A stand alone lesson on the future tense. There is a PowerPoint and hand-out which work well together and will allow pupils to grasp the future tense formation and usage quickly. There are comprehensive grammar notes on the immediate future and pure future, lots of practice, a reading comprehension and two oral tasks on the PowerPoint: a clairvoyant activity to predict your partner's future and pupils will also plan their next weekend activities.

A resource on tourism in Benidorm that considers the impact of the growth of tourism in this town and the positive and negative effects. There is a reading gap-fill, a list of statements about tourism in Benidorm which pupils must evaluate as being either positive or negative, a key vocabulary hunt and exam style translation practice into Spanish and English. Suggested answers included.

Two resources to introduce pupils to young people's worries and concerns in French. This is aimed for use at KS3 or to introduce the topic at GCSE. There is key vocabulary, two reading comprehensions and translation activities. All the material here could support and scaffold pupils responding to the question "Quelles sont tes pressions?".

A resource to help pupils to talk and write about their house & home for GCSE. There are vocabulary tasks, translation exercises recycling key words, a reading task, grammar tasks and a final plenary writing task. Suggested answers included.

Voy a describir mi casa A comprehensive knowledge organiser on the topic of house & home. This is a good plenary of the topic and pupils will be able to talk about their house, bedroom & future home using this. The sections include: describing your house, the rooms, what activities you do in each room & describing your bedroom. There is also a section on talking about your ideal house using the immediate future & conditional.

The impact of Agrotourism/ Ecotourism in Spain. A comprehensive resource on the topic of green tourism in Spain, Agrotourism, and its impact: reading, vocabulary hunts, a synonym search, advantages/ disadvantages and a plenary translation. This resource will allow pupils to consider other types of tourism in Spain, not just ‘sol y playa’ and to recognise the advantages of green tourism. Answers included.

A translation game to get pupils producing accurate justified opinions about food and drink in French. Pupils play in threes, roll the dice and then one pupil is the referee who checks the accuracy of their statements. There are also translation grids with all the phrases to use as a plenary, homework task, or retrieval activity into French and English.

A translation game to get pupils producing accurate justified opinions about their school, routine, subjects and teachers. Pupils play in threes, roll the dice and then one pupil is the referee who checks the accuracy of their statements. There are also empty translation grids to use as a plenary into Spanish and English.

Four resources for pupils to master adjectival agreement in French, whilst practising food/drink vocabulary. It includes: An overview of the patterns for adjective agreement, regular and irregular with answers A review sheet with more practice of regular/irregular adjectives A worksheet and writing/speaking mat on comparisons in French, with translation practice A translation game recapping all the vocabulary and agreement issues above. Answers included.

6 standalone resources on the topic of pets for beginners/ KS3 pupils. There are enough materials here for a few lessons: Resource 1: A 4 page mini-booklet introducing key vocabulary, adjective agreement with reading and translation practice. Resource 2: A sentence builder to allow pupils to talk about the pets they have, had and would like. Resource 3: Wrong translation - pupils read the English translation and spot the 10 errors. Resource 4: Quiz Quiz Trade sheet - ready to print to give to pupils who walk around the room and quiz each other and swap their statement. Resource 5: Mini-white board translations. A PowerPoint of 12 sentences for pupils to translate. Resource 6: A knowledge organiser containing all the language above for pupils to revise from. Here is also a link to a Quizlet of all key vocabulary: https://quizlet.com/_8wpnzb?x=1jqt&i=2syx7b

A translation game to practice grade 9 phrases and complex structures on the topic of house, family and home. I use this activity to encourage Y11 pupils to have to say complex structures on the sport. Pupils play in threes, roll the dice and then one pupil is the referee who checks the accuracy of their statements. There is also a translation grid to use as a plenary activity to get pupils translating sentences into Spanish.

Consider purchasing the full A Level Translation Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364 This is an exam style text on ‘la influencia de Internet’ in Spain to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam. There is a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678

A translation worksheet on the topic of holidays in the past tense. Six different translation exercises which recycle the same key language and introduce new linguistic items in a scaffolded way. The exercises are ramped in terms of difficulty and final activity is a plenary translation task into Spanish. Answers included.

A standalone resource on which to base a lesson to improve writing skills for GCSE on the topic of transport. The worksheet has four parts: Translating the question into English Matching up 20 Grade 8/9 Structures for your written work Translation activity based on these structures A writing scaffold with structures to use and a model answer Answers included.

El deporte y la salud. This is a Spanish translation resource pack on the topic of the healthy living with answers and will help pupils prepare for the translation part of the exam. There are 40 sentences in total, 20 different sentences to translate into each language, which recycle key health/ healthy living vocabulary, complex and idiomatic structures and specific grammar points. The sentences include: past, present & future tenses lo que más me gusta/ lo mejor / lo importante solía + infinitive Conditional sentences (si tuviera mi elección…) Verbs which are followed by an infinitive (suelo, intento, evito etc.) ‘gustar’ verbs the use of para + infinitive

Consider purchasing the full A Level Translation Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364 An exam style text on racism and xenophobia in Spain to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam. There is a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678

Consider purchasing the full A Level Translation Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364 An exam style text on Hispanic festivals and la Semana Santa to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam. There is a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678

Consider purchasing the full A Level Translation Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364 An exam style text on ‘las llegadas en patera’ in Spain to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam. There is a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678

A worksheet to recap the ‘basics’ with a GCSE group. This reading comprehension contains 9 short texts with a reading comprehension task and follow on translation tasks. Answers included.

Mi barrio. This is a Spanish translation resource pack on the topic of my local area with answers and will help pupils prepare for the translation part of the exam. There are 40 sentences in total, 20 different sentences to translate into each language, which recycle key local area/region vocabulary, complex and idiomatic structures and specific grammar points. The sentences include: past, present & future tenses lo que más me gusta/ lo único que no me fastidia acabo de + infinitive desde hace imperfect tense Conditional sentences (si tuviera mi elección/ si fuera alcalde) Verbs which are followed by an infinitive (suelo, prefiero, evito etc.) ‘gustar’ verbs perfect tense (siempre he soñado con…)