IB Diploma Programme · French ab initio Resource Hub
DP French ab initio, ready to teach.
Lesson plans, worksheets and mark schemes across the DP French ab initio syllabus, structured around the five themes, key linguistic concepts, and the receptive and productive skills assessed at exam.
One pack. Everything you need to teach the course.
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Lesson plans
A full plan for every topic in the hub — objectives, timings, and a clear teaching arc.
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Student worksheets
Structured practice tasks ready to print or assign.
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Mark schemes
Full mark schemes aligned to the assessment objectives.
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Interactive digital lessons
Self-paced lessons for in-class or independent study.
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Units · 19 topics
57 lessons across 6 units and 19 topics.
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Exam-style-aligned
Exam-style questions and full mark schemes, written against the assessment objectives of the current guide.
The units
19 topics, one coherent course.
Open any unit to see its topic map and the skills students build.
Unit 1
Identities
9 lessons · 3 topics
CommunicationIdentité
3 topics
Identité personnelleRelations personnellesSanté et bien-être
Skills & assessment.
Unit 2
Experiences
12 lessons · 4 topics
CommunicationCulture
4 topics
Voyages et tourismeCélébrations et traditionsVie quotidienneLoisirs et activités
Skills & assessment.
Unit 3
Human Ingenuity
3 lessons · 1 topic
Communication
1 topic
Médias et communication
Skills & assessment.
Unit 4
Social Organisation
9 lessons · 3 topics
CommunicationCommunication et culture
3 topics
Communauté et voisinageTravail et professionsÉducation
Skills & assessment.
Unit 5
Sharing the Planet
12 lessons · 4 topics
CommunicationCommunication et cultureCulture et identité
4 topics
Environnement et natureGéographie humaine et urbanisationAlimentation et ressources mondialesCompréhension interculturelle
Skills & assessment.
Unit 6
Grammaire et structures linguistiques
The verb system, sentence structures, text-type conventions, and thematic vocabulary — the linguistic foundations of the ab initio course.12 lessons · 4 topics
Twelve lessons across four topics — Registres et types de textes, Structures de la phrase, Système verbal, and Vocabulaire thématique — providing systematic coverage of the grammar and language structures students need to produce accurate and appropriate French across all five themes.
Communication
4 topics
Système verbalStructures de la phraseVocabulaire thématiqueRegistres et types de textes
Skills & assessment. Each lesson isolates a specific linguistic feature — from adjectival agreement and pronoun use to the passé composé, imparfait, and text-type conventions — and provides structured practice through communicative tasks. The unit supports accuracy in written production and reinforces the register and structural knowledge assessed across both the written exam and the individual oral.
How the lessons work
A clear teaching arc in every lesson.
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Hook
Surface prior thinking and frame the inquiry.
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Develop
Guided development of the theory and key concepts.
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Practise
Structured practice on the worksheet tasks.
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Apply
An applied or evaluative task that lifts thinking.
Explicit learning objectivesCommand-term focusATL skill linksDifferentiation support
Assessment-ready
Built for the exams students will sit.
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Exam-style questions
Exam-style tasks in every worksheet, each showing the marks it carries.
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Full mark schemes
A complete mark scheme for every worksheet — what earns each mark, and why.
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The assessment objectives
Written against the objectives set out in the current subject guide.
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Command terms
Tasks use the command terms the guide defines, in the sense it defines them.
Why DP French ab initio teachers choose this hub
Walk into every lesson already prepared.
Written against the current DP French ab initio guide and ready to teach — so your time goes into the students in front of you, not into building resources from scratch.
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Aligned to the current DP guide
Written against the current DP guide and framed by the key concepts and the inquiry approach.
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The planning, already done
57 lesson plans, worksheets and mark schemes with a consistent teaching arc — teach as-is or adapt.
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Exam confidence built in
Exam-style questions and full mark schemes, written against the assessment objectives and command terms of the current guide.
Available per subject, or added to a whole-school license bundle.