A fun wordsearch on French adjectives and phrases to describe yourself to get students started. Really good as a starter/Do Now task.

Revising the GCSE topic of towns with the intercultural context of the city of Valencia. PPT with a wide range of activities and a worksheet with ample opportunity for students to meet the new language, manipulate and make language their own. Do Now: True or false activity. Students are to decide if each of the facts are true or false. As a challenge, can some correct the false sentences? Choral repetition: Students are to listen to the teacher’s pronunciation and repeat. Choral repetition games (ideas): Splat; Beat the Teacher; Guess the correct image; have a pronunciation competition on both sides. Students are to fill-in the gaps with the correct letters. Video task: Students are to watch the video about the Top 10 attractions in Valencia and they are to answer the questions in English. Match-up task: Students are to match the two halves. Independent work: Part 1 Vocabulary: Students are to match the photos with the words. Then, they are to write the English equivalent in the second box. Part 2 Reading Comprehension: Students are to read the text and answer the questions in English. Part 3 Writing: Students are to write a paragraph about their holiday in Valencia using the text from part 2 to help them. They must include adjectives, connectives, opinions and vocabulary from this lesson. Self Assessment: Students are to write one WWW and one NS to self-assess their writing. Plenary: Quiz!

PPT with activities, wordsearch and scaffolded worksheet with ample opportunity for students to meet the new language, manipulate, and make language their own. Do Now: Learners are to find the words in the wordsearch. Then, they are to translate the words that they know and predict the ones they don’t know using their knowledge of cognates. Choral repetition games: Splat, Beat the Teacher, Guess the correct image, have a pronunication competition between both sides of the classroom. Matching-up task: Students are to match the Spanish with the English. Video: Students are to watch the video on the Day of the Dead traditions and customs and are to answer the questions in English. Students will then have a copy of the transcript for their reference. Independent Work: Exercise 1: Students are to match the words (Spanish with the English). Exercise 2: Students are to translate the sentences into English. Exericse 3: Students are to translate the sentences into Spanish. Exercise 4: Students are to write four sentences in Spanish using the vocabulary from this lesson. Plenary: Quiz!

Scaffolded worksheet that is split into different parts using the present simple: Part 1: Match the two halves (the Spanish with the English). Part 2: Translate the sentences into English using the vocabulary from part 1 to help them. Translate the sentences into Spanish using the previous exercises to help them. Part 3: Write 5 sentences saying what they are doing on their holidays.

A scaffolded worksheet with ample opportunity for students to meet, manipulate and make language their own. Exercises include: A) Complete the table with the correct conjugation of the verb ‘faire’. B) Irregular verb: faire (‘to do’) (i) Fill-in the gaps. (ii) Translate the sentences into English. C) du/de la/ de l’ / des (i) Fill-in the gaps with the correct partitive article. (ii) Translate the sentences into English. D) Write 5 sentences using the verb ‘faire’.

PPT and scaffolded worksheet suitable for all levels with a main focus on using the vocabulary and manipulating the language on the topic of accommodation in Spanish-speaking countries. Answers to the wordsearch and worksheet are on the PPT. Sections: Part 1: Vocabulary Part 2: Translation (Spanish-English and English-Spanish) Part 3: Reading Comprehension Part 4: Writing

Attached is a PowerPoint on an important French event - July 14th Bastille Day with a wide range of activities and exercises to build and consolidate knowledge on this important historical tradition.

A scaffolded reading-comprehension worksheet aimed at higher ability level GCSE students reinforcing the preterite tense in particular. These exercises aim for students to meet some new language in context of going on an exotic holiday to Colombia, manipulating the language through gap-fill exercises and reading comprehension in both languages as well as filling-in the gaps with the correct words. These are typical GCSE-style questions which will aid students to practise and reinforce what they currently know in the context of going on an exotic holiday to Colombia.

PPT and scaffolded worksheet on the topic of animals for KS3 French. Revision of colours and gender agreements also included.

A bundle of wordsearches based on the topic vocabulary covered in Dynamo 1 and Dynamo 2 textbooks. Topics include: -Sports and Freetime Activites -Describing your Home Town or Region -Pets -Describing my family -Household Chores -The Weather -Likes and Dislikes

PPT and worksheets (with answers) that covers some French Easter vocabulary and traditions and customs in different French-speaking countries. Fun and engaging activities on the PPT and resources to use in the classroom for KS3 students to learn about Easter in the Francophone world.

PPT with a wide range of activities introducing different cities and towns in Spain. Some activities include: True or false - students will be provided with facts about Spain and they are to use their true or false cards to select their responses. (This could also be done on their mini whiteboards). Challenge: Students are to correct the false statements. Choral repetition with visuals provides ample opportunity for students to meet the language. Vocabulary games - ideas – have a pronunciation competition between the two sides; splat; beat the teacher; guess the correct image; listen and write down how students think it might be spelt before presenting the words etc. Match-up: students are to match the Spanish with the English equivalent. Geography - students will be given a copy of a blank map with a list of different regions of Spain. They are to have a go at inserting the correct regions in the right place on the map. La Tomatina - Students are to watch the video about Buñol’s Tomatina festival and answer the questions in English. Places of interest - Students are to copy the table and match the photo with its Spanish city and place of interest. Plenary: quiz to consolidate knowledge

Wordsearch, PPT with activities and a scaffolded worksheet with answers on the topic of going to the pharmacy. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to say what is wrong, and know how to ask for advice at the pharmacy.

Learning different colours in Spanish. Students are to know how to spell the colours and recall them correctly. As a challenge, they can create their own sentences using the colours paying attention to the word order (e.g. un gato negro).

Complete lesson on ordering food and drinks at a Spanish restaurant. PPT with a range of activities. Wordsearch for the Do Now Scaffolded worksheet with ample opportunity to meet new language, manipulate the language and to make language their own. Answers included on the PPT.

PPT, wordsearch and scaffolded worksheet with ample opportunity for students to meet, manipulate and make language their own. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to know some Spanish different greetings that they can have a basic conversation with other speakers of Spanish. Lots of choral repetition with visuals providing opportunities to play vocabulary games such as: Beat the Teacher; pronunciation competition between both sides; splat; guess the correct image etc. The scaffolded worksheet is split into four parts: Part 1: Vocabulary - fill-in the gaps with the correct words. Part 2: Reading Comprehension - Read the texts and answer the questions in English. Part 3: Translation - translate sentences from Spanish into English. **Part 4: Writing - **Write a short description about themselves using the vocabulary from today’s lesson. They may use the texts in exercise 2 to help them with the structure of their text.

Wordsearch, PPT with activities and a scaffolded worksheet with answers on the topic of buying food and drink items at the supermarket.

PPT with activities and a scaffolded worksheet with answers on the topic of transport methods. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to recall the different methods of transport using the preposition “en”.

PPT with a wide range of activities, wordsearch and worksheet based on the topic of “the weather”. By the end of the lesson, students are to be able to confidently describe the weather. Do Now: Unscramble the Spanish cities. Vocabulary games - choral repetition with ample opportunity to meet the new language. Fill-in the gaps with the correct letters to see what they can remember from the choral repetition games. More choral repetition games and then a match-up task for students to manipulate the language. Speaking exercise: Question and answer related to the topic of the weather. Listening exercise: Students are to listen and write down the correct letter. To stretch the more able, they are to also write down the city and the temperature. Reading exercise: Read the texts and answer the questions in Spanish. Worksheet split into 4 parts: Part 1: Put the names of the correct Spanish cities on the map. Part 2: True or false statements. Correcting the false statements using the map for support. Part 3: Translate sentences into English. Part 4: Write four sentences about the weather in their area. Plenary: Translation dictation exercise (teacher to say some in Spanish and students write the English and vice-versa).

PPT with activities and worksheet with ample opportunity for students to meet the new language, manipulate and make language their own. Do Now: Students are to translate 1-5 into English and 6-10 into Spanish to recap the vocabulary that they learned from last lesson (see my Beginners Spanish lesson “Los saludos”). Choral repetition: Students are to listen to the teacher’s pronunciation and repeat. Choral repetition games (ideas!): Splat, Beat the Teacher, pronunciation competition between the two sides, guess the correct image, translation dictation exercise where teacher calls out a word/phrase in English and students are to write the Spanish and vice versa. Fill-in the gaps with the correct letters. Match-up task: Students are to match the Spanish with the English equivalent. Dialogue: Teacher to model the dialogue with a student. Then, students are to create their own dialogue with their partner. Independent work: Part 1: Vocabulary - students are to find the words in the wordsearch, then they are to translate them. Part 2: Translation - (i) students are to reorder the sentences, then translate them into English. - (ii) students are to translate the sentences into Spanish. Plenary: Students are to close their books and have their arms crossed. They will have 10 seconds before the sentence disappears on screen. Once it has disappeared, they are to write each sentence down. Challenge: See if they can translate the words/phrases into English too in the time allocated.