I've just finished my Secondary PGCE in MFL in June 2019, so many of my resources will be put on to aid those who were in the same position as me! Hopefully in time, my resources will be catered to all! I hope to be useful for all those with many years of experience and inspire future teachers!
I've just finished my Secondary PGCE in MFL in June 2019, so many of my resources will be put on to aid those who were in the same position as me! Hopefully in time, my resources will be catered to all! I hope to be useful for all those with many years of experience and inspire future teachers!
This booklet will structure your weekly vocab tests with GCSE classes, particularly year 11. It will ensure that high frequency phrases are learnt throughout the course, helping to prepare for the listening and reading exams.
Aims of this booklet
• To help students prepare for the listening and reading exams alongside other revision materials.
• To increase the number of words they understand from French to English.
• To break down some of the official GCSE vocabulary into manageable chunks.
• To enable independent learning at home.
• To allow parents/guardians to support students with revision.
To structure weekly vocabulary tests so that students can track your progress.
Encanto Movie: Familia Madrigal Family Tree pictures and practice with key. Two different versions (one with bonus points).
You should cover the family vocabulary before using this product.
Simple and fun. You just need a die and everything is ready. Move forward according to the number you get and conjugate the verb in brackets of each box, if you do not respond correctly, you lose a turn. The first person that reaches the end wins.
Excellent for checking conjugations in the present tense. Just regular verbs.
Enjoy :)
Take advantage of your students’ love of the movie Encanto and integrate it into your Spanish curriculum. Included is a beautiful presentation to introduce important household vocabulary in the context of the Madrigal house. Also included are some games/activities to support a house unit for introductory Spanish class. All activities included are designed to support beginning Spanish concepts related to teaching house (casa) vocabulary. Some activities also integrate the use of tener, estar and hay to reinforce important grammar concepts. Activities are fully editable for you to modify and adapt to your needs.
The activities are geared towards novice learners. However, you can edit to your needs in the target language. All the included activities are great as pre-viewing before the movie or review activities within your thematic units.
I’ve included:
La Casa Madrigal Slideshow Presentation including:
brief introduction of la Familia Madrigal
Introduction of household vocabulary terms using “la casita”
2. Question/answer activity: practice using hay, tiene and house vocabulary
Vocabulary labeling activity: label parts of La Casa Madrigal
Mini-project: Casa de mis sueños/dream house mini-project
Game: 10 second rule speaking game to practice house vocabulary
Game: Where’s Waldo Style Game to practice estar and house vocabulary
Vocabulary Organizer: Categorize household vocabulary
Reading: Brief level 1 reading about la casa y la familia Madrigal
Enjoy :)
This PowerPoint helps students learn a little bit about the cultural representation of Colombian clothing in “Encanto” while practising their vocabulary. At first, they have some slides describing some of the traditional clothes of Colombia represented in the movie. Next, they work on labeling and describing what the characters are wearing as well as, describe their personalities as we revisit adjectives and descriptions. This is a great activity after showing Encanto OR just to add some culture to your clothing unit.
Enjoy :)
Use this slideshow to help teach your students about family relationships! It goes through the family members featured in the movie, “Coco”, and describes each member of the family. Includes their relation to Miguel, their jobs, and physical descriptions of those characters.
Enjoy :)
This is a PowerPoint template to create an interactive Blockbusters-style game. Teams try to create a path either from top to bottom or from left to right by answering questions or translating word/phrases. Type in your own questions in advance to suit the lesson!
This booklet will structure your weekly vocab tests with GCSE classes, particularly year 11. It will ensure that high frequency phrases are learnt throughout the course, helping to prepare for the listening and reading exams.
Aims of this booklet
• To help students prepare for the listening and reading exams alongside other revision materials.
• To increase the number of words they understand from Spanish to English.
• To break down some of the official GCSE vocabulary into manageable chunks.
• To enable independent learning at home.
• To allow parents/guardians to support students with revision.
To structure weekly vocabulary tests so that students can track your progress.
Some useful resources to revise “El Laberinto del Fauno”.
In the first presentation, where the plot is summarized, you can copy and paste it, cut it into sections and give one part to each one of your students. They will need to read them aloud and find the correct order and recreate the story.
The presentation about TRIO, it is a “feedback lessons” in which pupils can recognise their main mistakes and correct them.
This presentation is designed to teach problems in the restaurant vocabulary in Spanish. This is an engaging and interactive presentation that includes a recap of some vocabulary, expressions for problems with both service and food. There are fill in the blank activities, a matching activity, and a culminating dialogue.
Enjoy :)
Complete unit about Animals and pets.
A detailed Powerpoint presentation which includes vocabulary, colours, plural forms and pet descriptions.
I attached a very fun battleship, an animal game (snakes and ladders style), a handout with a vocab list useful to revise and a sheet for an animal survey.
I also attached a worksheet that will help your kids with the secret sentence and a worksheet for homework.
My Year 7 groups simply loved them :)
Designed to develop translation skills for the new GCSE, this worksheet offers both Foundation and Higher tasks on the topic of technology. Answers and mark scheme provided.
Engaging and colourful Powerpoint which includes a recap of food vocabulary, a match-up activity about typical expressions used in a café or a restaurant, and a role play activity and four menus ready for use!
Bon appétit :)
This worksheet allows students to practice the use of the Spanish verbs SER and ESTAR, by reading a paragraph based on the TV show “Modern Family” and filling in the blank with the appropriate verb.
Student will be engaged while being familiar with the TV show.
It promotes development of language acquisition by applying the concepts (ser vs. estar) in a real life situation, and reading comprehension.
Answer keys have been included :)
Enjoy :)
Engaging Powerpoint about 9 adjectives useful to describe someone’s personality and a worksheet with a match-up and a grammar explanation.
It includes a recap of the verb “etre”, a drilling activity, grammar point about adjectives agreement, a speaking practice, homework, and eventually a bingo useful for listening practice.
Enjoy :)
This resource gets your students practising the language of the restaurant, with plenty of writing practice as well as speaking. Great for KS3 or lower ability KS4. Use the healthy/unhealthy interactive sorting activity to get them thinking about food choices.
Enjoy :)
Students will use the Pritchett/Dunphy family tree (The Modern Family) to practise the Spanish vocabulary words for family relationships, including half/step family members.
Family tree, relationship questions & answer key included!
This activity can be used with the “Encanto” movie OR the music video for the song “Welcome to the Family Madrigal” in Spanish or English. Links to the music videos are included. The “Encanto” movie is available on Disney+.
In this 2-part activity, Students will drag the family members to complete the Madrigal family tree according to the song. Then they will match family members to their magical power. Note- some YouTube videos do not include Mirabel’s magic power, but the movie song continues to include it.
These activities can done with the full movie (found on Disney+ or for purchase on YouTube), or with links provided to the song.
Powerpoint lesson introducing sports with ‘juegar al’ and ‘practicar’. It includes a wide range of activities: listening exercise, “secret sentence”, match-up activities, dictation,…
Enjoy :)