Lesson introducing students to what an infinitive is. This is then built on when introducing the easy future tense in French using aller in the present tense. Dictionary activity and translation activity with answers included.

Powerpoint to revise free time activities and opinions in Spanish. Includes find the errors sentences and two slides with games (images flying across the screen and trap door sentences game - guess partner’s sentence with lots of opportunities for repetition and speaking practice).

Lesson for higher-ability GCSE class. Includes revision of free time activities and opinion vocabulary. Introduces extreme sport vocabulary. Translation activity, model text reading activity, differentiated writing task, games (including plenary).

Revision of complex sentence starters and complex opinions with sports in Spanish. Engaging speaking activity to practise pronunciation/ speaking from memory (game - full instructions in ppt slide). Key verbs in imperfect tense introduced and model text provided.

Lesson suitable for a medium/ high ability KS3 Spanish class. This lesson revises ir in the present tense and places in town before introducing the easy future tense (voy a ir). There may be enough material for two lessons. The lesson has a class game (treasure/ pirate - full instructions on ppt slide notes) to revise places in town and ir in the present tense. There is also a trap door sentences game to revise giving opinions about places in town (instructions provided in slide notes). The future tense is introduced and sentences are practised with a battleships game (2x grids included - one for medium ability, one for high ability). These are then extended by adding time phrases. There is a reading text and activity (find all the elements that make this text good). This text could be used as a model text for a writing activity/ homework. The text is suitable for a high ability class but details could be taken out to make it easier. There is a whole class plenary game (same pirate/ treasure game but this time using the future tense).

Lesson for higher-ability group about how much pocket money they receive and how they earn it (through chores/ helping around the house). We revise numbers, start to write structured sentences around ‘If I do X, I receive Y’, Translation activity with answers and class plenary game included.

Worksheet to introduce or revise the passé composé French past tense. There is space to write out avoir and etre in the present tense and then there are English sentences to translate into French to practise the tense; 8x avoir sentences and 8x etre sentences. Worksheet suitable for a medium to high ability GCSE class or for a high ability KS3 class.

Worksheet to revise etre verbs in the passé composé and to learn or revise irregular past participles. There is space to write in the verbs that take etre using the DR MRS VANDERTRAMP mnemonic. There are then 10 sentences to translate into French with a mixture of avoir and etre verbs so that students have to think carefully about whether it is an avoir or etre sentence. There is a grid to fill out with common verbs with irregular past participles. There are 6 sentences to translate into French using verbs with irregular past participles. Worksheet suitable for a higher ability GCSE class or for AS/ A level revision.

Activity to practise French speaking. 26x printable French identity cards including name, nationality, age, birthday, brothers & sisters and pets. Perfect activity for consolidating a unit of work on ‘about me’. You could challenge students to ask all questions to as many people as possible or turn it into a ‘find someone who…’ activity to ensure that students listen to others’ answers.

Two lessons in this powerpoint introducing aller in the present tense and building sentences about where students go (places in town revision). Includes: beetle game battleships game reading activity structured dictation activity plenary class game Instructions for games are provided in slide notes and print outs are included.

Lesson on giving opinions and reasons about what students like to wear/ their clothes. The lesson revises clothes vocabulary (including adding adjectives) and then moves on to building complex opinion sentences e.g. j’aime porter un jean parce que je pense que c’est assez confortable et chic. There is a speaking/listening game to practise putting together these sentences and a writing activity.

A lesson to introduce vocabulary for forms of transport in French. There are three slides to revise directions to places in town in French including a speaking activity with a map and a short writing activity. 9 forms of transport are introduced in French there are 5 slides with 5 quick games to practise recognising and using transport vocabulary in present tense sentences (colour sentences, bomb sentences, a dice game, slap the board and find the treasure). Translation activity with answers and plenary game included. All games are fully explained in the slide notes.

List of French numbers up to 300. Useful as numbers revision sheet or numbers reference sheet.

Lesson introducing pets/ animals vocabulary in French. The vocabulary is introduced with images and a slap the board game. There is then a simple writing activity to help students practise making nouns plural in French.

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.

Activity to practise all four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in French around giving opinions on leisure/ free time activities. I have used this activity with a high ability year 7 or 8 class or with a year 9 class as revision. Use with grids in Word documents. Students complete in teams – one student per team may be on their feet at any one time. Filled in grids of the model text need to be stuck up around the room. One student per team goes to the model text, remembers what they can and dictates it to their team member, who fills in the empty grid (one word per box). Model texts may not be taken down. Students may not stand by model text and shout bits of their text back to their team (reading and writing). First team to finish wins but there are also points for accuracy. One point is available per box completed.

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).

Introduction to Spanish preterit tense - regular verbs only. Verbs introduced through ‘petal endings’ - these slides can be printed as handouts. Gap fill activity and games to practise are included with full instructions in slide notes. Dice game and engaging whole-class team game included - excellent for AFL.