French PowerPoint Presentation: Introducing the Perfect Tense for regular -er verbs. This presentation also exposes students to Je suis allé(e). The first slide (details below) encourages the students to actively engage with the new vocabulary and grammar: working in teams, using their prior knowledge, knowledge of other languages and using a process of elimination to figure out the meanings and grammatical rules. They then discuss the pronunciation (PPC = Perfect Pronunciation Challenge) and question each other (QFQ = Quick Fire Questions) before the teacher checks with the whole class: All: Look at the perfect (past) tense phrases below. Translate them. Most: What verb is in green? The word in red is called the past participle, what do you take away from and then add to the infinitive (in blue) to make the past participle? Some: What differences can you think of between the present and perfect tenses? PPC & QFQs! J’ai regardé la télé. (regarder) J’ai dansé. (danser) J’ai joué sur une console. (jouer) J’ai surfé sur Internet. (surfer) J’ai écouté de la musique. (écouter) J’ai retrouvé des amis. (retrouver) * Je suis allé(e) au cinéma. (aller) * Je suis allé(e) à la pêche. (aller) Then there are individual slides with pictures for each phrase which the teacher can use to check the students translation, pronunciation and rules. Then there are multiple choice slides followed by Qu’est-ce que c’est? slides. Slide 32 revises the structure: form of avoir + past participle. Slide 33 elicits the full conjugation of avoir. Slide 34 should be used to elicit how to change the infinitive into the past participle (regular -er verbs). If you wish to mention irregular past participle use slide 35 to do so. Slide 36 briefly introduces the idea of verbs that take être. French Battleships Game/ Lotto Grid: Perfect tense intro regular -er verbs & je suis allé(e). Expressions: J’ai Tu as Il a Elle a Nous avons Vous avez Ils ont Elles ont regardé la télé. joué au tennis. retrouvé des amis. dansé et je suis allé(e) au cinéma. surfé et je suis allé(e) à la pêche. fait du sport. Battleships Game Please see instructions in one of my other battleships product descriptions - I can't fit them into the word count here! Enjoy!

PowerPoint Vocabulary: Je vais en ville. Le café. Le cinéma. Le parc. Le club des jeunes. Le centre sportif. La plage. La bibliothèque. La crêperie. La piscine. La ville. The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. The next section of slides have multiple choice questions. Then there are "what's missing?" slides. The final slide has pictures of all the phrases. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins! For progression you may wish to use my places in town matching cards: Expressions: Je vais à la plage. Nous allons au club des jeunes. Elle va à la crêperie. Je vais aller à la bibliothèque. Nous allons faire de la natation à la piscine. Ils vont faire les magasins en ville. Tu aimes aller au parc ? Je voudrais boire un coca au café. Je suis allé(e) au cinéma pour voir le nouveau film de James Bond. These matching cards can be used either to elicit places in town or to revise previous learning. You may choose to have different levels of challenge. For example, Level 1 = match the cards and discuss the pronunciation. Level 2 = match the cards , discuss the pronunciation and then have quick fire questions from French to English, whereby 1 student closes their eyes and their partner reads out the French cards which the student must translate into English from memory. Level 3 = As Level 2 but the quick fire questions are from English to French. Following checking there are 2 fun games to play, either pelmenism or a game I learnt in Japan called Karuta. In Karuta the students put the English language cards to one side and spread out the French cards in front of them. I then say the English and the students compete to touch the correct French card first. Whoever touches it first wins the card. The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins. The students love this game!

French PowerPoint Presentation: Infinitives The first slide revises what the infinitive is and elicits examples. The next slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. Presentation and Battleships Expressions (please see Battleships instructions for another product - I can't fit it on the word count here!!): J’aime surfer sur Internet. J’adore retrouver des amis. Je n’aime pas regarder la télé. J’adore écouter de la musique. Je préfère aller au cinéma. Je vais aller à la pêche. Je peux danser. The next slide s can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins! Then there are "What's missing?" slides. Worksheet: Infinitives: Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire avec tes copains? First task: English to French match up. Key expressions covered: 1. J’aime jouer au foot. 2. J’aime aller à la pêche. 3. Je préfère regarder la télé. 4. Je préfère jouer à l’ordinateur. 5. J’adore faire de l’équitation. 6. J’adore faire des courses. 7. J’adore faire du vélo. 8. J’adore aller au McDo. 9. Je n’aime pas écouter de la musique. 10. Je n’aime pas aller à la piscine. 11. Je déteste aller au cinéma. Answers: 1 = C 2 = G 3 = I 4 = K 5 = E 6 = H 7 = D 8 = J 9 = F 10 = A 11 = B Second task: extended sentences unjumbling phrases e.g.J’aime faire de l’équitation car c’est super ! Questions and answers: l’équitation c’est j’aime car super faire de ! J’aime faire de l’équitation car c’est super! du j’adore car amusant faire sport c’est ! J’adore faire du sport car c’est amusant! aller ennuyeux au je cinéma c’est car déteste Je déteste aller au cinéma car c’est ennuyeux. préfère en aller je c’est formidable ville car ! Je préfère aller en ville car c’est formidable! n’aime car jouer l’ordinateur nul je pas à c’est Je n’aime pas jouer à l’ordinateur car c’est nul. Extension task 1: Students write sentences based on picture cues. Extension task 2: Create a paragraph using other phrases with the infinitive.

rench Months Logic Problem: Good for G & T students! Students read the clues and decide who likes which month. Beware! Includes red herrings! This could also be used as a warmer task in teams for older students. Example clues: 4. Hélène est très romantique ! 5. Elise adore la rentrée ! 6. Les garçons adorent l’été ! 7. Arnaud adore la fête nationale.

The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. I also like to elicit a gesture for each month, which we then use for a fun game of Simon Says! The next slide (14) has pictures of all the phrases. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins! Use slide 21 to pounce on students (directed questioning). The final slide links into birthdays asking: Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire? With the model answer: Mon anniversaire, c’est le 30 janvier The matching cards can be used either to elicit the months or to revise previous learning. As the months are so straight-forward, I have added cultural information and longer sentences to expose the students to new facts and vocabulary as well as practising the months. French Expressions: Mon anniversaire est le quinze septembre, c’est génial! J’adore l’Halloween, donc j’adore le mois d’octobre ! Je fais des bonhommes de neige en janvier en France, c’est cool ! Poisson d’avril ! Je mange beaucoup d’œufs au chocolat en mars et avril car c’est Pâques! La fête nationale a lieu le 14 juillet. Les mois d’été sont juin, juillet et août. Le 14 février, c’est le Saint-Valentin, c’est très romantique! J’espère voir le père Noel en décembre! You may choose to have different levels of challenge. For example, Level 1 = match the cards and discuss the pronunciation. Level 2 = match the cards , discuss the pronunciation and then have quick fire questions from French to English, whereby 1 student closes their eyes and their partner reads out the French cards which the student must translate into English from memory. Level 3 = As Level 2 but the quick fire questions are from English to French. Then play pelmensim or slap the card. Battleships Expressions: Lundi, Mardi, Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi, Samedi, Dimanche, dix juin. treize mars. vingt décembre. premier avril. quinze août. trente et un juillet. Please see the instructions on another battleships product description - I can't fit them in here!

This step-by-step French PowerPoint gradually elicits the formation of negatives with the present tense: ne + pas. The first slide encourages the students to actively engage with the new structure: working in teams, using their prior knowledge, knowledge of other languages and using a process of elimination to figure out the meanings and rules. They then discuss the pronunciation and question each other before the teacher checks with the whole class: All: Translate the phrases below. Most: AND decide which two words we add to make a sentence negative. Where are they positioned? Some: AND: decide why we say n’ai pas rather than ne ai pas. Perfect Pronunciation Challenge! Je suis généreux. Je ne suis pas généreux. J’ai un frère. Je n’ai pas de frères. J’ai une souris. Je n’ai pas d’animal. The following slides gradually check the students' answers. Slide 8 recaps the new expressions and can be used for a game. Slide 9 recaps the questions (can be used for revision next lesson) and slide 10 is the same a slide 8. Worksheet: This sheet starts with a re-cap of the rules: To make this sentence negative we add ne and pas. These go around the verb e.g. Je ne joue pas au tennis = I don’t play tennis. Then there is a French - English translation section, followed by English - French translation. The next section reminds us that du changes to de after a negative. This is followed by English - French translation. The final section is to build in previous knowledge to write a short paragraph. The following phrases are offered for support: Tous les jours = everyday car = because mais = but donc = therefore et = and une fois par semaine = once a week deux fois par semaine = twice a week c’est = it is intéressant = interesting génial = great ennuyeux = boring. Battleships: This battleships can be used to revise a variety of expressions with ne + pas. I have also included one near future and one perfect tense example to add challenge/ expose students to these new tenses. Expressions: Je n’ai pas de frères et sœurs et Je ne suis pas travailleur et Tu n’as pas d’animal et Il n’habite pas en France et Elle n’est pas généreuse et Nous ne sommes pas sympas et je ne joue pas au foot. tu ne joues pas au basket. il ne fait pas de cyclisme. je ne vais pas faire de ski. je n’ai pas joué au tennis. Please see instructions for playing battleships on one of my other product descriptions - I can't fit it in here!

Worksheet Expressions: 1. Bonjour 2. Salut 3. Au revoir 4. Ça va? 5. Ça va très bien, merci 6. Ça va bien, merci 7. Ça va 8. Comme ci comme ça 9. Bof 10. Ça ne va pas 11. Et toi? 12. Tu t'appelles comment? 13. Je m'appelle… This worksheet has 3 sections, the first is a word match for English and French greetings. The next section is a complete the sentence challenge where certain letters have been removed. Make this more difficult by telling the students to cover up the French words listed above. The next (extra) section involves unjumbling a group of words to find the correct greetings. Again, make this more difficult by telling the students to cover up the French words listed above. Then there is an extension task to create their own comic strip. Battleships Expressions: Bonjour! Ça va? Salut! Ça va? Bonsoir. Ça va? Je m’appelle ***. Ça va? Ça va très bien, merci. Ça va bien, merci. Ça va. Comme ci comme ça. Bof. Ça ne va pas/ ça va mal. Battleships Game Instructions I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures. Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions. I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen. I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the French version and then try to play the game saying the French phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the French version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the French version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the French version as little as possible. During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes. Enjoy! Song: 1 slide PowerPoint: Salut! Salut ! salut! Salut ! Comment vas-tu ? Ça va bien ; donc, à demain. Salut ! Salut ! (tune =  Hi-Ho: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs). 

PowerPoint and Matching Cards (Englsih - French) Expressions: J’ai les cheveux blonds/ Je suis blond(e). J’ai les cheveux bruns/ je suis brun(e). J’ai les cheveux roux/ je suis roux/ rousse. J’ai les cheveux longs. J’ai les cheveux courts. J’ai les cheveux frisés. J’ai les cheveux raides. The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. The next section of slides have mutiple choice questions. Then there are "what's missing?" slides. The final slide has pictures of all the phrases. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins! Battleships Expressions: J’ai Tu as Il a Elle a On a Nous avons Vous avez Ils ont Elles ont les yeux bleus. les yeux verts. les yeux noisette. les cheveux blonds et courts. les cheveux noirs et raides. les cheveux roux et frisés. Instructions Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions. I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen. I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the French version and then try to play the game saying the French phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the French version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the French version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the French version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures. During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes. Enjoy!

Spanish PowerPoint introducing pets / animals vocabulary: Tengo un perro. Tengo un gato. Tengo un conejo. Tengo un caballo. Tengo un hámster. Tengo un pájaro. Tengo un ratón. Tengo una serpiente. Tengo una tortuga. Tengo un cobayo. Tengo un pez. The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. The next section of slides have multiple choice questions. Then there are "what's missing?" slides. The second to last slide has pictures of all the new vocabulary. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If it’s the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins! The last slide has a model question and answer which I use to question individual students. You may wish to use my pets survey task at this point. ¿Tienes animales en casa? Sí, tengo un gato y dos perros.No, no tengo un animal. Battleships. Vocabulary: Tengo un caballo Tengo un conejo Tengo una tortuga Tengo un pájaro Tengo un pez Tengo un cobayo amarillo/a y rojo/a. atigrado/a. azul y verde. blanco/a y negro/a. dorado/a. gris. marrón. Instructions Firstly the students translate the expressions. The students then focus on pronunciation and decide the two easiest and two most difficult words to pronounce. I then check the translations and drill pronunciation. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen. I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the Spanish version and then try to play the game saying the Spanish phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the Spanish version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the Spanish version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the Spanish version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary! During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes.

This colourful and fun PowerPoint presentation presents various daily routine activities including many reflexive verbs. You may wish to show my reflexives PowerPoint having presented this and then play my reflexives battleships game! Vocabulary: Me despierto Me levanto Me ducho Me visto Desayuno. Me lavo los dientes. Me peino. Me acuesto. The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. The next section of slides have multiple choice questions. Then there are "what's missing?" slides. The final slide has pictures of all the new vocabulary. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If it’s the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins! Battleships Instructions Phrases: Me despierto Me levanto Me ducho Me visto Me lavo los dientes Me acuesto a las seis y cuarto. a las cuatro y cuarto. a las siete y media. a las ocho menos cuarto. a las nueve menos diez. a las siete y veinte. I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures. Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions. The students then focus on pronunciation and decide the two easiest and two most difficult words to pronounce. I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen. I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the Spanish version and then try to play the game saying the Spanish phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the Spanish version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the Spanish version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the Spanish version as little as possible. I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes. Enjoy!

Spanish PowerPoint introducing weekend activities: Vocabulary: I do my homework, I ride my bike, I play the guitar, I tidy my room and make the bad, I play sports, I play cards, I watch TV, I don't go to school.. The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. The next section of slides have multiple choice questions. Then there are "what's hidden behind the donut?" slides. The final slide has pictures of all the new vocabulary. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If it’s the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!

This PowerPoint slideshow covers food and drink types commonly found in a school cafeteria. Vocabulary: Como un bocadillo. Como una ensalada. Tomo una pizza. Tomo espaguetis. Como patatas fritas. Tomo una hamburgesa. Como fruta. Bebo una limonada. Tomo un zumo de naranja. Bebo una Coca-Cola. Bebo una naranjada. Bebo un agua mineral. First section is a food presentation, its followed by multiple choice questions and then a name the picture section (Graded Questioning). The next section is a beat the teacher game, the students love this! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins! The final section is a memory game, students must say what is missing. The next section of slides present and test drinks. Enjoy!

Spanish PowerPoint introducing opinions of free time activities. Vocabulary: I like, I love, I don't like, I hate, shopping, listening to music, dancing, playing video games, playing the guitar, reading, singing, watching TV, going on the internet, talking on the phone, cooking and going out with my friends. The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. The next section of slides have complete the sentence questions (I have removed some letters). Then there is a ¿Qué es? slide with pictures of all the new vocabulary. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love!The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If it’s the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!

This presentation presents places in town in Spanish. Vocabulary: centro comercial, cine, parque, plaza de toros, polideportivo, tienda de regalos, estadio, playa, estación de autobuses & estación de trenes, The first slides have each place in Spanish with a picture. The teacher should use this to elicit the meaning in English and drill the pronunciation. Then there is graded questioning: Firstly there are multiple choice slides followed by what's missing memory game slides. You can also use the final slide to play a game of "beat the teacher" to revise the learning at the end or during the following lesson. Beat the teacher is played like this: The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!

This presentation presents adjectives to describe towns and villages in Spanish. The first slides have each adjectives in Spanish with a picture. The teacher should use this to elicit the meaning in English and drill the pronunciation. Then there is graded questioning. Firstly there are multiple choice slides followed by what's missing memory game slides. You can also use the final slide to play a game of "beat the teacher" to revise the learning at the end or during the following lesson. Beat the teacher is played like this: The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!

Expressions: Llego al instituto Llegas Mi hermano llega Llegamos Llegáis Llegan en autobús o en bici. en coche o en metro. en moto o en tren. a pie o en taxi. pronto. a tiempo. tarde. Battleships Game Instructions The students love this competitive and fun game! It covers al forms of the verb llegar, a range of transportation plus early, on time and late. I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures. Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions. The students then focus on pronunciation and decide the two easiest and two most difficult words to pronounce. I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen. I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the Spanish version and then try to play the game saying the Spanish phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the Spanish version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the Spanish version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the Spanish version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures! During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes. Enjoy!

Spanish PowerPoint introducing computer vocabulary: @, / headphones, the on/off button, user name, password, CD, memory stick, microphone, the screen, the mouse, the keyboard. The fist slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. The next section of slides have multiple choice questions. Then there are "what's missing?" slides. The final slide has pictures of all the new vocabulary. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If it’s the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!

Expressions taught: Je suis... intelligent/ intelligente marrant/ marrante patient/ patiente courageux/ courageuse sympa sérieux/ sérieuse calme travailleur/ travailleuse généreux/ généreuse The first slide encourages the students to actively engage with the new vocabulary: working in teams, using their prior knowledge, knowledge of other languages and using a process of elimination to figure out the meanings. They then discuss the pronunciation and question each other before the teacher checks with the whole class. The next slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English, the rules and to drill. Slide 12 recaps the original slide to allow you to check the student's comprehension. The next section of slides have mutiple choice questions. Then there are "what's missing?" slides. The final slide has pictures of all the phrases. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins! The final slide can be used for revision the following lesson. I usually use my French Battleships/ Lotto Grid Adjectives game after the presentation to progress into using the different forms of être: Vocabulary: Je suis Tu es Il est Elle est On est Nous sommes Vous êtes Ils sont Elles sont sympa. intelligent(s)/ intelligente(s). courageux/ courageuse(s). marrant(s)/ marrante(s). patient(s)/ patiente(s). travailleur(s)/ travailleuse(s). généreux/ généreuse(s). Battleships Game Instructions Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions. I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen. I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the French version and then try to play the game saying the French phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the French version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few "sneaky peaks"!

Spanish PowerPoint introducing bedroom furniture vocabulary: En mi dormitorio hay… Una cama. un armario. unas estanterías. una mesa y una silla. unos pósters. una lámpara. un ordenador y una televisión. una puerta. una ventana y unas cortinas. un equipo de música. la pared. una alfombra. The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill. The next section of slides have multiple choice questions. Then there are "what's missing?" slides. The final slide has pictures of all the new vocabulary. This can be used for a Beat the Teacher game, which the students love! The teacher points to a picture and says a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If it’s the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins! Battleships: Expressions: La televisión está El armario está El ordenador está La mesa está La silla está La lámpara está encima de las estanterías. debajo de la cama. delante de la ventana. al lado de la alfombra. detrás de la puerta. Battleships Game Instructions The students love this competitive and fun game! I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures. Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions. The students then focus on pronunciation and decide the two easiest and two most difficult words to pronounce. I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen. I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the Spanish version and then try to play the game saying the Spanish phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the Spanish version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the Spanish version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the Spanish version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures! Enjoy!

Spanish Battleships Game / Lotto grid numbers 1-20 Instructions The students love this competitive and fun game! I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures. Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions. The students then focus on pronunciation and decide the two easiest and two most difficult words to pronounce. I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen. I use the second sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the Spanish version and then try to play the game saying the Spanish phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the Spanish version next to the second version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the Spanish version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the Spanish version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures! During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes. Enjoy!