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.

Short dialogue to ask for someone’s name and to say how they are feeling in French.

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

Learners are given some short phrases that can be printed off and cut-out into strips. They are to work in pairs to sort the short phrases and place them under the right categories. Then, once they are done, they could have a go at translating them from French into English. The aim is to see whether they can recognize and understand how to use the simple present and near future tenses.

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.

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 with ample opportunity for students to meet, manipulate and make language their own. Exercises include: A) Complete the table with the correct conjugation of the verb ‘faire’. B) Irregular verb: faire (‘to do’) (i) Fill-in the gaps. (ii) Translate the sentences into English. C) du/de la/ de l’ / des (i) Fill-in the gaps with the correct partitive article. (ii) Translate the sentences into English. D) Write 5 sentences using the verb ‘faire’.

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).

PPT with activities that explains and shows how to form the present tense in Spanish and gives students many opportunities to conjugate the regular verbs. There is a separate part on the presentation about irregular verbs with activities to conjugate into the 1st person irregular form. Worksheet with answers included to practise the present simple tense. Quiz included with answers to test students knowledge on the present simple tense.

Translation task - students are to translate the key vocabulary and sentence structures into English related to the topic of asking and giving directions. Extension: Use the vocabulary to form complete sentences. Answers are included.

Scaffolded worksheet on the topic of describing your character/personality using adjectives in Spanish. Exercises: Exercise 1: Find the nine adjectives in the wordsearch. Exercise 2: Write the nine adjectives. Exercise 3: Translate the nine adjectives into English. Exercise 4: Re-order to form complete sentences. Answers included.

A bundle of well-designed scaffolded worksheets for beginners Spanish students on a wide-range of topics including: -Los saludos -Me presento -El tiempo -En el supermercado -En la farmacia -Introducción a América Latina -Métodos de transporte -Vacaciones -El Día de los Muertos

Attached is a PowerPoint to learn about Christmas in Spain and Latin America with a wide range of activities and exercises to build and consolidate knowledge on this important festival.

Some speaking questions to get students to ask and answer questions using some of the key grammatical structures. E.g. 是。。。的。。。 A 还是 B Questions increase in complexity.

Quiz to test students knowledge on the Spanish present tense for both regular and irregular verbs. Answers included.

Great game for practising different numbers 1-100 in the target language.

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

A scaffolded reading-comprehension worksheet aimed at higher ability level GCSE students reinforcing the preterite tense in particular. These exercises aim for students to meet some new language in context of going on an exotic holiday to Colombia, manipulating the language through gap-fill exercises and reading comprehension in both languages as well as filling-in the gaps with the correct words. These are typical GCSE-style questions which will aid students to practise and reinforce what they currently know in the context of going on an exotic holiday to Colombia.

PPT with activities and worksheet with ample opportunity for students to meet the new language, manipulate and make language their own. Do Now: Students are to translate 1-5 into English and 6-10 into Spanish to recap the vocabulary that they learned from last lesson (see my Beginners Spanish lesson “Los saludos”). Choral repetition: Students are to listen to the teacher’s pronunciation and repeat. Choral repetition games (ideas!): Splat, Beat the Teacher, pronunciation competition between the two sides, guess the correct image, translation dictation exercise where teacher calls out a word/phrase in English and students are to write the Spanish and vice versa. Fill-in the gaps with the correct letters. Match-up task: Students are to match the Spanish with the English equivalent. Dialogue: Teacher to model the dialogue with a student. Then, students are to create their own dialogue with their partner. Independent work: Part 1: Vocabulary - students are to find the words in the wordsearch, then they are to translate them. Part 2: Translation - (i) students are to reorder the sentences, then translate them into English. - (ii) students are to translate the sentences into Spanish. Plenary: Students are to close their books and have their arms crossed. They will have 10 seconds before the sentence disappears on screen. Once it has disappeared, they are to write each sentence down. Challenge: See if they can translate the words/phrases into English too in the time allocated.