Four simple and fun French Christmas activities, suitable for Keystage 3. PowerPoint file containing: Present Hunt: Santa’s sleigh has crashed and the toys have spread across the image. Translate the French list of toys and then locate and label them in the image. Answers slide included in PowerPoint. Writing Task: Students use key verbs to write a sentence about each present. Mini Christmas Decoration: Colour the strips the correct colours and then cut them out and stick them together in rings in the correct order. Each strip is labelled with a number and colour in French. Chatty Christmas: Students fill in the Christmas character speech bubbles using sentences they have learned this year. Also available in Spanish. Joyeux Noël

Colourful and fun PowerPoint file containing printable knowledge organiser and worksheets on the topic of modes of transport in Spanish. Types of transport Key verbs in present and preterite tense Types of ticket Saying how long the journey lasts/lasted Adjectives to describe types of transport (rápido/cómodo/barato/verde, etc.) Unjumble the sentences task Translate task Draw pictures of vehicles using only the letters in the Spanish word List top 3 modes of transport and give a reason for each Dual coded to aid with memorisation and to support SEN learners. Easily editable. El transporte Medios de transporte

Spanish school subjects graphic vocabulary sheet with colourful and fun worksheet. PowerPoint file makes it easy to display on the board as your students work with the printed sheets. Dual coded to aid memorisation and to support SEN learners. Comes with answers slide. Over 30 school subjects Opinion phrases Recreo/hora de comer/clubes extracurriculares Gap filling activity Picture prompt task Translation task Writing task Matching activity Las asignaturas El colegio El instituto Las clases Las materias Los estudios La escuela

Spanish jobs graphic vocabulary sheet with accompanying colourful worksheet. PowerPoint file for easy display on board and printing. Comes with answers slide. Over 30 jobs words Asking what someone’s job is Saying what your job is Saying what you would like to be Matching task Translation task Picture clues task Gap fill activity Writing task Los trabajos Las profesiones Los empleos Los oficios Spanish work Spanish jobs

A reading task focusing on the ingredients list for three traditional Spanish Easter desserts. PowerPoint file for ease of printing and display on the board. Comes with answer slides. Colourful and fun! Food and drink words Numbers Measurements Cognates Reading comprehension questions Translation task Semana Santa Easter in Spain Spanish Easter Spanish food and drink Spanish recipes

Fun Spanish comic strip style knowledge oraniser for the topic of healthy lifestyle advice. Superheroes vs. super villains in a battle of good and bad advice. Fits in perfectly with Module 3 of Viva 3. Se debe… No se debe… A few higher level infinitives added to stretch and challenge Version of comic strip with blank speech bubbles included for students to translate into English or make their own story! PowerPoint file – easy to display and print. La vida sana La comida sana Muévete Spanish healthy life Spanish healthy living Spanish healthy lifestyle Spanish healthy food

Viva GCSE Year 1 Scheme of Work Available here. Week-by-week planning for the entire second year of the Viva GCSE Higher textbook (AQA) by Pearson. The template is filled in with dates for 2020-21 (can be easily edited), unit titles, links to GCSE topics, key vocabulary and grammar concepts. It also includes some suggestions for assessed tasks (can be easily edited) and columns to embed resources and homework. Instructions on how to do this are included. I’ve also embedded the AQA Specification for GCSE Spanish, a table outlining the topics within each of the three themes and information about the examinations.

Spanish pyramid translation starter tasks for Modules 1 to 5 of VIVA GCSE. Timer built in to each slide and answers provided.

Colourful and dual-coded knowledge organiser introducing Spanish prepositions of place, accompanied by a fun activity sheet. PowerPoint file for display on board as well as easy printing. Includes answers slide. Common prepositions Links with giving directions (resource also available for that topic) Links with places in the town (resource also available for that topic) Está Picture prompt tasks Gap fill tasks Matching activity Preposiciones de lugar Spanish prepositions

Colourful, dual-coded knowledge organiser and accompanying worksheet on the topic of free time in Spanish. PowerPoint file for displaying on the board and for printing. Answers slide included. Ideal for introducing the topic in Key Stage 3. Fits in well with Viva 1 textbook. Introduces infinitives and 1st first of present tense in easy to understand format. Opinion phrases Voy a Frequency phrases Connectives Porque es… Translation task Writing task Fill in the missing letters task En mi tiempo libre Pasatiempos Spanish hobbies Spanish free time

¿Cómo eres? - Describing Yourself in Spanish A colourful knowledge organiser and accompanying worksheet with answers slide. PowerPoint file. Hair and eyes Physical descriptions Personality Qualifiers Activities: Unjumble the sentences Fill in the letters in the key words Translate the sentences Write about yourself and someone else Describe the pictures Dual coded with simple images and colours to aid memorisation and to support SEN learners.

A five-page activity booklet based around the pop song Un año by Sebastián Yutra and Reik. This ia a PDF file with an embedded link to the YouTUbe video of the song. Grammar Preterite tense Simple future tense Present tense Present subjunctive Object pronouns Comparatives Vocabulary Themes Months and seasons Numbers Connectives Mood and personality adjectives Task 1 - First Pass of lyrics Task 2 - Identifying groups of words Task 3 - Months and Seasons calendar activity Task 4 - Verb tenses and meanings Task 5 - Translation of one verse Task 6 - Identifying themes Task 7 - Word Hunt Ideal for students who are familiar with the preterite and simple future tenses in Spanish. Spanish songs Spanish music Spanish lyrics Spanish future tense Spanish preterite tense Spanish months Spanish seasons

This pack contains an extended Spanish text about a holiday in Florida, an English translation with the paragraphs in the wrong order to be cut up by the student and arranged into the correct order and an English translation in the correct order to put on the board for students to check their work. Suitable for any KS3 or 4 class studying the topic of holidays. Extension activities: Ask students to highlight verbs, adjectives, nouns in different colours in the Spanish text. Call out a word or phrase in the text and see who can call back the English meaning quickest. Ask students to rewrite text or part of text changing some key facts to suit their own tastes/opinions.

A Spanish frienship poetry lesson intended to be delivered largely in the target language (although this is optional). Designed to fit with how poetry is taught in KS3 English lessons, which is excellent to demonstrate cross-curricular planning for the new Ofsted framework. Suitable for both KS3 and KS 4 students. Resource pack contains: * A PowerPoint introducing the concept of poetry and some relevant vocabulary, as well as exploring a poem. * A gap-fill exercise using a poem by Borges along with a YouTube video. * A word search based around the poetry vocabulary. * Two matching activities based around the poetry vocabulary. * An ActivInspire Flipboard file with an activity focusing on the use of comparisons as a poetic device. * A document containing worksheets to print to support the PowerPoint presentation. * A Teachers Notes file to help guide you and allow you to quickly print out the resources you’ll need.

This pack contains materials for teaching the Spanish version of The Tortoise and the Hare. CONTENTS: * ActivStudio presentation of key vocabulary from story. * Parallel text of the story, divided into small chunks of language to help students easily identify the equivalent Spanish words/phrases. Link to video of the story. * Gap-fill activity based on the text. * Storyboard activity based on the text. I have taught this lesson to three year 7 classes and all have been enthusiastic and felt a sense of achievement at being able to access a complete story in the target language.

A lesson designed for KS3 students exploring the topic of food and drink with a focus on some traditional dishes from Spain, Peru and Mexico. PACK CONTAINS: * A PowerPoint file with a starter activity, introduction to the impersonal use of 'se' (se come), texts with associated reading and writing tasks and answers to the listening and reading worksheets. Includes screen shots of short authentic texts, one of which is used for a 'spot the cognates' activity. * A listening task based on a video of people in Peru being interviewed about why they like their country's iconic Inca Kola. Focus on opinions and reasons for opinions. * A reading comprehension task also on the topic of Inca Kola. * Alphabetised vocabulary list to support less able students or those completely new to the topic of food and drink.

An authentic text on the topic of healthy living and how to sleep better with four accompanying activities. Activity 1: Students match the advice given in the text to pictures. Activity 2: Students find the Spanish version of five English phrases in the text. Activity 3: Students translate seven verbs from the text into English. Activity 4: Students translate five sentences of varying complexity and including a variety of tenses into English. Sentences use verbs from the text and are designed to bring in vocabulary from the topic of healthy living at large.

A higher level authentic text on the topic of how exercise can improve memory and brain function, which includes some English comprehension questions and a vocabulary matching activity.

An instructional infographic (one page) telling students how to use Vocab Express from Harper Collins for homework tasks. Includes space for them to write their username, password and school code.

An authentic text on the topic of a Toy Story Land opening in 2018 as part of Disney Land. Comes with three activities. Ideal for topics of film, holidays/tourism and free time. Activity 1: Students search for ten words/phrases that they already know from the text and write them with their English meanings. Activity 2: Students write three sentences in the future tense about what you will be able to do at the park. Activity 3: Students translate one of the paragraphs into English.