Dinkum offers fresh, modern and clear resources that promote the use of TL in the classroom, as well as bring in cultural elements as much as possible.
You will also find content-free interactive activities that may be used again and again with different topics. Many ressources - especially interactive games- are editable and come with instructions! More importantly, they are reusable for different topics.
Dinkum offers fresh, modern and clear resources that promote the use of TL in the classroom, as well as bring in cultural elements as much as possible.
You will also find content-free interactive activities that may be used again and again with different topics. Many ressources - especially interactive games- are editable and come with instructions! More importantly, they are reusable for different topics.
Perfect tense / Le passé composé Poster
Classroom poster on how to do the perfect tense in French, flowchart style. It includes all conjugations for “être” and “avoir”(including ‘On’), a large list of irregular participles.
If the verb is irregular and also needs the auxiliary “être” they are marked with an asterisk.
At the bottom of the poster, there is a list of time markers to use it with.
I have used this in my classroom and it has worked excellently so far, students just need to follow the flowchart, which means I need to spend less time explaining and my students get more practice time!
Format is A1 size, but can be printed in smaller sizes.
This is part of my French Grammar/ Conjugation Booklet at KS3 which you can find here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-grammar-conjugation-booklet-organiser-12756410
A variety of activities mainly aimed at KS3- Year 7 and Year 8 on the topic of Halloween in French and Spanish. Students will have the opportunity to learn idioms and expressions related to fear as well as learn vocabulary outside of the curriculum. There is also the opportunity to learn or revise the rooms of the house and descriptions, as well as parts of the body an colours.
Help boxes and challenges included.
**Dividing new vocabulary into categories **
**Word search **
FR to FR and ENG to FR
Learning and understanding expressions/idioms
Films and series titles and translation activities.
**Decoding and understanding a poem in French. **
Reading about and describing a haunted house
learning or revising rooms of the house, floors etc.
(sentence builder included)
Describing your monster
learning or revising adjectives and parts of the body
(sentence builder included)
French: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-halloween-activity-pack-12744661
Spanish: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12747289
Classroom poster on how to do the present tense for verbs ending in -er, -re and -ir, and the 8 most common irreguar verbs: être, avoir, aller, faire, pouvoir, vouloir , prendre and devoir (It includes all conjugations and their translation (include ‘On’), as well as a list of infinitives and time markers.
Format is A1 size, but can be printed in smaller sizes.
This is part of my French Grammar/ Conjugation Booklet at KS3 which you can find here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12756410
“La nourriture” - Perfect for Y7/Y8
Three different activities that can be used as part of a lesson or as starter/ do now activities. They can also be used all together as part of a cover lesson.
These have proved to be excellent in mixed ability classes with EAL and SEN students as they are accessible to all through imagery.
Activity 1: Introducing 9 vocabulary items - simple translation
Activity 2: Pupils write sentences in French through decoding and then read them to find the translation.
Activity 3: A good old-fashioned crossword with a cultural element (pastries!)
Spanish idioms and expressions on the topic of animals (some are very familiar, i.e. “ser un rata”, “hacer la cobra” so you may choose to leave them out depending on the age group.
I use them at KS3, KS4 and A level in different ways, or as displays in events (it always gives people a good laugh)
Separate images (in PNG format) as well as full PDF are included.
French idioms and expressions on the topic of animals (some are very familiar, i.e. “il pleut comme vache qui pisse" so you may choose to leave them out depending on the age group.
I use them at KS3, KS4 and A level in different ways, or as displays in events (it always gives people a good laugh)
Separate images (in PNG format) as well as full PDF are included.
Noche Buena/ Navidad y el Año Nuevo/Noche Vieja
With cultural activities and links to the curriculum.
Vocabulary list
Sorting vocabulary by categories
Word search (Spanish to Spanish or English to Spanish)
Christmas Carol title translations
Winter idioms and expressions
Decoding and translating a Christmas poem
Reading comprehension: draw a Christmas house
Writing: Describe your own Christmas scene. (sentence builder included +extra slide with writing frame)
prepositions/positions
The present tense recap.
Christmas in Spain : Fill the gaps with the correct verb.
Read the text and put the pictures in the correct order.
The New Year in Spain: Find the translations in the text.
Sports and countries: What does Santa do in each country? Match the picture with the description.
Write your own sentences to say what sports Santa does in each country (sentence builder included) and draw it.
New Years resolution (near future practice.)
Challenges and answers included.
Deutsche Weihnachten
With cultural activities and links to the curriculum.
Vocabulary list
Sorting vocabulary by catergories
Wordsearch (German to German or English to German)
Christmas Carol title translations
Winter idioms and expressions
Decoding and translating a Christmas poem
Reading comprehension: draw a Christmas house
Writing: Describe your own Christmas scene. (sentence builder included +extra slide with writing frame)
prepositions/positions
Christmas in Germany : Fill the gaps with the correct verb
Read the text and put the pictures in the correct order.
The New Year in Germany: Find the translations in the text.
Sports and countries: What does Santa do in each country? Match the picture with the description.
Write your own sentences to say what sports Santa does in each country (sentence builder included) and draw it.
A quizz-like game to guess he meaning of French idioms and expressions around the topic “les parties du corps” / “parts of the body”
Play this as a whole class game or in teams.
There are 20 slides/ questions in total.
A quiz game where students have to guess the meaning of idioms and expressions in relation to food in Spanish!
Play this as a whole class game or make teams.
There are 18 slides/ questions in total
A quizz like game to guess he meaning of French idioms and expressions in relation to food!
Play this as a whole class game or make teams.
There are 10 slides/ questions in total.
This is a competitive modern foreign languages game can be played in 2 teams or “teacher vs class”, in class or live teaching online. The rules are flexible and you can play this as the original “Connect 4” or allow pupils to translate boxes in any order.
If translated in a random order, you can use the random points allocation template “Le-ki” or “Level Up” included in the file.
Instructions are included for easy set-up.
This is the Spanish version, French and German versions will be available soon.
Classroom poster on how to do the imperfect tense for verbs ending in -er, -re and -ir, and the 8 most common irreguar verbs: être, avoir, aller, faire, pouvoir, vouloir , prendre and devoir (It includes all conjugations and their translation (include ‘On’), as well as a list of infinitives and time markers.
Format is A1 size, but can be printed in smaller sizes.
This is part of my French Grammar/ Conjugation Booklet at KS3 which you can find here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12756410
Display with guidance on how to use reflexive verbs in French in different tenses,
Format is A1 size, but can be printed in smaller sizes.
This is part of my French Grammar/ Conjugation Booklet at KS3 which you can find here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12756410
A poster/ display/ visual aid on main impersonal expressions in different tenses, including the weather.
Format is A1 size, but can be printed in smaller sizes.
This is part of my French Grammar/ Conjugation Booklet at KS3 which you can find here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12756410
Two posters (one French to English, and one English to French) of the most frequent verbs in French, in alphabetical order.
Format is A1 size, but can be printed in smaller sizes.
This is part of my French Grammar/ Conjugation Booklet at KS3 which you can find here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12756410
Deutscher pass- Also available in Spanish, French, Arabic and Portuguese.
26 daily pages. (can be used for 26 lessons)
two versions: one with a cover in English and the other in German.
A useful teaching tool for:
students reflect on their learning
student motivation
challenges (at the back of the passport) and differentiation
ownership
teacher assessment for learning
Format and Printing instructions:
For the purpose of authenticity, this booklet is in A6 format.
You will need A5 paper to print it on (or A4 cut in half)
Adobe Acrobat is recommended.
In the printing options in printer preferences, make sure the paper selected is A5.
Select “booklet”. This should automatically send the passport to print double sided and in order.
Use a long stapler to staple the middle.
Here’s how I use it:
As I only see my KS3 classes once a week, I put this together and use it every single lesson as a plenary!
It allows them to give me feedback on how they feel they understood the content and they can also write me a note.
These are on their desk for the full lesson and stay in the classroom so that I can assess their learning. If there are any notes, I write some advice back.
There is a bank of extra challenges activities at the back, that can be used with any topic, and students can let me know how many challenges (both from the extension activities on the board and from the back of their passports) they have completed at the end of the lesson, by circling the correct number.
As an exit ticket, I give them a small activity on a post-it size paper (i.e. “extend this sentence” or “correct this sentence” ) , student get a stamp once this is completed and are allowed to “travel” (leave the classroom). Wear a border control vest or police hat if you like drama! I certainly do.
You will notice the challenges are written in Spanish, but if they struggle to understand some parts of it, they can squint their eyes and read it in English on the page next to it.
