Studying a language opens windows into other cultures and different ways of viewing the world. It also enhances intercultural understanding. Through many years of teaching MFL (French and Spanish), I have carefully designed and structured each sequence of lessons, to have maximum impact on our students in the classroom. Each lesson builds on the last, moving from receptive to productive language. All resources are complete lessons, fully animated, with answers.
Studying a language opens windows into other cultures and different ways of viewing the world. It also enhances intercultural understanding. Through many years of teaching MFL (French and Spanish), I have carefully designed and structured each sequence of lessons, to have maximum impact on our students in the classroom. Each lesson builds on the last, moving from receptive to productive language. All resources are complete lessons, fully animated, with answers.
Module 1 Unit 2 Tu As Une Vie Active H New French Edexcel GCSE 2026 Lesson Higher and Foundation Page 10-11
3 1 hour lessons with a single-page sentence builder, plenty of practice of the negative, partitive article and preparation tasks leading up to the new Edexcel GCSE textbook activities.
Module 1 Unit 1 Lesson 1 Ma Vie En Ligne New French Edexcel GCSE 2026 Lesson Higher and Foundation Page 8-9
This is 3 full 1 hour lessons covering pages 8-9 of the new textbook with sentence builders and differentiated higher and foundation activities from the new Edexcel textbook ready for the new GCSE exam starting in 2026.
AQA Viva GCSE Textbook Module 2 Sentence Builders for use in class with each lesson from M2. Each sentence builder includes all of the necessary vocabulary to enable students to access each unit in the module covered. Below are the units covered by these sentence builders:
Module 2: El Instituto/School
U2.1 Giving your opinion on your subjects at school p10
U2.2 Describing your uniform p11
U2.3 Describing your school’s facilities p12
U2.4 Describing a future school exchange p13
U2.5 Describing school rules and giving opinions about them p14
U2.6 Talking about extracurricular activities in 3 tenses p15
Sentence builders can be used by students for revision as well as reference in class.
Each sentence builder is clearly laid out, and contains both the target language and the English translation for each phrase. Language is chunked in logical groups so that individual columns can be labelled to aid students in locating key phrases they need to look up.
Module 1 Tu As Du Temps a Perdre Zone de Culture Fêtes et Jeux New French Edexcel GCSE 2026 Lesson Higher and Foundation Page 6-7
This is a full lesson with sentence builder and differentiated higher and foundation activities from the new Edexcel textbook ready for the new GCSE exam starting in 2026.
Module 1 Unit 3 Qu’est-ce que tu regardes H New French Edexcel GCSE 2026 Lesson Higher and Foundation Page 12-13
3 hours of complete lessons, with sentence builders and plenty of support activities to help students build up towards their first attempt at the new role play.
Module 2 Unit 1 Un Week-end En Famille 34-35 New French Edexcel GCSE 2026
3 hours of complete lessons, with sentence builders and plenty of support activities to help students build up towards their GCSE in 2026.
Two lessons covering GCSE Studio French Module 2 Unit 1 Lessons with sentence builders and fully animated answers.
There are two lessons per unit with plenty of content to last two hours per unit or more.
All resources have been carefully checked, and are made in-house, separately to the textbook, giving you more activities to use in your teaching.
The sentence builders are based on the vocabulary for Foundation and Higher Module 2 Units, and are organised to help learners build fluency quickly.
There are grammar explanations and practices linked to the textbook grammar.
I hope this saves you some planning time!
¡Está Prohibido! Las Normas en el Insti AQA GCSE Foundation Module 2 Unit 3 with Sentence Builder.
This is a foundation resource to teach GCSE Spanish Viva textbook, Module 2, Unit 3, ¡Está Prohibido! Las Normas en el Insti.
This resource consists of three complete lessons, fully animated, with answers, perfect for teaching Foundation GCSE groups.
All of the vocabulary, as well as some of the activities, are based on the AQA GCSE Viva textbook, which is tailored to the vocabulary lists for the AQA GCSE exam.
The first lesson allows students to get to grips with the new language to describe school rules and by the end of the third, to give and understand opinions of school rules. There are a variety of bespoke activities, as well as some textbook ones.
The content is designed to flood students with new language from a sentence builder (included in this pack), starting with receptive exposure to the phrases, and finishing with productive writing and speaking skills.
All of the tasks have been tried and tested over the last few years following the Conti method - a communicative language teaching approach developed by Gianfranco Conti: ‘extensive processing instruction’ (EPI) is based on the idea that language teachers should ‘teach less, not more’ by providing their students with a set of language ‘chunks’, drilling these, and finally pushing students to reproduce them. Given its emphasis on reducing cognitive overload, this method is likely to succeed in allowing students to feel like competent learners.
I have more KS3 and KS4 resources in my shop:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/piensomas
Hope this is useful to fellow Spanish teachers out there. X
Two lessons covering GCSE Studio French Module 2 Unit 1 Lessons with sentence builders and fully animated answers.
There are two lessons per unit with plenty of content to last two hours per unit or more.
All resources have been carefully checked, and are made in-house, separately to the textbook, giving you more activities to use in your teaching.
The sentence builders are based on the vocabulary for Foundation and Higher Module 2 Units, and are organised to help learners build fluency quickly.
There are grammar explanations and practices linked to the textbook grammar.
I hope this saves you some planning time!
Module 1 Unit 4 Qu’est-ce qu’on va faire New French Edexcel 2026 Lesson Higher and Foundation P14-15
3 hours of complete lessons, with sentence builders and plenty of support activities to help students build up towards their GCSE in 2026.
Two lessons covering GCSE Studio French Module 2 Unit 1 Lessons with sentence builders and fully animated answers.
There are two lessons per unit with plenty of content to last two hours per unit or more.
All resources have been carefully checked, and are made in-house, separately to the textbook, giving you more activities to use in your teaching.
The sentence builders are based on the vocabulary for Foundation and Higher Module 2 Units, and are organised to help learners build fluency quickly.
There are grammar explanations and practices linked to the textbook grammar.
I hope this saves you some planning time!
Two lessons covering GCSE Studio French Module 2 Unit 1 Lessons with sentence builders and fully animated answers.
There are two lessons per unit with plenty of content to last two hours per unit or more.
All resources have been carefully checked, and are made in-house, separately to the textbook, giving you more activities to use in your teaching.
The sentence builders are based on the vocabulary for Foundation and Higher Module 2 Units, and are organised to help learners build fluency quickly.
There are grammar explanations and practices linked to the textbook grammar.
I hope this saves you some planning time!
Two lessons covering GCSE Studio French Module 2 Unit 1 Lessons with sentence builders and fully animated answers.
There are two lessons per unit with plenty of content to last two hours per unit or more.
All resources have been carefully checked, and are made in-house, separately to the textbook, giving you more activities to use in your teaching.
The sentence builders are based on the vocabulary for Foundation and Higher Module 2 Units, and are organised to help learners build fluency quickly.
There are grammar explanations and practices linked to the textbook grammar.
I hope this saves you some planning time!
AQA Viva GCSE Textbook Module 5 Sentence Builders for use in class with each lesson from M5. Each sentence builder includes all of the necessary vocabulary to enable students to access each unit in the module covered. Below are the units covered by these sentence builders:
Unit 1: Talking about casual jobs and earning money
Unit 2: Saying what job you do/would like to do
Unit 3: Saying what your plans are for the future
Unit 4: Explaining why it’s important to learn a language
Sentence builders can be used by students for revision as well as reference in class.
Each sentence builder is clearly laid out, and contains both the target language and the English translation for each phrase. Language is chunked in logical groups so that individual columns can be labelled to aid students in locating key phrases they need to look up.
Module 5: Mi Ciudad/My City
M5.1 Saying what there is in your town p28
M5.2 Describing the positives and negatives about your town p29
M5.3 Talking about shopping preferences p30
M5.4 Saying how you would like to change your town p31
M5.5 Role play: asking for and giving directions p32
This is a sequence of five (approx 1 hour) lessons using one sentence builder pitched at KS3 Spanish students. The sentence builder teaches students to answer the question: What are you going to do next weekend?
It was particularly effective with Year 8. The sequence uses the Conti method, and the activities have been designed following a training day run by Mr Conti himself. Activities include Faulty Echo, Delayed Dictation, Vocabulary Builders and more. This sequence of lessons finishes with an independent quiz testing all of the vocabulary covered in the sentence builder.
This resource consists of five complete lessons, fully animated, with answers. The content is designed to flood students with new language from the sentence builder (included with this pack), starting with receptive exposure to the phrases, and finishing with productive writing and speaking skills. Finally, there is an independent quiz, which can be peer marked, so that teachers can collect data on how successful the sequence has been.
All of the tasks have been tried and tested over the last few years following the Conti method - a communicative language teaching approach developed by Gianfranco Conti: ‘extensive processing instruction’ (EPI) is based on the idea that language teachers should ‘teach less, not more’ by providing their students with a set of language ‘chunks’, drilling these, and finally pushing students to reproduce them. Given its emphasis on reducing cognitive overload, this method is likely to succeed in allowing students to feel like competent learners.
I have spent the last two years adapting and tweaking my use of sentence builders so they are so they work best for our students. For more resources check out my store:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/piensomas
This resource consists of three complete lessons, fully animated, with answers, perfect for teaching Foundation or Higher GCSE groups.
By the end of the three lessons students will be able to read key information about technology from a text and answer the question:
¿Qué aplicaciones vas a usar este fin de semana?
What apps are you going to use this week?
All of the vocabulary, and activities, are based on the AQA GCSE Viva textbook, which is tailored to the vocabulary lists for the AQA GCSE exam.
The content is designed to flood students with new language from a sentence builder (included in this pack), starting with receptive exposure to the phrases, and finishing with productive writing and speaking skills.
All of the tasks have been tried and tested over the last few years following the Conti method - a communicative language teaching approach developed by Gianfranco Conti: ‘extensive processing instruction’ (EPI) is based on the idea that language teachers should ‘teach less, not more’ by providing their students with a set of language ‘chunks’, drilling these, and finally pushing students to reproduce them. Given its emphasis on reducing cognitive overload, this method is likely to succeed in allowing students to feel like competent learners.
AQA Viva GCSE Textbook Modules 4-6 Sentence Builders for use in class with each lesson from M4,5,6. Each sentence builder includes all of the necessary vocabulary to enable students to access each unit in the module covered.
Sentence builders can be used by students for revision as well as reference in class.
Each sentence builder is clearly laid out, and contains both the target language and the English translation for each phrase. Language is chunked in logical groups so that individual columns can be labelled to aid students in locating key phrases they need to look up.
What are the Three Marks of existence? Buddhism Lesson, Religious Studies, Key Stage 3 or Key Stage 4.
This lesson pitched at KS3, but could also be used with KS4, teaches the concepts below:
Dukkha – first seen in 4 sights, then preached about in 4 Noble Truths. Types of Dukkha: Plain ordinary suffering, suffering due to anicca, and dissatisfaction.
Anicca – everything is impermanent and in a constant state of flux. Examples: ageing, declining health, growing bored with things over time.
Anatta – no self – the belief that there is no soul, as only the 5 skandhas make up a human and these things are all impermanent – when they are subtracted, nothing is left that constitutes a soul – Chariot Analogy.
Lesson Structure Below:
Do now: recall quiz testing their previous learning.
Explain the concept of the three marks of existence briefly to the class. Present the key terms.
Write down the key terms in their booklets
Read through the text together and then attempt the comprehension questions.
Students to complete the learning check table in their booklets as a colouring match up.
Pair then class discussion of the question: How might learning about Anicca, Dukkha and Anatta help Buddhists to a better understanding of human life? How could it help Buddhists to lead a better life?
Mind map ideas on the board and leave them up there to help students to structure their own written answers.
Plenary quiz at the end.
Module 1 Unit 5 Qu’est-ce que tu as fait 16-17 New French Edexcel 2026 Lesson Higher and Foundation
3 hours of complete lessons, with sentence builders and plenty of support activities to help students build up towards their GCSE in 2026.