French & Spanish resources for KS3, GCSE & A Level. Questions, issues or feedback? Get in touch via email: secondarymfl@gmail.com. I hope you find my resources useful and please leave a review if you can!
French & Spanish resources for KS3, GCSE & A Level. Questions, issues or feedback? Get in touch via email: secondarymfl@gmail.com. I hope you find my resources useful and please leave a review if you can!
Two worksheets to use in any lesson on health, diet or healthy living with answers. There are two challenging texts with vocabulary activities, exam-style questions and translation activities which recycle the key bits of language.
Answers included.
A translation worksheet on the topic of school subjects / my favourite subject. Six different translation exercises which recycle the same key language and introduce new linguistic items in a scaffolded way. The exercises are ramped in terms of difficulty and final activity is a plenary translation task into Spanish.
Answers included. Preview the quality of this resource with this free sample here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-mi-barrio-mi-ciudad-town-and-my-area-translation-worksheet-12398469
Consider purchasing a bundle of these resources for £3 here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-translation-worksheets-various-topics-12392700
Save 84% with this bundle of 20 resource packs, worth over £55, to help pupils to revise and prepare thoroughly for their Spanish GCSE.
This bundle includes some of my most popular resources, including:
Reading exam practice booklet with answers.
Translation exam practice booklet with answer.
A booklet of Grade 8/9 phrases for the writing exam with translation practice and answers.
2x Verb booklets practice with answers, targeting all key tenses.
A bank of key ideas to revise each topic for the speaking exam.
A pack of grammar gap-fill tasks, targeting verbs and adjectives with answers.
A resource to review, revise and master adjectival agreement.
A resource to review and perfect understanding and forming questions.
A speaking practice game for pupils to encourage spontaneous speaking.
A resource to master using GUSTAR and ‘gustar verbs’
A revision mat with key grade 8/9 constructions
Complete writing preparation for AQA higher tier, but with questions and model answers adaptable to all boards.
A shorter writing booket for Edexcel IGCSE but with translation tasks adaptable to any specification.
A translation game on the topic of school to boost spontaneous speaking skills.
A subjunctive structures writing mat
And more…!
Three worksheets and a quizlet (below) on the topic of ‘weather expressions’ in French to drill and perfect this key language point.
Resource 1: Introduces the ‘faire’ expressions, with exercises, and then the ‘il y a’ expressions. There is also a sentence builder, with si/quand, and a reading comprehension.
Resource 2: Reviews all weather expressions with match up , gap-fill & reordering activities followed by gapped-translation, translation into English and a mosaic translation introducing the immediate future.
Resource 3: GCSE Reading Comprehension on weather - ‘mets une lettre dans chaque case’
Answers included.
There is also a Quizlet link here with key weather vocabulary: https://quizlet.com/_8jfi3e?x=1qqt&i=2syx7b
A 6 page comprehensive topic booklet on ‘la vida sana’ to introduce this topic to pupils in a stand-alone lesson or lessons. It includes essential topic vocabulary, key structures, translation practice, reading practice, writing and more.
Answers included.
Save 83% with this bundle of 19 resource packs on the impact of tourism in Spain for A Level (Edexcel). There are enough new resources here to plan the entire unit. (At least 18 lessons).
The resources include all aspects of the topic:
The popularity of Spain as a tourist destination
Popular tourist destinations in Spain
The Economic Impact of Tourism in Spain
Impact of drinking tourism in Spain
Tourism in Benidorm: the positive & negative
The Environmental impact of Tourism in Spain
Mitigating the environmental impact in the Balearic Islands
Agrotourism/ ecotourism in Spain
Sustainable tourism in Spain
Subjunctive practice on this topic
Summary of advantages & disadvantages
Translation practice on this topic
2020: the impact of coronavirus on tourism in Spain
Mass tourism & more…
The resources include reading comprehensions, grammar activities and translations.
A standalone worksheet with practice on adjectival agreement for KS3/ GCSE revision. The work sheet introduces 20 key adjectives and then recycles them in various activities which focus on agreement too.
Answers included.
A stand alone lesson on future plans & jobs, revising the immediate future and pure future tenses. The two page worksheet has vocabulary task, matching up activities, reading practice and plenary translation. There is also a PowerPoint recapping the immediate and pure future tenses and pupils can use all of these resources to scaffold their own answers to the question “qué vas a hacer cuando seas mayor”.
Answers included.
A set of four standalone resources on the topic of free time and hobbies - mes passe-temps.
Resource 1: Introduction to hobbies: vocabulary, writing/speaking mat & translation to embed vocabulary
Resource 2: Reading: a GCSE style reading comprehension with key vocabulary search and reformulation translation tasks.
Resource 3: Grammar practice, reading and further translation practice
Resource 4: A GCSE style reading comprehension - a multiple-choice style question recycling vocabulary in the previous resources.
Format: Word document and PDF with answers.
An exam style text on ‘les familles recomposées’ in France to translate into English followed by reformulation translations into French, recycling the same vocabulary.
Suggested answers are also included and the text provides useful cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam too.
Four worksheets on the topic of Internet, communication and technology.
Resource 1: Introduces vocabulary for talking about the advantages and disadvantages of different types of technology with translation practice, a sentence builder and a reading comprehension.
Resource 2: This worksheet is on the risks and benefits of the Internet and staying safe online with vocabulary and translation exercises and two reading tasks.
Resource 3: This resource is on the topic of technology and communication and includes some verb gap-fill tasks and a short writing question with a model answer that contains errors to find.
Resource 4: This is a scaffolded longer writing question on Internet and technology with exercises to prepare for the task and revision of Grade 9 structures.
Format: Word Document and PDFs with answers.
A double-sided standalone resource to support pupils to talk and write about their ideal holidays using ‘je rêve de’, j’espère’ and some conditional sentences. It includes a review of how to say ‘to’ with countries/cities, expressions match up, translation practice, a sentence builder and a plenary reading comprehension.
Format: Word document and PDF with answers.
5 separate reading exam questions in the format of the AQA gap fill task from Paper 1. The texts are based on the following topics:
La famille en voie de changement - le mariage en france
La famille en voie de changement - le rôle des grands-parents
La “cyber-société” - Internet en France
La “cyber-société” - les dangers d’Internet
Les aspects positifs d’une société diverse - les Français au Canada
Format: Word documents & PDF with answers.
A standalone two-page resource to support KS3 pupils to describe the appearance of themselves and members of their family. It is scaffolded with vocabulary, reading and translation activities with a topic sentence builder.
Format: Word document and PDF with answers.
Save 88% with this bumper bundle of 20 resource packs worth over £32 individually, which include a series of lessons on healthy living and eating & drinking.
The resources include: vocabulary activities, writing mats, translation practice into Spanish & English and reading comprehensions. Some ‘free’ resources are also included, so you can preview the quality of the resources.
Bundle contents:
Reading comprehensions on healthy living
A reading, vocabulary and grammar pack on the topic of healthy living
Activities of food, eating and the grammar point ‘soler’
An introduction to key food & drink vocabulary
A writing/ speaking mat on food and drink
A writing/ speaking mat on healthy living
Scaffolded writing task with a model answers on this topic
A translation pack, into Sp and Eng.
Resources on smoking & cigarettes
Food & Drink Translation Game & Practice
Food & Drink and the Future Tense Practice
Body parts & injury resources
And more…
Save 82% with this set of 20 scaffolded writing resources, worth over £27 for pupils to hone their writing skills for GCSE Spanish.
These resources will provide support, scaffolding and model answers for pupils to improve their writing.
These are useful for revision and to use during the course to hone writing technique and to encourage pupils to use a wide range of structures in their work.
There are some free resources to inspect to get a sense of the quality before purchasing the bundle.
Contents:
My GCSE structures revision list with translation practice
A revision mat of Grade 9 writing constructions
A scaffolded writing task on holidays
A writing task on free time/ shopping
A writing task on healthy living
A writing task on household chores
A writing task on school
Three writing tasks on the environment
A writing task on media and technology
A writing task on future plans
A writing task on food & drink
A writing task on transport
A writing task on house & home
Free resources included:
A writing task on a visit to a school match
A writing task on my family
A writing task on sport & health
A resource for building a range of language
A resource for GCSE French on the topic of illnesses and sickness that will help pupils to speak and write about their health, symptoms and solutions. There are reading activities and lots of translation using the avoir expressions: avoir mal/ envie/ besoin/ faim/ soif/ chaud/ l’air etc.
There is also a writing task and model answer for pupils to complete before attempting their own.
Answers included.
A standalone resource to introduce pupils to the topic of racism in Spain with vocabulary, reading and translation activities. There are also key cultural references to refer to in the speaking exam.
Format: Word document and PDF with answers.
A standalone resource to allow pupils to discuss and write about the advantages and disadvantages of the Internet. There are three activities: classifying statements as advantages/ disadvantages, a vocabulary hunt and plenary translation. Pupils could then use this resource and their work to answer the title question: ¿cuáles son las ventajas y desventajas de Internet?
Answers included.
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Save 74% with this bundle of resources to support pupils to talk and write about their future plans and work experience in Spanish.
The bundle has 14 resource packs that include:
A stand alone lesson on the future tense and its formation, with practice
Key future tense verb practice
A sentence builder on this topic with key vocabulary & translation
Various worksheets on jobs & justifications with reading, translation and vocabulary
Writing scaffolds and a longer writing task
Work experience scaffolds and reading tasks
Translation practice with a range of tense on this topic