Languages on a Plate is dedicated to making outstanding language teaching resources so that teachers have more time to do their job the best they can. We also run CPD sessions.
Languages on a Plate is dedicated to making outstanding language teaching resources so that teachers have more time to do their job the best they can. We also run CPD sessions.
Lesson in the Present Tense for Christmas - activities can be split across multiple lessons.
Lesson includes:
Games (battle ships, verb conjugation spinning wheel)
Audio activities
Reading activities
Grammar activities
Video link
Focus is on the Present Tense, so it is accessible for most learners. Can naturally be adapted to teach other grammar points.
Ideal for key stage 3
Learning intention: to describe your teachers
Learning outcomes:
Recap of school subjects with comparatives
Learn vocabulary to describe teachers
Compare your teachers
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to describe your boss and co-workers)
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of jobs and verbs related to jobs
Learn adjectives to describe people at work
Give a full description of someone’s job, what they do, where they work and what their boss is like
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to describe how you use your phone
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of the Present Tense
Learn vocabulary related to phone use
Express how you use your phone
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to describe your fashion style
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Recap of colours
Learn vocabulary related to clothes
Describe what clothes you like
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to describe what chores you do
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of Present Tense
Learn vocabulary related to chores
Express what chores you do
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to describe your weekend in different tenses
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of daily routine and leisure verbs
Recap Preterite and Near Future + learn reflexive verbs in the Near Future
Write about your weekend - mixed practice (past, present + future)
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to describe your daily routine yesterday
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of your daily routine
Daily routine in the Preterite
Write about your daily routine yesterday
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to express what you normally eat
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of describing food
Introduction to the verb “soler” in the Present and other boot verbs
Describe what you normally have for each meal
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to express what you ate yesterday
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of food vocabulary
Recap of the Preterite
Write what you ate yesterday
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to describe food
Learning outcomes:
Recap of food vocabulary
Introduction to adjectives related to food and the difference between ser/estar
Describe why you like a certain type of food
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Lesson includes:
Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to say where you are going to go on holiday
Learning outcomes:
Recap of places (mountains/sea, etc.)
Introduction to the Near Future (I’m going to go)
Write a text saying where you are going to go no holiday
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to learn the core words for food in Spanish
Learning outcomes:
Recap of gustar verbs
Learn core food vocabulary
Express what you like to eat
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Lesson includes:
Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Lesson 5/5 out of Languages on a Plate’s module: Sustainable Living, which has a focus on the topic of environment in addition to being able to describe changes in your town/area.
This lesson builds on the knowledge from the previous 4 lessons in the module (which can be bought as a bundle), but it also introduces the Present Perfect Tense.
Learning intention: to express how your town has changed recently using the Present Perfect Tense
Learning outcomes:
Recap of town vocabulary
Introduction to the Present Perfect Tense
Write how your town was, what they have done to change it, and what it is like now
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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(Slide order)
Starter - double translation focusing on the Imperfect and Present Tenses in relation to town
Objectives
Town vocabulary game
Translation match up - Present Tense town vocabulary (to reinforce knowledge)
Grammar conversion of sentences in slide 4 into Imperfect Tense
Objectives recap
Grammar tense and time reference identifier
Introduce the Present Perfect with vocabulary
Explicit introduction to Present Perfect Tense (explanation) (until slide 21)
10.Grammar gap fill - Present Perfect practice
Objectives
Translations using the Present Perfect (Sp to En, then En to Sp)
Pre-listening vocabulary (high-level vocabulary)
Reflexive verbs in Present Perfect note (before listening)
Listening activity with audio embedded
Reading activity - Present Perfect identification, vocabulary search and comprehension (who) questions
Objectives
Plenary - class modelled writing to the hinge question (title of the lesson)
YouTube closing video for added vocabulary and seeing all of the content together.
We also have a Quizlet vocabualry list for the content of the lesson in our Spanish Steps 3 Folder.
Learning intention: to express how we can help the environment
Learning outcomes:
Brief recap of environment vocab (nouns)
Introduction to verbs for helping the environment (use with “se debe” and “se puede”)
Write how we can help the environment
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Game
Written texts
Audio for listening activity
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to give health advice and learn other illness/ailments
Learning outcomes:
Recap of health vocabulary (and learn some new terms)
Use “debería” and other Conditional structures with health and ailments
Express what one should do in a medical emergency
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Game
Written texts
Recorded audios for listening activities
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to express what you were doing when you injured yourself
Learning outcomes:
Recap of Preterite
Learn “estaba” + “ando/iendo” structure
Express what you were doing when you injured yourself
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Written texts
Recorded audios for listening activities
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to express where you hurt
Learning outcomes:
Recap of verbs of opinion
Learn vocabulary for body parts and “me duele”
Express where you have pain
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Game
Written texts
Recorded audios for listening activities
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to express what you do to keep fit
Learning outcomes:
Recap of sports (in the Present and recognising in other tenses)
Identify why it is important to keep fit
Express what you do to keep fit
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Game
Written texts
Recorded audios for listening activities
Video with listening activity