Fun matching game for KS3 and KS4.

Great game to play to get your students practice their writing skills. Students will throw a die each time they have a gap which tthey will fill in with the word/phrase depending on the number they get. At the end, they will be asked to translate their paragraph into English. This will be a model they will use before they write their own. You can easily adapt to any topic/tense.

This is a reading comprehension in which students work in pair and each has a different version of the text with gaps to fill. They have to read out their text to each other for each to fill in their blanks. Time limit is recommended. A slide is attached which has a full version of the text for students to mark their answers before they are asked to answer a set of questions. Easy to adapt if you wish to present the questions in Spanish for higher ability groups. Differentiation: The words missing in the orange texts are more common / familiar then those missing in the green text.

Compilation of 40 role play cards with different useful scenarios for students to practice this part of their speaking exam. There are cards for both the FOUNDATION (green) and HIGHER (yellow) TIERS. Each card comes with a list of words which is key vocabulary they are expected to use during the role play or simply useful hints for them to have an idea of the direction which the interaction will take.

A worksheet containing two tasks- one is a hieroglyph and the other one is a match up for pupils to complete after the hieroglyph. Hints and key answers are included. Perfect for the last lessons of the year! Summer is here! Have fun!

Fun hieroglyph with 10 hidden phrases to decode. Two versions included, one with hints and one without support for more able pupils. Key answers also attached.

A set of prompt cards to encourage pupils both to ask and answer questions on basic topics. Great to recap topics, promote spontaneity and develop fluency. Cards are colour coded to differentiate and there is a set of cards with prompt instructions in Spanish and another set of cards with instructions in English to stretch and challenge. There is a slide with question words both in Spanish and in English for low ability groups. It supports topics covered in Viva 1. I have used it with several year 7 classes and even with year 8 and it really helped them with progress.

Matching game where pupils have to recognise items of clothing in Spanish and match them up (side to side( with its equivalent English word or picture until forming a shape with all the cards.

Table with infinitives and different columns for them to conjugate the I and We form of each infinitive (regular and high frequency irregular verbs (ser,estar, ir, salir, tener) into the different tenses (present, preterite, near future, conditional, imperfect, perfect, simple future and subjunctive). Easy to adapt by adding/replacing infinitives and/or tenses. It worked perfectly well with all range of learners.

Great task for KS4 and Post +16 to practice the conditional tense and develop fluency and spontaneity. This could also be a writing task where pupils are required to use their imagination and get creative. Enjoy!

Speaking mat with key vocabulary to describe people in images (Spanish mostly, no English) so it is great for high ability classes and suitable for lower pathways with a bit of training/additional support. Ideal for KS3 and KS4.

The attached document includes a set of 3 tasks in Spanish and in French to keep pupils engaged on the last lessons of the year. These tasks involve dictionary skills (where they have to look up vocabulary on the topic of summer/beach, colour in the items, writing skills (at word level), labelling, drawing and a final writing activity where they are asked to write sentences/a paragraph describing their plans for the summer using the near future tense. Ease to adapt to your own class and in this pack you have the Spanish and the French version!

This crossword includes key GCSE vocabulary on shopping. Key answers provided too.

Fun lesson plan where students get in small groups to create a piece of creative writing using some prompt cards (a set of random images, not included here) which they pick from an envelop. All teams have to follow a number of steps listed in this presentation in order to make sure they include certain grammatical requirements in each paragraph and they pass their story around to the other groups who then are asked to mark the previous paragraph and add up more details to the story using a pen of a different colour. I also gave each team paper in a specific colour to write or you could ask each team to write the team name on the sheet if you choose to use white paper for all. I have done this lesson with a top set Year 8 and it worked really well. They had a lot of fun and it helped them with develop their writing and team work skills. Really easy to adapt to other year groups and abilities by changing grammar required and giving a different set of cards

Fun board game to play with dice with all sorts of prompts for students to develop fluency and practice a range of vocabulary, tenses and structures on a variety of topics.

Complete guide to help pupils with strategies, tips and examples to improve English to Spanish translations. This ppt does not come with practice but it is very useful and suitable for independent work as well as to prepare your class before doing some practice. Contents are from Edexcel Grammar and Translation booklet- it works well with any translations but it would be perfect combined with the practice from the same book. There is a ppt with different strategies and techniques for translating Spanish to English. Bundle price available. Thanks

Fun board game for your KS4 classes to practice their Spanish speaking skills. It includes questions which prompt the use of a opinions and a variety of tenses. Great fun! You game pieces/tokens and one die or two dice. Students throw the die and move according to the number they get, they need to answer the question on each position and follow instructions on specific boxes to move forward or go back. The first player to get to META wins.

Complete guide to help pupils with strategies, tips and examples to improve Spanish-English translations. This ppt does not come with practice but it is very useful and suitable for independent work as well as to prepare your class before doing some practice. Contents are from Edexcel Grammar and Translation booklet- it work well with any translations but it would be perfect combined with the practice which comes in the same book.

Start the year getting your class to quickly revise what they learnt in year 7!  Here is a game which can be done as a whole class task where each student is given a card or two and an answer sheet), once they have answered the question/s in the card/s given, they must pass the card on to the person next to them- this way, all the cards will have to go around to each student so everyone gets to answer each card.  This is a set of 39 cards! This would work better with small classes - it can be difficult to manage with larger groups. Alternatively, if more sets of cards are printed out, you can get students in groups and each group would have a set and an answer sheet so all members would collaboratively work out the answers to the questions in all the cards. Great fun and revision out of the way! Whether it’s end of year 7 revision or start of the academic year in year 8. If you want your class to revise in more depth, you can support this game with a worksheet with further revision.

PACK contains a word document/booklet with a list of questions covering all 5 themes + an Excel book with 2 spreadsheets: one with a random (question) number picker (to use with the list of questions) for students to answer and another spreadsheet with random questions appearing. Perfect starter task for your GCSE classes to practice spontaneity and fluency in preparation for their speaking exam.