High quality French, German and Spanish resources for GCSE and A Level.
I am always looking for new ideas for resources so if you have something in mind but don't have time to create it yourself, please get in touch.
High quality French, German and Spanish resources for GCSE and A Level.
I am always looking for new ideas for resources so if you have something in mind but don't have time to create it yourself, please get in touch.
IMPROVED Feb 2021
Now uploaded as powerpoint slides and pdfs for ease of use.
All web links checked and longer articles available online for extended reading.
60 A Level French speaking preparation texts covering all the Year 12 and 13 topics. 5 short authentic extracts with sources acknowledged for each of the 12 modules covered in Year 12 and 13.
Perfect for preparing for questions 1 and 2 of the AQA speaking test - que dit-on ici sur… and quelle est votre reaction? and for the more general question -qu’est-ce que vous savez de la situation en France ou ailleurs dans le monde francophone?
Web links can also be used for topical background reading.
Texts also useful for translation into English.
A clear and concise reference guide to the German tenses, the subjunctive mood and the passive voice - including word order for negatives and reflexive verbs and separable prefixes.
Particularly suitable for higher level GCSE and A Level students who want to be able to express their own ideas, but who struggle to remember the rules for each tense.
Slide 1 = Simple tenses - present, imperfect and compound tenses with werden - future and conditional. Gives usage, formation of stem, endings, irregulars and word order for negatives and reflexive verbs and separable prefixes.
Slide 2 = Compound tenses with haben or sein - perfect, pluperfect and future perfect tenses - usage, full declension of haben and sein, formation of past participles. Also includes common irregulars, verbs that take sein and word order for negatives and reflexive verbs and separable prefixes.
Slide 3 = Passive voice and Konjuntiv I - usage, formation and word order for past present and future tenses.
Slide 4 = Konjunktiv II - includes formation and usage for weak and strong verbs in the present and past, common forms and word order.
Slide 5 = Word order examples for all the above tenses, voices and moods for sentences with subject first, something else first and after a subordinating conjunction.
3 resources to enhance pupils understanding of the film, its characters, themes, cinematography and symbolism.
Includes a booklet to complete, questions to answer in English on the film’s content and 100 questions and answers for retrieval of key details.
A clear and concise reference guide to the Spanish tenses, the subjunctive mood and the passive voice - including word order for negatives and reflexive verbs.
Particularly suitable for higher level GCSE and A Level students who want to be able to express their own ideas, but who struggle to remember the rules for each tense.
Slide 1 = Simple tenses - present, future, preterite, imperfect and conditional - usage, formation of stem, endings, irregulars and word order for negatives and reflexive verbs.
Slide 2 = Compound tenses - perfect, pluperfect, future perfect and conditional perfect tenses - usage, full declension of haber, formation of past participles, and the continuous tenses including estar in the present, imperfect and future tenses and the formation of the present participle. Also includes common irregulars and word order for negatives and reflexive verbs.
Slide 3 = Subjunctive mood - usage, formation of stem, endings, irregulars and word order for negatives and reflexive verbs, lists of common triggers.
Passive voice - examples of usage in different tenses, full declension of ser, formation of past participles and agreements.
Covering key vocabulary such as colours, months, numbers and times.
Available as PDFs and powerpoints
Four differentiated vocabulary grids - loosely based on vocabulary covered in Studio 1 and Allez 1 but including some more words for stretch and challenge.
Each grid covers 12 sets of 5 words linked to a given topic.
Grid with no categories given.
Grid with categories given.
Answers
English translation
Support and challenge:
Look up any words you don’t know.
Find 5 more to add into some of the categories.
Suggested uses:
• Find five words from a given category
• Sentence building
• Improve fluency and accuracy.
More details of suggestions on final slide
Covering talking about yourself and others, describing appearance and personality . Available as PDFs and powerpoints
Three sets of four differentiated vocabulary grids - loosely based on vocabulary covered in Studio 1 and Allez 1 but including some more words for stretch and challenge.
Each grid covers 12 sets of 5 words linked to a given topic.
Grid with no categories given.
Grid with categories given.
Answers
English translation
Support and challenge:
Look up any words you don’t know.
Find 5 more to add into some of the categories.
Suggested uses:
• Find five words from a given category
• Sentence building
• Improve fluency and accuracy.
More details of suggestions on final slide
Covering the topics of school lessons, my school and the school day.
Available as PDFs or powerpoints.
Three sets of four differentiated vocabulary grids - loosely based on vocabulary covered in Studio 1 and Allez 1 but including some more words for stretch and challenge.
Each grid covers 12 sets of 5 words linked to a given topic.
Grid with no categories given.
Grid with categories given.
Answers
English translation
Support and challenge:
Look up any words you don’t know.
Find 5 more to add into some of the categories.
Suggested uses:
• Find five words from a given category
• Sentence building
• Improve fluency and accuracy.
More detailed suggestions for use are on the final slide
4 differentiated grids to help students to add more detail to their own writing.
They are presented individually on single slides and as core and stretch combined and challenge and super challenge combined and with all 4 levels on one slide for mixed ability use.
The categories on the grids reflect the headings/boxes on my GCSE Essentials Learning Mats.
Core and Stretch reflect the expectations of GCSE Foundation Level (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-french-essentials-learning-mat-foundation-12043959)
and Challenge and Super Challenge are aimed at Higher Level candidates (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-french-essentials-learning-mat-higher-12043962).
Pupils start with either a noun (le foot) or a noun and verb (jouer au foot) then use the grids to add to and uplevel the sentence.
The slides can be used in a variety of ways:
as a starter or plenary
as a card game
as a game of consequences
as a board game
A clear and concise reference guide to the 4 simple tenses, 4 compound tenses, the subjunctive and the passive in French -including word order for negatives and reflexive verbs. Particularly suitable for higher level GCSE and A Level students who want to be able to express their own ideas, but who struggle to remember the rules for each tense.
Slide 1 = Simple tenses - present, future, imperfect and conditional tenses - usage, formation of stem, endings, irregulars and word order for negatives and reflexive verbs.
Slide 2 = Compound tenses - usage, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect and conditional perfect tenses - full declension of avoir and etre, formation of past participles, and agreements list of etre verbs, irregulars and word order for negatives and reflexive verbs.
Slide 3 = Subjunctive mood - usage, formation of stem, endings, irregulars and word order for negatives and reflexive verbs, lists of common triggers
Passive voice - examples of usage in different tenses, full declension of etre, formation of past participles and agreements.
A set of 4 grammar bingo grids, each differentiated on 4 levels, perfect for focusing on the different grammatical structures needed for GCSE and A Level languages and for EAL students.
Can be used to pick out features in a reading text or to encourage students to use a variety of structures in their own writing. Students colour in, or mark off the grammar points as they find/ use them. Points or prizes could be awarded for a complete line or complete grid as in a game of bingo.
Appropriate for any text.
Could be used for a starter or plenary, or as a settling activity, or for independent or distance learning.
Also available as separate items. Please have a look in my shop:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/annehensman
A grammar bingo grid, differentiated on 4 levels, perfect for focusing on the different grammatical structures needed for GCSE and A Level Spanish.
Can be used to pick out features in a reading text or to encourage students to use a variety of structures in their own writing. Students colour in, or mark off the grammar points as they find/ use them. Points or prizes could be awarded for a complete line or complete grid as in a game of bingo.
Appropriate for any text.
Could be used for a starter or plenary, or as a settling activity, or for independent or distance learning.
Also available with hints in French and German. Please have a look in my shop:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/annehensman
A grammar bingo grid, differentiated on 4 levels, perfect for focusing on the different grammatical structures needed for GCSE and A Level German.
Can be used to pick out features in a reading text or to encourage students to use a variety of structures in their own writing. Students colour in, or mark off the grammar points as they find/ use them. Points or prizes could be awarded for a complete line or complete grid as in a game of bingo.
Appropriate for any text.
Could be used for a starter or plenary, or as a settling activity, or for independent or distance learning.
Also available with hints in French and Spanish. Please have a look in my shop:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/annehensman
A grammar bingo grid, differentiated on 4 levels, perfect for focusing on the different grammatical structures needed for GCSE and A Level French.
Can be used to pick out features in a reading text or to encourage students to use a variety of structures in their own writing. Students colour in, or mark off the grammar points as they find/ use them. Points or prizes could be awarded for a complete line or complete grid as in a game of bingo.
Appropriate for any text.
Could be used for a starter or plenary, or as a settling activity, or for independent or distance learning.
Also available with hints in German and Spanish. Please have a look in my shop:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/annehensman
A grammar bingo grid, differentiated on 4 levels, perfect for focusing on the different grammatical structures needed for GCSE and A Level languages and for EAL students.
Can be used to pick out features in a reading text or to encourage students to use a variety of structures in their own writing. Students colour in, or mark off the grammar points as they find/ use them. Points or prizes could be awarded for a complete line or complete grid as in a game of bingo.
Appropriate for any text.
Could be used for a starter or plenary, or as a settling activity, or for independent or distance learning.
Also available as separate items with hints in French , German and Spanish to support learners further. Please have a look in my shop:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/annehensman
Sets of 10 slides covering all the themes and topics in the AQA specification.
Each slide is a grid of words that pupils use to make the highest-scoring grammatically-correct sentence that they can. They score points for every word used. It can get quite competitive and ensures they focus on writing perfect sentences.
10 slides with grids of words that students combine to make sentences. The sentence with the most points wins.
Each slide covers one area of the 4 topics from Theme 3 of the AQA Specification: Current and Future Study and Employment: My Studies (1 slide), My Life at School/College (4 slides), Education Post-16 (1 slide) and Jobs, Career Choices and Ambitions (4 slides).
Great as a starter, plenary or extension task.
As well as being competitive, it forces students to pay attention to all the words they need to make a correct sentence.
Each slide has a challenge to write a short paragraph linked to that topic.
Perfect for independent learning.
330 slides of vocabulary and sentence level tasks (including answers) covering the AQA French GCSE key words and structures. (Will also be useful for other exam boards.) Ideal for lesson starters, extension or homework tasks or revision activities.
Activities include anagrams, odd one out, conjugation of key verbs, rearrange words to give sentences, translation to English and a 25 word written answer in preparation for the speaking or writing exam.
Theme 1 Topics 1 to 4: Ma Famille, Mes Amis, Les Relations Personelles, Les Reseaux Sociaux and Les Nouvelles Technologies, La Lecture et la Musique, Le Cinema et La Television, Le Sport and La Nourriture and Les Fetes.
Theme 2 Topics 1 to 4: Chez Moi, Ou J’habite, Le Benevolat, La Sante and La Vie Malsaine, L’Environnement, La Pauvrete, Les Voyages, En Vacances and Les Vacances Ideales.
Themes 3 Topics 1 to 4: Les Matieres, Mon College, Le Reglement, Ma Journee Scolaire and Mon College Ideal, Mes Etudes Futures, Les Metiers, Mon Petit Job, Mon Stage en Entreprise and Le Monde du Travail.
Resources available for individual themes at:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-vocabulary-and-sentence-level-tasks-theme-1-topics-1-4-12070775
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-vocabulary-and-sentence-level-tasks-theme-2-topics-1-4-12079958
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-vocabulary-and-sentence-level-tasks-theme-3-topics-1-4-12109879
Perfect for independent learning.
240 slides of vocabulary and sentence level tasks (including answers) covering the AQA Spanish GCSE key words and structures. (Will also be useful for other exam boards.) Ideal for lesson starters, extension or homework tasks or revision activities.
Activities include anagrams, odd one out,synonyms, antonyms , crack the code, conjugation of key verbs in various tenses
Theme 1 Topics 1 to 4: Me, My Family and Friends, Technology in Everyday Life, Free-time and Customs and Festivals.
Theme 2 Topics 1 to 4: Home, Town, Neighbourhood and Region, Social Issues, Global Issues and Travel and Tourism
Themes 3 Topics 1 to 4: My Studies, Life at School/College, Education Post-16 and Jobs Career Choices and Ambitions.
Perfect for independent learning and ideal for lesson starters, extension or homework tasks or revision activities.
80 slides of vocabulary and sentence level tasks (including answers) covering most of the words from the AQA Spanish GCSE foundation vocabulary lists and many from the higher level list. (Will also be useful for other exam boards.)
10 sets of 8 slides covering all the topics in Theme 3: Current and Future Study and Employment.
Activities include anagrams, odd one out, synonyms and antonyms, conjugation of key verbs in the present, future, imperfect and conditional tenses. Each slide also includes a challenge activity to develop vocabulary, form questions or write sentences.
Answers for all slides are included.
For a better idea - a free sample of My Family slides is available at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/my-family-gcse-spanish-vocabulary-practice-12337519
Perfect for independent learning and ideal for lesson starters, extension or homework tasks or revision activities.
5 sets of 8 slides covering Theme 3 Topics 3 and 4: Education Post-16 and Jobs, Career Choices and Ambitions
40 slides of vocabulary and sentence level tasks (including answers) covering most of the words from the AQA Spanish GCSE foundation vocabulary lists and many from the higher level list. (Will also be useful for other exam boards.)
Activities include anagrams, odd one out, match up and antonyms, conjugation of key verbs in the present, preterite, future and conditional tenses. Each slide also includes a challenge activity to develop vocabulary, form questions or write sentences.
For a better idea - a free sample for My Family is available at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/my-family-gcse-spanish-vocabulary-practice-12337519