MFL resources you can trust! Where? Here...in Polly Glott's Shop... I have shared my eye-catching, creative resources - already made and trialled - often with built-in differentiation to make your day a little easier. I have over twenty years MFL teaching experience in the classroom, so download my ready-made worksheets, packs and presentations to even out that work-life balance!
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MFL resources you can trust! Where? Here...in Polly Glott's Shop... I have shared my eye-catching, creative resources - already made and trialled - often with built-in differentiation to make your day a little easier. I have over twenty years MFL teaching experience in the classroom, so download my ready-made worksheets, packs and presentations to even out that work-life balance!
If you're browsing the shop, try typing in "French" or "Spanish" to find resources in that language.
A "Tarsia" game. You'll need to install "Tarsia" first. Then pupils match up the English and French phrases into a shape. You can tell them the shape to help them!
A three lesson (or more!) project for end of Year 7. Pupils are to produce a booklet aimed at the next year's year 7s to explain what they've learnt themselves throughout the year. An eye-opening, often fun activity: you'll see what they remember - or not - and where gaps are etc. Useful also for cover in the summer term!
A three lesson (or more!) project for end of Year 7. Pupils are to produce a booklet aimed at the next year's year 7s to explain what they've learnt themselves throughout the year. An eye-opening, often fun activity: you'll see what they remember - or not - and where gaps are etc. Useful also for cover in the summer term!
A log for pupils to note when they use TL (French) in the classroom. They monitor and tell you when they've achieved a reward which you can tailor to your own school's rewards system.
Looking for French jobs vocab’ for ‘le monde du travail’? This is a great set of 42 vocabulary cards covering les emplois words in the masculine and feminine forms. They fit well with Studio 3, Module 3. Instructions and ideas for games are included.
They will print back-to-back French and English (those eagle-eyed observers who looked at the preview images and thought they wouldn’t…you were right. School-girl error which has now been corrected…).
Le monde du travail jobs vocab’ cards
If you are introducing learners to the French jobs topic, this is the ideal resource for you. You can use it to help with introducing vocabulary learning at word level, actively and passively.
A bilingual vocabulary list and ‘Va à la pêche’ game vocabulary is included to help.
Ideal for
introducing the French topic ‘the world of work’ and jobs words
collaborative learning : activities ideas include pair and group games
beginning to identify feminine jobs words
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Vocabulary covered (plus feminine):
avocat agent de police agriculteur boucher boulanger caissier chanteur chauffeur de camion chauffeur de taxi coiffeur comptable créateur de mode diplomate directeur de magasin électricien employé de bureau facteur fermier fonctionnaire guide touristique infirmier informaticien ingénieur interprète jardinier juge maçon médecin photographe plombier policier pompier serveur sociologue steward vendeur vétérinaire webdesigner
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
*Note* the preview doesn’t show some symbols/text correctly!
A self-contained lesson covering reading/writing/speaking/listening (if you want to do all four skills in one lesson!) for the first page of this unit. It can be used on its own as an introduction to the unit, or as consolidation if you’ve already introduced the vocabulary and structures. Built-in differentiation and instructions on how you could use each slide.
If you are technically minded, you can make the powerpoint automatically change date in Spanish each time you open it. Type “How to Insert the Current Date/Time in Microsoft PowerPoint” to find out how to do it. (Not allowed exernal links on here.)
*Note* the preview doesn’t show some symbols/text correctly!
A full lesson of speaking, reading and writing tasks. Differentiation built in. Follows on from lesson 1 and can be used to present Viva 1 M3 or consolidate.
If you are technically minded, you can make the powerpoint automatically change date in Spanish each time you open it. Try typing “How to Insert the Current Date/Time in Microsoft PowerPoint” into Google which should show you places to find out how to do it. (Not allowed external links here.)
French hobbies game, jeu de l’oie
Use this game about hobbies in French (fits well with Studio 1, Module 3) to promote speaking and even writing and listening. Full instructions given plus dice and spinner templates. I have also included further ideas for development.
The language in this game is as follows:
je joue au ping-pong
nous jouons sur la Wii
j’aime écouter de la musique
je n’aime pas faire les magasins
nous jouons au volleyball
nous surfons sur internet
je fais du jogging trois fois par semaine
j’envoie des SMS
elle regarde des clips vidéo
j’envoie des e-mails
tu es sportif/sportive?
je fais du judo
ils jouent sur la Playstation
quand il fait beau je fais de l’équitation
je fais du vélo
je fais du patin à glace
je fais du skate
quand il fait froid je regarde la télé
je déteste jouer au ping-pong
je n’aime pas jouer sur mon portable
je joue au foot deux fois par semaine
j’adore faire du parkour
ils font de la lutte
quand il pleut je parle avec mes ami(e)s/copains/copines
je fais une (des) promenade(s)
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Bring something different to** Easter in Spanish**. This is an engaging Spanish Easter booklet which will liven up any Year 8 Spanish lesson. 12 activity pages Semana Santa activity pages including word puzzles and reading tasks, word sodoku plus Easter cards to create. Covers Spanish Easter vocabulary, opinions, cultural info’ about processions, true/false and photo descriptions so that the packet can work alongside your every day teaching.
This resource works well because
☛ it’s a flexible 11 page learning booklet for your Year 8s to learn vocabulary for Easter in Spanish.
☛ it’s a really engaging work packet which will liven up any Spanish lesson.
☛ the booklet could be used for
in-person printables
distance learning
starter tasks
homework
cover lessons
☛ it’s low or even no prep’ for you
☛ it can run alongside what learners are already doing to aid reading and deciphering skills e.g. photo description
☛ a bilingual vocabulary list included and answer pages where appropriate.
☛ a black and white version is also included
Vocabulary really is comprehensive in case learners are unable to look up words easily, so you may wish to remove this section if you prefer a more difficult booklet!
Booklets are flattened to protect my work and that of others within the resource and are un-editable.
Vocabulary
unos chocolates
un conejo
un huevo
un cordero
una campana
un narciso
un pollito
una canasta
una cruz
una iglesia
buscar
pintar
encontrar
la fiesta de Pascua
la procesión de Pascua
la búsqueda de los huevos de Pascua
rezar
una rama de palma
las calles
una carroza
una estatua
comer (como/comes/comemos)
gustar (me gusta (mucho))
hacer (hacemos)
tener (tengo/tienes/temenos)
ir (voy/vas/vamos/van)
comer (como/comes/comemos)
odiar (odio)
encantar (me encanta)
celebrar (celebramos)
pensar (pienso/piensa)
aqui
donde
cuando
con
quién
¿qué…? / ¿qué es/son…?
¿cómo?
durante
¿qué piensa?
¿qué llevan?
¿qué hay?
¿qué son?
¿dónde?
en la imagen
se puede ver
veo
puedo ver
a la izquierda
a la derecha
sonriendo
saltando
un pájaro
arboles
cantando
un nido
silbando
nubes
un gusano
el cesped
There is a full set of Spanish Easter booklets available for Years 7 to 11 so you’ll have something different each time.
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An engaging Spanish Easter booklet which will liven up any Year 9 Spanish lesson. Easter in Spanish can run alongside your Year 9 SoW. Here are 11 Semana Santa activity pages including word puzzles and reading tasks, a Spanish torrijas* recipe reading*, word sodoku plus Easter cards to create. Vocabulary includes Easter words, opinions plus much more so that the resource can work alongside your every day teaching.
This resource works well because
it’s a really engaging work booklet which will liven up any Spanish lesson
it is flexible: starters/whole booklet/cover/homework
it is accessible
a full bi-lingual vocabulary list is included
the answers are provided or model answers where appropriate
B&W version is provided for those (everyone??) on a tight budget
The booklets are flattened to protect my work and that of others within the resource and are therefore un-editable.
Vocabulary
unos chocolates
un conejo
un huevo
un cordero
una campana
un narciso
un pollito
una canasta
una cruz
una iglesia
buscar
pintar
encontrar
la fiesta de Pascua
la procesión de Pascua
la búsqueda de los huevos de Pascua
rezar
dulces
flores
recoger
felicidad
Cuaresma
liebre
sol
regalos
primavera
en la imagen
se puede ver
veo
puedo ver
a la izquierda
a la derecha
la torrija
el pan
la leche
frito
servido
el azúcar
la miel
la specialidad
bañado
sobre
todo
más grande que
empapar
vamos a
sacar
hervir
blandito
aplastar
darse vuelta
ponemos
la leche
cazo (m)
una rama
la canela
cortamos (en rebanadas)
una barra de pan
cuanto más reciente sea
menos
el tiempo
deberá estar sumergido
una vez que
llegar
la ebullición
volcamos
un plato
hondo
batir
calentar
una sartén
el aceite
encharcar
mojar
poco a poco
coger
rebozar
freír
dorado
por un lado
esperar
dorarse
el otro lado
una vez
tostado
el papel de cocina
escurrir
espolvorear
There is a full set of Spanish Easter learning booklets available for Years 7 - 11 so you won’t need to rummage around for something different every year.
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