As a Secondary teacher of French and Spanish, I put a great deal of effort into creating useful resources that are accessible for lower ability pupils as well as challenging the more able. I currently teach in Scotland and follow the National curriculum at all levels - N3, N4, N5, Higher and Advanced Higher. All resources can be easily amended to suit GCSE and A-Level pupils.
As a Secondary teacher of French and Spanish, I put a great deal of effort into creating useful resources that are accessible for lower ability pupils as well as challenging the more able. I currently teach in Scotland and follow the National curriculum at all levels - N3, N4, N5, Higher and Advanced Higher. All resources can be easily amended to suit GCSE and A-Level pupils.
This is a game that can be used in class to learn/revise family relationships, personality adjectives and opinion phrases.
The game rules are:
Each group is allocated a set of phrases (I would suggest putting the words in an envelope, a small bag or a small box)
The teacher plays music (I would suggest a Spanish music playlist from YouTube)
The students pass around the envelope at the table
When the music stops, the student holding the envelope must take out a phrase and attempt to translate it
If they translate it accurately, they can keep the phrase but if it is incorrect, they must put it back into the envelope
The game continues until all of the pieces have been removed, or the teacher decides that the game is complete
The student with most pieces on their desk at the end is the winner in each group
Students will be very engaged with the game, as they have the chance to listen to music while working in a group.
Once printed, the pieces could be laminated before cutting them out and the game should last for a very long time!
This set includes:
1 x Colour-coded version that can be printed out for 6 groups
1 x Black and white version that can be printed as many times as is necessary for the number of groups.
A worksheet to practice talking about the bedroom.
Worksheet includes:
- Spanish to English translation task
- Adjective selection task (masculine and feminine)
- Match-up task to revise prepositions
A pack of 3 worksheets to practice conjugating verbs in the present tense.
Each worksheet includes 10 regular verbs in the infinitive form to be conjugated and translated.
Useful for any secondary level to practice using the regular Present Tense.
Pack of two worksheets to practice talking about past holidays in French,
Worksheet 1 includes:
- French to English translation task using initial vocabulary about going on holiday (where, how, who with etc)
- Writing task to give details about pupils' own holidays
Worksheet 2 includes:
- French to English translation task using activities on holiday
- Sentence completion task
- English to French translation task
A Powerpoint presentation to introduce the preterite tense in Spanish.
Presentation includes:
- Brief explanation of tense
- Formation of AR, ER and IR verbs in this tense
- Exercises to practice using each of these rules
- Common irregular verbs that can be copied from presentation
A comprehensive worksheet of activities to practice using the verb 'Gustar' in the present tense.
Worksheet includes:
- Reading task to pick out correct answers depending on use of gustar
- Gap-fill activity to choose correct part of gustar to complete the sentences
- English to Spanish translation task
- Writing task using gustar
Pack also includes the answers to activities.
This package contains 6 motivational quotes that can be printed and displayed in your classroom. The quotes are provided in both Spanish and English and brighten up the room, while exposing pupils to some common Spanish phrases.
Hanging the Spanish next to the English can help with understanding, or they could be placed separately around the room for pupils to work out which ones match-up.
The quotes are:
todo es posible - everything is possible
la vida es un viaje, no una carrera - life is a journey, not a race
no escondas tu talento - don’t hide your talent
no somos perfectos, pero somos felices - we are not perfect, but we are happy
si lo puedes soñar, lo puedes hacer - if you can dream it, you can do it
persigue tus sueños - follow your dreams
A comprehensive PowerPoint presentation to use with the Health topic.
Presentation includes:
- A large list of phrases on each of the 3 themes (Smoking, Alcohol and Drugs)
Presentation was originally used with a Higher Spanish class, but could certainly be used with GCSE or A-Level.
A package of 5 very basic worksheets to introduce information to beginners in the language or younger learners.
Worksheets included:
- Asking and giving name
- Asking and giving age
- Colours
- Numbers
- Greetings
All worksheets are very accessible and contain illustrations and a border that can be decorated by pupils to make sheet/information stand out.
Especially suitable for Primary pupils.
Could also be used to differentiate materials for lower-ability Secondary pupils.