I am a French and Spanish teacher. You will find here some resources I have produced to teach my students. Some are fun and innovative and others are more old fashioned. A variety of topics covered. Also some cultural knowledge resources. Enjoy...!
I am a French and Spanish teacher. You will find here some resources I have produced to teach my students. Some are fun and innovative and others are more old fashioned. A variety of topics covered. Also some cultural knowledge resources. Enjoy...!
A nice translation game idea adapted on topic of Mis vacaciones desastrosas from Viva GCSE. Did with Yr10 Spanish and they really enjoyed it. Don't forget to feedback!
Here is a Powerpoint presentation I have made with all the answers and some writing titles for 120/180 words tasks.
This is to go with the French GCSE Translation booklet (attached) made by Kloereese on TES.
My classes have found it really useful for revision before exams.
Enjoy!
This is a trapdoor activity to get your students to practise their speaking skills. It is played in pairs. Each person chooses an option for each sentence in their head. One starts reading the text and trying to find out the other’s choices. Each time they make a choice, the partner nods or shakes his/her head. If the choice is correct the person continues until they get it wrong. When they get it wrong, the other person has a go. The aim of the game is to finish first. I did this with my Yr10 students and they enjoyed it a lot! Enjoy and don’t forget to feedback!
Here is the latest trapdoor activity I have designed for Christmas. It is like a letter to Santa that French kids always write at this sort of time to ask Santa for the presents they want for Christmas. I have also slipped in a few French Christmas traditions. I will do this with my Yr7 and Yr8 in the last week before the Christmas break. Joyeux Noël à tous et bonnes fêtes de fin d’année. Enjoy and don't forget to feedback! :-)
This is a trapdoor activity to get your students to practise their speaking skills. It is played in pairs. Each person chooses an option for each sentence in their head. One starts reading the text and trying to find out the other’s choices. Each time they make a choice, the partner nods or shakes his/her head. If the choice is correct the person continues until they get it wrong. When they get it wrong, the other person has a go. The aim of the game is to finish first. I did this with my Yr10 students and they enjoyed it a lot! Enjoy and don’t forget to feedback!
Recap of vocab taught, reading comprehension with questions, match up pictures and expression. Suitable for higher ability Y8/Y9. Enjoy and don't forget to feedback :-)
Speaking activity with the Sentence Stealer. Adapted resource.
Delayed Translation. Adapted resource (you say the sentence in French, then distract students as you wish for ten seconds, and then ask students to either reproduce the sentence on mini whiteboard or translate from TL into English). Enjoy!
Vocab competition (two teams, students have to write correct sentence on mini whiteboard as a team. Team captain calls when he/she believes all have finished. Other team checks all mini whiteboards for the correct answer. If no mistake, point goes to team that called it. If mistake is found by opponents, point for them).
Speaking activity with the Sentence Stealer. Adapted resource.
Delayed Translation. Adapted resource (you say the sentence in French, then distract students as you wish for ten seconds, and then ask students to either reproduce the sentence on mini whiteboard or translate from TL into English). Enjoy!
A starter activity I designed to be used as a starter to revise Les Passetemps or work out what student do or don't know. The idea is that students speak to/ask each other in the class to find out the answers and each box/question has to be answered by a different person who can put initials when answer is written. Enjoy and don't forget to feedback!
Activity I have designed for Yr 7 after teaching them weather keywords. Students put the weather symbols on the map. Then they can trace their own map of France and do their own weather forecast or for HWK get a map from a country in the world and do weather forecast. Enjoy and don't forget to feedback! :-)
A little grid to play battleships about school (subjects and opinions). Would suit Yr7 to help with speaking practice. Enjoy and don't forget to feedback! :-)
Here is a little starter I got my Yr10 to do the other day to recap town, shops, adjectives. I projected it on the board and got them to translate it. Would suit Yr11 for revision. Enjoy and don't forget to feedback! :-)
I have made a vocab list for my Yr11 students following the reading practice paper from AQA.
Feel free to use as revision of key vocabulary. You can print it double sided for Foundation and Higher.
Enjoy and don’t forget to feedback!
Working on the topic of holidays with my Yr10 and thinking about literary extracts, I have decided to study this piece with my class, do some comprehension as use it as a base to do some writing on my dream holiday. Enjoy…!
A series of questions to go with a video I found on the internet about Christmas. Here is link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwAnG8k1bC4Good for Yr 7,8,9 for a bit of culture to put them in the Christmas spirit. Enjoy and don't forget to feedback! :-)
A French song, gap fill activity by Angele with full text and little paragraph giving background to the song. Used for A level as an intro into French music.
Claim the parcel translation game
Activity for revising different verb tenses and topics from new GCSE AQA books.
You have a table with different verbs tenses/sentences and project it on your interactive whiteboard/wall. In groups of 2 (max 3) they write the answer in the Spanish to one of the parcels/boxes on their mini white boards, come to you at the front of the class (you check) and if they have the answer correct they can claim the parcel/box. You write their names/team name on a post it notes and stick it over the parcel/box on the interactive whiteboard. Then, no one can do this parcel/box anymore. The winner is the group to have most parcels/boxes claimed at the end.
Don't forget to feedback!
Claim the parcel translation game
Activity for revising/practising personality in French.
You have a table with different verbs tenses/sentences and project it on your interactive whiteboard/wall. In groups of 2 (max 3) they write the answer in French to one of the parcels/boxes on their mini white boards, come to you at the front of the class (you check) and if they have the answer correct they can claim the parcel/box. You write their names/team name on a post it notes and stick it over the parcel/box on the interactive whiteboard. Then, no one can do this parcel/box anymore. The winner is the group to have most parcels/boxes claimed at the end.
It worked really well with Yr8 classes this week.
Don’t forget to feedback!
