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

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 French version.

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.

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.

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.

" All about me " / " todo sobre mi" content reduced to 2 pages. This knowledge organiser/ support has been extremely helpful to my students and gave them a lot of independence. It contains basic language vocabulary and questions, the explanation of infinitives, functioning of adjectives with an example, key verb connjugations, vocabulary relating to pets, days of the week, month etc. *Family is not included in this KO.

8 posters in PDF print format with common writing and speaking mistakes at GCSE level to improve accuracy and communication. They can also be used at KS3 when introducing grammatical structures. Suggestions are very welcome! Happy to update the file and send you the extras.

Pasaporte español - Also available in French, German and soon Arabic. 26 daily pages. (can be used for 26 lessons) two versions: one with a cover in English and the other in Spanish. 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.

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

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

Classroom poster on how to do the simple future tense for verbs ending in -er, -re and -ir, and the 8 most common irreguar verbs: être, avoir, aller, faire, pouvoir, voir , envoyer 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

Passeport français - Also available in Spanish, German, Arabic and Portuguese. 26 daily pages. (can be used for 26 lessons) two versions: one with a cover in English and the other in French. 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.

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.

“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!)

x26 display posters that can be printed in A4 or A3 and used as classroom decoration. The posters are: modern simple easily readable non-framed (which helps maintain a clear, clean look) They have imagery to assist understanding and help retain vocabulary. These have been extremely helpful ever since I started training. Students refer to them all the time and it has improved their confidence, listening and speaking skills. They include key classroom vocab such as: there’s a problem, challenge, I have finished, I don’t understand, I need help/ glue/ a pen, may I be a volunteer, I am + adjectives etc

x29 display posters that can be printed in A4 or A3 and used as classroom decoration. The posters are: modern simple easily readable non-framed (which helps maintain a clear, clean look) They have imagery to assist understanding and help retain vocabulary. These have been extremely helpful ever since I started training. Students refer to them all the time and it has improved their confidence, listening and speaking skills. They include key classroom vocab such as: there’s a problem, challenge, I have finished, I don’t understand, I need help/ glue/ a pen, may I be a volunteer, I am + adjectives etc

Ready to print PDF and ammendable Powerpoint included. This is a knowledge organiser/ pack of sentence builders that may be used at KS3 (particularly Y8). I used it as an end of year summary and as a revision tool. It was planned for a very mixed-ability class, so it is kept very basic but allows keen pupils to extend. Themes included are: free time activities sports family members adding a reason places in town things you can do in town house description past perfect tense present tense near future tense opinion + infinitive the negative parts of the body injuries health and lifestyle

You can view a live example here: https://issuu.com/dinkummfl/docs/mockup_halloween_ks3_french_activity_pack A variety of activities mainly aimed at KS3- Year 7 and Year 8 on the topic of Halloween in 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 descritions, as well as parts of the body an colours. Help boxes and challenges included. You will notice some pages that may seem to be a duplicate. They are there for differentiation so you may choose whichever suits your students needs best. Answers are included in a separate PDF. Vocabulary list **Dividing new vocabulary into categories ** masculine, feminine, verbs **Word search ** SP to SP and ENG to SP Learning and understanding Spanish expressions/idioms related to fear and worry Films and series titles and translation activities. independent translation skills **Decoding and understanding a poem in Spanish. ** 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) Horizontal printables that can will easily fit into a presentation.

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.

https://issuu.com/home/published/mockup_halloween_ks3_french_activity_pack A variety of activities mainly aimed at KS3- Year 7 and Year 8 on the topic of Halloween in German. 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. You will notice some pages that may seem to be a duplicate. They are there for differentiation so you may choose whichever suits your students needs best. Answers are included in a separate PDF. Vocabulary list **Dividing new vocabulary into categories ** masculine, feminine, neutral, verbs **Word search ** GER to ENG and ENG to GER Learning and understanding Spanish expressions/idioms related to fear and worry Films and series titles and translation activities. independent translation skills **Decoding and understanding a poem in Spanish. ** 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) Horizontal printables that can will easily fit into a presentation.