french powerpoints

french powerpoints http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com for use in the mfl classroom Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:28:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png french powerpoints http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com PERFECT TENSE http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/perfect-tense/ http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/perfect-tense/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:21:13 +0000 kesmfl http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/?p=107 ]]> Amazing that, after teaching for all these years, I had never really tackled creating a slide show on the Perfect tense, Passé Composé, call it what you will. So I decided that would be my half term challenge and so, sporadically over a few evenings, I came up with this. Please note that what you see below is this time just an image rather than a Flash version, basically because of all the triggers that are built in and which don’t convert to Flash, so you will need to use the link to the real thing provided below.

I rather ambitiously included avoir and être verbs, regulars and irregulars and reflexives, but there are clear sections, so the slideshow could be shown in bits if preferred for teaching purposes. Timings take care of most things, so the only clicks needed are (1) to advance the slide (2) to action the various triggers, ie the links included on some slides (3) to reveal the answers on the practice slides.

The original PowerPoint version is here.

Filed under: Grammar, Past, Verbs Tagged: grammar, Past, PowerPoint, verbs

]]> http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/perfect-tense/feed/ 1 kesmfl SCREENSHOT IL FAUT http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/il-faut/ http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/il-faut/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 22:35:44 +0000 kesmfl http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/?p=97 ]]> A 20 minute rush job with this one, as I decided in the lunch break before the lesson that I needed something, however brief and perfunctory, to illustrate the use of il faut. And pretty brief and perfunctory it turned out to be. Seemed to do the business, however. There’s much to be said for keeping things uncomplicated. As ever, only slide transitions require a click.

The original PowerPoint version is here.

Filed under: Grammar, Verbs Tagged: grammar, il faut, PowerPoint, verbs

]]> http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/il-faut/feed/ 0 kesmfl FUTURE TENSE http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/future-tense/ http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/future-tense/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:27:46 +0000 kesmfl http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/?p=85 ]]> I’ve pretty much finished teaching the future tense to my year 9 class so it’s a bit late to be finishing off the slideshow! But here it is anyway, with a suitably futuristic background. It’s a pretty stripped-down presentation of the futur simple, but then you don’t want your PowerPoint to do all the work for you, do you? All actions are taken care of by built-in timings, so the only clicking required is to advance the slide.

The original PowerPoint version is here.

Filed under: Future, Grammar, Verbs Tagged: future, grammar, PowerPoint, verbs

]]> http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/future-tense/feed/ 1 kesmfl MORE REFLEXIVE VERBS http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/more-reflexive-verbs/ http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/more-reflexive-verbs/#comments Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:47:56 +0000 kesmfl http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/?p=72 ]]> The second and third presentations on reflexive verbs are here in reverse order. The final one of the series deals with the Perfect Tense of reflexives. I often try to give a presentation some kind of theme, however irrelevant: this time I got hung up on things cinematic. The Flash conversion misses a scrolling text on the intermission slides, but is otherwise pretty accurate. Beware of trying to click too much – there are a lot of built-in timings.

The original PowerPoint version is here.

This presentation (second of three) introduces what I think of as the unexpected reflexives, ie not the ones that deal with daily routine stuff. It follows on in style from the first one on reflexives. Sadly, the Flash conversion messed up the text animation on the infinitives, but the original PPT is fine.

The original PowerPoint version is here.

Filed under: Grammar, Reflexive Verbs Tagged: grammar, PowerPoint, Reflexive Verbs, verbs

]]> http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/more-reflexive-verbs/feed/ 0 kesmfl REFLEXIVE VERBS http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/reflexive-verbs/ http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/reflexive-verbs/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:44:22 +0000 kesmfl http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/?p=53 ]]> This recent effort really was a night before the lesson job. I was feeling depressed about dealing with reflexive verbs without something pretty on the IWB, so I sat up from midnight to 1.30 am working on this presentation. It displays my usual minimalist tendencies but is probably none the worse for that. After all, any presentation is just a tool to provide a visual backup for the teacher.

The original PowerPoint version is here.

Filed under: Grammar, Reflexive Verbs Tagged: grammar, PowerPoint, Reflexive Verbs, verbs

]]> http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/reflexive-verbs/feed/ 0 kesmfl WEATHER http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/weather/ http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/weather/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:26:15 +0000 kesmfl http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/?p=44 ]]> Now this presentation to help teach or revise weather vocabulary goes back a few years, but I still have a soft spot for it. I spent some time on it, trying to make it less than run of the mill (not sure if I succeeded!). The main flaw with it is that the weather animations didn’t really have the resolution need for screen display, but I liked them so much I just had to use them anyway!

The original PowerPoint version is here.

Filed under: Weather Tagged: PowerPoint, weather

]]> http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/weather/feed/ 0 kesmfl SPORT & LEISURE http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/sport-leisure/ http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/sport-leisure/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:20:23 +0000 kesmfl http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/?p=42 ]]> This one is just a simple introduction to the (not very difficult) vocabulary of sports. A good illustration of the fetish I used to have for using photos at all costs rather than clipart, which I still think can look pretty unenticing.

The original PowerPoint version is here.

Filed under: Sport & Leisure Tagged: leisure, PowerPoint, sport

]]> http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/sport-leisure/feed/ 0 kesmfl QUESTIONS http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/questions/ http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/questions/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:12:56 +0000 kesmfl http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/?p=34 ]]> A very old presentation on asking questions in French. Obviously I had a crush on la Tour Eiffel at the time.

The original PowerPoint version is here.

Filed under: Grammar, Questions Tagged: grammar, PowerPoint, questions

]]> http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/questions/feed/ 0 kesmfl DU DE LA DES http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/du-de-la-des/ http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/du-de-la-des/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:44:34 +0000 kesmfl http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/?p=32 ]]> Rather a wordy presentation, but I felt it got across the use of the various forms of the partitive article pretty clearly, despite a rather worrying obsession with cheese!

The original PowerPoint version is here.

Filed under: Du De la Des, Grammar Tagged: du de la des, grammar, PowerPoint

]]> http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/du-de-la-des/feed/ 0 kesmfl QUANTITIES http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/quantities/ http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/quantities/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:36:59 +0000 kesmfl http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/?p=28 ]]> The idea of this presentation is to introduce vocabulary for quantities – weights and liquid measurements, containers, etc – and to stress the use of de after them. The text can be made to fly out so that the new vocabulary can be repeated or tested.

The original PowerPoint version is here.

Filed under: Quantities Tagged: PowerPoint, Quantities

]]> http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/quantities/feed/ 0 kesmfl POCKET MONEY http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/pocket-money/ http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/pocket-money/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:29:07 +0000 kesmfl http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/?p=24 ]]> Another nice and simple slideshow that introduces key phrases for the topic of pocket money. I think I pinched the basis of this one from my colleague Jenny Jones!

The original PowerPoint version is here.

Filed under: Pocket Money Tagged: Pocket Money, PowerPoint

]]> http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/pocket-money/feed/ 0 kesmfl HOLIDAYS http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/holidays/ http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/holidays/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:24:20 +0000 kesmfl http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/?p=22 ]]> A really simple slideshow to introduce or consolidate basic phrases about going on holiday. Big photos as prompts to locations.

The original PowerPoint version is here.

Filed under: Holidays Tagged: Holidays, PowerPoint

]]> http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/holidays/feed/ 0 kesmfl TELEVISION http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/television/ http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/television/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:11:08 +0000 kesmfl http://frenchpowerpoints.wordpress.com/?p=17 ]]> The first slideshow is a pretty straightforward affair intended for teaching or revising types of tv programme in French. There is a scrolling prompt for each slide which is particularly fitted for the second purpose.

The original PowerPoint version is here.

The second one is an aid to talking about tv programmes and expressing opinions, following a similar pattern to the previous one.

The original PowerPoint version is here.

Filed under: Television Tagged: PowerPoint, Television

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