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.

A scaffolded worksheet on three different irregular adjectives (beau, nouveau and vieux) related to the topic of moving house.

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

Scaffolded worksheet on the sports with a focus on the differences between faire and jouer and the prepositions. jouer + au/à la/aux and faire + du/de la/de l’/des).

Xmas wordsearch activity Encuentra las palabras (Find the words). 2.Extensión: Traduce las palabras al inglés *(Translate the words into English).

A scaffolded two-sided worksheet that revises the use of gender agreements/definite articles, time expressions of frequency and the usages of “jugar” and “hacer”. Ejercicio 1: ¿Masculino o feminino? él o la? Luego, tradúcelas al inglés. (masculine or feminine? Put él or la. Then, translate them into English). Ejercicio 2: Empareja las expresiones de frecuencia. (Match the time expressions of frequency). Ejercicio 3: Escucha a las cinco personas hablando sobre los deportes y completa la tabla en inglés. (Listen to the five people talking about sports and complete the table in English). COPY OF THE TRANSCRIPT IS AVAILABLE FOR EXERCISE 3 subject to copyright - may only be used once purchased. Exercise 4: Ejercicio 4: Lee los texto y haz las actividades (Read the texts and do the activities). A: ¿Qué significan……? (what do the following mean in the text?) Tip: Look at the context from the underlined words. B: ¿A quién se refiere? David (D), Jaime (J), Lucía (L) o Manuel (M). Corrige las frases falsas. (Who does each sentence refer to – David (D), Jaime (J), Lucía (L) or Manuel (M)?). C: Lee los textos otra vez y contesta a las preguntas en español (read the texts again and answer the questions in Spanish). Ejercicio 5: Crea cinco phrases utilizando el vocabulario de la lección de hoy (Create five sentences using the vocabulary from today’s lesson).

PPT with two scaffolded lessons talking about likes and dislikes in French. Grammar: to use the verb aimer + the definite article. introduction to negatives. A wide range of activities have been designed to aid students with meeting new language, manipulating and making language their own. Answers also included in the PPT.

Learning each of the key sounds of the Spanish alphabet with activities.

PowerPoint introduces some simple Chinese words and greetings with visuals to show some different aspects of Chinese history and culture. Teacher can do a competition to split the class into two teams and the team that pronounces each word/phrase the best will get a point. The team with the most points, wins and gets a special prize. To practise, there is a role play with the pinyin for learners to do with their partner and take it in turns to be A and B. If learners are feeling confident, they can do it without the pinyin too. Materials available: Vocabulary sheet, role play (with Pinyin), role play (without pinyin).

A scaffolded worksheet with support on numbers (1-100). By the end of the lesson, students should be able to recall numbers 1-100 in French.

Students are to complete the wordsearch based on the topic of towns and what there is and isn’t in their region. Then, they are to translate the French words into English.

Wordsearch on describing different ways to help at home. For those that have finished, they are to translate the French words into English.

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

Worksheet designed for students to insert the correct definite article (el/la/los/las) with some nouns included in the list that are exceptions to the rule. Extension: Translate the words into English using a dictionary (when necessary). Answers are also included.

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.

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”.

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.

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

Scaffolded worksheet to build on student’s understanding of the Spanish present perfect tense through a wide range of activities. Ejercicio 1: Llena la tabla (fill-in the table) Tip: Check the infinitive ending to decide on the correct past participle. Ejercicio 2: Elige la opción correcta con el verbo “haber” según el pronombre. (Choose the correct option with the verb “haber” according to the pronoun). Ejercicio 3: Completa las frases utilizando la forma correcta del verbo auxiliar “haber” con el participio. (complete the sentences using the correct form of the auxilary verb “haber” with the past participle) - (e.g. yo he terminado) Ejercicio 4: Traduce las frases en ejercicio 3 al inglés (Translate the sentences in exercise 3 into English).

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.