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.
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
" 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.
I created this booklet because I could not find anything that simplified it as specifically as I wanted it.
It explains grammatical terms without going overly technical.
It uses step by step guides or flowcharts.
It includes “On” in the conjugations.
Common irregular verbs are available.
Images speak for themselves, so please see a live example here: https://issuu.com/dinkummfl/docs/mock_up_livret_de_conjuguaison_1_
Aimed at KS3, this booklet explains le présent - the present tense, le passé composé - the perfect tense, l’imparfait - the imperfect tense, le futur proche - the near future, le futur simple - the simple future, le conditionnel- the conditional, les verbes réfléchis - reflexive verbs and impersonal expressions.
Each tense page includes:
what it is used for.
how to use it and the main rules.
8 common irregular verbs fully conjugated in that tense.
some tips on what to use it with (i.e. time markers)
It also includes a grammar lingo explanation and a list of most common verbs.
It can be used a KS4 but note some tenses will be missing!
In my experience, it takes time for grammatical terms and rules to stay in the working memory for long periods, as there is limited time to do both explanation+practice.
However, practice will reinforce patterns and so I needed something that was not a sentence builder (it is sometimes not challenging enough), but something that would allow my pupils to speak freely with confidence. I personally aim for grammatical understanding, so that we can sometimes work outside the set topics, use authentic materials and discuss topics my pupils are interested in, and I trust that sometimes it is just about having the available tools for them.
You can also download individual posters for display or to glue in books in my shop.
I am in the progress of recreating the same document with blank spaces for EAL pupils.
Page tabs can be cut out so that they stick out like labels. Includes printing instructions.
I created this booklet because I could not find anything that simplified it as specifically as I wanted it.
It explains grammatical terms without going overly technical.
It uses step by step guides or flowcharts.
It includes “On” in the conjugations.
Common irregular verbs are available.
Images speak for themselves, so please see a live example here: https://issuu.com/dinkummfl/docs/mock_up_livret_de_conjuguaison_1_
Aimed at KS3, this booklet explains le présent - the present tense, le passé composé - the perfect tense, l’imparfait - the imperfect tense, le futur proche - the near future, le futur simple - the simple future, le conditionnel- the conditional, les verbes réfléchis - reflexive verbs and impersonal expressions.
Each tense page includes:
what it is used for.
how to use it and the main rules.
8 common irregular verbs fully conjugated in that tense.
some tips on what to use it with (i.e. time markers)
It also includes a grammar lingo explanation and a list of most common verbs.
Page tabs can be cut out so that they stick out like labels. Includes printing instructions.
This bundle also includes the above + similar poster displays in size A1.
All listed posters/ visual displays for tenses taught at KS3:
le présent - the present tense,
le passé composé - the perfect tense,
l’imparfait - the imperfect tense,
le futur proche - the near future,
le futur simple - the simple future,
le conditionnel- the conditional,
les verbes réfléchis - reflexive verbs
and impersonal expressions + the weather in different tenses.
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