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!
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.
A full lesson on the environment and how people help protecting it.
It begins with a presentation of useful vocabulary and expressions related to the topic before moving on to a slap the board slide to check for retainment and for consolidating this vocabulary.
It follows with an explanation of word families and how pupils can make the most of these to learn and understand new words and expressions; then there is an exercise to get pupils thinking about word families trying to find the meaning of some new words.
Following is an explanation of the difference between ‘‘me preocupa’’ and ‘‘me preocupan’’ and similar expressions.
The final tasks are a reading task and two speaking tasks, one of them being a trapdoor which is engaging and fun and gives pupils the scaffold they need for the second conversational speaking task.
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.
Lesson with recap match-up task for different types of volunteering, followed by a translation task.
The lesson goes on to explain how to use ‘‘me gustaria…’’ with an unjumble the sentences task to put this into practice.
Finally, there is an exit pass (writing task) with lots of scaffolding to get the pupils writing how they would like to help.
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.
A really fun Easter lesson created for a Year 10 class (15 years old) who enjoyed it, however it can be used even from Year 7 (11 years old).
The lesson begins with a silly translation game based on popular UK chocolate bars. The kids really enjoyed this task.
It follows with some French Easter traditions and vocabulary, with a final slide that could be used for beat the teacher or slap the board games.
Then there is a quiz to test the pupils’ memory and knowledge.
Follows a French poem on Easter/spring that the pupils can read or translate with the help of a dictionary.
Follows an Easter greetings card making lab.
The PPT ends with a hangman game slide as a plenary activity.
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
A full lesson on foods and diet with a focus on healthy/unhealthy eating.
The lesson begins with an odd one out starter activity to get pupils thinking about food vocabulary. It moves on to a recap of food vocabulary with a recall competitive game that you can adapt to your needs.
After a quick introduction to Spanish and Mexican foods, the lesson goes on to a sorting out activity where pupils decide which foods are healthy or unhealthy, before moving on to a translation task that is also a model for the next activity (a well scaffolded writing task).
Finally, the lesson ends with a slide on the best tips for learning new vocabulary.
A full lesson on describing your favourite food, with a focus on a variety of adjectives and the expressions ‘tener hambre’ and ‘tener sed’. Activities include a text comprehension/vocab recall task, a well scaffolded writing task, and a Quizzizz I created. The lesson presents lots of opportunities for pupils to speak in Spanish and to translate words.