- A sentence builder - A set of narrow reading texts + activities - Three gapped texts with options - An Oral Ping-Pong translation - Oral pairwork communicative drills - An oral translation boardgame with answer key - A consolidation activity

Vocab reinforcement and oral drills

(1) A sentence builder to practice the pattern: I am from ___________but I have been living in _______________ since /for __________________ (2) A find someone who with cards with four grids so you can play four rounds of the game (3) A set of narrow reading tasks (4) A set of gap-fills based on the narrow reading tasks (5) An oral translation board game (6) A verb and adjectivel endings manipulation writing task (7) Gap-fill madness - 'Gap-fill madness' is a very easy-to-prepare game I stage to automatise verb production and decoding skills at the same time. Students, working in groups of three, are given a list of twelve simple sentences (see below) in which the target verb is gapped. They then compete with each other at filling the gap in the shortest time possible. The person who does it faster and with 'decent' pronunciation wins. I usually stage three rounds per player, the shortest time overall winning. Whilst one player speaks the others time them and monitor their accuracy and pronunciation. Pairing students by ability a must!

A text in the present tense which includes vocabulary on daily routine and hobbies and four reading comprehension activities, one chunk-based.

These are the scaffolds I use every day at the beginning of every lesson and at the end to recycle for 5 minutes (students talking in pairs) daily activities + the two tenses.

A vocab builder on the topic of Internet/Mobile phones with a range of useful sentences

Students to take turns, in teams of two or three (possibly with miniboards) to translate the English words in the grey column using the relevant bits in the table.

A unit on Talking about last weekend from my forthcoming GCSE French revision book. 8 pages of activities with answer sheets

This is a unit from my forthcoming GCSE French revision book. It contains a knowledge organizer, eight pages of vocabulary building and reading activities and the answer key

9 pages jam-packed with activities to drill in essential vocabulary on this topic. Detailes answer key included

UNIT 5 from out forthcoming book “Spanish Sentence Builders 2”

A ‘No snakes no ladders’ + an ‘Oral Ping-Pong’ + a ‘Pyramid Translation’ game on the perfect tense of ‘Aller’ + places in town. It also contains a set of Communicative drills with solution. All intended for the STRUCTURED PRODUCTION PHASE in the MARS EARS sequence

Sentence builder + vocab building + Pyramid Translation + No Snakes no ladders on talking about holidays and travel