This 3-page file includes:
~A handout that explains the different prepositions used in English for time depending on the situation with sentence examples. (in/at/during/ago/last etc.)
~A worksheet with 17 fill in the blank sentences to test the knowledge.
~Answer key.
Level: Beginner
This 3-page file includes:
~A French biography on the famous French artist. It discusses his early education, founding of impressionism, style of painting and later life. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet with 10 reading comprehension questions in French.
~Answer key.
Level: French 2+ (Uses present and past tenses)
This 3-page file includes:
~A handout that explains the different prepositions used in English for transportation depending on the situation with sentence examples. (in/on/by/to etc.)
~A worksheet with 16 fill in the blank sentences to test the students’ knowledge.
~Answer key.
Level: Beginner
This 3-page file includes:
~A French biography on the famous French singer Édith Piaf. It discusses her family background, early career, famous songs as well as her relationships and family life. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet with 10 reading comprehension questions in French.
~Answer key.
Level: Uses present and past tenses
This 3-page file includes:
~A short biography on the life of Barack Obama, the first African-American president. It discusses his family background, education, marriage and family, as well as the highlights of his political career.
~A worksheet with 9 comprehension questions based on the reading.
~Answer key.
This 4-page file includes
~A 2-page handout on all uses of the genitive case:
• to show possession
• with nonspecific time expressions
• with certain prepositions
• after collective nouns or nouns showing proportion
• with certain adjectives
• with certain verbs
• with certain idioms
~12 translation sentences to practice this case.
~Answer key.
Level: Advanced
This 3-page file includes:
~A reading in which a teacher asks all her students how they are feeling today, the students answer with a variety of expressions using: Ich fühle mich, mir ist, ich bin etc. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet based on the reading where students need to write down how each person in the class is feeling so students learn to talk about people in the third person. They must also identify if it is a positive or negative emotion or condition.
~Answer key.
Activity idea: After reading the script together, have students discuss how they are feeling today and why.
Level: present tense only
This short German reading has the descriptions of 3 people including physical appearance (eye color, height, hair) clothes and personality.
Followed by 8 short answer questions and a short writing section for students to describe themselves and how they like to dress.
Level: Beginner
Answer key included.
This 3-page file includes:
~A reading about Claudia an 18-year-old high school student. The reading includes numerous present tense verbs for students to see in context. The reading is followed by 8 reading comprehension questions.
~The same reading with the verb endings missing for students to fill in for practice of third person singular/plural (-t/-et-en).
~Answer key.
This 3-page file includes:
~An Italian language biography of the famous education Maria Montessori. It includes a paragraph each on: her early life, her education, feminist work, her education system, her death and legacy.
~With 6 reading comprehension questions.
~Answer Key.
This 5-page file includes:
~A handout explaining how to use da- and wo- compounds in German with examples in both languages.
~A one page handout of 35 common dative phrasal verbs
~A one page handout of 35 common accusative phrasal verbs.
~A worksheet with 22 sentences to practice.
~Answer key
Level: B1/B2
This reading is in the present tense and features a family from Colorado traveling back to Bolivia to visit extended family. It describes how the family spends time at the airport and on the flight.
Students are introduced to a lot of travel related vocabulary through an extensive glossary. After completion, students are required to answer 7 reading comprehension questions in Spanish.
Answer Key included.
This one page worksheet reviews formal command forms and shows how to give directions in German. This is may be used as a partner activity.
The worksheet includes 3 parts:
Matching
Reading a short dialogue
Writing a short dialogue
Includes answer key
This 8-page file includes:
~3 pages explaining how to determine gender in German, based on both word endings and word groupings - with examples of each and common exceptions!
~1 practice section on determining word gender
~2 pages explaining how to determine plurals in German
~1 practice section on determining plurals
~Answer key (2 pgs)
This 3-page file includes:
~A funny reading, three friends are trying to make plans together but Carola has an objection to everything! This reading incorporates numerous examples of idiomatic expressions with haben. Includes a glossary of new vocabulary and six true/false reading comprehension questions in English to ensure comprehension.
~The same reading with the idioms highlighted for students to see in context.
~ Answer key.
Activity idea: have students underline all the expressions with haben they find in the story and then have students make their own sentences with the new expressions!
This 4-page file is designed for beginners of Spanish and includes:
~A worksheet complete with activities done by a student named Maria. Students must answer questions such as what activities are done on what days of the week.
~A worksheet for students to complete in class or for homework where they fill in their activities in the yo-form.
~Students then tell their conversation partner which activities they enjoy doing and their partner must switch the verb form from yo to the third person singular to fill in the third page. Students may hand this in for homework or report back to the class out loud on what the person does.
~Answer key.
Level: Beginnner
Editable word file.
This 4-page file includes:
~1 worksheet that has students filling in adjective endings in German. It includes practice for all the cases with gap fill exercises for both short sentences and a dialogue between two friends out shopping for clothing.
~1 Handout with over 75 common adjectives in German and English
~Adjective Declension Charts (Unpreceded, Adjectives Preceded by ‘Der Words’
Adjectives Preceded by ‘Ein Words’)
~Answer key
Editable word file.
This 8-page file includes:
~16 Character cards of people ages 10-22 (Includes various countries of origin)
Includes age, city, country, family, hobbies, favorite foods, colors, school subjects.
~4 Character cards about adults ages 25-62
Includes age, city, country, work, family, hobbies, favorite foods, colors, films
~4 blank Character cards (adults) - two cards for each student to fill in - one card for themselves and one for a friend to use for discussion in class with pictures
~4 blank Character cards (youth) - two cards for each student to fill in - one card for themselves and one for a friend to use for discussion in class without pictures
~Worksheet: 20 questions based on the character cards using various question words: how many, who, where etc.
~Answer key
Can be used alone, in pairs or in groups.
Activity idea: print all 16 cards for each group and see who can answer the questions the quickest! Afterwards have students ask each other more questions based on the cards to get them talking. Have students complete the blank cards in class or for homework for further practice. They can create a card about themselves, a friend or a made-up person!
This French reading is about a young 16-year-old boy from France now living in California. The focus of the reading is on reviewing family vocabulary and talking about yourself.
There are 2 versions of the reading for differentiated learning:
~One reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary, 8 true/false reading comprehension questions in English and a French writing prompt.
~One reading is 100% in French with 8 true/false reading comprehension questions in French and a French writing prompt.
Answer key included.
This 6-page file includes:
~A fun and engaging French reading which includes numerous forms of the comparatives and superlatives as Guy discusses how he is different from his very competitive brother and cousins.
~ A worksheet based on the reading with three parts: 10 true/false questions in English, instructions to underline all the comparatives and superlatives found in the story, and a short writing assignment in French.
~The same reading without a glossary and all the reading comprehension in French for differentiated learning.
~Answer key (3pgs)
Editable word file.