A variety of resources including revision booklets, entire lessons and worksheets suitable for GCSE and A level students of Spanish and French. There are several Italian, as well as English language/literature resources available too.
A variety of resources including revision booklets, entire lessons and worksheets suitable for GCSE and A level students of Spanish and French. There are several Italian, as well as English language/literature resources available too.
A series of activities that can be used to fill an entire Easter lesson, or to accompany a pre-prepared lesson. The activity focuses on putting different aspects of grammar into practice, along with trying to inspire the students to write creatively in Italian. The activities are as follows:
Complete the sentences by conjugating the verb into the right tense and the right person. Then ask these questions to your neighbour and answer them spontaneously. This is good revision for the spontaneous element of the GCSE oral exam.
Use the conditional tense to write/say 3 things you would do differently next Easter holiday.
Complete the sentences with the correct pronouns and circle if they are true or false for you. (Matter of opinion)
True or false speaking exercise - students are given statements and have to guess if the statement is true or false for their partner.
Comprehension task about how Easter is celebrated in Italy.
Write 80 words at least on how you celebrated Easter
A resource designed to be used as an Assessment Point/In-Class test which covers:
Reflexive verbs in the present and the passato prossimo
Gap-fills with regular verbs in the passato prossimo and imperfetto (test if the students can use these tenses in the correct situations)
Mancare, piacere and servire verbs with pronouns
Pronouns and verbs when conjugated together
Writing exercise using the conditional about holidays
Gap-fill task using the conditional about holidays
Vocab: what is the opposite to…? (
A complete lesson on the present tense in Spanish, suitable for KS3 and KS4 as it’s easily adaptable. This includes a full lesson presentation, plus two exercises. It covers the uses of the present tense as well as the conjugations of regular past verbs. It shows how to conjugate all AR, ER and IR verbs.
A worksheet for students of GCSE Italian, suitable for any exam board
Includes four activities that focus on comprehension, translation, and learning/consolidating topic-specific (as well as idiomatic) vocabulary
Can be used as an end-of-topic assessment, or as an activity in class
Two grammar activities aimed at Year 11/A level Spanish students to practice, consolidate or assess knowledge of grammar.
The first activity is where students have to conjugate the given verb into the appropriate tense to match with the rest of the sentence.
The second activity is where students have to complete the rest of a sentence with no more than 10 words, ensuring it’s grammatically correct and corresponds with the rest of the sentence too.
Tenses tested:
preterite
imperfect
imperfect subjunctive
past perfect
present subjunctive
imperative
conditional perfect
Can be adapted to suit any ability level.
A worksheet + answers aimed at A level students of French, suitable for any exam board
Includes two texts that provide an insight into the current problems the French economy and leisure sector is facing, whereby students must complete vocab charts (from English to French). There is also a translation activity, as well as grammar tasks where students must conjugate the vocabulary they have found in the text accordingly" rather than what it says currently.
Can be used as the main activity for a lesson, as a starter, or as a homework activity to consolidate vocab knowledge. Could also be used as an end-of-topic vocab assessment
Tests comprehension abilities as well as how to read for gist
Students can complete this exercise with dictionaries to improve vocab, or without to practice exam technique and being in situations where they may not understand all vocab used in a text
A worksheet + answers aimed at A level students of French, suitable for any exam board
Includes two texts that provide an insight into dance and culture in France, especially relevant in today’s climate, whereby students must complete vocab charts (from English to French), as well as answer comprehension questions
Can be used as the main activity for a lesson, as a starter, or as a homework activity to consolidate vocab knowledge. Could also be used as an end-of-topic vocab assessment
Tests comprehension abilities as well as how to read for gist
Students can complete this exercise with dictionaries to improve vocab, or without to practice exam technique and being in situations where they may not understand all vocab used in a text
An exam/revision activities suitable for GCSE students of Italian, of any exam board
Includes six different activities that test verb conjugations, translation, writing composition and grammar
Comes with the answers as a separate document
Can be used as a revision activity, end-of-term exam, or as a homework task. The activities can also be separated and included as part of an in-class activity
A workbook suitable for French A/AS level students that helps them to consolidate and revise tricky aspects of grammar. The resource also comes with a separate answers booklet.
Includes the following topics:
General Grammar Revision
Differences between French / English
Comparatives and Superlatives
Tenses
Pronouns
Articles
Subjunctive alternatives
Adverbs
Time values
The passive voice
Negation
Modal verbs
with a variety of grammar/translation exercises for each.
The answers booklet also includes some explanations of the more difficult grammar points.
Perfect for revision or for homework that will last many different lessons.
A booklet designed to help A/AS level students of Spanish with their compulsory study of film/films. This is not designed with any particular exam board in mind, and can be applied to any particular film.
Sections include:
Fill-in fact-file section at the front to help students remember key facts
Things to consider when analysing any film
An introduction to Spanish film
Spanish Cinema and Censorship during the Franco Regime
Dubbing and Propaganda Newsreels
Genres under Franco
Genres popular in the Francoist period
Auteurism
Themes in Spanish films
A comprehensive list of film language and translation into Spanish - the booklet is for the majority in English as some concepts are difficult
Elements of mise-en-scène (with terms translated)
Performance (with terms translated)
Sound (with terms translated)
A document aimed at A/AS level Spanish students to help them write about the films they have been studying.
Includes Spanish and English versions of how to structure sentences, how to analyse content, and enables them to learn vocabulary necessary for discussing the films.
Suitable for any exam board and any film - easily applicable to any.
A worksheet for GCSE students of Italian, from any exam board. The activity focuses on months, seasons and days vocabulary where there is a comprehension exercise. There is also a gap-fill exercise on possessive pronouns.
A comprehensive activity on ‘tempo libero’ suitable for GCSE students covering the topic, for any exam board.
The activity includes:
full-page list of activities in Italian (with conjugated verbs) with an English translation
comprehension activity
writing activity - put into practice what you have learnt
A revision quiz aimed at students having just studied the AQA GCSE unit 3 quiz. Accessible to Foundation and Higher students. Quiz is cultural, grammatical and tests vocabulary also.
There are a variety of different rounds testing different skills, both interpersonal and subject-based.
A fun and interactive Who Wants to be a Millionaire quiz - French Revolution style.
I found this quiz online and have converted it to PPT format for easy use. I take no credit for this work.
Great for revision or end of term!
Enjoy :)
Useful revision lesson for AQA A level students for the cinema topic. Lesson includes:
key info. on Les Freres Lumiere
Synonym / vocab-finding task
FR --> EN translation activities
EN --> FR translation activities
Useful sentences for giving information and facts about the history of cinema
Key words and phrases for the topic
Practicing writing reviews of certain films
Reviews of many different French films with useful vocabulary included
A full lesson covering las asignaturas. Includes:
Revision of all the school subjects students should know, done orally via recap
A listening task - 5 subjects are mentioned and students have to recognise what they are plus why they are being spoken about. You are able to differentiate between abilities here by getting lower abilities to recognise the subject, and then higher abilities are tested on recognising certain phrases like ‘vale la pena’. Answers are included
A writing task which recaps main verbs and grammar points like me encanta + sing. or me encantan + plural noun
Homework set at the end
Useful as a revision lesson or introduction lesson to the topic.
5 lessons designed for introduction to French. Lesson titles include:
Comment tu t’appelles?
Quelle est la date?
Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans mon sac?
Sept couleurs magiques
Tu es comment?
Topics covered: name, nationality, date and numbers, school items, colours, describing hair and eyes.
Appropriate for any curriculum or age range - beginning the language.
All lessons include a variety of games, resources for scaffolding and stretch and challenge, and are comprehensive designed to last for an hour each.
A booklet designed to help students practice their translation from Spanish into English.
Primarily designed for AQA where at Foundation and Higher, students translate a short passage from Spanish to English as part of the last question on the Reading exam.
This Booklet is just for Theme 3, covering:
• My studies
• Life at school
• Education post-16
• Jobs and ambitions
• Work experience
Altogether there are 10 short paragraph translations (2 per theme) for students to complete. There is an accompanying answer booklet too that has a breakdown of how students would get the 9 marks per question, following the format of the AQA mark scheme.
Suitable for in-class work, homework and revision, or cover.
Please visit my shop to access booklets for Themes 1 and 2, or to buy the booklet containing all three themes in.
A booklet designed to help students practice their translation from Spanish into English.
Primarily designed for AQA where at Foundation and Higher, students translate a short passage from Spanish to English as part of the last question on the Reading exam.
This Booklet is just for Theme 2, covering:
• My home
• Local area
• Shopping
• Charity and voluntary work
• Healthy and unhealthy living
• The environment
• Poverty and homelessness
• Other social and global issues
• Travel
• Holidays and tourism
Altogether there are 10 short paragraph translations for students to complete. There is an accompanying answer booklet too that has a breakdown of how students would get the 9 marks per question, following the format of the AQA mark scheme.
Suitable for in-class work, homework and revision, or cover.
Please visit my shop to access booklets for Themes 1 and 3, or to buy the booklet containing all three themes in.