The resources listed first were initially posted on the original www.french.ac.nz

Describing People and Things

Les 5 Familles

Martin Weren (Hillcrest High School) has kindly shared the card activity below, based on the theme "Family". This group activity helps practise asking for and providing personal information. It can be use at years 10 or 11 to go over the vocabulary and structures

There are 25 cards, which makes five families of five. Laminate the cards and cut them up. The activity can work if each student gets 1 or 2 cards.
Each student receives a card with information about their name, age, hair colour and eye colour as well as two details about their family.
By asking classmates questions like : Comment tu t’appelles ?, Quel âge as-tu ?, Tes yeux sont de quelle couleur ?, Tes cheveux sont de quelle couleur ?, Comment s’appelle ton père ? students can find the other members of their family.

Describe your House and Garden

In the PPT presentation below, Julia Brown (Dilworth School) provides students with a list of useful vocabulary and structures to describe where they live and their home. 

Descriptions: using L1 Adjectives

Julia Brown (Dilworth School) is putting adjective use into context in the presentation she created.  The PPT below presents key L1 adjectives used for describing a range of people, animals, things and emotions.  Many formulaic expressions using these adjectives are also introduced in this useful resource.