I am a languages teacher who has, over the years, created many resources for teaching French and Spanish. I also produce resources in other languages: German, Italian, and more recently, Greek. Here I am sharing a few of these, in the hope it makes a hard-working teacher's life a little easier at a time when they need something quickly. Often adding more resources, so watch this space!
I am a languages teacher who has, over the years, created many resources for teaching French and Spanish. I also produce resources in other languages: German, Italian, and more recently, Greek. Here I am sharing a few of these, in the hope it makes a hard-working teacher's life a little easier at a time when they need something quickly. Often adding more resources, so watch this space!
A Powerpoint presenting German prepositions which are followed by the Dative Case, and explaining how these are used. Includes illustrative examples of the use of each. Also includes a section on prepositions which take both the dative and the accusative cases. I also have further powerpoints on prepositions which take the genitive case and accusative case.
A visual guide written by myself for supporting learning about German verb types and how to form simple tenses (the indicative and the subjunctive). Includes sections on weak verbs, strong verbs and mixed verbs, all with examples to illustrate the key learning points.
A visual guide/reference to help learn the rules of the Spanish imperfect subjunctive. Useful for any advanced Spanish lesson as an aid for visual learners or for a display. Broken down into key points to help the memory retain the information.
A visual guide/reference to help learn the Spanish subjunctive in the present tense. Laid out in 5 easy steps to help retain the rules and get to know this ‘mood’. Perfect for any Spanish class where the subjunctive is being learnt, and as home-made display material.
A Powerpoint to help students learn German vocabulary related to animals and pets. Useful as a starter for the classroom or any language lesson. Includes vocabulary for all animals included and each slide has an animal missing which the student needs to name. Highly versatile in terms of how it’s used and could be made more difficult for more able learners, e.g. by asking for the word in a sentence, in a sentence in a different tense, etc. Also available in my shop in French, Spanish and Italian.
A Powerpoint to help students learn Spanish vocabulary related to professions. Useful as a starter for the classroom or any language lesson.
3 slides have vocabulary and a picture for each profession. These are then followed by a group of slides for each group of professions where each has a profession missing which the student needs to name. Highly versatile in terms of how it’s used and could be made more difficult for more able learners, e.g. by asking for the word in a sentence, in a sentence in a different tense, checking the gender, etc. Also available in my shop in German, Italian and French.
A Powerpoint to help students learn French vocabulary related to professions. Useful as a starter for the classroom or any language lesson.
3 slides have vocabulary and a picture for each profession. These are then followed by a group of slides for each group of professions where each has a profession missing which the student needs to name. Highly versatile in terms of how it’s used and could be made more difficult for more able learners, e.g. by asking for the word in a sentence, in a sentence in a different tense, checking the gender, etc. Also available in my shop in Spanish, Italian and German.
A Powerpoint to help students learn German vocabulary related to professions. Useful as a starter for the classroom or any language lesson.
3 slides have vocabulary and a picture for each profession. These are then followed by a group of slides for each group of professions where each has a profession missing which the student needs to name. Highly versatile in terms of how it’s used and could be made more difficult for more able learners, e.g. by asking for the word in a sentence, in a sentence in a different tense, checking the gender, etc. Also available in my shop in Spanish, Italian and French.
A Powerpoint to help students learn French vocabulary related to animals and pets. Useful as a starter for the classroom or any language lesson. Includes vocabulary for all animals included and each slide has an animal missing which the student needs to name. Highly versatile in terms of how it’s used and could be made more difficult for more able learners, e.g. by asking for the word in a sentence, in a sentence in a different tense, checking the gender, etc. Also available in my shop in German, Spanish and Italian.
A Powerpoint to help students learn Spanish vocabulary related to animals and pets. Useful as a starter for the classroom or any language lesson. Includes vocabulary for all animals included and each slide has an animal missing which the student needs to name. Highly versatile in terms of how it’s used and could be made more difficult for more able learners, e.g. by asking for the word in a sentence, in a sentence in a different tense, checking the gender, etc. Also available in my shop in German, Italian and French.
A Powerpoint presentation of German prepositions which are followed by the genitive case. Includes examples of each in a sentence. The prepositions are an, auf, hinter, in, neben, über, unter, vor, zwischen. I also have other Powerpoints available about prepositions followed by the accusative and the dative case.
A handy guide to forming compound tenses in German: the past, future and conditional tenses. All explanations are user-friendly with illustrated with examples for every point, using circled numbers to direct you to the relevant example each time.
There are many more grammar explanations and Powerpoints in my shop, not only for German but also for French, Spanish and Italian.
This Christmas bundle contains five different resources, all based around 16 key Christmas vocabulary items, which can be used as a basis to teach students about the traditions of Christmas in France. Highly adaptable for students of different abilities - pick and choose activities for more able/less able students.
You can also choose the order in which you do the activities, depending on your students. e.g., you can either do the quiz before, or after, teaching the key vocabulary in the second Powerpoint listed below, depending on how much Christmas vocabulary students have already learnt.
The resources in the bundle are:
A Powerpoint with a set of 10 quiz questions + 2. A Word document for students/teams of students to write their answers to the quiz questions
A Powerpoint with a set of 16 Christmas vocabulary items, followed by a memory game board to play with individual students or teams of students
A word search which includes the 16 Christmas vocabulary items
A word document containing simple descriptions of traditions in France and featuring the key vocabulary, with several activities to do based on the descriptions.
I’ve provided the Word docs as PDFs in case this is easier for you. Equally, the Word docs can be amended/tweaked, alongside the Powerpoints, if you prefer to focus on other vocab or traditions. All customisable depending on your students.
A 2-page writing mat which includes a checklist of components to score top grades forthe 150-word writing tasks in the Portuguese GCSE Higher writing paper.
Includes lists of opinions, adverbs, comparative and superlative examples, direct and indirect object pronouns examples, and idioms.
I also have a similar mat available in German, Spanish, French and Italian, as well as 90-word writing mats in all five subjects to support both Foundation and Higher students.
A 3-page writing mat which includes a checklist of components to score top grades forthe 90-word writing tasks in the Portuguese GCSE writing paper.
Includes lists of present, past and future tense expressions and verb examples, as well as comparatives and superlatives, opinion phrases, connectives, adverbs and intensifiers.
I also have a similar mat available in German, Spanish, Italian and French, as well as 150-word writing mats in all five subjects to support Higher students in particular.
This is an 18-slide Powerpoint presentation about the formation of the most essential, irregular Portuguese verbs. There is a brief introduction, followed by a set of slides with each verb conjugated in the present, preterit (simple past) and imperfect tense, as well as the gerund form of the verb, and the past participle. The presentation is accompanied by a PDF of translation exercises, both English to Portuguese and Portuguese to English, which focus on use of the irregular verbs in the presentation, to consolidate knowledge and practise translation using the irregular forms in different tenses.
A writing mat to support 150-word writing task practice for German GCSE. Contains words and phrase groups as well as an ‘ingredients’ list to ensure that students are able to gain the maximum marks possible in the task, including opinions, adverbs, intensifiers, phrases in different tenses, linking words, idioms, subjunctive phrases, comparatives and superlatives, complex sentence structures, contrasting opinions and direct object pronouns.
I also have a 90-word writing mat available in German, and writing mats for Spanish, French and Italian GCSE as well.
A writing mat to support the requirements of the 150 word writing task as part of Spanish Higher GCSE. It includes present and past tense opinions and contrasting opinions, direct object pronouns, adverbs, subjunctive phrases, comparatives and superlatives, idioms, and a checklist for items to include in this task.
Students report to me that it is also very useful for the speaking exam - quick revision of it prior to taking speaking tests leads to more variety in their language and higher marks as a result.
I also have similar mats for Italian and French available in my shop.
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Combined bundle of resources - complete set of questions with some example answers for both Foundation and Higher AQA French GCSE topics (Identity and Culture; Local, National, International and Global Areas of Interest; Current and Future Study and Employment).
Includes a checklist of language components to ensure target grade is met at either Foundation or Higher tier.
A writing mat to support the requirements of the 150 word writing task as part of French Higher GCSE. It includes present and past tense opinions and contrasting opinions, direct object pronouns, adverbs, subjunctive phrases, comparatives and superlatives, idioms, and a checklist for items to include in this task.
Students report to me that it is also very useful for the speaking exam - quick revision of it prior to taking speaking tests leads to more variety in their language and higher marks as a result.
I also have similar mats for Italian, German and Spanish available in my shop.
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