Here are some templates for a five a day retrieval starter activity with 5 different types of questions in both French and Spanish. They are aimed at GCSE level students but could easily be adapted for KS3 or 5

AQA GCSE French writing feedback sheets. Essentially the markscheme for Paper 4 condensed onto one page. Easily adapted, but great printed onto A5, with sections highlighted, WWW/EBI/NYM feedback given and stapled into books.

AQA GCSE Spanish writing feedback sheets. Essentially the markscheme for Paper 4 condensed onto one page. Easily adapted, but great printed onto A5, with sections highlighted, WWW/EBI/NYM feedback given and stapled into books.

Handy vocab mat covering vocabulary for describing the photo task at GCSE

European Day of Languages is Monday 26th September. Here is an assembly to advertise and promote languages and jigsaw piece display template. It is all fully adaptable (bar the headings as they’re a funky font)

Handy vocab mat covering vocabulary for describing the photo task at GCSE

A worksheet to go alongside the film Coco, key vocabulary, characters, history, and describing the scenes. Along with a calavera skull to colour. Suitable for KS2-3.

A card game in for the jobs topic in Spanish. Students can practice their speaking using the infinitives in different tenses. Students work in pairs, split the pack and speak about the different categories. Arrows indicate the whether the category needs to be low or high to win the point, and the card. Student with the most cards at the end wins.

Single sided A4 homework consolidating the present tense in Spanish. QR codes built in for support links and videos

QR codes on a powerpoint slide with links to Quizlet, Memrise and Word reference. Easily editable with the link in the comment section - just copy your own links then snipping tool the code over. I have also embedded the link to the code image, so that students can use this on a computer. Otherwise, this will be stuck in their books for them to use their phones.

AQA GCSE MFL speaking feedback sheets. Essentially the markscheme for the Speaking Exam condensed onto a few pages. One for Foundation and one for Higher. Easily adapted, but great printed onto A5, with sections highlighted, WWW/EBI/NYM feedback given and stapled into books.

Fully adaptable pen, paper dice template. Students have a sheet each (you could use different levels, or just one for all), and a pen and a dice between 2. They take turns to roll a 6, the first player to roll a 6 wins control of the pen and starts translating filling in the gaps. The second player is still rolling for a 6. When they’ve gotten a 6 they yell 6 and have control of the pen. Students all know how to play this so for a COVID safe version they will have their own pen, paper and dice.

A lesson and a film study mat to go alongside the Petit Prince film. Provides insight into Antoine de Saint Exupéry as well as looking into characters and quotes.

A card game in for the jobs topic in Spanish. Students can practice their speaking using the infinitives in different tenses. Students work in pairs, split the pack and speak about the different categories. Arrows indicate the whether the category needs to be low or high to win the point, and the card. Student with the most cards at the end wins.

Attached is a first lesson for French and Spanish aimed at Year 7, but slides can be used and adapted for any year group.

Guess Who game for MFL or EAL learners.

A basic but effective adjective classroom display in French and Spanish.

Thinking quilt to encourage metacognitive thinking regarding tenses and meaning. Students need to translate the verbs and then colour them according to key. Resource is fully adaptable and great for homeworks.

Double sided A4 grammar sheet that consolidates the present tense in French. QR codes are embedded with links to handy grammar videos and explanations

Key Stage 3 MFL writing feedback sheets. Essentially the markscheme for the GCSE AQA 90 word writing question in Key Stage 3 friendly vocabulary. Easily adapted but great printed with sections highlighted for WWW and EBI, clear colourful feedback given and stapled into books. Removes the element of writing targets as it’s highlighted for students to see