Sentence builder to make short but correct (!) sentences about having animals/pets. Uses all of avoir in the present tense plus negative and j’avais. I made this for my year 7 lower ability to do as an independent task. They are asked to write about their own pets at the end.

A collection of work sheets on the topic of holidays (where I go, what I take) and then past holidays with an emphasis on the perfect tense 8 sheets (plus one Foundation version for differentiation) Sentence builders, narrow reading, improving a text to support Higher writing For me the idea was to teach the perfect tense phrases as chunks of vocabulary THEN follow up with a grammar explanation

A narrow translation on the topic of the environment covering basic things you do to save the planet (I save energy, I recycle etc) and answer sheet Plus a battleships grid using modal verbs to say what we have to do in order to help the planet

French KS3 sports and how often you do them plus how long you have been doing them using depuis Variety of worksheets including grids for battleships or listening activities where the teacher makes sentences and students shade the relevant squares. Sentence builders, paragraph activities and a higher activity based on replacing words or chunks in the text. I made the sheets to support Allez 1 8.1 but they could be used for general sports or GCSE sport - they cover the topic

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future tense worksheet - métro 4 unit 4 - you will have to change the names!

A worksheet designed to build vocabulary on the topic of poverty. Can be set for homework or cover. Fill in the English, then fill in the French (recycling the words). Put vocab into categories.

This is a Spanish worksheet for low ability students to help them write an accurate paragraph about where they live. Firstly there are two model paragraphs that are translated. Students spot the mistakes and highlight them. Then students highlight the useful parts of the model paragraph. Finally they copy the bits they highlighted and (hopefully) insert their own answers. Once they have a good paragraph I suggest they copy it into the outline of a house (easily found online), colour it and that makes a nice display, a little village of paragraphs.

Guided translation to support translation talking about a past holiday. Translate from French into English. Gapfill: put the words into very similar sentences and translate into English Translate from English into French

Two guided Spanish sentence builders: one chores and the frequency you do them, the second on opinions of chores using modals. English sentences to translate orally and in writing. A basic writing strip to follow so the students can write a short paragraph. I go through the sentence builder - I read some sentences that they can write or orally translate. Students work in pairs or small groups to take it in turns to say the sentences out loud. I usually follow this by getting students to write down some of the sentences. Finally they can construct a short paragraph using the writing strip (could be next lesson as a starter?) to help them.

An easy sheet with basic vocabulary to express what you do on the internet and how often. Start by filling in the English for some vocabulary then fill in the Spanish. There is a sentence builder which I use to do a few dictation activities (ie I say a sentence out loud and they use the sentence builder to write it down) then the students translate some sentences into English using the sentence builder. Next the students use the sentence builder to translate sentences into Spanish. As a follow up I ask students to write a para about their own internet use.

A clear test set out in 5 sections; conditional endings, regular verbs, irregular verbs, translate sentences into English, translate sentences into French. Could use the first page as a diagnostic with sixth formers before teaching the conditional. Vocab in the translations is from the topic of volunteering. Answer sheet also given so that you can display it on screen for swap and mark or for them to fill in correct answers, learn it and then do a retest.

GCSE French powerpoints for quickfire testing. Snippets of grammar. A very short snippet, phrase or word to translate and then the answer on the next slide. Designed to be quick and low stakes. Students write answers on mini white boards and hold up. Answers could also be given orally or just written as a list in books. English to French too hard? Do the powerpoint backwards! I use my clicker to change slides quickly. These are ones I’ve used with my own classes. There is a foundation (or easier) version and a higher (or harder) version. I use this activity again and again with the same slides (they get better at it). It’s a starter or a good time filler if you have a few minutes and want to get some energy back in the room. I do 10 minutes worth and then stop wherever I got to (or it gets boring). I use the same one for year 9, 10 and 11. It’s not pretty but it’s effective.

Sentence builder showing the full verb vouloir plus negatives (je ne veux pas, je ne veux jamais) and activities. Students use the sentence builder to write sentences and make suggestions about going out. First ex is completely sourced from the sentence builder, the next ex is similar but has some easy additions from pre-learnt material (days of the week, family members). On the second page there are 5 model conversations suggesting activities and accepting / declining. Students pick out what is suggested, when etc. Finally they are invited to write their own similar to the examples.

Student use the writing frame to write a letter to their favourite teacher. We have completed the topic of school subjects, saying why you like them etc. This is an end of topic activity. Students write a letter in their book to their favourite teacher (they cannot pick me!). I check it. Then they write it SUPER neatly onto writing paper - I buy some cute paper and envelopes for this but you could just use coloured paper, ask them to illustrate it or whatever. The point is it is hand written and neat and nicely presented. My favourite part: I put the completed letter into the pigeon hole of the teacher. I don’t explain what it is. So the teachers get a French reading activity to do as well!

Exercises and ideas to reinforce the French GCSE topic of environment A battleships game to play in pairs, a teacher reads out sentences listening as modelling activity and a writing sentences about recycling and frequency. Put together would make a nice lesson.

Saying what there is in your school (toilets, lockers, classrooms etc) Students have the sheet and complete activities while you read the teacher sheet to provide the listening

I think the 2023 Higher paper will have a question about Customs and Festivals in the 150 words section, based on looking at which topics they have asked in recent years. Students see what an answer might look like then use my examples to write their own version Answer given

A collection of sheets and activities I use to teach year 7 Spanish weather phrases, extending into adding activities, recapping places and family members. Basic, simple consolidation. I made these for a low ability group but have also used them with higher achievers as reinforcement.

Talking about a holiday using past and future. Covers countries, transport, activities and opinions. Some teacher led activities, battleships grid, reading and translation, sentence builders.