Merryman Primary Resources

Merryman Primary Resources Ltd

(The front cover in the picture is coloured for illustrative purposes only. It is supplied as a monochrome line drawing for children to colour themselves.)
Dans la poche

Copiable (Click here for conditions)

Supports oracy and literacy skills

Clear & concise teachers’ notes

Audio CD for pronunciation support & listening activities

Suitable for specialist language and general class teachers

Age-range 7 - 11 years

Eight activity packs with flexible purchasing and realistic prices.

The Dans la poche series consists of eight copymaster activity packs, each identified by its language topic content to allow flexible use with teachers’ own choice of schemes of work. Packs are presented and clearly labelled in an extra-strong polypropylene “poche” for neat, light storage and protection and easy access.

Activity Pack with its Language Topics

1. France, its geography & language
2. Introducing myself
3. Weather, colours, days, months and seasons
4. Numbers, letters & spelling
5. Family, animals & the house
6. Clothes, colours, shapes, prepositions, size adjectives & shopping
7. School subjects, pastimes, likes and dislikes, time & locality
8. Classroom nouns & instructions, body nouns & action verbs, food, drink & shopping

The activities reflect the objectives outlined in the National Framework for KS2 MFL in Primary Schools and support the development of oracy (speaking & listening) and literacy (reading & writing) skills and knowledge about language. The activities, which are for use with 7-11 year olds, reflect sound ELL methodology and good Primary practice.

Over 90 time-saving copymasters and templates – truly a teacher’s friend!
Maps, a language time-line (French and English), word, letter & number puzzles, games, place name & word roots, bandes dessinées, dialogues & cue cards, templates for word cards, phrase cards, picture cards & games cards, word and picture dominoes, a rap, stories & script, activities for listening, reading, matching, writing, drawing & colouring.

Clear and concise Teachers’ Guidance Notes packed with ideas and offering practical advice for using the copymasters plus A4 French and English transcripts of the language used – suitable for specialist and non-specialist teachers.

An optional native-speaker CD covering all eight packs for language pronunciation support and for listening activities

The Teachers' Guidance Notes and Copymasters are available either in printed format or in an electronic version for download from our web site.

Samples - Sample pages and sound clips from Dans la poche can be viewed and listened to on our sample page.

Flexible ordering – packs may be ordered in any combination (minimum order two packs). Teachers can build up the full resource of all eight packs in their own time.