A full lesson on ‘‘los necesitados’’ and using the expressions ‘‘nadie, nada, algo, alguien’’. The lesson begins with a match-up activity to get the students thinking about what vocabulary they already know to talk about ‘‘los necesitados’’. It then moves to a presentation of expressions related to ‘‘los necesitados’’ and a reading/match-up task to consolidate the learning. It then explains how to use ‘‘nadie, nada, algo, alguien’’ before moving on to a fill the gap practice. The lesson ends with a public Kahoot on the expressions learnt.

A lesson on different types of volunteering. It includes a recap on verbs + infinitives (quiero ser, pienso ayudar etc.) before presenting the vocabulary for different types of volunteering (with little quizzes to break down the repetition and drill in the vocab). Following is a reading task, and a speaking/writing task with lots of scaffold. For this task, find attached the handout to print to help the students.

Lesson with recap match-up task for different types of volunteering, followed by a translation task. The lesson goes on to explain how to use ‘‘me gustaria…’’ with an unjumble the sentences task to put this into practice. Finally, there is an exit pass (writing task) with lots of scaffolding to get the pupils writing how they would like to help.

Full lesson on present tense of -ER verbs. Includes detailed explanation of grammar rule and some knowledge consolidating activities (mini whiteboards, reading task, and a fun battleship game).

A lesson on weather (presentation of vocabulary) and which clothes you wear with certain types of weather. Lots of activities to consolidate learning.

A really effective lesson to consolidate the students’ knowledge of passé composé with auxiliary avoir. The lesson is also good as a first presentation of passé composé with auxiliary avoir, as it includes the whole grammar explanation. Activities include: an initial word snake game that is an ideal starter to settle the pupils and get them thinking a reading task to recognise the passé composé in a text (and to work on general text comprehension skills) mini-whiteboard task with the challenge of extending into full sentences for higher achievers an English to French translation task a fun noughts and crosses game to check for understanding and retainment.

Full lesson on sports. Vocabulary with consolidating exercise. Intro to jugar al / hacer. Includes a translation task.

This lesson gives helpful tips to prepare for the GCSE photo description task. It also helps students describe a picture by giving them scaffolding and support.

A full lesson on the environment and what people do to protect it. The lesson begins with a translation recap task on previously introduced vocabulary. It follows with a recap of when to use ‘‘me preocupa’’ vs ‘‘me preocupan’’ and similar expressions and with a presentation of more expressions related to the environment. Following is a reading/match-up task and a speaking trapdoor task to consolidate learning and provide scaffolding for future tasks. Finally, there is a well scaffolded writing task.

A full lesson on holidays. It includes lots of vocabulary presentations broken down by tasks such as ‘‘beat the teacher’’. It follows with a reading/match-up task to consolidate learning. Then, it moves on to a short group reading task that serves as a scaffold for the following speaking task that the pupils will complete in pairs. Finally, the lesson ends with a writing task. It also includes a mini plenary (exit tickets) to quickly check for student understanding and retainment.

A lesson on vocabulary about volunteering and verbs followed by infinitives (ex. pienso ayudar, quiero servir comida, etc.). It includes a match-up, a fill the gap, and a translation task to prepare for the final activity which is a well scaffolded and modelled writing task.

The LOs are: 1.To recap vocabulary related to food and diet 2.To learn vocabulary 3.To use expressions with tener slide to get pupils thinking of much food vocab they can recall slide on typical food from Spanish speaking countries a match up task on food and diet sentences speaking task with lots of scaffolding and modelling slide with tips on how to learn and recall vocabulary in foreign languages presentation of expressions with verb ‘tener’ when to use muy or mucho/a with these expressions exercise: choose the right expression for each sentence speaking task with scaffolding and modelling

Christmas wordsearch activity

Half lesson on negative form. Explanation of rule and activities.

Lesson on animals introducing and explaining how to form the plural of nouns. Activities include a starter (bingo), a speaking task, a writing task, and a quiz.

Full lesson on weather vocabulary (with a slap the board activity), how to use ‘‘if’’ and ‘‘when’’ in Spanish, recap of activities’ and hobbies’ vocabulary, and finally saying which activities you do with a certain weather.

Lesson on animals and pets; presentation of vocab with retaining activity; intro to verb AVOIR; bingo. Ideal for online learning too.

A series of exercises to recap the basics of French grammar and vocabulary for Y7 pupils. Also ideal for private tutoring. Tasks include match-ups, translations, reading and writing tasks. Topics include basic questions (where are you from, how old are you etc.) and answers; presentation of oneself and one’s hobbies; physical descriptions; pets; food; partitive articles.

A full lesson on physical descriptions ( presentation of adjectives such as bajo/a, alto/a, delgado/a, viejo/a…) with recall matching up activities. Following this there are two speaking tasks (the first one is a trapdoor activity which is an ideal model/scaffold for the following task). Finally, there is a writing task to finish off the lesson.

A full lesson on Easter vocabulary with a ‘‘beat the teacher’’ game (can be made slap the board); an explanation of unique Spanish Easter traditions with pictures; a quiz to test the pupils’ memory and learning; and a Spanish Easter greeting card making lab.