A 3-page worksheet or activity sequence introducing a range of higher-level adjectives and focusing on the principles of adjective agreement within context of personality / le caractère / la personnalité / descriptions of people. Activities: Matching task for vocab short dictation of the verb être beat the teacher inductive grammar task grammar table exercise to focus on endings short listening correct or incorrect task All answers included. Activities could easily be extended by doing translations both ways on mini whiteboards to consolidate all language at any point.

4 pages of activities on worksheets (1-2 lessons’ worth) introducing the rooms in the house and key verbs and structures for describing them and giving opinions. Activities include: Vocab matching task to introduce rooms short reading with vocab-finding task to identify core verbs and structures listening gap-fill bad translation exercise based on listening transcript reading exercises - reordering a text and filling gaps writing - translation sentences and then a free writing task Answers all included. Suitable for KS3 or KS4.

A 3-page worksheet / activity sequence explaining how to use the pronouns en and y in set phrases for the topic of free time / hobbies / les loisirs / le temps libre. Ideal for helping pupils to integrate these into their writing to score higher marks for complexity / use of ‘complex structures’. The principles for how en and y work are briefly explained, but the pronouns are mostly practised in the context of useful phrases on the topic, including with negatives and time phrases. There is also a stage combining them with the present tense with depuis to enhance the complexity of students’ sentences. Activities include a brief grammar explanation to read, a matching task, a teacher-led listening, multiple-choice, translations and a writing task. All answers included. Suitable for KS4 French or very able KS3 pupils as extension work. See below a similar resource for using ‘en’ in the topic of school, but this time the practice is purely translations: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12967353

Two sentence builders on the following topis: giving opinions on one’s job / work experience, and describing a past work experience + a jumble activity to go with the past work experience SB. See this link for a free list of activities you can do with a sentence builder: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180

A worksheet with a selection of activities for practising talking about a past work experience or part time job. Activities include reading comprehension questions, gap-fill, broken sentences and jumble sentences. Answers included.

Reading comprehension on projets d’avenir / future studies / future work plans with true or false exercise, questions in French and extension translation work. Then a vocab worksheet of listening gap-fill, true or false and gapped translations. Answers included.

A half-page worksheet practising possessive adjectives in French mon / ma / mes etc. suitable for KS3 to introduce, or KS4 French as revision.

These ‘verb helpers’ can be printed double-sided and laminated to keep on students’ desks as extra support to refer to independently when they complete writing or speaking tasks. Tenses included are present, perfect, imperfect and simple future.

A paired translation activity to practise adjective agreement rules in French in the context of personality. The game and answers are included along with a set of instructions on how it could be played as a translation race / an oral one pen one dice game / or a trapdoor game. Suitable for KS3 French after introducing adjective agreement rules, or for KS4 French as revision.

A selection of links where I have compiled lists of key verbs in the main tenses for GCSE Spanish, particularly useful for giving to students for GCSE revision. Download the document for details on how each link can be used by students and teachers. Printable Quizlet PDFs of each list are also included. I have created the same for French here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12967521?fbclid=IwY2xjawGQqoRleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHaM3M7dweWPdf0vlWkhEXHgK0TzsSutWBpvEtLNtVTowwUlLborAe-ckBg_aem_-jWF5c7W1Dw1u8H_iigr6g

A worksheet introducing basic comparisons in French within the context of places / your area / where you live. Includes meilleur, pire, plus, moins, aussi. Answers included. Suitable for KS3 to introduce or KS4 for a recap.

Worksheets with activities and teacher notes for pupils to be introduced to indirect verbs in Spanish for giving opinions on hobbies, followed by some revision activities on free time verbs hacer and jugar and how they work with different sports.

Narrow reading worksheet to practise expressions for talking about the future, as well as vocab on hobbies and time phrases. This reading could be done once pupils are familiar with some hobbies vocab and time phrases, and are ready to be introduced to some future phrases. Suggestions for further activities included in document as well as answers.

A short sequence of teacher-led oral drilling activities to practise/revise the present tense of the big 4 irregulars in French. This activity should be after pupils have seen the tables of conjugations and are familiar with the English meanings. Possible sequence: model the pronunciation of the sentences 1-5 on each slide, do some listen & repeat oral drills (choral repetition, individual repetition, whispering, shouting etc. to drill pronunciation) pupils translate orally into english in pairs pupils given 30 seconds / 1 minute to ‘memorise’ the verbs and their meanings on the sentences memory task - recall the verbs repeat for the other verbs matching task to reinforce verb meanings - pupils do orally in pairs gap-fill task - you could cold call pupils for this one. If it’s too hard, give them 2 options orally in French eg. ‘J’ai sept cours’ or ‘Je suis sept cours’ ? matching task to summarise on other ppt.

For students studying Julieta by Almodovar - 8 questions. You could get each student to choose 1 question to discuss in pairs and develop during a lesson after watching the film, or set it as a homework task to complete whilst watching the film. Students can develop some bullet point notes in Spanish in response. The idea is to get them to explore the questions in as much detail and depth as possible and to consider some of the main themes of the film that these questions elicit.

See this link for a free list of activities you can do with a sentence builder: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180 A mini sentence builder on topic of parler des professeurs, including vocab to describe people’s hair and eyes as well as opinion phrases and school subjects. French school topic, with some translations, list of possible teaching ideas, and mosaic translations à la Conti! Answers included, of course. Enough work for 1-2 lessons depending on ability.

A good introductory task to the characters of Julieta, getting students to match description to name and add their own observations. Can then be followed by a more in-depth analysis eg. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/los-personajes-principales-de-julieta-almod-var-worksheet-12168483

Qué personaje es quiz on the characters of Julieta by Almodovar - can be done as a listening comprehension activity where you say the sentences, students listen and write the answer, or as reading / oral discussion in pairs. Follows on well from an activity that has introduced the main characters, or after watching the film eg. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/los-personajes-principales-de-julieta-almod-var-worksheet-12168483

A worksheet with several long reading comprehension texts and variety of activities for students to develop an understanding of the main characters of Julieta by Almodovar. The texts are in Spanish to equip students to discuss the characters in the TL. Answers for activities are included. You could then set students some translations based on the language used in the texts, or ask them to summarise the main points of the text in written Spanish.

A ‘song challenge’ worksheet on the topic of school - put on a French song in the background and students have the duration of the song to fill out the vocab table. This is designed as a recall activity, revising all vocab previously covered.