Who is this course for?

Year 9 (KS3) learners of French, and the teachers who teach them.

What will students learn?

Six lessons: festivals and dates (Les fêtes du monde francophone); on + reflexive verbs for celebrating (Comment tu fêtes ?); l'imparfait (Quand j'étais petit(e)); combining imparfait and passé composé to narrate (Une fête inoubliable); the partitive for festival food (La cuisine des fêtes); and the superlative (Ma fête préférée).

Six interactive lessons with auto-marked practice; a French listening clip with auto-marked comprehension in every lesson; and, for teachers, a ready-to-teach projector deck and printable worksheets.

It was written by a practising MFL teacher. All of the material is original CIUI content, designed to be KS3-appropriate and SEND-friendly.

Paid KS3 · Year 9

French KS3 — Les fêtes et les traditions (Year 9, Module 2)

Festivals, traditions and the imperfect vs passé composé in French: six lessons for Year 9 (KS3).

This course is not open for online enrolment - places are added by our team.

Already have an account? Sign in

French KS3Year 9Module 2

Les fêtes et les traditions

Festivals and traditions in French

Celebrate across the French-speaking world — and meet the tense pairing that decides GCSE grades: l'imparfait for how things used to be, le passé composé for what happened once. The module also lands the partitive and the superlative.

6Lessons

Y9Key Stage 3

100%Original content

Course content

What you'll learn

The 6 lessons, step by step.

01Les fêtes du monde francophoneFestivals and dates: le + number + month (le 14 juillet)
02Comment tu fêtes ?On + reflexive verbs: on se réunit, on s'offre
03Quand j'étais petit(e)L'imparfait — the nous stem plus -ais, -ais, -ait
04Une fête inoubliableImparfait for the setting, passé composé for the event
05La cuisine des fêtesThe partitive du / de la / des — and bare de after a negative
06Ma fête préféréeThe superlative: le plus / la plus / les plus + adjective

Inside the course

Inside every lesson

6 interactive lessons

Native-quality audio

Auto-marked practice

Teacher decks + worksheets

Teacher-authored

Why CIUI

Built by a teacher, for real classrooms

Interactive AND printable

Auto-marked online practice for students, plus downloadable decks & worksheets for teachers.

Teacher-authored

Written by a practising MFL teacher — the right French foundations from day one.

Native-quality audio

Every lesson has a clear French listening clip with auto-marked comprehension.

100% original content

Bespoke CIUI material — engaging, KS3-appropriate and SEND-friendly.

Available now

All six lessons — complete with French audio

Every lesson is finished and live: vocabulary cards, auto-marked interactive practice, native-quality French audio throughout, and printable teacher decks and worksheets you can use in class tomorrow.

Teaching French elsewhere in KS3? Browse our free French teaching resources, or get in touch about whole-department access.

Course content

Lesson 1 L1 · Les fêtes du monde francophone
Lesson 2 L2 · Comment tu fêtes ?
Lesson 3 L3 · Quand j'étais petit(e)
Lesson 4 L4 · Une fête inoubliable
Lesson 5 L5 · La cuisine des fêtes
Lesson 6 L6 · Ma fête préférée