I’m Rachel and I've been teaching for 18 years! I first taught English (TEFL) in Japan and Madrid and then taught French and Spanish in Surrey. I subsequently worked in a UK curriculum school in sunny Dubai. I have now relocated to the UK and have a gorgeous baby daughter!
I have a learning-centred approach and encourage my students to be active and reflective learners. I really enjoy the creative process of making PowerPoints and worksheets and hope you enjoy using them!
I’m Rachel and I've been teaching for 18 years! I first taught English (TEFL) in Japan and Madrid and then taught French and Spanish in Surrey. I subsequently worked in a UK curriculum school in sunny Dubai. I have now relocated to the UK and have a gorgeous baby daughter!
I have a learning-centred approach and encourage my students to be active and reflective learners. I really enjoy the creative process of making PowerPoints and worksheets and hope you enjoy using them!
Expressions taught:
Il faut arriver à l’heure.
Il ne faut pas laisser son portable allumé.
Il ne faut pas manger en classe.
On ne doit pas courir dans les couloirs.
On ne doit pas fumer à l’intérieur.
Il ne faut pas porter de bijoux.
Il faut respecter les profs et les autres élèves.
Il faut faire ses devoirs regulièrement.
Il faut apporter un mot d’absence signé par les parents.
The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill.
The next section of slides have multiple choice questions.
Then there are "Qu’est-ce que c’est?" slides.
I have designed these resources to celebrate the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics. They build student’s knowledge of sports vocabulary and adjectives using YouTube extracts, fun animations, matching cards, a video extract worksheet and finally a creative task to help the students express their Olympic/Paralympic passions!
Slide 2 presents the differentiated lesson objectives. Slide 3 has the Olympic motto and pictures of Olympian heroes. Slide 4 is the warmer task: name as many Olympic/Paralympic sports as possible from student’s previous knowledge and includes links to the Juntos | Campaña oficial del COI in both Spanish and English (1 min 30 secs each) to inspire the students. They may do this in teams, pairs or individually. The full list of Olympic and Paralympic events can be found on a PDF in these resources.
Slides 5 to 43 build new Olympic/Paralympic sports vocabulary:
El atletismo
El remo
El piragüismo
La equitación
La esgrima
El levantamiento de pesas
La lucha
El buceo
El nado sincronizado
El tiro
El tiro con arco
La vela
Slide 5 invites the students to:
All: Match Up!
Most: Perfect Pronunciation Challenge!
Some: Quick Fire Questions! *Here the students quiz each other, e.g Spanish to English, English to Spanish, spellings etc. of the new vocabulary.
Slides 6 to 17 have 1 slide per expression and allow you to drill the new vocabulary. Then there is graded questioning.
Slides 19 to 30 show the images and give the students a choice of two possible sports to choose from. Then slides 31 to 43 are what’s missing? slides.
Slide 44 should be used in conjunction with the worksheet. Here the students tick the sports they see on the Paralympic trailer video (2 mins 48 secs) and includes an extension task for stronger students. The answers are on the first two pages of the worksheet PDF.
The next slide should be used with the English-Spanish adjectives matching cards.
Adjectives:
trabajador/a
entusiasmado/a
perezoso/a
nervioso/a
concentrado/a
seguro/a
relajado/a
encantado/a
orgulloso/a
egoísta
terco/a
lento/a
rápido/a
hablador(a)
habilidoso/a
Once matched you may like to play pelmenism/slap the card.
Then complete the second half of the worksheet: students watch the official Rio 2016 trailer and tick the adjectives which reflect the emotions of the athletes and spectators as well as other adjectives to describe what they see. There is an extension task for stronger students.
Then the students have a choice of three creative tasks: to design and decorate in Spanish an Olympic torch, an Olympic flag or to write a poem about their Olympic/Paralympic hero. The last slide is for reflection.
Vocabulary presented:
J’ai un stylo.
J’ai un crayon.
J’ai un cahier.
J’ai un livre.
J’ai un taille-crayon.
J’ai un classeur.
J’ai un sac.
J’ai un dictionnaire.
J’ai une règle.
J’ai une trousse.
J’ai une gomme.
J’ai une calculatrice.
J’ai des ciseaux.
J’ai des feutres.
J’ai des tennis.
The first slide encourages the students to actively engage with the new vocabulary: working in teams, using their prior knowledge, knowledge of other languages and using a process of elimination to figure out the meanings. They then discuss the pronunciation and question each other before the teacher checks with the whole class.
The next slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to check the pronunciation, the English, whether the noun is masculine or feminine and to drill. As there are quite a lot of items I have divided them into 2 groups, starting with the first 7 items.
The next section of slides have multiple choice questions. Then there are "Qu’est-ce que c’est?" slides.
Then I have added slides of the next 8 phrases and pictures, followed by multiple choice questions and "What's missing?" slides.
The final slide has pictures of all the phrases. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!
Battleships Expressions: I have added in a range of tenses and other expressions to challenge and stretch the students.
Je voudrais un crayon
Je n’aime pas mon taille-crayon
J’ai besoin d’une règle
J’achète des ciseaux
Je n’ai pas de classeur
j’ai quinze dictionnaires !
je vais acheter un bâton de colle.
je n’ai pas de feutres.
j’ai acheté une calculatrice.
j’ai oublié mes tennis.
J’ai perdu ma trousse.
Spanish PowerPoint introducing school bag vocabulary:
tengo/ me hace falta +
pen, pencil, exercise book, text book, pencil sharpener, folder, dictionary, ruler, pencil case, rubber, diary.
I have broken the vocabulary down into 2 sections. The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill.
The next section of slides have multiple choice questions.
Then there are "¿Qué es?" slides.
More vocabulary is presented, followed by multiple choice questions and "what's missing?" slides.The final slide has pictures of all the new vocabulary. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If it’s the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!
This 1 slide PowerPoint can be used to teach the alphabet and to play Beat The Teacher! The teacher points to a letter and says a letter in French. If it is the correct letter the students all repeat it. If its the wrong letter the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins! Brilliant for contrasting G & J and E & I!
Battleships Game: (this includes the french pronunciation of the letters)
Instructions
The students love this competitive and fun game!
I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation of the letters.
I drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game: The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a letter from the horizontal line and then a letter from the vertical line.
Where the 2 letters meet up is the square you have chosen.
I use the second sheet (without pronunciation help) to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the first version and then try to play the game pronouncing the letters correctly as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the first sheet next to the second sheet so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the first sheet and the really strong students aim to refer back to the first sheet as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures!
During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes.
The "I spy with my little eye...." one slide PowerPoint can be used as a simple 10 minute French warmer/ starter activity.
I get the students to play this in small groups practising not only classroom vocabulary, but also thinking more imaginatively e.g. clothing, colours and vocabulary such as "hair" and "eyes." Therefore this can be used with a variety of year groups. Then we play as a whole class.
Enjoy!
PowerPoint vocabulary:
Un chien
Un chat
Un lapin
Une souris
Une perruche
Un serpent
Un cheval
Un hamser
Un cochon d'Inde
Une tortue
Un poisson rouge
The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill.
The next section of slides have mutiple choice questions. Then there are "what's missing?" slides.
The final slide has pictures of all the phrases. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love!
The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!
Students ask and answer using the structures:
Tu as un animal chez toi?
Oui, J’ai _____________________________________
Non, je n’ai pas d’animal.
As many students are confident talking about pets I've added 2 extension phrases which the students can also use:
Quand j’étais petit(e) j’avais _______________________________
Je voudrais avoir _______________________________
I've also added a reminder about plurals:
Normally we add an s (silent) e.g. J’ai un chien, j’ai deux chiens.
If the noun ends in al we add replace al with aux e.g. un cheval, deux chevaux.
If the noun already ends in the letter s we do not need to change it to make in plural e.g. une souris, deux souris.
They task has been divided into 3 levels of challenge:
All: answer main question. Draw number of animals.
Most: Give an extra detail in your answer. Draw number of animals.
Some: Give 2 extra details in your answer. Spell the number and animal perfectly in French.
I play the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Game with the students using mini-whiteboards. The question asks how to say an animal in French and there are 4 possible French answers to chose from. Differentiate as follows:
All: Choose a letter.
Most: AND translate one remaining animal.
Some: AND translate all 3 remaining animals.
This sheet has a range of expression to support students creating a French Wanted Poster either in class or as homework to practise adjectives for physical description.
Phrases given include:
Recherché = wanted
Récompense = reward
Mort ou vif = Dead or alive
Euros = euros
Il/Elle s’appelle… = He/ She is called
Il/ Elle a *** ans = He/ She is *** years old.
Son anniversaire est le…. = His/ her birthday is on the…
There are 3 levels of challenge to extend the more able students whilst supporting those who are weaker.
Expressions taught:
C’est super!
C’est difficile.
C’est intéressant.
C’est nul.
C’est fatigant.
C’est amusant.
C’est génial.
Ce n’est pas marrant.
The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. I sometimes found it quite difficult to find suitable pictures for these expression - encourage the students to think outside the box when figuring out the meanings!
The next section of slides have mutiple choice questions. The final Qu’est-ce que c’est? slide has pictures of all the phrases to be used for direct questioning. This can also be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love!
The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!
French PowerPoint Presentation: Infinitives
The first slide revises what the infinitive is and elicits examples.
The next slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill.
Presentation and Battleships Expressions (please see Battleships instructions for another product - I can't fit it on the word count here!!):
J’aime surfer sur Internet.
J’adore retrouver des amis.
Je n’aime pas regarder la télé.
J’adore écouter de la musique.
Je préfère aller au cinéma.
Je vais aller à la pêche.
Je peux danser.
The next slide s can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!
Then there are "What's missing?" slides.
Worksheet: Infinitives: Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire avec tes copains?
First task: English to French match up. Key expressions covered:
1. J’aime jouer au foot.
2. J’aime aller à la pêche.
3. Je préfère regarder la télé.
4. Je préfère jouer à l’ordinateur.
5. J’adore faire de l’équitation.
6. J’adore faire des courses.
7. J’adore faire du vélo.
8. J’adore aller au McDo.
9. Je n’aime pas écouter de la musique.
10. Je n’aime pas aller à la piscine.
11. Je déteste aller au cinéma.
Answers:
1 = C
2 = G
3 = I
4 = K
5 = E
6 = H
7 = D
8 = J
9 = F
10 = A
11 = B
Second task: extended sentences unjumbling phrases e.g.J’aime faire de l’équitation car c’est super !
Questions and answers:
l’équitation c’est j’aime car super faire de !
J’aime faire de l’équitation car c’est super!
du j’adore car amusant faire sport c’est !
J’adore faire du sport car c’est amusant!
aller ennuyeux au je cinéma c’est car déteste
Je déteste aller au cinéma car c’est ennuyeux.
préfère en aller je c’est formidable ville car !
Je préfère aller en ville car c’est formidable!
n’aime car jouer l’ordinateur nul je pas à c’est
Je n’aime pas jouer à l’ordinateur car c’est nul.
Extension task 1: Students write sentences based on picture cues.
Extension task 2: Create a paragraph using other phrases with the infinitive.
This step-by-step French PowerPoint gradually elicits the formation of negatives with the present tense: ne + pas.
The first slide encourages the students to actively engage with the new structure: working in teams, using their prior knowledge, knowledge of other languages and using a process of elimination to figure out the meanings and rules. They then discuss the pronunciation and question each other before the teacher checks with the whole class:
All: Translate the phrases below.
Most: AND decide which two words we add to make a sentence negative. Where are they positioned?
Some: AND: decide why we say n’ai pas rather than ne ai pas. Perfect Pronunciation Challenge!
Je suis généreux.
Je ne suis pas généreux.
J’ai un frère.
Je n’ai pas de frères.
J’ai une souris.
Je n’ai pas d’animal.
The following slides gradually check the students' answers.
Slide 8 recaps the new expressions and can be used for a game.
Slide 9 recaps the questions (can be used for revision next lesson) and slide 10 is the same a slide 8.
Worksheet:
This sheet starts with a re-cap of the rules:
To make this sentence negative we add ne and pas. These go around the verb
e.g. Je ne joue pas au tennis = I don’t play tennis.
Then there is a French - English translation section, followed by English - French translation.
The next section reminds us that du changes to de after a negative. This is followed by English - French translation.
The final section is to build in previous knowledge to write a short paragraph. The following phrases are offered for support:
Tous les jours = everyday car = because mais = but donc = therefore et = and une fois par semaine = once a week deux fois par semaine = twice a week c’est = it is intéressant = interesting génial = great ennuyeux = boring.
Battleships:
This battleships can be used to revise a variety of expressions with ne + pas. I have also included one near future and one perfect tense example to add challenge/ expose students to these new tenses.
Expressions:
Je n’ai pas de frères et sœurs et Je ne suis pas travailleur et
Tu n’as pas d’animal et
Il n’habite pas en France et Elle n’est pas généreuse et
Nous ne sommes pas sympas et
je ne joue pas au foot.
tu ne joues pas au basket.
il ne fait pas de cyclisme.
je ne vais pas faire de ski.
je n’ai pas joué au tennis.
Please see instructions for playing battleships on one of my other product descriptions - I can't fit it in here!
Worksheet Expressions:
1. Bonjour
2. Salut
3. Au revoir
4. Ça va?
5. Ça va très bien, merci
6. Ça va bien, merci
7. Ça va
8. Comme ci comme ça
9. Bof
10. Ça ne va pas
11. Et toi?
12. Tu t'appelles comment?
13. Je m'appelle…
This worksheet has 3 sections, the first is a word match for English and French greetings.
The next section is a complete the sentence challenge where certain letters have been removed. Make this more difficult by telling the students to cover up the French words listed above.
The next (extra) section involves unjumbling a group of words to find the correct greetings. Again, make this more difficult by telling the students to cover up the French words listed above.
Then there is an extension task to create their own comic strip.
Battleships Expressions:
Bonjour! Ça va?
Salut! Ça va?
Bonsoir. Ça va?
Je m’appelle ***. Ça va?
Ça va très bien, merci.
Ça va bien, merci.
Ça va.
Comme ci comme ça.
Bof.
Ça ne va pas/ ça va mal.
Battleships Game
Instructions
I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions.
I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen.
I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the French version and then try to play the game saying the French phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the French version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the French version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the French version as little as possible.
During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes.
Enjoy!
Song: 1 slide PowerPoint:
Salut!
Salut ! salut!
Salut ! Comment vas-tu ?
Ça va bien ;
donc, à demain.
Salut ! Salut !
(tune = Hi-Ho: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs).
This PowerPoint presentation presents adjectives (mainly colours) to describe pets.
Vocabulary presented:
amarillo/a, atigrado/a, azul, blanco/a, dorado/a,gris, marrón, negro/a, rojo/a, verde, grande & pequeño/a.
The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. The next section of slides have multiple choice questions. The final slide has pictures of all the new vocabulary where you can pounce on unsuspecting students and ask ¿Qué es?
This slide can also be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! (as can slide 14)
The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If it’s the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!
Enjoy!
This Who Wants To Be a Millionaire PowerPoint revises the Present, Perfect, Future and Conditional tenses. It can be used at the beginning of the year and throughout the year for revision.
I give the students a mini whiteboard. The task is differentiated as follows:
Tout le monde: Choisissez la bonne lettre.
La majorité: Traduisez une autre phrase et identifiez le temps.
Quelques personnes: Traduisez toutes les autres phrases et identifiez tous les temps.
Enjoy!
As there are many cognates in transport vocabulary and this is aimed at slightly older students I have included a range of tenses.
Expressions taught:
Je vais à la piscine à vélo.
Il va au syndicat d’initiative en voiture.
Nous allons au club des jeunes en taxi.
Vous allez chez des copains à pied.
Ils vont à l’hôtel de ville à moto.
Je suis allé(e) à la librairie en avion.
J’irai aux Etats Unis en aéroglisseur.
Quand j’étais jeune je voyageais en bateau.
J’aimerais voyager en car.
Nous sommes allés à la bibliothèque à mobylette.
Il faut que j’aille à l’école en TGV.
The first slide encourages the students to actively engage with the new vocabulary: working in teams, using their prior knowledge, knowledge of other languages and using a process of elimination to figure out the meanings. It is differentiated as follows:
All:Translate 7
Most: Translate 10
Some: Translate 11. When do we use à and en? PPC!
(PPC = Perfect Pronunciation Challenge).
The next slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill.
The 14th slide has pictures of all the phrases. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!
Then there are "what's missing?" slides.
These resources celebrate the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic games. They build student’s knowledge of sports vocabulary and adjectives using YouTube extracts, colourful slides, animations, matching cards, a video extract worksheet and finally a creative task to help the students express their Olympic/Paralympic passions!
Slide 2 presents the differentiated lesson objectives. Slide 3 has the Olympic motto and some great black and white pictures of Olympian heroes. Slide 4 is the warmer task to name as many Olympic/Paralympic sports as possible from student’s previous knowledge and includes links to the Ensemble Campagne officielle du CIO in both French and English (1 min 30 secs each) to inspire the students. They may do this in teams, pairs or individually. The full list of Olympic and Paralympic events can be found on a PDF in these resources.
Slides 5 to 43 build new Olympic/Paralympic sports vocabulary. Expressions presented:
L’athlétisme
L’aviron
Le canoë-kayak
Les sports équestres
L’escrime
L’haltérophilie
La lutte
Le plongeon
La natation synchronisée
Le tir
Le tir à l'arc
La voile
Slide 5 invites the students to:
All: Match Up!
Most: Perfect Pronunciation Challenge!
Some: Quick Fire Questions! *Here the students quiz each other, e.g French to English, English to French, spellings etc. of the new vocabulary.
Slides 6 to 17 have 1 slide per expression and allow you to drill the new vocabulary. Then there is graded questioning.
Slides 19 to 30 show the images and give the students a choice of two possible sports to choose from. Then slides 31 to 43 are what’s missing? slides.
Slide 44 should be used in conjunction with the worksheet. Here the students tick the sports they see on the Paralympic trailer video (2 mins 48 secs) and includes an extension task for stronger students. The answers are on the first two pages of the worksheet PDF.
The next slide should be used in conjunction with the English-French adjectives matching cards. Adjectives: travailleur/ euse, enthousiaste, paresseux/euse, nerveux/euse, concentré(e), assuré(e), détendu, ravi(e), fier/ fière, égoïste, têtu(e), lent(e), rapide, bavard(e), habile.
Then complete the second half of the worksheet where students watch the official Rio 2016 trailer and tick the adjectives which reflect the emotions of the athletes and spectators as well as other adjectives to describe what they see. There is an extension task.
Then the students have a choice of three creative tasks: to design and decorate in French an Olympic torch, a flag or to write a poem about their Olympian/Paralympic hero. Both PowerPoint slides have an accompanying worksheet including a suggested poem template.
The final slide provides an opportunity for reflection.
This one slide PowerPoint teaches students how to say their age.
Battleships Expressions:
Tengo
Tienes
Miguel tiene
Antonio tiene
Javier tiene
Tenemos
once años.
doce años.
trece años.
catorce años.
quince años.
dieciséis años.
Battleships Game
Instructions
The students love this competitive and fun game!
I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions.
The students then focus on pronunciation and decide the two easiest and two most difficult words to pronounce.
I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game.
The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen.
I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the Spanish version and then try to play the game saying the Spanish phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the Spanish version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the Spanish version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the Spanish version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures!
During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes.
Enjoy!
Expressions:
Le mercredi, à dix heures
Le lundi à onze heures
Le mardi à huit heures moins le quart
Le jeudi à une heure moins vingt
Le dimanche à deux heures moins vingt-cinq
on a musique.
on a dessin, c’est génial !
nous avons allemand, c’est intéressant.
j’ai histoire, c’est nul.
il a EPS, c’est très fatigant.
elle a l’art dramatique, ce n’est pas marrant.
Battleships Game
Instructions
The students love this competitive and fun game!
I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions.
The students then focus on pronunciation and decide the two easiest and two most difficult words to pronounce.
I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen.
I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the French version and then try to play the game saying the French phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the French version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the French version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the French version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures!
During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes.
Enjoy!
This presentation presents household chores in the present tense in Spanish.
Phrases:
Hago la cama.
Barro el patio.
Cocino/ preparo la cena.
Hago la compra.
Friego los platos.
Arreglo mi dormitorio.
Pongo/ quito la mesa.
Lavo el coche.
Saco la basura.
Paso la aspiradora.
Plancho.
The first slides have each chore in Spanish with a picture. The teacher should use this to elicit the meaning in English and drill the pronunciation. Then there is graded questioning. Firstly there are multiple choice slides followed by whats missing memory game slides. You can also use the final slide to play a game of "beat the teacher" to revise the learning at the end or during the following lesson.
Beat the teacher is played like this:
The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!