Students are given a grid with three tenses: present simple, perfect and near future tenses. They are given some short cut-out phrases and in pairs, they are to sort them into the right categories. This activity is to revise their tenses and ensure they are able to recognize the differences between the present simple, perfect and the near future.

A scaffolded two-sided worksheet that revises the use of gender agreements/definite articles, time expressions of frequency and the usages of “jugar” and “hacer”. Ejercicio 1: ¿Masculino o feminino? él o la? Luego, tradúcelas al inglés. (masculine or feminine? Put él or la. Then, translate them into English). Ejercicio 2: Empareja las expresiones de frecuencia. (Match the time expressions of frequency). Ejercicio 3: Escucha a las cinco personas hablando sobre los deportes y completa la tabla en inglés. (Listen to the five people talking about sports and complete the table in English). COPY OF THE TRANSCRIPT IS AVAILABLE FOR EXERCISE 3 subject to copyright - may only be used once purchased. Exercise 4: Ejercicio 4: Lee los texto y haz las actividades (Read the texts and do the activities). A: ¿Qué significan……? (what do the following mean in the text?) Tip: Look at the context from the underlined words. B: ¿A quién se refiere? David (D), Jaime (J), Lucía (L) o Manuel (M). Corrige las frases falsas. (Who does each sentence refer to – David (D), Jaime (J), Lucía (L) or Manuel (M)?). C: Lee los textos otra vez y contesta a las preguntas en español (read the texts again and answer the questions in Spanish). Ejercicio 5: Crea cinco phrases utilizando el vocabulario de la lección de hoy (Create five sentences using the vocabulary from today’s lesson).

PowerPoint introduces some simple Chinese words and greetings with visuals to show some different aspects of Chinese history and culture. Teacher can do a competition to split the class into two teams and the team that pronounces each word/phrase the best will get a point. The team with the most points, wins and gets a special prize. To practise, there is a role play with the pinyin for learners to do with their partner and take it in turns to be A and B. If learners are feeling confident, they can do it without the pinyin too. Materials available: Vocabulary sheet, role play (with Pinyin), role play (without pinyin).

Powerpoint introducing some famous Chinese dishes and beverages. A variety of games can be played such as: 1.Splat 2.Beat the Teacher 3.Pronunciation competition. Then, there is a dialogue that I have created that students can practise and rehearse in pairs. There are two versions: one with the pinyin and the other with the characters for differentiation.

PPT with two scaffolded lessons talking about likes and dislikes in French. Grammar: to use the verb aimer + the definite article. introduction to negatives. A wide range of activities have been designed to aid students with meeting new language, manipulating and making language their own. Answers also included in the PPT.

A scaffolded worksheet with students being introduced to the present perfect tense and being able to meet new language, manipulate it and make language their own through a wide range of activites. Ejercicio 1: Empareja el español con el inglés. Ejercicio 2: Traduce al inglés. Ejercicio 3: Traduce al español. Ejercicio 4: Haz cinco frases utilizando los verbos en el pretérito perfecto (Make five sentences using the verbs in the present perfect).

Wordsearch, PPT with activities and a scaffolded worksheet with answers on the topic of buying food and drink items at the supermarket.

PPT, wordsearch and scaffolded worksheet with ample opportunity for students to meet, manipulate and make language their own. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to know some Spanish different greetings that they can have a basic conversation with other speakers of Spanish. Lots of choral repetition with visuals providing opportunities to play vocabulary games such as: Beat the Teacher; pronunciation competition between both sides; splat; guess the correct image etc. The scaffolded worksheet is split into four parts: Part 1: Vocabulary - fill-in the gaps with the correct words. Part 2: Reading Comprehension - Read the texts and answer the questions in English. Part 3: Translation - translate sentences from Spanish into English. **Part 4: Writing - **Write a short description about themselves using the vocabulary from today’s lesson. They may use the texts in exercise 2 to help them with the structure of their text.

A scaffolded worksheet giving students the opportunity to meet the new language, manipulate it and make language their own. The key grammar in this lesson is definite articles and students need to be able to know the gender of family members in Spanish. This worksheet also focuses on developing student’s reading and writing skills. Exercise 1: Sort the members of the family into masculine, feminine and plural. Exercise 2: Translate the family members above into English. Exercise 3: Read the text and answer the questions in English. Exercise 4: Write a paragraph about your familia. Include some of the vocabulary and connectives from today’s lesson. You can use the text as a model from exercise 3 to help you.

Learning each of the key sounds of the Spanish alphabet with activities.

A fun wordsearch on French adjectives and phrases to describe yourself to get students started. Really good as a starter/Do Now task.

A scaffolded worksheet on the topic of likes and dislikes of different activities. Key grammar: “gustar” + infinitive. Includes: Part 1: Vocabulary - matching up the Spanish with the English equivalent Part 2: Grammar: (i) filling in the grid with the correct conjugation of the verb “gustar”. (ii) Filling in the gaps with the correct infinitive. Part 3: Translation: translate the sentences into English.

Students are to complete the wordsearch based on the topic of towns and what there is and isn’t in their region. Then, they are to translate the French words into English.

Revising the GCSE topic of towns with the intercultural context of the city of Valencia. PPT with a wide range of activities and a worksheet with ample opportunity for students to meet the new language, manipulate and make language their own. Do Now: True or false activity. Students are to decide if each of the facts are true or false. As a challenge, can some correct the false sentences? Choral repetition: Students are to listen to the teacher’s pronunciation and repeat. Choral repetition games (ideas): Splat; Beat the Teacher; Guess the correct image; have a pronunciation competition on both sides. Students are to fill-in the gaps with the correct letters. Video task: Students are to watch the video about the Top 10 attractions in Valencia and they are to answer the questions in English. Match-up task: Students are to match the two halves. Independent work: Part 1 Vocabulary: Students are to match the photos with the words. Then, they are to write the English equivalent in the second box. Part 2 Reading Comprehension: Students are to read the text and answer the questions in English. Part 3 Writing: Students are to write a paragraph about their holiday in Valencia using the text from part 2 to help them. They must include adjectives, connectives, opinions and vocabulary from this lesson. Self Assessment: Students are to write one WWW and one NS to self-assess their writing. Plenary: Quiz!

A scaffolded high-level worksheet consolidating all the different tenses in Spanish through reading comprehension about David’s holiday experience in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A wide range of activities have been designed increasing in difficulty to stretch and challenge the students. Answers are included on the PPT. Exercise 1: Translating the underlined selected words into English from the text. Exercise 2: Find examples of the following: a) Sequencers (x3) d) Adjectives (x4) b) Preterite tense verbs (x3) e) Negative sentence structures (x2) c) Imperfect tense verbs (x3) f) Imperfect subjunctive (x1) Exercise 3: True or false? Correct the false sentences. Exercise 4: Answer the questions in Spanish Exercise 5: Answer the questions in English Exercise 6: Fill-in the gaps with the correct words from the box Extension: With your partner, practise the following oral questions: • ¿Adónde fuiste de vacaciones? • ¿Cómo fueron tus vacaciones? • ¿Dónde te quedaste? • ¿Te gustó tu alojamiento? • ¿Adónde irás de vacaciones el año que viene?

Scaffolded worksheet on the sports with a focus on the differences between faire and jouer and the prepositions. jouer + au/à la/aux and faire + du/de la/de l’/des).

Prepositions worksheet on the topic of sports with answers included on a separate PPT.

Worksheet meeting the verb, manipulating the language through a wide-range of exercises such as a gap-fill and translating the sentences into English; and making it own by writing some sentences using the verb “pouvoir”.

A scaffolded worksheet on the grammar of “reflexive” verbs with ample opportunity for students to manipulate the language and apply their understanding of reflexive pronouns and verbs in French. Exercises include: 1: Remplis le tableau pour le verbe réfléchi “se laver” (Fill-in the grid for the reflexive verb “se laver”). 2: Corrige les erreurs (correct the errors). 3: Traduis les phrases en anglais (translate the sentences into English). 4: Traduis les phrases en français (translate the sentences into French). Extension: Ecris cinq phrases en utilisant les verbes réfléchis les plus courants. (Write 5 sentences using the most common reflexive verbs).

A scaffolded worksheet on the topic of likes and dislikes of different activities. Includes: Part 1: Vocabulary - matching up the French with the English equivalent Part 2: Grammar: (i) filling in the grid with the correct conjugation of the verb “aimer”. (ii) Filling in the gaps with the correct infinitve. Part 3: Translation: translate the sentences into English.