A lesson on giving opinions on transport and giving reasons for using different forms of transport in French. There might be enough content in the powerpoint for two lessons and it is suitable for a higher ability KS3 class. There is an interactive noughts and crosses game for the board to revise transport vocabulary. The teacher then introduces adjectives such as lent/ rapide to give reasons for opinions on transport. There are two short writing activities and a reading activity (model text) as well as a plenary game (treasure/ pirate - full instructions for all games/ activities are in the slide notes). The reading activity is A/B paired reading where students take it in turns to read sections of the text that their partner is missing. Students need to write in what they hear when there is a gap in their text - excellent speaking/ listening practice. A/B texts and answers on the ppt provided.

2x lessons in one powerpoint revising sports/ leisure activities, introducing the present tense for -er verbs in French and practising reading and writing skills. In the first lesson there are 2 short activities to revise sports vocabulary (slap the board and put spaces back into sentences). The present tense of -er verbs is introduced through petal endings and there is a gap fill to practise. In the second lesson, students revise present tense endings for -er verbs in French. There is an excellent whole-class game perfect for AFL to practise the verb endings (full instructions in slide notes) - the class is split into 2 teams and students have to stand up and beat the other team when it’s their turn to answer. There is a short activity with the verbs in sentences and then a reading and writing task. There is also a plenary game at the end (instructions in ppt - pirate/ treasure).

A lesson to revise free time activities and introduce the easy future tense in French. Suitable for a medium-high ability KS3 class. Students revise free time activities in the infinitive through a ‘track the code’ activity. They fill in a vocabulary grid from answers stuck up around the room and find a code word in the process. All resources provided and full instructions given in ppt slide notes. The easy future tense is introduced and there are 2 games to practise future tense sentences (full instructions in ppt slide notes - colour sentences and bomb sentences). There is a translation activity and a plenary team game (full instructions provided).

Lesson to introduce Spanish GCSE technology phrases in the infinitive to use when giving opinions. Two games are included with instructions in slide notes (version of card game ‘cheat’ to practise the vocabulary and a plenary game).

Suitable for a higher-ability GCSE group. Introduces vocabulary for items students might buy with their pocket money then builds these into complex sentences through activities. Also introduces the set phrases: ‘si tuviera mucho dinero’ and ‘compraría’.

First lesson on giving opinions about school subjects. There is an interactive noughts and crosses game to revise school subjects. This could be played in 2 teams as a whole class on the whiteboard. There are slides to introduce opinion phrases and to facilitate a discussion about why we add ‘n’ to ‘me gusta’ for plural subjects and why ‘odio’ is the odd one out. There is an activity where students work out what the sentences need to be for the images provided - answers in slide notes. They are simple sentences such as me gusta la historia. There is an interactive team game to practise these simple sentences further. The class is divided into 2 teams and given numbers. When you call out a number, the 2 children with that number need to stand up and give the sentence for the images on the board - great for AFL. Full instructions in slide notes There is then a match-up activity for adjectives to describe school subjects.

Lesson for higher-ability GCSE class. Engaging activity (running dictation) with a model text about someone’s favourite sport in Spanish followed by writing activity. Interactive noughts and crosses game also included.

Lesson to introduce Spanish weather phrases in imperfect tense. These are then incorporated into complex sentences about leisure/ free time activities - activity to show students how to make sentences more and more complex. Speaking activity, writing activity and plenary game (full instructions on slide notes).

Powerpoint to introduce school subject vocabulary and to talk about how many times a week they study those subjects. There are slides with nice pictures to introduce 12 school subjects (asignaturas). There are 2 slap the board games and a slow-reveal of an image team game to practise the vocabulary. There is a slide that can be printed with a match-up activity that can be glued into books so students have a copy of the vocabulary. There is a translation activity, a battleships game (slide can be printed for students and instructions are in the slide notes) and 2 slides for plenary activities.