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MFL resources you can trust! Where? Here...in Polly Glott's Shop... I have shared my eye-catching, creative resources - already made and trialled - often with built-in differentiation to make your day a little easier. I have over twenty years MFL teaching experience in the classroom, so download my ready-made worksheets, packs and presentations to even out that work-life balance!
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Salle de classe: objets. A pack of starter activities to develop knowledge of classroom objects in French. Fill in the missing letters. Three different sets of vocabulary ending with a grid covering all three to fill in.
Spanish All About Me
Basic personal information
A mini book to write about yourself. Fold the A4 or A3 sheet over to make the booklet. Page numbers are given.
Answer the questions and illustrate.
Vocabulary covered:
name
age
siblings
where you live
Could make a good revision starter, consolidation of writing or home work.
A useful classroom wall display in French. WYSIWYG! Print in colour on A4 and cut to the shapes. Organise the words under the correct word type heading and use the images to help understanding. They can then be used during lessons by students and you as the teacher can draw your attention to them to show how to improve speaking and writing skills.
French Personal Information
Snakes and Ladders game.
Vocabulary covered:
name
age
numbers to 100
personal qualities and faults
alphabet
first and third person singular of avoir and être
hair/eyes
comment dit-on / qu’est-ce que c’est / anglais/français/il, elle est comment/et/mais/pour avancer/conte/décris/quelles sont/
Should help with speaking. Perhaps put help on the whiteboard (e.g. comment dit-on if the learners are not familiar with it).
I’ve put a PPT version here as well so you could play it as a class with it on the IWB.
Viva 1 Module 1 U1-5 Mi Vida
Spanish Snakes and Ladders Game
Viva 1 Module 1 consolidation
A lively and interactive Spanish game for your young learners to use their Viva 1 Module 1 language. Involves vocabulary recall and translation Spanish-English, English-Spanish plus answering and asking questions.
Covers the topics in this unit as per the text book. It’s a good way to consolidate what they might have learnt in a fun way. Here’s a reminder of the framework/questions…
Saludos
¿Qué tipo de persona eres?
Mi pasión es
¿Tienes hermanos?
¿Cuántos años tienes?
¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
¿Tienes mascotas?
Los colores
High-frequency words
Numbers
Colours
Apologies: noticed one word mistake in box 34. I’ll fix that as soon as I can… in the meantime, you can use it for learners to “find the mistake”!!
A two page French “test” for reading and writing. Good for Y7 once covered name, age, pets, hair, eyes, j’habite, opinions or as a low ability test for Y8 for recapping/consolidation. Mainly gapfill and matching but does have an open writing on the second page.
Viva 1 M1 U1.1-1.2
Board Game
A simple board game covering the Viva 1 Modules shown.
Learners work their way around the board - dice needed! - from start to finish by stating the correct answers on each square. There are questions from the units to answer in Spanish and simple vocabulary translations into English.
Vocab’ covered:
fenomenal/bien/regular/fatal/genial/estupendo
mi héroe es
sincero/a
tímido/a
tranquilo/a
divertido/a
tonto/a
serio/a
simpático/a
generoso/a
soy/eres/es
(no) soy
vivo en
¿Cómo te llamas?
¿Dónde vives?
¿Qué tal?
¿Qué tipo de persona eres?
French Halloween Vocabulary
Differentiated worksheet on basic Halloween vocabulary in French.
Scroll across the “preview and details” to see what’s included. I’ve also listed the activities here:
p2— learners have the TL vocabulary given and must match to the pictures
p3— learners look up the TL vocabulary themselves for each image
p4— learners work out the jumbled TL vocabulary for each image
p5— learners use the clues given to work out the TL vocabulary for each image which is jumbled
p6— answers
It’s the same vocabulary items each time:
hibou/fantôme/squelette/sorcière/momie/chauve-souris/monstre/lanterne/citrouille/araignée/toile d’araignée
Have a look at my other Halloween resources in French and Spanish here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-en-fran-ais-12000322
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-spanish-vocabulary-11760068
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Looking to bulk out your French personal information scheme of work and aid consolidation of vocabulary and structures? This French Personal Information Puzzle Pack is what you need. Covering personal information vocabulary presented attractively using a variety of puzzles, these are accessible activities for all your learners.
Useful features
Studio 1 Unit 1 compatible
can be used for distance learning
handy as homework
works well for revision
can be used as cover work
bilingual vocabulary list included
answers included
accessible activities
What’s included?
This French puzzle pack is based on vocabulary from Studio 1 Unit 1
(e.g. animaux
araignées
capoeira
chats
chiens
cinéma
consoles de jeux
danse
foot
gâteaux
hard rock
injustice
insectes
jeux vidéo)
but would work well as a stand-alone booklet for revision or cover as the vocabulary is included. Alternatively, you as the teacher could print sheets as starter activities or homework.
Here’s a summary of what you get:
A 25 page booklet including vocabulary list.
Puzzles include wordsearches, jumbled words, crosswords, crack the code and more.
Answers
Here’s the complete list of the French vocabulary (a full bilingual list is included in the pack):
animaux
araignées
capoeira
chats
chiens
cinéma
consoles de jeux
danse
foot
gâteaux
hard rock
injustice
insectes
jeux vidéo
livres
musique
mangas
maths
pizzas
poésie
racisme
rap
reggae
reptiles
roller
rugby
skate
spaghettis
sport
tecktonik
télé
tennis
théâtre
voyages
violence
weekends
Les opinions
j’aime
je n’aime pas
Tu aimes…?
il/elle aime
Oui, j’aime ça.
Non, je n’aime pas ça.
Tu es d’accord?
Je suis d’accord.
Je ne suis pas d’accord.
C’est…
génial
cool
bien
ennuyeux
nul
essentiel
important
Ce n’est pas bien.
Moi et les autres
je suis
je ne suis pas
tu es
il/elle s’appelle
il/elle est
beau/belle
branché(e)
charmant(e)
cool
curieux/curieuse
de taille moyenne
drôle
généreux/généreuse
gentil(le)
grand(e)
impatient(e)
intelligent(e)
modeste
petit(e)
poli(e)
Les yeux et les cheveux
j’ai
tu as
il/elle a
mon ami(e) a
J’ai les yeux bleus/verts/gris/marron.
J’ai les cheveux longs/courts/mi-longs.
frisés/raides
blonds/bruns/noirs/roux
Les mots essentiels
et
aussi
mais
très
assez
toujours
Qu’est-ce que…?
Qui…?
Spanish Halloween
Distance Learning, cover pack, starters, homework pack in Spanish.
This versatile pack can be used in a variety of ways. It covers basic Spanish vocabulary for Halloween. There are wordsearches, sodoku and other puzzles. Here are the words included:
araña
bruja
calabaza
caramelos
calavera
disfraz
dragón
dulce
embrujado
escalofriante
escoba
esqueleto
extraterrestre
fantasma
fiesta
gato negro
gigante
horror
hombre lobo
lápida
lechuza
magia
maquillaje
mascara
misterioso
momia
monstruo
murciélago
ogro
tela de araña
trol
tumba
vampiro
The words are recycled throughout so you can use the sheets to develop confidence with the vocabulary by using sheets separately as starters or activities each lesson or send the complete pack home for independent study.
French Personal Information ID Cards
An engaging, fun 60 page resource (including cover pages, TOU and instructions)
lots of activity pages for your learners which you can assign carefully according to ability, based on reading and writing skills
Each page has jolly Christmas characters. We use their ‘cartes d’identité’ to discover lots about them and then use it as a basis for 1st person and/or 3rd person writing using personal information.
Vocabulary is based on simple personal information but learners may need a little research on some items (e.g. beignets)
Language covered:
first name/last name/birthday (number/month)/where they live/siblings/pets/likes and dislikes
This Distance Learning Pack can be used from home but equally would work well as printables for consolidation or revision of personal information. It could be used for cover lessons if you as the class teacher have already covered the basics. Alternatively, you as the teacher could print or assign sheets as bell tasks or homework.
Answers are included
The first 6 cards are in colour, then they are repeated in black and white. There are also A5 versions. You could print and laminate the A5 ones and use them as permanent resources and perhaps use them in conjunction with the question sheets.
Further development: Once learners have filled in their own carte d’identité they could use 3rd person to write about a classmate.
Looking to love a resource? You’ll definitely love this multi-purpose learning booklet for St. Valentine’s Day in French. 10 French Valentine’s Day activities including a song, poems, word matching, text message reading…a truly engaging work booklet. Learners will be expected to research vocabulary independently to complete tasks, but a list is given to cover Valentine’s Day which includes amour/chocolat/adorer/cœur/chéri(e)/aimer/cupidon/rose/bague/destin/fleurs/rouge/hibou/fête/siècle/célébrer/foncé/clair/colorier/comme tu veux/violet/forme/palome/autres/est mort/devenu(e)/exprimer. That way you can build your learners’ vocabulary by completing the given tasks and also using the vocabulary list for other activities such as Valentine’s cards or display work.
This is a flexible learning booklet for your students to learn vocabulary for Valentine’s Day, building on the Year 7 and 8 work booklets but will work if they haven’t completed those before. A bilingual vocabulary list is included plus extra vocabulary when needed and answer pages where appropriate. Actvities are varied, with a focus on sentence level skills and vocabulary research.
amour
chocolat
adorer
cœur
chéri(e)
aimer
cupidon
rose
bague
destin
fleurs
rouge
hibou
fête
siècle
célébrer
foncé/clair
colorier
comme tu veux
violet
forme
palome
autres
est mort
devenu(e)
exprimer
envoyer
bonbons
entre eux
offrir
commencer
carte de vœux
apr. j.c.
flèche
calin
affection
ventre
flamme
folie
timidité
rêver
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French hobbies game, jeu de l’oie
Use this game about hobbies in French (fits well with Studio 1, Module 3) to promote speaking and even writing and listening. Full instructions given plus dice and spinner templates. I have also included further ideas for development.
The language in this game is as follows:
je joue au ping-pong
nous jouons sur la Wii
j’aime écouter de la musique
je n’aime pas faire les magasins
nous jouons au volleyball
nous surfons sur internet
je fais du jogging trois fois par semaine
j’envoie des SMS
elle regarde des clips vidéo
j’envoie des e-mails
tu es sportif/sportive?
je fais du judo
ils jouent sur la Playstation
quand il fait beau je fais de l’équitation
je fais du vélo
je fais du patin à glace
je fais du skate
quand il fait froid je regarde la télé
je déteste jouer au ping-pong
je n’aime pas jouer sur mon portable
je joue au foot deux fois par semaine
j’adore faire du parkour
ils font de la lutte
quand il pleut je parle avec mes ami(e)s/copains/copines
je fais une (des) promenade(s)
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What’s not to love about this multi-purpose booklet for St. Valentine’s Day in French? 10 French activities including word searches, the history of St. Valentine, word matching, word puzzles…a really engaging booklet. Vocabulary included amour/chocolat/adorer/cœur/chéri(e)/aimer/cupidon/rose/bague/destin/fleurs/rouge/hibou/fête/siècle/célébrer/foncé/clair/colorier/comme tu veux/violet/forme/palome/autres/est mort/devenu(e)/exprimer. Full list below.
A flexible booklet for your students to learn vocabulary for Valentine’s Day. Bilingual vocabulary list included and answer pages where appropriate.
amour
chocolat
adorer
cœur
chéri(e)
aimer
cupidon
rose
bague
destin
fleurs
rouge
hibou
fête
siècle
célébrer
foncé/clair
colorier
comme tu veux
violet
forme
palome
autres
est mort
devenu(e)
exprimer
envoyer
bonbons
entre eux
offrir
commencer
carte de vœux
apr. j.c.
flèche
calin
affection
ventre
flamme
folie
timidité
rêver
For the full range of my Valentine’s resources, click here
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Now you’ve got something different every Easter for every KS4 Spanish group looking at Semana Santa vocabulary:
Individual learning booklets for Years 10 and 11. All covering increasing levels of vocabulary/activity difficulty.
Comprehensive bilingual vocabulary list included in each one.
activities include reading, writing, word puzzles
Answer booklets included.
B&W versions included.
Also have a look at the KS3 bundle and I’ve bundled both Key Stages also: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12509206
Happy teaching!
Bring some fun to Year 11 lessons at Easter time! Semana Santa tasks include word puzzles, reading and writing plus Easter cards to create. Vocabulary includes Spanish Easter words, opinions plus much more so that the resource can work alongside your everyday teaching.
Being the last packet of five, the tasks are less supported and more independent input is expected of learners! (e.g. open-ended writing tasks)
This resource works well because
☛ it’s a flexible 11 page learning booklet for your Year 10s to learn vocabulary for Easter in Spanish.
☛ it’s a really engaging work packet which will liven up any Spanish lesson.
☛ the booklet could be used for
in-person printables
distance learning
starter tasks
homework
cover lessons
☛ it’s low or even no prep’ for you
☛ it can run alongside what learners are already doing to aid reading and deciphering skills e.g. photo description
☛ a bilingual vocabulary list included and answer pages where appropriate.
☛ a black and white version is also included
Vocabulary really is comprehensive in case learners are unable to look up words easily, so you may wish to remove this section if you prefer a more difficult work booklet!
Booklets are flattened to protect my work and that of others within the resource and are un-editable.
Vocabulary example list
felicidad
cuaresma
liebre
sol
regalos
primavera
torrija
pan
leche
frito
servido
azúcar
miel
specialidad
buñuelo
pestiño
crujiente
trozo
aromatizado
anis
glaseado
juntos
amable
pensativo
temporada
tras
una puerta
cerrado
un desfile
un baile
transmitir
un deseo
un alimento
hecho
una semilla
tostado
molido
un edificio
un contenedor
unas tiras
entrelazado
una caña
un alambre
en forma de
encontrar
alguno
una tienda
vale la pena
la emoción
llena
pasear
un santo
un pueblo
decorar
la calle
necesitarse
un descanso
dirigirse
cercano
tomar
una cerveza
unas tapas
despedir
oficialmente
espectacular
una tamborrada
cientos de
un baterista
reunirse
mediodía
crear
un evento
estruendoso
unos tambores
unos platillos
unas cornetas
todo
parecerse
venerado
comenzar
terminar
caer
algunas partes
completar
bendecido
un sacerdote
puesto
sus pies
sencillo
mientras que
una cinta
un callejero
conocido
a menudo
durar
hasta
las altas horas
la madrugada
enorme
extenderse
millas
recordarse
sufrimento
There is a full set of Spanish Easter learning booklets available for Years 7 to 11 so you won’t need to scrabble around each year for something different.
All Semana Santa resources are here:
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