A lesson to support the telling of the story of 'les quatre amis'. I have not included the story itself as there are plenty of versions available by other authors. This resource is to support pupils in learning the animals and the colurs featured in the story - le lapin (rabbit), le cheval (horse), le mouton (sheep), la souris (mouse), gris (grey), marron (brown), noir (black), blanc (white), orange (orange), jaune (yellow), rouge (red), bleu (blue), vert (green). Also included are some verbs - galope, court, sautille and trottine. Includes lots of suggestions for ways to employ this resource - games, AfL and sentence building.
Spanish numbers 1-101 for classroom wall display. The thick black text is cheap to print, easy to see. Always a good idea to have basics such as numbers visible on display in classroom so that pupils can refer to them.
Key Stage 2 French Resource for a couple of lessons on creating French adverts for toys. Includes names of toys, prices, opinions and justifications. Includes games and AfL whiteboard sentence creating activities. If you collate the slides into a booklet it could also be used to support pupils with the language while they prepare their adverts. Be prepared to model an example yourself before you ask pupils to stand in front of the class - If you won't do it, they won't! It is part of the Y4 Scheme of Work I use, but could equally be used with other year groups for a fun or reward lesson.
Using near future to say what you are going to do tomorrow / at the weekend / in the holidays, extending sentences by saying where, with whom and expressing opinions.
Aller + infinitive - Je vais , tu vas, il/elle/on va, nous allons, vous allez, ils/elles vont
Future time expressions - mañana, la semana que viene, este fin de semana, en las vacaciones
aller aux magasins / au stade / au cinéma / au centre sportif / au centre commercial / au parc
jouer au foot / tennis / rugby / volley / avec l'ordenateur
faire de la natation / du vélo / du patin à glace / du ski / de la de la randonnée
à la maison / au centre sportif/ à la plage/ à la campagne / à la montagne
avec ma mère / mon père / mon frère / ma soeur / mon ami / mon amie / ma famille
à mon avis / je crois que / je pense que / ça va être
assez / très / un peu / trop / vachement
ennuyeux / amusant / intéressant / génial / magnifique / affreux / facile / difficile
Pupils can use a greater variety of adjectives by using this Adjective Alphabet - find a Spanish adjective for any letter of the alphabet. If you have pupils who repeats adjectives when justifying opinions, give them this and tell them to find something more interesting. Can also be used for revision.
Display high frequency, important vocabulary on your classroom wall. Fill your wall with words for a literacy-rich classroom display. Comprised of lists of French time phrases, connectives, intensifiers, opinion phrases and some common adjectives. Pupils love to stretch themselves by including words or phrases from the wall to improve their work. Challenge them to include particular ones for effective differentiation.
Spanish interrogatives display with visual cues. It is really important that pupils understand the question words for the new GCSE, so display these in a prominent place in your classroom where pupils of all ages will see them regularly. If you refer to them and practise using them with the questions you ask in class they will soon catch on. They could equally be used as flashcards. Includes:
¿Cuàndo?
¿Cuàl?
¿Dónde?
¿Cómo?
¿Quién?
¿Por qué?
¿Qué?
¿Cuánto?
¿Cuántos?
Vocab recap - students fill in table and knowledge gaps filled with help of teacher
Present the reflexive verbs and give students some verbs from their list to conjugate on mini whiteboards
Extended reading task with multiple choice answers for whole class response using decision discs. Could also be used as a translation task.
Writing frame to allow pupils to create their own written work from the model provided.
Poster to print off or could be displayed on whiteboard. Lots of Spanish filler phrase to use in speaking to buy more thinking time and add fluency and spontaneity to conversations. Use regularly with conversation questions to get pupils in the habit of using them.
Bueno, pues, a ver, es decir, la verdad es que, o sea, aunque, entonces etc.
GCSE Spanish revision lesson on directions & places in town. Asking for and understanding directions. Includes visual support, games, matching activity, vocabulary sheet and map activity.
Infinitive, present, preterite, imperfect, future and conditional tenses for key Spanish verbs - ir, ser, estar, hacer, tener, querer and poder. Also includes acronyms DOCTOR and PLACE to help pupils with ser vs. estar. Get these verbs into your pupils' heads by having them permanently on display in your classroom!
Display high frequency, important vocabulary on your classroom wall. Fill your wall with words for a literacy-rich classroom display. Comprised of lists of Spanish time phrases, connectives, intensifiers, opinion phrases and some common adjectives. Pupils love to stretch themselves by including words or phrases from the wall to improve their work. Challenge them to include particular ones for effective differentiation.
GCSE Spanish Resource to introduce formation and use of preterite and imperfect tenses within the topic of holidays. Includes word matching, trapdoor game, translation and extended writing.
Powerpoint for KS2 Spanish, incorporating parts of the body and colours. Includes Gender and number agreements. This useful after body parts and before going on to Descriptions of monsters. Could Equally be used for lower KS3 to revise and consolidate body parts, colours and gender / number agreement. Assessment for Learning activities included as well as suggested games to practise the language.
Vocabulary recap -
Places in town - una tienda, un parque, un espacio verde, un polideportivo, un museo, una playa, un bar, un colegio, un cine, un mercado, un restaurante
Adjectives - tranquilo/ruidoso, grande/pequeño, industrial/rural, bonito/feo, turístico
Visual support slide - can be used to play 'slap the board' or adapted to play Kim's game etc.
Speaking activity - Questions about the town
Reading - extended text with multiple choice questions - use with decision discs to get whole class response
Writing - framework for points to include.
GCSE Grammar Mat to support with all of the grammatical knowledge required at GCSE level, all on one page. May be used as a revision resource, or as a reference to support classwork and homework. Includes articles, prepositions, intensifiers, comparatives, superlatives, conjunctions, diminutives, augmentatives, negatives, neuter articles, quantifiers, demonstrative pronouns, possesive pronouns, reflexive verbs.
Describing features of a house - what there is/isn't - il y a une cave, un balcon, un jardin, une piscine etc.
Ideal for low to middle ability groups - lots of visual support and interactive games, co-operative learning. True/False celebrity house reading exercise and culminating in written work about pupils' chosen celebrities houses.
A resource to get ks4 pupils who have previously done this topic in ks3, to get reading, writing and speaking in Spanish - descriptions of themselves. Includes a visual starter where pupils use a vocab sheeet to describe some images, an extended text for reading with multiple choice questions, simple questions with sentence starters for speaking and a criteria for what to include in a short written paragraph.