I produce high quality and engaging resources that really add value to your classroom. I am a passionate MFL teacher who has also worked with whole school literacy and numeracy intervention.
I produce high quality and engaging resources that really add value to your classroom. I am a passionate MFL teacher who has also worked with whole school literacy and numeracy intervention.
Match up activity of pros and cons of mobiles in school. This can be used as a starter or plenary activity. The vocabulary can be used to prompt debate for pupils to argue for or against mobiles in school. Easy to print and cut up.
rolling loop of 18 times in German - teacher reads out the time in English and pupils compete against the clock to find the time in German. This is fun and interactive testing pupils knowledge of analogue times.
15 phrases to find in the present tense. Two versions are provided, in one version the pupils find the German and in the second version the pupils translate the phrases into German and find the 15 key phrases.
Easy to print.
2 crosswords - clues in English answers in German assessing pupils' knowledge of analogue time. The solutions are provided for both. Great for plenaries, revision or vocabulary tests.
There is also a number puzzle where pupils unscramble phrases to write the correct time phrase in German.
Also included is a vocab test where pupils translate 8 times from German to English, and 3 times from English to German. The solution is provided.
Grid with 15 short phrases to match up that covers school subjects, opinions, comparisons of teachers and descriptions of teachers. Worksheet contains 2 grids. It is easy to print. Pupils can colour in the pairs or use a code in the matching boxes. Solution provided in teacher presentation. Easy to edit too.
Revision lesson, revision sheet and exam to assess reading. The revision sheet could also be used to support writing, speaking and listening assessments. This is suited go lower ability learners with lots of support provided. It is easy to edit and to print.
Topics covered are: name, age, birthdays, brothers and sisters, pets, school subjects, hobbies, house and home and what's in your bedroom.
Crossword of 24 qualifying countries - clues in English - solution provided. Easy to print.
Word search of 24 qualifying countries - 2 versions provided. In the first version Spanish is provided and pupils find the Spanish. In the second version pupils need to translate from English to Spanish first before finding the Spanish.
Fun revision of European countries and great end of term activity. This is suitable for classwork, homework or indeed cover work.
Crossword of 24 qualifying countries - clues in English - solution provided. Easy to print.
Word search of 24 qualifying countries - 2 versions provided. First version German is provided and pupils find the German. Second version pupils need to translate from English to German first before finding the German.
There is also a word snake whereby pupils separate the words to find the 24 countries
Fun revision of European countries and great en of term activity. This is suitable for classwork or homework.
Excellent resources to reinforce and test vocabulary knowledge. Great revision for reading and listening exams or these resources can be used for independent work to support your GCSE course. The advantages are numerous. The teacher presentation (PowerPoint) is accompanied by a 20 page student workbook (PDF).
All exercises come with solutions on the teacher presentation, these are easy to correct and students can quickly assess areas for improvement and key strengths. The exercises may also be used as starters or plenaries to support your existing schemes of work. The templates I have used are easy for you to edit for your own purpose.
So what topics are covered? The following topics are covered within the teacher presentation (85 slides including exercises and solution) and the student workbook:
school, food and drink, customer transactions, healthy eating, leisure and past times, cinema and technology, weather and accommodation, countries, holidays, family members, rooms in the house, furniture, describing your town or your house, prepositions and places in town, parts of the body, opinions, adjectives, time markers, seasons, days of the week, months of the year, times, greetings and everyday sayings, quantities, antonyms, adverbs, connectives, prepositions and comparatives!
How are all these topics covered? The exercises include; crosswords, matching up vocab, categorisation of vocab, filling in missing letters, ranking, making word associations, multiple choice, thinking skills, opposites, word clouds, selecting the correct definitions of words and unscrambling words. There is also a domino exercise and a rectangle shape puzzle.
These resources will enhance learning and save you time!
Ideal resources to consolidate understanding of forming the past tense using avoir and etre. Pupils translate several sentences using jumbled pronouns, auxiliary verbs and past participles. Thee are two copies of the worksheet on an A4 sheets. There is a supporting teacher presentation to go through the solution. Easy to use and guide pupils towards the key rules. The sentences that need to be built are:
I drank
I (f) fell
We ate
They (m plural) spoke
You (f plural) climbed
He listened
She arrived
They (m plural) went out
You (f sing) died
They (f) worked
Vocabulary frame to write or talk about a holiday in the past tense. This resource is easy to edit and to print. It includes prompts for time markers, countries, duration, travel methods, who you went with, what you did, opinions and an example paragraph using the template.
Comprehensive vocabulary frame to assist writing and speaking activities. The frame includes days of the week, time markers, connectives, family members, opinions, sports and activities and past times. This could be used to improve writing and speaking work. The frame is organised to aid sentence structure. It is easy to print and to edit.
There are two copies of this word search per sheet. Extension would be to translate the vocabulary or promlt recall to complete conversational work. Easy to print resource - the pupils look for the following phrases in French:
It was fantastic
I went by train
it was superb
I sunbathed
by plane
I don't like
by bus
the airport
by coach
the campsite
by car
holidays
I love holidays
the hotel
These are the perfect resources to revise for reading and listening exams. Over 25 slides of key vocabulary revision. This was previously listed as a free resource and was downloaded by the thousands! Vocabulary exercises that are fun and templates that can be easily edited. This is definitely a timesaver and perfect for setting carousel activities or group work. The activities can be set for independent work too. This would also be excellent for homework. A lot of the vocabulary will help to address gaps in knowledge and you will be able to easily refer to exam technique.
Topics included:
weather
days, months, seasons
time phrases, expressions of frequency
times
leisure
jobs
school
family and friends
holidays
house and home
food and drink
environment
daily routine
high frequency verbs and adjectives
synonyms
antonyms
Ideal for consolidation of this key grammar point. To use as a starter, plenary or revision. Worksheet is easy to print and there are two crosswords per sheet.
7 short phrases to solve involving pronoun, auxiliary verb and past participle.
Crossword of 24 qualifying countries - clues in English - solution provided. Easy to print.
Word search of 24 qualifying countries - 2 versions provided. First version French is provided and pupils find the French. Second version pupils need to translate from English to French first before finding the French.
Fun revision of European countries. This is suitable for classwork or homework.
CLOTHES, COLOURS AND OPINIONS
Cover work or revision work where pupils need to translate 19 items of clothing into French. They can then find the items in the word search. There is a prompt PPT slide for teacher to display to aid weaker pupils. The second part of the worksheet is 21 adjectives to match up to their English translation. There is also a word search for the descriptions. A solution is provided for the adjective match up. Easy to print and edit.
A crossword that can be printed off that focuses on clothes and adjectival agreement. Solution provided in teacher PPT. There is also a game where pupils select a number or a colour, translate the sentence. The winner reveals the hidden picture. This template can be edited to suit other topics and is great for plenaries and competitive evision.
A double-sided writing frame to write about clothes habits. This is a comprehensive list including; clothing, colours, accessories, footwear, sentence starters, opinions and example sentences in the present, past and conditional tense. The resource is easy to edit and print. ideal for independent writing in class or for homework.
There is also a reading and writing activity. Pupils read a short passage on a celebrity's style. The outcome is to improve writing accuracy, revise clothes, adjectival agreements and opinions. There are 3 copies of this Passage on one worksheet and the pupils are to find the 10 errors. This is highly suitable to starters, plenaries and revision activities. It is easy to edit too. The resource is accompanied by a teacher PowerPoint and is a good introduction of how to use the writing frame. The summary slide provides thought for pupils as to how they can improve the text even further.
10 sentences focusing mainly on the past tense and key holiday vocabulary. There is also a vocab find exercise of high frequency vocab. The resource is easy to print, mark and to edit. There is also a solution for the teacher to display on the whiteboard. An example of one of the sentences below.
An extension activity would be for pupils to use the account to write their own account of a holiday in the past tense.
D’habitude je vais en Espagne pour mes vacances, mais l’année dernière était différent!
This resource would be suitable for lower ability classes and is differentiated appropriately. The resource is easy to edit and is 2 A4 sheets. The first exercise requires learners to match the correct pronoun to the correct part of the auxiliary verb. The second exercise asks pupils to recall the three verb groups. The third exercise requires pupils to change infinitives into past participles. The second sheet of the worksheet requires pupils to match sentences in the past tense to the English translation, to use the correct auxiliary verb in context and finally there is an exercise whereby pupils decide if a sentence is in the past or the present tense.