Hello! I am based in the UK and I am a qualified languages (French and Spanish) teacher who is currently working privately teaching French and Italian. During my PGCE year - which I finished with honours - I created lots of resources that I am now sharing on TES. This website helped me a lot during my training and I am now hoping to be just as useful to somebody else!
Hello! I am based in the UK and I am a qualified languages (French and Spanish) teacher who is currently working privately teaching French and Italian. During my PGCE year - which I finished with honours - I created lots of resources that I am now sharing on TES. This website helped me a lot during my training and I am now hoping to be just as useful to somebody else!
The lesson begins with a recall competitive activity to recap the previous lesson’s content.
It follows with a recap of the negative form and an explanation on how to use the negative form with ‘‘il y a’’.
Next are some knowledge consolidating exercises: reorder the words, make the sentences negative, slap the board with a twist (explanation in slide’s notes).
A few slides that can be added to a lesson on music instruments with an explanation of how to use ‘‘prefiero a’’. Activities include a fill the gap task, a text translation task, a well scaffolded speaking task, and a quiz.
A full lesson on films, mejor/peor, and discussing whether it’s better to watch films at home (peli y manta) or go to the cinema.
The lesson begins with an odd-one-out settling task, where pupils have to identify words that they might already know, or use a dictionary, and choose the one that doesn’t belong in the group.
Once the pupils are settled and concentrated, the lesson moves on to a vocabulary presentation on film genres, with breaking-up tasks to help the pupils memorise these new words.
Following is a match-up task on adjectives that are commonly used to talk about films. Again, the pupils can use a dictionary if needed or try to work out the translations independently or in pairs.
The pupils can then complete a reading and matching-up task, where they will encounter even more adjectives and have to find the correct translation.
Following this, there is a brief grammar presentation of mejor/peor, lo mejor/lo peor, and an unjumble the sentences (with a challenge) exercise so the pupils can apply their new knowledge.
Finally, there is a cultural tip slide on the concept of peli y manta, and a slide to allow for a class discussion of peli y manta VS cinema.
A full lesson based around holidays, with a clear and complete recap of how to form the pretérito of regular verbs + a list of irregular verbs.
The activities include:
-a starter settling task where pupils sort out which activities can be done in different holiday destinations
-conjugations of regular and irregular verbs
-a translation match-up task
-a fill the gap task that also serves as a model for the speaking activity
-a well scaffolded speaking activity with a printable model/scaffold sheet
A full lesson based around foods introducing the passive form.
The lesson includes a recap slide to get the pupils thinking about food vocabulary and quantities while the class settles.
It continues with a fun video on traditional Spanish food; the students have to answer 3 questions based on the video.
Following is a slide on tips for tackling reading tasks, and a reading tasks that the pupils will work on independently on in pairs. This text includes the passive form which is then clearly explained in the next slides, including a recap of the present tense of ser and how to form past participles.
Now that the pupils should be able to recognise the passive form, they are asked to do so with the previous reading task’s text. Following this, they will tackle some Spanish to English translations (and an English to Spanish one for higher achievers) to put their skills to the test.
The finally activity is a speaking/writing task to get the pupils talking about their favourite food without mentioning the name; the classmates will have to guess which food it is.
A full lesson on the environment and what people do to protect it.
The lesson begins with a translation recap task on previously introduced vocabulary.
It follows with a recap of when to use ‘‘me preocupa’’ vs ‘‘me preocupan’’ and similar expressions and with a presentation of more expressions related to the environment.
Following is a reading/match-up task and a speaking trapdoor task to consolidate learning and provide scaffolding for future tasks.
Finally, there is a well scaffolded writing task.
A full lesson on the topic of ‘‘medio ambiente’’.
The lesson begins with a match-up that includes expressions and vocabulary related to the environment.
It continues with a grammar explanation of ‘‘mucho, un poco, poco’’ with practice for the pupils. It then also explains ‘‘lo que menos’’ and ‘‘lo que mas’’.
The final activities are a reading task and a fun battleship game to prepare students for the final English to Spanish translation task.
The plenary is a short quiz to check student understanding and retainment.
A full lesson on holidays.
It includes lots of vocabulary presentations broken down by tasks such as ‘‘beat the teacher’’. It follows with a reading/match-up task to consolidate learning. Then, it moves on to a short group reading task that serves as a scaffold for the following speaking task that the pupils will complete in pairs. Finally, the lesson ends with a writing task. It also includes a mini plenary (exit tickets) to quickly check for student understanding and retainment.
This is a short lesson to present French and try and engage pupils. It contains a few slides on words that pupils already know because the English language has borrowed them from French. It ends with a drawing/poster activity. This lesson is ideal for primary/elementary students and for Y7. Also ideal for SEND.
A lesson focussed on using connectives when talking about your town.
The lesson begins with a fill the gap task and an unjumble the sentences task to recap vocabulary related to shops and talking about your town.
Following is an activity that gets pupils thinking about words they don’t know in pairs and getting them to find the general context of different texts.
After this, the pupils can take notes of a few link words that they can use in the next activities. These activities include a match-up (which is a good model for the next task), a reading task (which is again a good model for the next task) and a writing task.
A fun and engaging lesson presenting Spanish Easter vocabulary and traditions. It includes two links to Youtube videos which are going to draw the pupils’ attention in and show them Spanish culture.
The lesson also includes a quiz and a plenary/game (hangman) to test the pupils’ memory and knowledge.
A lesson on vocabulary about volunteering and verbs followed by infinitives (ex. pienso ayudar, quiero servir comida, etc.).
It includes a match-up, a fill the gap, and a translation task to prepare for the final activity which is a well scaffolded and modelled writing task.
A lesson on different types of volunteering.
It includes a recap on verbs + infinitives (quiero ser, pienso ayudar etc.) before presenting the vocabulary for different types of volunteering (with little quizzes to break down the repetition and drill in the vocab).
Following is a reading task, and a speaking/writing task with lots of scaffold. For this task, find attached the handout to print to help the students.
Full lesson on healthy/unhealthy diets with a full explanation on how to form negative sentences.
Activities include match-ups, fill the gap, translations, and a final quiz/challenge to check student retainment and understanding.
First of 2 lessons on the imperfect tense.
The lesson begins with an easy and well scaffolded wordsnake starter activity to get the pupils settled and engaged with the lesson. An extra/challenge is provided for higher achievers.
Following this the imperfect tense is presented and explained (when to use it, how it is in English, how to form it).
The lesson goes on with a well scaffolded practice on how to form the imperfect tense (students can use mini whiteboards for this task) and it ends with a Kahoot created by me.
The second of 2 lessons on the imperfect tense.
The lesson begins with a recap of how to form the imperfect tense and it follows with the Kahoot from the previous lesson (in case you’re purchasing only 1 lesson, or to give the students a second chance at it).
Then there is a sorting task where pupils need to identify the present and the imperfect tense. Follows a reading task and a quiz/recall squares plenary.
A full lesson based on ‘‘ma ville’’ vocabulary with an explanation of demonstrative adjectives.
The lesson begins with a reading task based on a town in France. It follows with a quick recap of the adjectives used in the text to check student knowledge and retrieval.
It then goes on to explain how to use demonstrative adjectives and it follows with a fill the gap activity, before moving on to a mini whiteboard practice with a stretch/challenge for higher achievers.
It ends with a speaking activity (trapdoor game) which is also going to be a good model for future writing tasks.
A fun and engaging lesson based on ‘‘my town’’ vocabulary.
It includes a recap of demonstrative adjectives (find the full lesson on demonstrative adjectives in my shop) with a listening exercise (the teacher is the speaker - read the powerpoint notes for the text I used, or create your own).
Following is a reading task introducing prepositions, and then a full list of prepositions with a Youtube video to help engage students and drill in knowledge.
Follows a writing + speaking well scaffolded task.
Finally a fun, competitive noughts and crosses game.
A series of tasks to be completed independently offline or in class or to be set as homework.
Ideal to prepare for assignments/tests and also for private tutoring.
The document is ready for printing and it includes:
a reorder the text activity based on family vocabulary
a writing task based on the previous activity
a French to English translation based on family vocabulary
a reading + writing (with scaffold) task based on social media
an unjumble the sentences activity based on passé composé and imparfait
an English to French translation task based on imparfait