Several activities which could last a few lessons / homeworks to introduce physical descriptions using ser, all teacher instructions and answers are included. Activities consolidate the vocab. You could also substitute the translation worksheets for aural translation - instead of pupils seeing the sheet, you read one of the sentences from the sheet in Spanish and they write the English, or you could use it to do dictation sentences.

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.

For the topic of tiempo libre / pasatiempos - an aural sentence puzzle that could be used as a starter activity and then developed on using the teacher notes included. Instructions in document.

A selection of resources for teaching months, dates and days of the week to beginners of Spanish. Including: Oral memory drills and listening task Listening and spelling task Worksheet of dictation, reading and spelling practice of numbers, months and days of the week Spellings challenge for a plenary or starter to recall previous lesson’s learning Basic worksheet introducing numbers with special attention to pronunciation and listening practice - teacher instructions included

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.

A very simple reading or listening activity for learning about the pros and cons of living in the town / country. Pupils will need to be familiar with most of the vocab in these sentences before doing this activity. You can either project some of the sentences onto the board and have students read them aloud in pairs, then say whether it’s a pro or con, or you can do it as a listening - select perhaps 8-10 of the sentences. Say each one in a random order, and pupils note on miniboards / scrap paper if i’ts a pro or a con. You could follow up with a ‘vocab hunt’ - write a list of English words on the board that appear in these sentences and pupils have to find the vocab.

A sentence builder to learn to answer the question ‘Si tu pudieras cambiar algo de tu colegio, ¿qué cambiarías?’ 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 selection of oral activities and a worksheet for teaching possessive adjectives in French.

A worksheet to introduce basic comparisons, within various different vocab contexts including local area and countries.

2 resources: A listening activity and verb conjugation activity to practise using the present and future tenses together - a good consolidation exercise for when pupils have studied both tenses separately A selection of activities designed for practising the present, near future and future together. The idea is that pupils should have already studied the present tense and near future before, and have recently covered the future tense. This sheet will then allow for practise using the three together to reinforce the differences between them. Activities include completing tables, translation and listening. Vocab context is free time activities. Answers included.

A set of short listening exercises (and one writing exercise) on the topic of descriptions in Spanish, including physical description, personality and also describing pets. The exercises include dictation, ‘bad translation’, sentence matching and a guided writing task.

A worksheet recapping different opinion phrases for talking about why you like/dislike certain types of food. Activities include a match-up of key phrases and oral translations with first letters to help, and a jigsaw oral translation.

A selection of resources including a sentence builder on the advantages of doing an internship to answer the question ‘Pourquoi est-il important de faire un stage ?’ a list of vocab to paste into Quizlet/Textivate, a ‘gap fill no gaps’ listening activity with transcript for teacher to read and a ‘1 pen 1 dice’ translation activity.

A variety of lesson activities on the topic of ecology (ce que je fais pour aider l’environnement) / environment and practising using negatives - ne pas, ne jamais and ne que. Exercises include a grammar recap, match-up of sentences, narrow reading with vocab hunt and comprehension, listening comprehension, quiz quiz trade and sentence unjumbling. Table of all vocab used in lesson is included for if you want to upload it to your own Quizlet / spreadsheet. Enough activities for 1-3 lessons depending on ability of group.

After learning about el día de los muertos / day of the dead, beginners can learn how to describe someone in the past so they can write a simple ‘tribute’ to someone that has passed, this can be turned into a seasonal display and pupils can decorate their tribute with marigolds or other flowers, photos or drawings. Worksheets include: 2 sheets of vocab activities to do (after you’ve introduced pupils to some of the basic descriptions vocab) Sentence builder for writing a tribute - modelled answers in grid to help. This can be used to do dictations, aural translations etc. using mini-whiteboards and having pupils use the sentence builder. Blank writing sheet for once pupils have practised enough - can be used as assessment.

Two ways of using this resource: LISTENING: project the doc on the board / print copies for pupils, choose one of the people, say ‘Antonio, number 1:’ and give a short sentence or phrase in Spanish that matches one of the lines in Antonio’s profile. Pupils must find the detail and write ‘1’ next to it. Continue with all the details in his profile in a random order to practise recognising them. To make the activity harder, say a sentence in Spanish from any of the descriptions and pupils have to write the name of the person. WRITING: This activity should be completed once pupils have had extensive practice on vocab for describing physique and personality and could be used as assessment. Pupils can select one of the four people and complete sentences covering as many aspects mentioned as possible in Spanish. You could project the doc and annotate with bits of vocab in Spanish as support if necessary.

Worksheet with table to fill in in Spanish, and completed table - teacher uses completed table to read out sentences describing each person. Teacher can make the sentences very short phrases, or include linking words and other details depending on ability level of group. Pupils note details in Spanish, then correct. You could do this activity before asking pupils to write their own description of someone. Speaking worksheet to be cut in half so opponent cannot see answers to the questions they will be asked - pupils take turns to ask each other the translations. You can make this into a game or quiz by seeing how quickly pupils can complete all translations orally correctly. Pupils can tick each line when their opponent gives an answer correctly, or you can create a rule that they have to go back to any previous answers they got wrong in order to move on etc.

Repetitive oral drills to practise sentence structures for talking about family members - you can use the sentences to do oral translation - there are some in Spanish followed by some in English, in which pupils must use the vocab in previous sentences to help them. Then, there are questions pupils should answer orally using the vocab they have just practised. You could also use the first slide for listening tasks: say one of the green sentences in Spanish and pupils must point out which sentence you said. Or, don’t show the powerpoint, and read some of the sentences aloud for pupils to translate into English on scrap paper or miniboards. You could even do them as dictations if pupils aren’t yet able to translate - all good consolidation of the language.

Interactive activities to introduce the colours in Spanish - for the flashcards, you could do a number of listen & repeat, call & response style activities eg. choral repetition, individual repetition, whispering repetition, shouting repetition, team repetition etc. then there are some recall activities to practise / consolidate.

Worksheets of activities to introduce and practise using possessive adjectives in Spanish, in relation to topic of family. Brief activity on definite article. Notes for teacher on how to use the activities included. One task also involves teaching dictionary skills.