials:
1-Card to use in class and prompt students to peer-mark each other, following the Edexcel iGCSE grade criteria.
2-Answer card with prompts to develop any questions with supporting verbs in 3 tenses.
3-Debating expressions to use for class activities.
4-Target talk / writing with “spend the word” game (Powerpoint slides ready for printing and cutting or distribution online) with iGCSE sub-topics.
5-Powerpoint with photo task explained + practice
6-Powerpoint with photos + questions to talk about each area of the photos and more, for Units 1 to 3.
-Edexcel GCSE speaking / writing materials:
1-Card to use in class and prompt students to peer-mark each other, following the Edexcel GCSE grade criteria.
2-Answer card with prompts to develop any questions with supporting verbs in 3 tenses.
3-Debating expressions to use for class activities.
4-Target talk / writing with “spend the word” game (Powerpoint slides ready for printing and cutting or distribution online) with GCSE sub-topics.
5-Powerpoint with photo task explained + practice
6-Powerpoint with photos + questions to talk about each area of the photos and more, Foundation AND Higher materials.
7-Powerpoint with role-plays with support boxes for Foundation AND Higher.
8-Grammar and translations for class or homework practice, for each Theme (Edexcel GCSE).
-AQA new GCSE speaking / writing materials:
1-Card to use in class and prompt pupils to peer-mark each other, following the new AQA GCSE grade criteria.
2-Answer card with prompts to develop any questions with supporting verbs in 3 tenses.
3-Debating expressions to use for class activities.
4-Target talk / writing with “spend the word” game (Powerpoint slides ready for printing and cutting or distribution online) with GCSE sub-topics.
5-New AQA speaking activities for class practice (Theme 2).
