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Spanish All About Me
Basic personal information
A mini book to write about yourself. Fold the A4 or A3 sheet over to make the booklet. Page numbers are given.
Answer the questions and illustrate.
Vocabulary covered:
name
age
siblings
where you live
Could make a good revision starter, consolidation of writing or home work.
A useful classroom wall display in Spanish. WYSIWYG! 51 pages. Print in colour on A4 and cut to the shapes. Organise the words under the correct word type heading and use the images to help understanding. They can then be used during lessons by students and you as the teacher can draw your attention to them to show how to improve speaking and writing skills.
A useful classroom wall display in French. WYSIWYG! Print in colour on A4 and cut to the shapes. Organise the words under the correct word type heading and use the images to help understanding. They can then be used during lessons by students and you as the teacher can draw your attention to them to show how to improve speaking and writing skills.
French Personal Information
Snakes and Ladders game.
Vocabulary covered:
name
age
numbers to 100
personal qualities and faults
alphabet
first and third person singular of avoir and être
hair/eyes
comment dit-on / qu’est-ce que c’est / anglais/français/il, elle est comment/et/mais/pour avancer/conte/décris/quelles sont/
Should help with speaking. Perhaps put help on the whiteboard (e.g. comment dit-on if the learners are not familiar with it).
I’ve put a PPT version here as well so you could play it as a class with it on the IWB.
Viva 1 Module 1 U1-5 Mi Vida
Spanish Snakes and Ladders Game
Viva 1 Module 1 consolidation
A lively and interactive Spanish game for your young learners to use their Viva 1 Module 1 language. Involves vocabulary recall and translation Spanish-English, English-Spanish plus answering and asking questions.
Covers the topics in this unit as per the text book. It’s a good way to consolidate what they might have learnt in a fun way. Here’s a reminder of the framework/questions…
Saludos
¿Qué tipo de persona eres?
Mi pasión es
¿Tienes hermanos?
¿Cuántos años tienes?
¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
¿Tienes mascotas?
Los colores
High-frequency words
Numbers
Colours
Apologies: noticed one word mistake in box 34. I’ll fix that as soon as I can… in the meantime, you can use it for learners to “find the mistake”!!
A two page French “test” for reading and writing. Good for Y7 once covered name, age, pets, hair, eyes, j’habite, opinions or as a low ability test for Y8 for recapping/consolidation. Mainly gapfill and matching but does have an open writing on the second page.
Spanish -¿Cómo es tu barrio?
A PowerPoint to introduce the adjectives to describe your neighbourhood.
The first few slides introduce the vocabulary and are followed by activities which can be done to develop skills with them.
There is an accompanying PowerPoint which contains the activities without graphics or backgrounds so that you can use these for handouts to print. There are two slides of each so you can print two per page of A4.
Activities include:
One pen, one dice
Missing words
Broken words
Faulty translation
Four in a row game
Vocabulary:
¿cómo es tu barrio?
mi barrio (no) es
bonito/bonita
feo/fea
limpio/limpia
sucio/sucia
tranquilo/tranquila
ruidoso/ruidosa
interesante
aburrido/aburrida
moderno/moderna
turístico/turística
industrial
animado/animada
pintoresco/pintoresca
descuidado/descuidada
precioso/preciosa
viejo/vieja
anciado/anciada
(no) es
más/menos que
Bastante/muy/extremadamente
Viva 1 M1 U1.1-1.2
Board Game
A simple board game covering the Viva 1 Modules shown.
Learners work their way around the board - dice needed! - from start to finish by stating the correct answers on each square. There are questions from the units to answer in Spanish and simple vocabulary translations into English.
Vocab’ covered:
fenomenal/bien/regular/fatal/genial/estupendo
mi héroe es
sincero/a
tímido/a
tranquilo/a
divertido/a
tonto/a
serio/a
simpático/a
generoso/a
soy/eres/es
(no) soy
vivo en
¿Cómo te llamas?
¿Dónde vives?
¿Qué tal?
¿Qué tipo de persona eres?
A couple of puzzles to explore directions vocabulary in Spanish. One wordsearch, one crossword.
Language covered:
¿para ir a…? How do you get to …?
pase go past
hasta up to
cruce cross
siga carry on
tome take
suba go up
baje go down
tuerza turn
todo recto straight on
al final de la calle to the end of the street
está lejos/¿está lejos? it’s far/is it far?
la primera calle the first street
la segunda calle the second street
la tercera calle the third street
a la derecha to the right
a la izquierda to the left
los semáforos at the traffic lights
la rotonda the roundabout
la plaza the square
French Halloween Vocabulary
Differentiated worksheet on basic Halloween vocabulary in French.
Scroll across the “preview and details” to see what’s included. I’ve also listed the activities here:
p2— learners have the TL vocabulary given and must match to the pictures
p3— learners look up the TL vocabulary themselves for each image
p4— learners work out the jumbled TL vocabulary for each image
p5— learners use the clues given to work out the TL vocabulary for each image which is jumbled
p6— answers
It’s the same vocabulary items each time:
hibou/fantôme/squelette/sorcière/momie/chauve-souris/monstre/lanterne/citrouille/araignée/toile d’araignée
Have a look at my other Halloween resources in French and Spanish here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-en-fran-ais-12000322
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-spanish-vocabulary-11760068
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Spanish Dónde Vives
KS3 Where do you live vocab’ - casa/piso/aparamento/centro/afueras/bloque etc.
Lots of games and activities, teacher-led, pairs, whole class to build confidence in the ‘dónde vives’ vocabulary (types of house/where in town/adjectives/opinions).
This fits well with Listos 1 Module 4 but have a look at the vocabulary as it will fit with other textbooks or can be used on its own.
Here’s a summary of what you get:
A 63 page PowerPoint with vocabulary list .
Stars to represent difficulty but these are only as a guide as you will know your learners best.
PDF copies of just the activities so you don’t need to trawl through the PPT for them
Activities around the vocabulary:
Delayed Copying
One Pen, One Dice copying activities
Sentence Stealers games
Battleships game
Ping-Pong game
Find Your Match
Error
No Snakes, No Ladders game
Chunks. Translations using a grid of vocabulary chunks
First Letter Translations
Vocabulary list (bilingual in the resource):
adosada
afueras
animado
antiguo
apartamento
bloque
bonito
bungaló
campo
capital
casa
castillo
centro
ciudad
costa
desierto
doble
donde
en
feo/a
finca
granja
individual
industrial
junto a
me encanta
me gusta
moderno
montañas
mucho/muchos/mucha/muchas
no me gusta
piso
porque
pueblo
que se llama
río
sierra
sin embargo
también
tranquilo
vives
vivimos
vivir
vivo
voy a
y
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and other resource along this theme:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-d-nde-vives-12399238
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-directions-12399509
French:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-name-age-pets-hair-where-i-live-test-12187608
Looking to bulk out your French personal information scheme of work and aid consolidation of vocabulary and structures? This French Personal Information Puzzle Pack is what you need. Covering personal information vocabulary presented attractively using a variety of puzzles, these are accessible activities for all your learners.
Useful features
Studio 1 Unit 1 compatible
can be used for distance learning
handy as homework
works well for revision
can be used as cover work
bilingual vocabulary list included
answers included
accessible activities
What’s included?
This French puzzle pack is based on vocabulary from Studio 1 Unit 1
(e.g. animaux
araignées
capoeira
chats
chiens
cinéma
consoles de jeux
danse
foot
gâteaux
hard rock
injustice
insectes
jeux vidéo)
but would work well as a stand-alone booklet for revision or cover as the vocabulary is included. Alternatively, you as the teacher could print sheets as starter activities or homework.
Here’s a summary of what you get:
A 25 page booklet including vocabulary list.
Puzzles include wordsearches, jumbled words, crosswords, crack the code and more.
Answers
Here’s the complete list of the French vocabulary (a full bilingual list is included in the pack):
animaux
araignées
capoeira
chats
chiens
cinéma
consoles de jeux
danse
foot
gâteaux
hard rock
injustice
insectes
jeux vidéo
livres
musique
mangas
maths
pizzas
poésie
racisme
rap
reggae
reptiles
roller
rugby
skate
spaghettis
sport
tecktonik
télé
tennis
théâtre
voyages
violence
weekends
Les opinions
j’aime
je n’aime pas
Tu aimes…?
il/elle aime
Oui, j’aime ça.
Non, je n’aime pas ça.
Tu es d’accord?
Je suis d’accord.
Je ne suis pas d’accord.
C’est…
génial
cool
bien
ennuyeux
nul
essentiel
important
Ce n’est pas bien.
Moi et les autres
je suis
je ne suis pas
tu es
il/elle s’appelle
il/elle est
beau/belle
branché(e)
charmant(e)
cool
curieux/curieuse
de taille moyenne
drôle
généreux/généreuse
gentil(le)
grand(e)
impatient(e)
intelligent(e)
modeste
petit(e)
poli(e)
Les yeux et les cheveux
j’ai
tu as
il/elle a
mon ami(e) a
J’ai les yeux bleus/verts/gris/marron.
J’ai les cheveux longs/courts/mi-longs.
frisés/raides
blonds/bruns/noirs/roux
Les mots essentiels
et
aussi
mais
très
assez
toujours
Qu’est-ce que…?
Qui…?
Spanish Halloween
Distance Learning, cover pack, starters, homework pack in Spanish.
This versatile pack can be used in a variety of ways. It covers basic Spanish vocabulary for Halloween. There are wordsearches, sodoku and other puzzles. Here are the words included:
araña
bruja
calabaza
caramelos
calavera
disfraz
dragón
dulce
embrujado
escalofriante
escoba
esqueleto
extraterrestre
fantasma
fiesta
gato negro
gigante
horror
hombre lobo
lápida
lechuza
magia
maquillaje
mascara
misterioso
momia
monstruo
murciélago
ogro
tela de araña
trol
tumba
vampiro
The words are recycled throughout so you can use the sheets to develop confidence with the vocabulary by using sheets separately as starters or activities each lesson or send the complete pack home for independent study.
French LES PASSE-TEMPS/LES LOISIRS (hobbies)
No prep’ for you!
Studio1 Module3 support booklet
or standalone French free time booklet as vocab’ included
Here’s a summary of what you get:
A 47 page booklet
20 activity pages for your learners
Comprehensive bilingual vocabulary list
Answers for all sheets (except longer writing task)
This booklet is based on vocabulary from Studio 1 Module 3 but would work well as a stand-alone booklet for revision or cover as the vocabulary is included. Alternatively, you as the teacher could print sheets as starter activities or homework.
Here are other hobbies resources I have made:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/passe-temps-pr-f-r-11548796
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/les-passe-temps-11554898
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sondage-les-passe-temps-11498567
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quel-est-ton-passe-temps-pr-f-r-11554918
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/les-passe-temps-activit-s-en-groupes-11502927
Here’s the vocabulary included in this distance learning pack:
Les ordinateurs et les portables
Qu’est-ce que tu fais …
avec ton ordinateur?
avec ton portable?
Je joue.
Je surfe sur Internet.
Je tchatte sur MSN.
Je regarde des clips vidéo.
Je télécharge de la musique.
J’envoie des SMS.
Je parle avec mes ami(e)s/mes copains/mes copines.
J’envoie des e-mails.
La fréquence
quelquefois
souvent
tous les jours
tous les soirs
tout le temps
de temps en temps
une fois par semaine
deux fois par semaine
Le sport
Je joue …
au basket
au billard
au foot(ball)
au hockey
au rugby
au tennis
au tennis de table/au ping-pong
au volleyball
à la pétanque/aux boules
sur la wii
Tu es sportif/sportive?
Je suis (assez) sportif/sportive.
Je ne suis pas (très) sportif/sportive.
Mon sportif/Ma sportive préféré(e) est
Qu’est-ce que tu fais?
Je fais du judo.
Je fais du parkour.
Je fais du patin à glace.
Je fais du roller.
Je fais du skate.
Je fais du vélo.
Je fais de la danse.
Je fais de la gymnastique
Je fais de la natation.
Je fais de l’équitation.
Je fais des promenades.
Quand?
en été
en hiver
quand il fait beau
quand il fait chaud
quand il pleut
quand il fait froid
Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire?
le soir/le weekend
le samedi matin/après-midi/soir
J’aime …
… retrouver mes amis en ville.
… regarder la télévision (la télé).
… jouer sur ma PlayStation.
… écouter de la musique.
… faire les magasins.
… faire du sport.
… jouer au football.
… traîner avec mes copains.
… téléphoner à mes copines.
Qu’est-ce qu’ils font?
Il fait de la lutte.
Elle fait du jogging.
Elle a gagné le match.
Il est champion régional.
Elle s’entraîne (trois) fois par semaine.
Ils font de la musculation.
Elles écoutent de la musique.
Ils jouent au foot.
Elles regardent la télé.
Ils sont des clowns.
Elles aiment le R&B.
Les mots essentiels
sur
en (été)
quand
tout/toute/tous/toutes
par (deux fois par semaine)
d’habitude
d’abord
ensuite
puis
In no time at all, liven up French quantities (kg/litre/slice/packet/box/tin/can/carton) for grocery shopping. Fits well with Studio 3 Vert Module 3. An uncomplicated work booklet or separate sheets, this resource is just what you need. Accessible worksheets will help your learners to get the vocabulary to stick. Activities include word matching, reading, wordsearch and a whole class bingo. Answers included.
Vocabulary
une bouteille de – a bottle of
six tranches de – six slices of
une brique de – a carton of
un pot de – a pot of
un paquet de – a packet of
deux cent grammes de – 200g of
une boîte de – a box of
un bocal de – a jar of
un kilo de – a kilo of
un litre de – a litre of
un demi-kilo de – half a kilo of
cinq cent grammes de – 500g of
une canette de – a can of (soda)
un demi-litre de – half a litre of
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Your learners will love this multi-purpose booklet for St. Valentine’s Day. 10 French Valentine’s activities including word matching, hidden word puzzle, sticky notes reading, secret codes…a truly engaging work booklet. Learners will be expected to research vocabulary independently to complete tasks, but a list is given to cover Valentine’s Day in French which includes amour/chocolat/adorer/cœur/chéri(e)/aimer/cupidon/rose/bague/destin/fleurs/rouge/hibou/fête/siècle/célébrer/foncé/clair/colorier/comme tu veux/violet/forme/palome/autres/est mort/devenu(e)/exprimer. That way you can build your learners’ vocabulary by completing the given tasks and also using the vocabulary list for other activities such as Valentine’s cards or display work.
This is a flexible learning booklet for your students to learn vocabulary for Valentine’s Day, building on the Year 7 work booklet but will work if they haven’t completed this before. A bilingual vocabulary list is included and answer pages where appropriate. Actvities are varied, with a focus on comprehension skills and vocabulary research.
amour
chocolat
adorer
cœur
chéri(e)
aimer
cupidon
rose
bague
destin
fleurs
rouge
hibou
fête
siècle
célébrer
foncé/clair
colorier
comme tu veux
violet
forme
palome
autres
est mort
devenu(e)
exprimer
envoyer
bonbons
entre eux
offrir
commencer
carte de vœux
apr. j.c.
flèche
calin
affection
ventre
flamme
folie
timidité
rêver
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French Personal Information ID Cards
An engaging, fun 60 page resource (including cover pages, TOU and instructions)
lots of activity pages for your learners which you can assign carefully according to ability, based on reading and writing skills
Each page has jolly Christmas characters. We use their ‘cartes d’identité’ to discover lots about them and then use it as a basis for 1st person and/or 3rd person writing using personal information.
Vocabulary is based on simple personal information but learners may need a little research on some items (e.g. beignets)
Language covered:
first name/last name/birthday (number/month)/where they live/siblings/pets/likes and dislikes
This Distance Learning Pack can be used from home but equally would work well as printables for consolidation or revision of personal information. It could be used for cover lessons if you as the class teacher have already covered the basics. Alternatively, you as the teacher could print or assign sheets as bell tasks or homework.
Answers are included
The first 6 cards are in colour, then they are repeated in black and white. There are also A5 versions. You could print and laminate the A5 ones and use them as permanent resources and perhaps use them in conjunction with the question sheets.
Further development: Once learners have filled in their own carte d’identité they could use 3rd person to write about a classmate.
Looking to love a resource? You’ll definitely love this multi-purpose learning booklet for St. Valentine’s Day in French. 10 French Valentine’s Day activities including a song, poems, word matching, text message reading…a truly engaging work booklet. Learners will be expected to research vocabulary independently to complete tasks, but a list is given to cover Valentine’s Day which includes amour/chocolat/adorer/cœur/chéri(e)/aimer/cupidon/rose/bague/destin/fleurs/rouge/hibou/fête/siècle/célébrer/foncé/clair/colorier/comme tu veux/violet/forme/palome/autres/est mort/devenu(e)/exprimer. That way you can build your learners’ vocabulary by completing the given tasks and also using the vocabulary list for other activities such as Valentine’s cards or display work.
This is a flexible learning booklet for your students to learn vocabulary for Valentine’s Day, building on the Year 7 and 8 work booklets but will work if they haven’t completed those before. A bilingual vocabulary list is included plus extra vocabulary when needed and answer pages where appropriate. Actvities are varied, with a focus on sentence level skills and vocabulary research.
amour
chocolat
adorer
cœur
chéri(e)
aimer
cupidon
rose
bague
destin
fleurs
rouge
hibou
fête
siècle
célébrer
foncé/clair
colorier
comme tu veux
violet
forme
palome
autres
est mort
devenu(e)
exprimer
envoyer
bonbons
entre eux
offrir
commencer
carte de vœux
apr. j.c.
flèche
calin
affection
ventre
flamme
folie
timidité
rêver
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Love ready-made resources? This is a great multi-purpose booklet for St. Valentine’s Day in French. 10 Jour de Saint-Valentin activities including a variety of word puzzles, future reading comprehension, secret codes, describe the picture…a truly engaging booklet. Learners will be expected to research vocabulary independently to complete tasks, but a list is given to cover Valentine’s Day which includes amour/chocolat/adorer/cœur/chéri(e)/aimer/cupidon/rose/bague/destin/fleurs/rouge/hibou/fête/siècle/célébrer/foncé/clair/colorier/comme tu veux/violet/forme/palome/autres/est mort/devenu(e)/exprimer. That way you can build your learners’ vocabulary by completing the given tasks and also using the vocabulary list for other activities such as Valentine’s cards or display work.
This is a flexible learning booklet for your Year 10 students to learn vocabulary for Valentine’s Day, building on the Year 7, 8 and 9 work booklets but will work if they haven’t completed those before. A bilingual vocabulary list is included plus extra vocabulary when needed and answer pages where appropriate. Actvities are varied, with some focus on higher level skills such as reading, writing and vocabulary research.
amour
chocolat
adorer
cœur
chéri(e)
aimer
cupidon
rose
bague
destin
fleurs
rouge
hibou
fête
siècle
célébrer
foncé/clair
colorier
comme tu veux
violet
forme
palome
autres
est mort
devenu(e)
exprimer
envoyer
bonbons
entre eux
offrir
commencer
carte de vœux
apr. j.c.
flèche
calin
affection
ventre
flamme
folie
timidité
rêver
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French hobbies game, jeu de l’oie
Use this game about hobbies in French (fits well with Studio 1, Module 3) to promote speaking and even writing and listening. Full instructions given plus dice and spinner templates. I have also included further ideas for development.
The language in this game is as follows:
je joue au ping-pong
nous jouons sur la Wii
j’aime écouter de la musique
je n’aime pas faire les magasins
nous jouons au volleyball
nous surfons sur internet
je fais du jogging trois fois par semaine
j’envoie des SMS
elle regarde des clips vidéo
j’envoie des e-mails
tu es sportif/sportive?
je fais du judo
ils jouent sur la Playstation
quand il fait beau je fais de l’équitation
je fais du vélo
je fais du patin à glace
je fais du skate
quand il fait froid je regarde la télé
je déteste jouer au ping-pong
je n’aime pas jouer sur mon portable
je joue au foot deux fois par semaine
j’adore faire du parkour
ils font de la lutte
quand il pleut je parle avec mes ami(e)s/copains/copines
je fais une (des) promenade(s)
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