Selection of worksheets and activities for learning how to introduce oneself and give other details such as where you are from, birthday, language you speak, age and where you live. Including: Worksheets to be done in class or homework with matching activities, translations and reading comprehension, answers included Ppt. oral matching task with memory game for basic questions & answers Ppt. with a load of oral memory drills to recycle & retrieve the basic questions & answers Basic intros ‘correct the facts’ listening comp with translations - a thorough processing task that extensively recycles the language to give the above info 1 pen 1 dice game (google 1 pen 1 dice for instructions) Basic greetings recap starter sheet narrow reading texts on ppt. - can be printed off or projected on screen for pupils to translate orally into English

Sequence of activities and worksheet based on pupils being already familiar with regular verb rules so they can work out some of the hacer and ir conjugations (inductive grammar). Activities include some dictation, listening, speaking and writing.

For the topic of tiempo libre / pasatiempos - an aural sentence puzzle that could be used as a starter activity and then developed on using the teacher notes included. Instructions in document.

Worksheets with activities and teacher notes for pupils to be introduced to indirect verbs in Spanish for giving opinions on hobbies, followed by some revision activities on free time verbs hacer and jugar and how they work with different sports.

Lesson activity or homework task with YouTube video for pupils to learn verbs relating to free time and hobbies, and to practise understanding the different verb conjugations (this is for the very early stages of using regular verbs in Spanish, ideal for beginners)

2 worksheets with activities to introduce and practise using different time expressions, connectives and basic negatives in Spanish to talk about when you do different pastimes. Pupils should already be familiar with the hobbies vocab before completing these activities.

Narrow reading worksheet to practise expressions for talking about the future, as well as vocab on hobbies and time phrases. This reading could be done once pupils are familiar with some hobbies vocab and time phrases, and are ready to be introduced to some future phrases. Suggestions for further activities included in document as well as answers.

Quick activity or starter - flashcards with verb phrases to practise verbs comer and beber with food items - first, you can do a number of listen & repeat / call & response activities (choral repetition, individual repetition, whispering, shouting, one team vs another) then do the memory activity.

Mosaic translations from English to Spanish with vocab grid to help with word order and spellings. On topic of ordering food. Missing letters task on drinks in Spanish. Can be done orally or printed out.

Worksheet to practise writing the time in Spanish using the 1 pen 1 dice game format Here is a link on how you can play the 1 pen 1 dice game https://frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2017/12/one-dice-one-pencil.html

Listening task for Spanish beginners on topic of food / Spanish omelette using YouTube video, can be completed in class or as homework. Separate document with answers included.

Worksheets of activities to introduce and practise using possessive adjectives in Spanish, in relation to topic of family. Brief activity on definite article. Notes for teacher on how to use the activities included. One task also involves teaching dictionary skills.

Repetitive oral drills to practise sentence structures for talking about family members - you can use the sentences to do oral translation - there are some in Spanish followed by some in English, in which pupils must use the vocab in previous sentences to help them. Then, there are questions pupils should answer orally using the vocab they have just practised. You could also use the first slide for listening tasks: say one of the green sentences in Spanish and pupils must point out which sentence you said. Or, don’t show the powerpoint, and read some of the sentences aloud for pupils to translate into English on scrap paper or miniboards. You could even do them as dictations if pupils aren’t yet able to translate - all good consolidation of the language.

A few interactive activities to introduce some basic phrases for describing pets in Spanish.

Interactive activities to introduce the colours in Spanish - for the flashcards, you could do a number of listen & repeat, call & response style activities eg. choral repetition, individual repetition, whispering repetition, shouting repetition, team repetition etc. then there are some recall activities to practise / consolidate.

A good starter or plenary activity to recap learning on physical descriptions.

Two ways of using this resource: LISTENING: project the doc on the board / print copies for pupils, choose one of the people, say ‘Antonio, number 1:’ and give a short sentence or phrase in Spanish that matches one of the lines in Antonio’s profile. Pupils must find the detail and write ‘1’ next to it. Continue with all the details in his profile in a random order to practise recognising them. To make the activity harder, say a sentence in Spanish from any of the descriptions and pupils have to write the name of the person. WRITING: This activity should be completed once pupils have had extensive practice on vocab for describing physique and personality and could be used as assessment. Pupils can select one of the four people and complete sentences covering as many aspects mentioned as possible in Spanish. You could project the doc and annotate with bits of vocab in Spanish as support if necessary.

Activities to practise vocab for describing hair and eyes - oral translation, then memory task, speaking, grammar practice of ser and tener and unjumbling sentences.