Questions in Spanish to find out how other people see themselves.

This memory game depends on the outcome of 2 dice, and requires much vocal repetition.

Lessons for 2nd half of autumn term with suggestions for a class per week ending with a Christmas theme. I hope it is useful to you

Printable game and video explaining the language you need to play

A collection of web addresses I use with descriptions.

A very simple document which turns into an 8 page book when copied on both sides. The children complete what they do on each day with words and pictures before presenting it to their friends, using the Spanish words for the days.

Learners memorise the basics of letter writing, match character adjectives to Spanish definitions, study elements of describing someone else and their day, then move to describing themself and their day as a written assessment.

Small groups of children throw a dice aiming to get 123456 in that order. When they get 1 they can colour in the boots, but only if they can name them in Spanish. For younger children, they can colour in the boots but only after they have traced over the words in Spanish.

Dialogue to 1) colour in; 2) cut out and put in order; 3) use for café roleplay

Learn vocab of the family, use parts of ser - to be, use tener - to have, describe positions of people in a family photo (or members of a family in a grid), and see how tener works to say how you feel.

A presentation about Cuba with flag to colour, and a video to watch - I put the video on my memory stick to avoid the school firewall. I loved seeing struggling learners sing along to the song at the end of the class.

There is a bingo game, a facebook in which children can name people they know as bats, witches, pumpkins etc., and flashcards to initially teach the words. I ask children to call 'tengo' and hand out counters to cover them, and to call 'casa' when they have a full house.

The puppet show just requires one puppet and the teacher, and is interspersed with Spanish words that the teacher and the puppet can encourage the children to say aloud.

Songs, games, counting and comparing, worksheets to take home and a video to demonstrate how I used it. See more like this on my website: themagicspanishshow.co.uk

A typically drama filled lovesong from Matt Monro, which is easy to understand due to the clear pronunciation of a singer who's native tongue is not Spanish. I have made a wordsearch, strings of words, and gapfill lyrics to engage learners with the song and the future tense. I can&'t include the song here, but I have included guidance on where to buy it. I hope that helps.

1: Decorate your books with cognates and other Spanish you already know. 2: LL sound and What is your name? 3: Good morning, how are you? 4: Christmas in Spain (insert at relevant date in course, obvs!) 5: Where do you live? 6: Numbers 1-20 7: Review and test

Finding past tense endings Past tense battleships Some irregular past tense verbs What you did yesterday Talking about your last holiday Using direct object pronouns in the past Gloria Estefan sings in the past tense

2 colouring sheets - Papa Noel brings presents, and sad and happy papa noel (depending on if I am good), and one sheet of stickers - present from ... The children wrote AMOR = LOVE on a piece of paper and put it in a mini cereal box, then wrapped it and put a sticker with their name on. Decorate the classroom til the end of term then take it home.

A first lesson, with giving our names, and words with ll in them.

Lots of dominoes in full colour with words in English or Spanish to be matched. I laminated mine and use them as a treat for the children who have worked hardest.