Saint Valentin: Mots cachés. Straightforward word search but with differentiation possibilities including translating the words- see second page. Would make a good starter or introduction to Saint Valentin vocabulary.

Straightforward word search in Spanish. Could upward differentiate by asking class to translate words. Other ideas on second page.

French Easter Card Game A set of resources to bring in Easter vocabulary whilst revising Year 7 / sixth grade basic French: name/description of character, size/colors/age/name. 16 different ID cards about pets create a stimulus for a variety of activities: see the ideas sheet on the last page!

Year 7 resource covering basic information and questions with an Easter learning twist. There are 16 cards of pets to use in a variety of ways - listening/speaking/writing/whole class/small group/pairs. An ideas sheet is at the end. A flexible resource to bring in Easter words without jeopardising the SoW! Useful to revise basic information and questions but bringing in new vocabulary for Easter at the same time.

An Easter card game plus further activities. Using personal/basic information plus Easter words thrown in, you may get away with using this in your lessons to bring in Easter vocabulary! A card game gets you started and further activities for reading/writing/speaking are explained on the last sheet.

Year 7 Spanish First Spanish Lesson Get to know your KS3 pupils. Do your pupils come from a variety of feeder primaries? This resource can help you to clarify level of MFL depending on which primary your intake is from. This is also a helpful resource if the timetable hasn’t started yet or your sets/groups are not sorted in the third week of term which happened to me one year and I had to cobble to something together for two weeks not knowing if the children would be in the group or not… There is room to put in the name of your school. For differentiation ideas, try putting anagrams of Spanish vocab’ on the board (or on certain tables if you know the ability…) or anagrams of famous Spanish speakers. Also see my free French version.

Easter Semana Santa For learners of Spanish, containing Easter vocabulary and personal information. An Easter card game plus further activities. With Easter words thrown in, you may get away with using this in your lessons to bring in Easter vocabulary! A card game gets you started and further activities for reading/writing/speaking are explained on the last sheet.

Halloween French Vocabulary A range of vocabulary-based activities on Halloween words in French. 28 pages repeated with and without graphics. Includes: simple matching dictionary work crossword word search quiz/puzzle If you don’t have space to fit Halloween into your Scheme of Work, maybe it could be a HW / French club activity / extra for keen beans? :) If you like this, take a look at my other French and Spanish Halloween resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-spanish-vocabulary-11760072 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-halloween-vocabulary-12407086 For many other resource on a variety of topics, take a browse in my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Polly_Glott Happy teaching!

A simple Mother’s Day card in Spanish.

Helpful for Viva AQA GCSE. A sheet to print to help with the vocabulary for global problems (pollution/obesity/famine etc). The resource helps the Piensa Globalmente topic by providing a matching tick or cross grid of vocabulary in English and Spanish and an extension activity to choose whether we should or should not do something. Print two slides to get two copies per A4 sheet.

Sala de clase: objetos. Simple starters to build classroom object vocabulary in Spanish. Instructions in the notes pages. Simple gap-filling to develop gradually the correct spelling of classroom items in Spanish.

Salle de classe: objets. A pack of starter activities to develop knowledge of classroom objects in French. Fill in the missing letters. Three different sets of vocabulary ending with a grid covering all three to fill in.

Spanish All About Me Basic personal information A mini book to write about yourself. Fold the A4 or A3 sheet over to make the booklet. Page numbers are given. Answer the questions and illustrate. Vocabulary covered: name age siblings where you live Could make a good revision starter, consolidation of writing or home work.

A useful classroom wall display in Spanish. WYSIWYG! 51 pages. Print in colour on A4 and cut to the shapes. Organise the words under the correct word type heading and use the images to help understanding. They can then be used during lessons by students and you as the teacher can draw your attention to them to show how to improve speaking and writing skills.

A useful classroom wall display in French. WYSIWYG! Print in colour on A4 and cut to the shapes. Organise the words under the correct word type heading and use the images to help understanding. They can then be used during lessons by students and you as the teacher can draw your attention to them to show how to improve speaking and writing skills.

French Personal Information Snakes and Ladders game. Vocabulary covered: name age numbers to 100 personal qualities and faults alphabet first and third person singular of avoir and être hair/eyes comment dit-on / qu’est-ce que c’est / anglais/français/il, elle est comment/et/mais/pour avancer/conte/décris/quelles sont/ Should help with speaking. Perhaps put help on the whiteboard (e.g. comment dit-on if the learners are not familiar with it). I’ve put a PPT version here as well so you could play it as a class with it on the IWB.

Viva 1 Module 1 U1-5 Mi Vida Spanish Snakes and Ladders Game Viva 1 Module 1 consolidation A lively and interactive Spanish game for your young learners to use their Viva 1 Module 1 language. Involves vocabulary recall and translation Spanish-English, English-Spanish plus answering and asking questions. Covers the topics in this unit as per the text book. It’s a good way to consolidate what they might have learnt in a fun way. Here’s a reminder of the framework/questions… Saludos ¿Qué tipo de persona eres? Mi pasión es ¿Tienes hermanos? ¿Cuántos años tienes? ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? ¿Tienes mascotas? Los colores High-frequency words Numbers Colours Apologies: noticed one word mistake in box 34. I’ll fix that as soon as I can… in the meantime, you can use it for learners to “find the mistake”!!

A two page French “test” for reading and writing. Good for Y7 once covered name, age, pets, hair, eyes, j’habite, opinions or as a low ability test for Y8 for recapping/consolidation. Mainly gapfill and matching but does have an open writing on the second page.

Spanish -¿Cómo es tu barrio? A PowerPoint to introduce the adjectives to describe your neighbourhood. The first few slides introduce the vocabulary and are followed by activities which can be done to develop skills with them. There is an accompanying PowerPoint which contains the activities without graphics or backgrounds so that you can use these for handouts to print. There are two slides of each so you can print two per page of A4. Activities include: One pen, one dice Missing words Broken words Faulty translation Four in a row game Vocabulary: ¿cómo es tu barrio? mi barrio (no) es bonito/bonita feo/fea limpio/limpia sucio/sucia tranquilo/tranquila ruidoso/ruidosa interesante aburrido/aburrida moderno/moderna turístico/turística industrial animado/animada pintoresco/pintoresca descuidado/descuidada precioso/preciosa viejo/vieja anciado/anciada (no) es más/menos que Bastante/muy/extremadamente

Viva 1 M1 U1.1-1.2 Board Game A simple board game covering the Viva 1 Modules shown. Learners work their way around the board - dice needed! - from start to finish by stating the correct answers on each square. There are questions from the units to answer in Spanish and simple vocabulary translations into English. Vocab’ covered: fenomenal/bien/regular/fatal/genial/estupendo mi héroe es sincero/a tímido/a tranquilo/a divertido/a tonto/a serio/a simpático/a generoso/a soy/eres/es (no) soy vivo en ¿Cómo te llamas? ¿Dónde vives? ¿Qué tal? ¿Qué tipo de persona eres?