Attached are self-evaluation templates that I’ve created aimed to help students fully prepare for their listening, reading and writing mock exams in Modern Foreign Languages.

Wordsearch on the weather to get students settled and introduced to some key vocabulary on the topic of the weather. As an extension, students can have a go at translating the words into English.

A comprehensive list of some useful sentence structures and phrases with different ways of expressing the same thing and avoiding repetition. This resource will help students to develop their vocabulary and further enhance the quality and authenticity of their speaking and writing.

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 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.

A scaffolded high-level worksheet consolidating all the different tenses in Spanish through reading comprehension about David’s holiday experience in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A wide range of activities have been designed increasing in difficulty to stretch and challenge the students. Answers are included on the PPT. Exercise 1: Translating the underlined selected words into English from the text. Exercise 2: Find examples of the following: a) Sequencers (x3) d) Adjectives (x4) b) Preterite tense verbs (x3) e) Negative sentence structures (x2) c) Imperfect tense verbs (x3) f) Imperfect subjunctive (x1) Exercise 3: True or false? Correct the false sentences. Exercise 4: Answer the questions in Spanish Exercise 5: Answer the questions in English Exercise 6: Fill-in the gaps with the correct words from the box Extension: With your partner, practise the following oral questions: • ¿Adónde fuiste de vacaciones? • ¿Cómo fueron tus vacaciones? • ¿Dónde te quedaste? • ¿Te gustó tu alojamiento? • ¿Adónde irás de vacaciones el año que viene?

Scaffolded worksheet on numbers 1-100 with a handout to support. Exercise 1: Empareja el número con el español (match the number with the Spanish equivalent). Exercise 2: Escribe en números lo siguiente (write the following in numbers). Exericse 3: Escribe los siguientes números en palabras (write the following numbers in words). Exercise 4: Completa las siguientes cuentas (complete the following sums). Exercise 5: Completa las siguientes secuencias (Complete the following sequences). ANSWERS ALSO INCLUDED (separate document)

Wordsearch on the topic of pets/animals can be used as a Do Now/Starter activity to get students settled. Scaffolded worksheet on the topic of animals with ample opportunity to meet new language, manipulate it and make language your own. Part 1: Vocabulary - Match up the two halves. Part 2: Reading comprehension activities Part 3: Translation (i) Spanish to English (ii) English to Spanish Extension: Write 5 sentences using the vocabulary from today’s lesson.

A scaffolded worksheet that focuses on providing the key vocabulary for asking and giving directions in Spanish. Exercise 1: Match up the Spanish with the English Exercise 2: Imperatives - complete the table with the “tú” and “vosotros” imperative forms of the key verbs. Exercise 3: Translation into English using the vocabulary and table from exercise 2 to help. Exercise 4: Translation into Spanish using the vocabulary and previous exercises to manipulate the language. Challenge: Create their own sentences using the vocabulary and key verbs from the lesson.

Scaffolded double sided worksheet that gives students the opportunity to meet new language, manipulate and make language their own. Ample opportunity for listening, reading, speaking and writing.

A scaffolded worksheet on the topic of likes and dislikes of different activities. Key grammar: “gustar” + infinitive. Includes: Part 1: Vocabulary - matching up the Spanish with the English equivalent Part 2: Grammar: (i) filling in the grid with the correct conjugation of the verb “gustar”. (ii) Filling in the gaps with the correct infinitive. Part 3: Translation: translate the sentences into English.

Introduction to French PPT with worksheet included (see attached) -Learning the alphabet -Knowing some French greetings -Introducing themselves -Learning the days of the week -Learning the months of the year

Quiz to test students knowledge on the Spanish present tense for both regular and irregular verbs. Answers included.

Scaffolded two-sided worksheet that focusses on different school subjects. By the end of the lesson, students should know the different school subjects and express what their favourite school subjects are. Also, they are to develop their reading and writing skills. Part A - Vocabulary Part B - Reading Comprehension Part C - Translation Part D - Writing

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).

Some speaking questions to get students to ask and answer questions using some of the key grammatical structures. E.g. 是。。。的。。。 A 还是 B Questions increase in complexity.

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

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.

Powerpoint introducing some famous Chinese dishes and beverages. A variety of games can be played such as: 1.Splat 2.Beat the Teacher 3.Pronunciation competition. Then, there is a dialogue that I have created that students can practise and rehearse in pairs. There are two versions: one with the pinyin and the other with the characters for differentiation.