A gap-fill activity on the dictatorship of Pinochet in Chile Includes a text on Chilean history, an audio recording, a gap fill activity and complete answers This activity is a small part of a fantastic series of lessons on Pinochet’s dictatorship, which is available in full here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12906055

8 creative questions for a Spanish end of year quiz or Christmas quiz Can also be used as lesson starters, or as an activity mid-lesson to re-engage pupils Answers are available in the speaker notes section This is a free sample of a full resource with 40 questions which is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12859109 The resource is available as a .pptx file which you are free to edit, or as a PDF.

Full 1 hour+ GCSE Spanish lesson based on a 260 word text about Morelia, a city in Mexico. Includes pre- and post-reading activities with a video, two AQA exam-style questions, a summary task and an independent research activity. The resource is available as a .docx file which can be edited, or as a PDF. An audio (.mp3), spoken by a female native speaker from Mexico is also included. Complete answers are given.

Six quick warmers for GCSE Spanish lessons. A mix of grammar, vocabulary and culture. This is a free sample of a larger resource with 30 starters which can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/30-gcse-spanish-5-minute-starters-12858683 Answers and tips for using the slides are in the comments section (sometimes you might need to scroll down in this part). The resource is available as a .pptx file which you are free to edit. I have also included the pdf version to protect against content being skewed depending on compatibility issues.

Six quick warmers for KS3 Spanish lessons A mix of grammar, vocabulary and culture This is a free sample of a larger resource with 45 starters which can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/45-ks3-spanish-5-minute-starters-12858726 Answers and tips for using the slides are in the comments section (sometimes you might need to scroll down in this part) The resource is available as a .pptx file which you are free to edit. I have also included the pdf version to protect against content being skewed depending on compatibility issues.

Full 1 hour+ GCSE Spanish lesson based on a 260 word text about technology in Mexico. Includes a pre-reading speaking activity, a grammar focus on the verb haber, two AQA exam-style questions and a structured writing task. The resource is available as a .docx file which can be edited, or as a PDF. An audio (.mp3), spoken by a female native speaker from Mexico is also included. Complete answers are given.

A quiz with 10 German animals with funny literal translations to English Ideal as a German lesson starter, as form-time activity, or as a fun quiz for the European Day of Languages Includes a separate slide with answers Provided as a .pdf and .pptx file More quizzes for the European Day of Languages are available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12901426

A simple slide for students to practise how to say what they like and dislike in Spanish. Student A selects a person from the board and describes what they like and dislike according to the cues. Student B guesses which person they have chosen and then the students swap over. You can find identical resources for French and German (just with more typical names) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12962720 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12962725

Quiz suitable for fun end of year or Christmas lessons Accessible for a good KS3 class or perhaps a foundation GCSE class Almost all questions are in Spanish, but use the simplest language possible. I have also included the translation of 1-2 keywords where necessary, or occasionally the whole question if the structure is slightly more complex. There are five rounds, each with eight questions. All questions are somehow related to the Spanish-speaking world: Geography, Who am I?, Culture and traditions, True or false + History There is one tiebreaker question Answers are included on a separate slide after each round The quiz is available as a .pptx and .pdf file This is a free sample of the quiz which shows the structure, design and one question from each round. The full quiz with all 41 questions is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12871027

Quiz suitable for fun end of year or Christmas lessons Accessible for a good KS3 class or perhaps a foundation GCSE class All questions are in German, but use the simplest language possible. Where relevant, I have included the English translation of 1-2 keywords on the same slide. There are five rounds, each with eight questions. All questions are somehow related to the German-speaking world: Geography, Who am I?, Culture and traditions, True or false + History There is one tiebreaker question Answers are included on a separate slide after each round The quiz is available as a .pptx and .pdf file A free sample of the quiz which shows the design and structure, and offers one sample question per round, can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12870574

Quiz suitable for fun end of year or Christmas lessons Accessible for a good KS3 class or perhaps a foundation GCSE class Almost all questions are in Spanish, but use the simplest language possible. I have also included the translation of 1-2 keywords where necessary, or occasionally the whole question if the structure is slightly more complex. There are five rounds, each with eight questions. All questions are somehow related to the Spanish-speaking world: Geography, Who am I?, Culture and traditions, True or false + History There is one tiebreaker question Answers are included on a separate slide after each round The quiz is available as a .pptx and .pdf file A free sample of the quiz which shows the design and structure, and offers one sample question per round, can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12873802

40 creative questions for a French end of year quiz or Christmas quiz 8 rounds with 5 questions per round (français, géographie, nature, histoire, grammaire, sport, musique et ciné and gastronomie) Can also be used as lesson starters, or as an activity mid-lesson to re-engage pupils Includes two versions of the quiz (FR and EN), answer sheets and a teacher sheet with all answers A free sample of this resource with 8 questions is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-french-end-of-year-quiz-sample-12859121 The resources are saved in a zip file and are all .docx or .pptx which you are free to edit. I have also included the pdf version to protect against content being skewed depending on compatibility issues.

40 creative questions for a Spanish end of year quiz or Christmas quiz 8 rounds with 5 questions per round (español, geografía, naturaleza, historia, gramática, deporte, música y cine and comida) Can also be used as lesson starters, or as an activity mid-lesson to re-engage pupils Includes two versions of the quiz (ES and EN), answer sheets and a teacher sheet with all answers A free sample of this resource with 8 questions is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12859106 The resources are saved in a zip file and are all .docx or .pptx which you are free to edit. I have also included the pdf version to protect against content being skewed depending on compatibility issues.

40 creative questions for a German end of year quiz or Christmas quiz 8 rounds with 5 questions per round (Deutsch, Geografie, Natur, Geschichte, Grammatik, Sport, Musik und Filme and Essen) Can also be used as lesson starters, or as an activity mid-lesson to re-engage pupils Includes two versions of the quiz (DE and EN), answer sheets and a teacher sheet with all answers A free sample of this resource with 8 questions is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12859228 The resources are saved in a zip file and are all .docx or .pptx which you are free to edit. I have also included the pdf version to protect against content being skewed depending on compatibility issues.

Get to know your pupils better and give them a chance to review key language! All About Me worksheets for back to school language lessons Spanish, German, French and English Frequent or transparent language used whenever possible The worksheets are available as .jpg files

A worksheet to get to know your pupils better at the start of this school year. The same resource adapted to Spanish, German and French for MFL lessons is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12892429

September 11th 2023 is the 50th anniversary of the golpe de Estado that preceded Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile. Tackle this topic in class with a fantastic series of lessons! The resource includes: a complete summary of Chilean history 1970-present day, an audio recording of this text, vocabulary, comprehension and discussion style activities and outlines for three creative projects with your class. Students can expand on their knowledge by working on fictive interviews with important people from Chilean history, an independent research project focusing on a specific element from this period and a role-play debate activity discussing censorship during the dictatorship. All the answers are included, integrated into a powerpoint presentation to support the class. Included files are .pdf, .pptx, .docx and .mp3 You can download the first activity for free here. It’s a simple gap-fill with the written and audio version of the text: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12906061