A private tutor focusing on producing high-quality, interactive resources for MFL students - primarily working with Spanish and French.
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A private tutor focusing on producing high-quality, interactive resources for MFL students - primarily working with Spanish and French.
Feel free to message to organise a personalised bundle.
A 2-page French reading comprehension based on discussing celebrations, in particular ‘New Years Eve’. This is then followed by some grammar activities relating to “se déguiser” and the passé composé tense. Towards the end of the document, students will also be able to develop their writing skills by describing how they celebrated New Year’s Eve last year.
Level: Medium/Difficult
Tenses used: Present Tense/Passé Composé Tense/Imperfect Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Grammar/Writing
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A French bundle comprising of 2 powerpoints (2 individual lessons) which focus on Studio 1’s Module 4.1: Là où j’habite. This bundle is aimed for KS3 (Year 7-8) students.
Powerpoint/Lesson 1:
31 slides
“Five-a-day” retrieval starter
Introduction of new vocabulary (what’s in my town)
Vocabulary activities
Listening comprehension
Sentence builders
Scaffolded writing task
Plenary guessing game
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Powerpoint/Lesson 2:
18 slides
Vocabulary retrieval starter activity
Introduction of opinion vocabulary
Listening comprehension
Reading comprehension
Dictation task (pairwork)
Writing task
Plenary game to support speaking
A 7-page French reading comprehension based on discussing the topic of ‘technology’ in France. This document is designed to consolidate students’ knowledge on different tenses, and gives detailed explanations throughout the resource. Numerous grammar activities and translation tasks also ripple throughout this document.
Level: Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense/Passé Composé Tense/Future Tense
Skills developed: Grammar/Reading/Translation
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A 2-page French document incorporating two translations designed to consolidate vocabulary based on ‘clothing’ and ‘colours’. There is one French>English translation and one English>French translation within this resource. Various tenses are incorporated, and emphasis is placed on the verb “porter”, alongside numerous specific ‘clothing’ adjectives such as “confortable” and “démodé”.
Level: Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense/Conditional Tense/Future Tense/Passé Composé Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Translation/Writing
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A 3-page French reading comprehension focusing on the topic of ‘sports’, whilst recapping the Passé Composé Tense and days of the week. After this comprehension, emphasis is placed on Francophone cultures, in particular on Canada. This then leads into discussing horse-riding from Québec, and prompts students with two writing activities.
Level: Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense/Passé Composé Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Writing
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A 2-page Spanish reading comprehension based on discussing specific vocabulary based on ‘meat and fish’. This resource outlines the more niche vocabulary (eg. “el bacalao” and “la merluza”) before incorporating them into reading activities, translations and a writing task towards the end of the task.
Level: Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Translation/Writing
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A 3-page resource designed for students to independently consolidate their knowledge on comparative phrases. The following structures are thus incorporated with numerous activities:
Más + adjective + que
Menos + adjective + que
Tan + adjective + como
Más + adverb + que
Menos + adverb + que
Tan + adverb + como
Más + noun + que
Menos + noun + que
Tanto/a/os/as + noun + como
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A 32-page document designed for AQA Spanish students to revise the topic of ‘Free-time activities’. This document contains the vocabulary, grammar points and numerous activities (reading/writing/EN>ES translations/ES>EN translations) along with answers.
Certain sections are designed for ‘higher-tier’ students, as they contain more complex grammar/vocabulary.
A page is dedicated to the DOCTOR acronym, highlighting how students can work towards a higher grade in this topic, within their writing and speaking exams.
Layout of the document includes:
Page 2 – Music genres
i. Verb escuchar (present and imperfect)
ii. Miscellaneous musical vocabulary
Page 4 – Adverbs of frequency
i. Musical adjectives
ii. Subjunctive phrases
Page 5 – Verb encontrar (present)
i. Direct object pronouns
ii. Less common music/dance vocabulary
Page 6 – Verb cantar (present)
i. Verb tocar (present)
ii. Instruments
iii. Verb ser miembro/a de (present)
iv. Verb aprendo (present)
Page 7 – Verb tocar (imperfect)
i. Verb gustar (conditional)
Page 8 – Verb ver (present and preterite)
Page 9 – TV shows
i. Time phrases
ii. Verb mirar (present)
iii. TV show adjectives
Page 10 – Opinion phrases
Page 11 – Verb encontrar (preterite)
Page 13 – Opinions on the cinema
Page 16 – Food vocabulary
i. Verb comer (present)
ii. Verb beber (present)
Page 17 – Drink vocabulary
i. Verb comer (preterite and future)
ii. Verb beber (preterite and future)
iii. Meal times
Page 20 – Food adjectives
i. Quantitative adjectives
ii. Verb estar (imperfect)
iii. Restaurant complaints
Page 22 – Introduction to sports with hacer and jugar
Page 23 – Verb hacer (present)
i. Verb jugar (present)
ii. Sports vocabulary
iii. Days of the week
Page 25 – Verb jugar (imperfect)
i. Verb hacer (imperfect)
ii. Verb gustar (conditional)
DISCLAIMER Some of the resources within this document were not created by me. Rather, I have collated mine, and others’ work, to make a handy revision document for Y11 students.
A Spanish bundle comprising of 4 powerpoints (4 individual lessons) which focus on Viva 1’s Module 5.2: Qué haces en la ciudad. This bundle is aimed for KS3 (Year 7-8) students.
Powerpoint/lesson 1:
57 slides
Number recap starter activity
Introduction of time structures (quarter-past/half-past)
Time-related activities
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Powerpoint/lesson 2 FOUNDATION:
33 slides
Numbers recap starter
Recap of time rules
Introduction of negative time (quarter-to etc.)
Time-related activities
Listening comprehension
Reading comprehension
EN>ES scrambled translations
Bingo plenary activity to recap time vocabulary
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Powerpoint/lesson 2 HIGHER:
27 slides
Positive time recap starter
Introduction of negative time (quarter-to etc.)
Time-related activities
Listening comprehension
Reading comprehension
EN>ES translations
Bingo plenary activity to recap time vocabulary
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Powerpoint/lesson 3:
27 slides
Town vocabulary recap starter
Introduction of ‘voy a’ and ‘vamos a’
Introduction of town activity vocabulary
Vocabulary activities
Listening comprehension
Reading comprehension
ES>EN translations
EN>ES translations
Writing task
A 4-page French reading comprehension based on the conjugations of MANGER and BOIRE in the Passé Composé Tense. This resource begins with the Present Tense, and involves numerous grammar and translation activities, before including a reading comprehension (Present Tense). After outlining a grammar point about prepositions (after using BOIRE and MANGER), the Passé Composé Tense is introduced alongside a reading comprehension and a speaking activity (this can be adapted to a writing activity).
Level: Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense/Passé Composé Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Translation/Grammar/Speaking/Writing
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A 2-page French reading comprehension based on the topic of ‘social issues’ in Mauritius. This reading comprehension contains lots of complex vocabulary and grammar structures, and also prompts students to answer in French. Towards the end of the document, there is the opportunity for students to develop their writing skills.
Level: Advanced
Tenses used: Present Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Writing
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A 6-page French resource outlining complex and impressive structures for students to adapt in their own writing and speaking. There are roughly 50 sentences here, all employing a wide variety of structures, including:
Present Subjunctive Tense
Si clauses
(In)direct object pronouns
Après avoir…
Reflexive verbs
Venir de…
DISCLAIMER This is designed for CIE students (topic layout), however the sentences are relevant for each UK exam board.
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A bundle of 4 resources aimed at consolidating students’ knowledge on the Present Subjunctive Tense, comprised of:
A 2-page document outlining the rules of conjugating both regular and irregular verbs into the Present Subjunctive Tense
A 7-page document based on ‘light-hearted’ translations taken from well-known movie clips which would involve the Present Subjunctive
A 4-page document based on ‘light-hearted’ translations taken from well-known movie clips which would involve the Present Subjunctive
A 7-page document which provides roughly 140 examples of the Present Subjunctive Tense based on the AQA topics (students are encouraged to pick a few of these to adapt and include in their own writing and speaking)
A 1-page document outlining the triggers for the Present Subjunctive Tense as well as the irregular conjugations
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An 11-page French resource to develop students skills when it comes to writing about the topic of ‘technology’. This resource highlights the DOCTOR acronym, and elaborates how students can include complex grammar structures and impressive phrases into their work. Two past paper questions are included, alongside four other writing questions based on this topic.
DISCLAIMER This is a good resource for Year 11 revision.
Level: Advanced
Tenses used: Present Tense/Present Subjunctive Tense/Passé Composé Tense/Conditional Tense/Imperfect Tense
Skills developed: Writing
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A 7-page French resource focusing on the Present Subjunctive and the topic of ‘social issues’. This document will introduce the structure ‘Il est +adj+ que…’, and outline how to conjugate verbs into the Present Subjunctive Tense. This will then be followed by grammar activities, translations, a reading comprehension and a writing task.
Level: Advanced
Tenses used: Present Tense/Present Subjunctive Tense/Passé Composé Tense
Skills developed: Grammar/Translation/Reading/Writing
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A 3-page French resource aimed at developing students’ translation skills. Within this document, there is one French>English translation and two English>French translations, which all incorporate a wide range of vocabulary.
Level: Medium/Advanced
Tenses used: Present Tense/Conditional Tense
Skills developed: Translation
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A bundle of 2 documents which each involve two translations. After reading each text, students are prompted to fill in the table (recapping their ‘days of the week’ knowledge), and then to translate the text from French into English. At the end of the first document, there is also an opportunity for students to develop their writing skills. These texts are based on sports in France, French Polynesia and Guyana.
Level: Beginners/Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense
Skills developed: Translation/Writing
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A 1-page French worksheet based at revising the grammar point ‘comparatives’ whilst on the topic of ‘clothing’.
Level: Beginners
Tenses used: Present Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Grammar
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages