This paired activity develops students speaking and listening skills while giving them an opportunity to practise using the passé composé with general activities vocabulary. Full instructions on how to run the activity are included in the notes section of the powerpoint. This activity can be extended into a writing task using the activity template as a scaffold.

This variation of a popular children’s game squares can be used for French students to practice speaking skills. This game is suitable for students from year 7 to year 11 to practice speaking through repetition with this simple game. It is easily differentiated using the suggestions provided with the board. It can also be easily adapted for either paired work, small groups or as a whole class activity using the suggestions included with the board.

This variation of a popular children’s game squares can be used for Spanish students to practice speaking skills. This game is suitable for students from year 7 to year 11 to practice speaking through repetition with this simple game. It is easily differentiated using the suggestions provided with the board. It can also be easily adapted for either paired work, small groups or as a whole class activity using the suggestions included with the board.

These cards can be used as plenaries either at the end of the lesson or as a mini plenary for students who finish their task early. There are 50 individual cards with one duplicate card for French and Spanish and one explanation card. You can either give these to students at random or pick one for the whole class.

This activity is ideal for students revising the present tense. Students must shade in boxes containing the correct form of the present tense to find their way through the maze. Various suggestions for differentiation included with the activity.

This booklet is designed to accompany GCSE students through both year 10 and 11 in preparation for the writing exam as part of the new GCSEs. There are 11 example essay prompts with space to plan and draft for each. There is also several pages with extra planning pages which can be photocopied as sheets and space for extra example bullet points.

In this activity students work in groups to bid on correct sentences as if in an auction. The aim is to win the most correct sentences but if they lose their money they can win some back by correcting an incorrect sentence. This activity is designed for KS4 and takes vocabulary from AQA lists. There are 15 sentences in this activity. There is a worksheet for students to use to decide which sentences they want to bid on, a powerpoint with each sentence on individual slides to use while going through the bidding process and the answers are at the bottom of the document. Instructions are on both worksheet and powerpoint. An extension task could be to translate the sentences, this could be conducted as a race. A great activity for revision of the topic and for improving students written accuracy.

Next Spanish Essay Preparation Booklet This booklet is designed to accompany GCSE students through both year 10 and 11 in preparation for the writing exam as part of the new GCSEs. There are 11 example essay prompts with space to plan and draft for each. There is also several pages with extra planning pages which can be photocopied as sheets and space for extra example bullet points.

Start of year revision lesson to cover numbers, classroom language (particularly regarding written instructions), present tense and simple instructions. Aimed at year 9 up though may be suitable for a higher ability year 8 group later in the year.

This lesson covers vocabulary for students on the topic of “where I live”. Students practise through translation and a trapdoor game followed by key questions to discuss and then use to write a detailed response which they can peer mark and redraft.

In this activity students work in groups to bid on correct sentences as if in an auction. The aim is to win the most correct sentences but if they lose their money they can win some back by correcting an incorrect sentence. This activity is designed for KS3 and takes vocabulary from Studio 1 module 3 on the topic of free time activities. There are 18 sentences in this activity. There is a worksheet for students to use to decide which sentences they want to bid on, a powerpoint with each sentence on individual slides to use while going through the bidding process and the answers are at the bottom of the document. Instructions are on both worksheet and powerpoint. An extension task could be to translate the sentences, this could be conducted as a race. A great activity for revision of the topic and for improving students written accuracy.

In this activity students work in groups to bid on correct sentences as if in an auction. The aim is to win the most correct sentences but if they lose their money they can win some back by correcting an incorrect sentence. This activity is designed for year 9 and takes vocabulary from Studio 3 module 3 on the topic of jobs and future plans however it covers a lot of vocabulary used at GCSE for the same topic. There are 20 sentences in this activity. There is a worksheet for students to use to decide which sentences they want to bid on, a powerpoint with each sentence on individual slides to use while going through the bidding process and the answers are at the bottom of the document. Instructions are on both worksheet and powerpoint. An extension task could be to translate the sentences, this could be conducted as a race. A great activity for revision of the topic and for improving students written accuracy.