Contents - Primary/Year 7

My book 50 Lesson Plans for French Teachers:Step by Step is here. A4 format, photocopiable, with accompanying slides free on this site.

10 PAGE HOME STUDY PACK

Readings, guided translation, grammar
As above, with answers - thanks to Dawn Hale

CLASSROOM TARGET LANGUAGE

Comprehensive list for teachers and students

POWERPOINTS

Each presentation has a built-in teaching structure, but you can adapt and use as you wish.
Numbers 0-20
Name and age NEW 3.4.26
Colours (with animals and adjectival agreement)
In my pencil case
Fruit and veggies - Kim's game
Places in town - Kim's game
Pets - Kim's game I Pets - Which description fits?
Teacher script for above
Wild animals - Kim's game I Farm animals - Kim's game
Classroom - Kim's game I My bedroom - Kim's game
Sport I Opinions about sports
Marcus Rashford I Greta Thunberg
Free time I Around town
Spotty goes to town
In town you can go...
Spotty goes shopping
Asking for directions
Where is Spotty? (simple prepositions)
Telling the time I Rooms in the house
Where is Spotty? Rooms in the house
Means of transport
Means of transport + je vais...
Transport with opinions plus sentence builder
School subjects
School subjects with opinions
School subjects with days
Parts of the body (inc Jacques a dit and aches and pains)
Clothes (12 items) I Weather
Likes and dislikes (with food)
Likes and dislikes (with drinks - inc. Kim's game)
Want/Don't want
Likes and dislikes (with pastimes)
Animals I Animals - single slide
Holidays
Phonology. How to pronounce r, u and ou
Phonics (vowel sounds and spellings)
Phonics (consonant sounds and spellings)
Phonics (silent consonants) I Phonics bingo
Minimal pairs. 20 slides.
Near future (Je vais...) with holidays
Near future (On va...) with holidays
Near future (Je vais...) with pastimes
Near future lesson (first person)
Near future lesson (third person)
What's Spotty doing? (-er verbs)
What Spotty doesn't do (ne.. pas)
What are Fifi and Spotty doing? (nous form, -er verbs)
What are Fifi and Spotty doing? (on form, -er verbs)
What are Fifi and Spotty doing? (ils form, -er verbs)
What does Spotty like doing? (two verbs together)
What does Spotty want to do? (two verbs together)
What does Spotty like doing on holiday? (aimer + infinitive)
Spotty buys fruit and veg at the market
What is Spotty going to do on holiday? (aller + infinitive)
Using -er verbs lesson (first person)
Using -er verbs lesson (all persons)
What is Spotty going to do? (two verbs together)
What are Fifi and Spotty going to do? (on form of verb)
What are Fifi and Spotty going to do? (ils form of verb)
What are Fifi and Spotty going to do? (nous form of verb)

SENTENCE BUILDERS

Taking sentence builders further
Sentence stealers game to be used with the resources below
Me (Word) or PowerPoint
How are you? or PowerPoint
Classroom items with prepositions (Word) orPowerPoint
In my classroom (Word) or PowerPoint
My pets (Word) or PowerPoint
My family (Word) or PowerPoint
Physical appearance (1st and 3rd person) (Word) or PowerPoint
Weather (Word) or PowerPoint
Favourite ice creams
Where I live (Word) or PowerPoint
In my house/flat (Word) or PowerPoint
In my town/village/local area (Word) or PowerPoint
Places in town (+ prepositions) (Word) or PowerPoint
Going places (present) - countries, cities, places (Word) or PowerPoint
Going places (future) - countries, cities, places (Word) or PowerPoint
What am I watching? What am I listening to? (Word) or PowerPoint
Using faire (present tense) (Word) or
PowerPoint
My bedroom (Word) or PowerPoint
Where are you going? Why? (Word) or PowerPoint
Where did you go? Why? (Word) or PowerPoint
Favourite means of transport (Word) or PowerPoint
Pastimes (Word) or PowerPoint
Christmas
Favourite subjects (Word) or PowerPoint
Describing a teacher I like (Word) or PowerPoint
What time do you do things?
What are you going to watch?
What time are you going to do things tomorrow?
Which animals do you like and why? (masculine)
Which animals do you like and why? (masculine and feminine)
When is your birthday?
Food and drink preferences
Which sports do you like? - J'aime
Which sports do you do? - Je joue/je fais

ALPHABET

Spelling cities (PowerPoint)
Spelling famous French names (PowerPoint)
Alphabet games
Alphabet grid game
32 alphabet bingo cards

NUMBERS, DAYS, MONTHS

Numbers wordsearch - which number is missing?
32 bingo cards - numbers 1-30
Phone numbers information gap task
Variations on number bingo
Numbers 1-60 - arithmetic sheet
Numbers 1-50 dominoes
Numbers 1-100 dominoes
Numbers 1-100 crossword
Days and months wordsearch
Months of the year + dates

FAMILY AND PETS

Information gap task - family tree
Easy text and exercises on Peppa Pig - good for whiteboard too
Easy text and exercises on the Simpsons - good for whiteboard too
Pets board game NEW 14.11.25
Easy text and exercises: my pets - good for whiteboard too
Easy texts and exercises
Family tree with questions
Family crossword + mon/ma/mes
Family wordsearch + mon/ma/mes - add hyphens svp

Pets crossword + articles
Animals crossword - French to English
Pets reading and drawing task
Animals song

PARALLEL READING

You could make these into booklets for extension work or just to keep in class.
Indexed booklet of nearly all the texts below
Front page for a booklet
Olympic Games I Meerkats I Kangaroos
Eiffel Tower I Channel Tunnel I Joan of Arc
European Union I A day in the life of a cat
Vampires I Ladybirds I Becoming a vet
Simple family poem I Brazil I Dolphins
My dog I My house I Cinderella
Planets I Weather forecast
The boy who cried wolf I Asking directions I Spiders I Sharks I Daily routine I My friend (male)
My friend (female) I My mum I The blue whale
The giant panda I Asteroids I Marie Curie
Astérix I Napoleon I The brown bear
Louis Pasteur I Charles de Gaulle I Quebec

VERBS and GRAMMAR

Practising être I Practising avoir
Practising aller I Practising faire
Practising jouer I Practising manger
Practising regarder I Practising parler
Practising prendre I Practising -er verbs
Practising -er verbs I Practising -er verbs drill
-er verbs - battleships game I -er verbs crossword
-er verbs sentence translation
-er verbs grid to complete
Simple daily routine I Using the verb s'appeler
Prepositions - picture and exercises
Prepositions - translation I Prepositions - crossword
Resource and lesson plan on prepositions (display/worksheet)
Prepositions - Où est le chat? (display/worksheet)
je vais + au/à la/à l')
Using subject pronouns il/elle/ils/elles
Ils or Elles? (1)
Ils or Elles? (2)

VIDEO LISTENING

Always check that linked videos are still available. Let me know about dead links please.

You can do these in class or set them for homework.

Beginner conversation

My bedroom – Alain Le Lait video with exercises

Trotro fait un gâteau
Trotro joue à cache-cache

Classroom vocabulary

Ma chambre – video listening sing-along

STARTERS

Some of these could be done orally and/or in writing. Suggestions for exploitation are given.
Beginner chat mat – display or print
Aller + places spinners NEW 24.3.26
Connections game – 5 slides
5 sentence maker slides
5 sentence maker slides (common -er verbs)
5 sentence completion slides
5 short gap-fill paragraphs
10 noughts and crosses games
Insert the vowels. 3 slides
Fizz-buzz numbers game
‘Translate with prompts.’ 4 slides
‘Pyramid speed test.’ 10 slides.
Pictures with true/false sentences. 5 slides
Phonics bingo game. 8 cards provided
Vocab championship
Putting words/phrases in the right order
Make sentences from a word/phrase list
Odd one out. 20 slides of sentences
‘Change one thing’. 20 slides of sentences to alter
Quick translation (very easy) 12 slides of sentences to translate
Quick translation (easy). 20 slides with gapped clues
Quick translation (harder). 20 slides with first letter clues
‘Finish the sentence.’ 10 slides
‘Finish my sentence.’ Listening + vocab retrieval
‘Mini battleships translation.’ 10 games (Word)
‘Start the sentence.’ 20 slides – focus on verb retrieval
‘Match up.’ 20 slides
‘Insert the gaps’ 10 slides
‘Vrai ou faux?’ 20 slides
‘Which answer?’ 20 slides
‘Which question?’ 20 slides
‘Match and complete’ 5 slides
Easy crossword (Fr to Eng)
Spelling challenge. 10 slides

TARSIA PUZZLES

With thanks to Mr Barton tarsiamaker.co.uk
Ways to exploit Tarsia puzzles
My home I My bedroom
Weather I Pastimes
Going places (je vais/on va) I Family
Simple QA I Pets and colours
In the classroom
Time (including 24-hour clock)
Drinks (je bois/je voudrais)
Drinks (j’aime/je n’aime pas)
Food (j’aime/je n’aime pas) I Shops (Je vais…)
At the café I Prepositions

GUIDED TRANSLATION WITH EXERCISES

Mon chien I Ma famille I Ma maison
Weather forecast I Ma maman I Daily routine
Free time I My town I Shopping

GUIDED TRANSLATION/DICTATION

My dog I My cat I My town I Me

TIME

Hours and half past I Quarter past and to
Minutes past and to I Mixed
Telling the time worksheet I Where and when.
Using aller plus time. I Time matching task

TOWN

Battleships game for places in town (can be adapted for other grammar or vocab areas)
Battleships town + prepositions (3 versions)
Directions I My town – text and exercises
Two dice board games (with images) NEW 15.11.25
Two dice board games – translations
Code breaking I Crossword
Crossword with definitions I In town – wordsearch
Dominoes I Vocab matching
Pour aller….. I Transport
Shops (oral/written drill)

HOME

La maison de la famille Leblanc
My house (text and exercises)
Rooms battleships (three versions)
House for sale advert I In the house
In the house crossword I In the house (2)
Rooms in the house
Two dice board games (house and bedrooom)
Ma chambre I Dans ma chambre – wordsearch

WEATHER

Battleships game I Crossword
Weather I Weather (2)
Weather dominoes I Weather crossword
Weather forecast – parallel reading

SCHOOl AND CLASSROOM

Classroom equipment for Y7 NEW 13.8.25
Classroom vocabulary – code breaking
Classroom vocabulary dominoes
Teacher instructions bingo
My school – text and exercises
Il n’y a pas de…(ppt)
School subjects
Classroom vocab – crossword Eng-Fr
Classroom vocab – crossword Fr-Eng
Classroom vocab with indefinite articles- crossword (pdf)
Authentic classroom items list
Classroom wordsearch
Classroom vocabulary anagrams
Answers for the above

Classroom items strip bingo game

 

ADJECTIVES

Adjective agreement crossword I Adjectifs possessifs (1)
Adjectifs possessifs (2) I Adjectives gap fill
Top Secret! (descriptions)

CHRISTMAS

Vocabulary I Crossword I Strip bingo game
Code breaking I Wordsearch

FOOD AND DRINK

Fruit and veg crossword Fr-Eng
Food strip bingo game
Fruit and veg wordsearch
Fruit and veg – code breaking

CLASS SURVEYS

Favourite fruits (PowerPoint) I Favourite vegetables (PowerPoint)
Favourite sports (PowerPoint) I Favourite animals (PowerPoint)
Favourite pastimes (PowerPoint)
Favourite school subjects (PowerPoint) I Favourite ice-creams (PowerPoint)
Favourite meals (PowerPoint)
Favourite French desserts (PowerPoint)
Favourite drinks (PowerPoint)

LESSON PLANS

Teaching with flashcards sequence
MOI basic intro – disappearing text
My town – basic intro – disappearing text NEW 11.9.25
‘Maxime’ – disappearing text
‘Ma famille’ – disappearing text NEW 15.12.25
Lucas
Teaching ne… pas
Family resource and lesson plan
Teaching school subjects
Sandrine talks about her home – text with lesson plan
Marie-Hélène talks about herself – text with lesson plan

MISCELLANEOUS

Three simple dialogues to read aloud and adapt
A swapping sentences game
‘Sentence chaos’ reading aloud game
A question and answer fluency game
A “likely or unlikely” game (with lots of present tense verbs)
“A good student” poster
Teacher phrases for the classroom
Stick-in vocab lists
Strip bingo vocabulary game
Four simple gapped dictations
Fridge sheet – stick on fridge for revision
Place mat with classroom expressions
Pupil survey sheet – good for self-evaluation! (edit online)
Questionnaire for new pupils – adapted from Juliet Casey’s
Conversation questions board game
Parts of the body strip bingo game
Clothing strip bingo game
Clothing strip bingo game (longer version)
Sentence length strip bingo game (common verbs)
Pair work interview slips
Word re-ordering for revision
What is the question?