A table to help students practise writing on the topic of money for the Q2 on the CIE IGCSE writing paper.

A brief guide on how to use a sentence builder for those who aren’t familiar with this fantastic tool that has been championed by MFL pedagogy legends such as Gianfranco Conti, Steve Smith and Dylan Vinales - I do not take credit for these ideas, I am simply organising them into a concise list of my personal favourite activities to accompany some of the sentence builders that I upload to my shop.

5 pages of activities for pupils to complete to acquire key language on the topic of daily routine in French / ma routine, including: Large vocab bank of key verbs and time phrases at the start Reading, listening, translation tasks and quiz quiz trade game Independent writing task Complex structures notes and translations to incorporate them Could be used over 1-2 lessons depending on how much is used.

A big quiz of 30 questions on the Spanish-speaking world - can be used for beginners, done aurally in class or as a research task. Answers are included in the document. Great for starting off beginners in Spanish to get them interested in Hispanic world, or as an end-of-term fun activity!

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

A sentence builder on the topic of describing someone’s personality - may be useful within the topics of family or friends / le caractère / la personnalité / la famille / les amis / descriptions. See this link for a free list of activities you can do with a sentence builder: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180

An aural sentence puzzle followed by a vocab activity to introduce reflexive verbs for describing relationships with family members / les relations familiales / se fâcher contre / se disputer avec / s’entendre bien avec / les verbes pronominaux

A reading comprehension with various exercises to consolidate the vocabulary on the topic. For KS4 topic of health / healthy lifestyles. Activities include find the vocab in the text, gap-fill, French questions, vocab-list and translation.

A selection of resources including a sentence builder on the advantages of doing an internship to answer the question ‘Pourquoi est-il important de faire un stage ?’ a list of vocab to paste into Quizlet/Textivate, a ‘gap fill no gaps’ listening activity with transcript for teacher to read and a ‘1 pen 1 dice’ translation activity.

3 x sentence builders & follow-up tasks to learn to say who is in your family, names/ages, how you get on with each and why, to help pupils answer the Qs: comment tu t’entends avec ta famille / parle-moi de tes relations familiales etc. Activities: Interactive activity suggestions for using with the SB Pop-up grammar questions for paired discussion listening gap-fill reading comprehension reading aloud battleships game mini listening table gapped translation and full translation jumble writing task Answers all included. Suitable for KS3 and KS4.

A selection of 3 detailed sentence builders for KS4 or KS3 French for talking about le temps / la météo. Includes how to talk about the weather in three tenses, past present and future, and how to combine weather with your favourite saison - quelle est ta saison préférée, and examples of how to link it to free time activities. See ideas for how to exploit sentence builders at this link below https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12281180 or at my blog.

A good sentence builder to use at the start of lessons to encourage target language and reinforce some key structures. See this link for a free list of activities you can do with a sentence builder: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180

A set of translations from English to French to practise 3 key verbs on the topic of family relationships / les relations familiales - se fâcher contre, s’entendre avec, se disputer avec - a good revision exercise to go back to this topic or a writing practice for once pupils have had plenty of practise on reading & listening with these verbs eg. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reflexive-verbs-and-family-relationships-worksheets-12282709 les verbes pronominaux / la famille

A worksheet of vocab activities and short reading comprehension on topic of school system in France. Answers included.

A worksheet with a few teacher-led activities to learn and consolidate vocab for giving positive and negative opinions on hobbies. Answers and instructions included.

Intended for the study of films in Spanish, this handout provides introductory steps to analysing film, and a comprehensive glossary of vocabulary in English and Spanish with detailed explanations and examples. The examples relate to the Almodovar film, Volver, but the principles can be applied to any film. It is roughly aimed at students studying for A-Level, Pre-U or IB (aged 16+). Whilst this resource is designed to provide information, you can also create activities from it, for example, by mixing up the Spanish and English words to match up, or match words to definitions. Or, you could assign different students certain terms and ask them to produce a short analysis of these aspects in one key scene to present to the class.

A variety of activities to teach ser in the present tense to beginners, in the context of saying your nationality and where you are from. For 1-2 lessons. Includes: Matching sheet to introduce the verb forms, some countries and nationalities ‘de donde eres’ big worksheet to be filled in using matching sheet including challenging listening comprehension task and translation Additional lesson activity ideas included

A variety of different classroom activities and worksheets for teaching the irregular verb estar in the present tense to beginners in a few lessons. Includes: dictation missing letters task to introduce verb and emotions and practise phonics inductive grammar worksheet to fill in with translations Interactive oral/memory tasks on ppt. to consolidate the conjugations

Worksheet introduce and extensively practise vocab to do with daily routines and school. The aim is for pupils to learn all this language, including the verbs as vocabulary, BEFORE you go on to unpack the grammar of reflexive verbs and practise the conjugations. This helps avoid cognitive overload (which often happens when trying to teach grammar rules and meaning at the same time) Answers included, of course.