A lesson to help students learn how to describe themselves physically and to learn how to describe their personalities. Includes two games and a speaking activity. There is also a vocab sheet where students need to write in the English translations of the Spanish words.

A lesson on helping Y7-9 students write their New Year's resolutions in Spanish. The first activity involves students mingling around the room to find the Spanish translations of the New Year's resolutions in English on their worksheets (the Spanish translations are cut up and stuck on the walls). For the second activity, students work out their star sign and use a dictionary to translate the two adjectives to describe their personality and also to translate what their New Year's resolution should be according to their star sign. Finally, students use the immediate future tense, "Me gustaria" and "Quisiera" to write their own New Year's resolutions using the phrases they have learnt.

Lesson on comparatives and superlatives (based on physical description). Aimed at Y8/9 Spanish students depending on ability and previous experience. Covers physical description adjectives, what superlatives/comparatives are and how to form them in Spanish. Includes: - how to form comparatives/superlatives - translations activity - writing activity with opinions on celebrities

Two lessons on describing students' houses or flats. Aimed at Y8/9 Spanish students depending on ability and previous knowledge. Covers vocabulary on houses/flats, adjectives to describe houses, how to give information on the location of your house e.g. in the countryside and a recap of adjective agreement. Includes: - vocab match-up activity - translations testing knowledge of adjective agreement - writing activity on where you live - speaking activity - reading comprehension activity - GCSE style photo card activity - translation into English on Miley Cyrus - reading/matching activity on characters' ideal homes - correct the mistakes activity Listening activities refer to Viva 1 Spanish textbook.

Two lessons on describing what students do in the town and what they did yesterday. Aimed at Y8/9 Spanish students depending on ability and previous knowledge. Covers time, free time phrases in the present tense, using the third person in the present tense, simple phrases in the past tense and opinions. Includes: - recap of time (matching clocks activity) - find the Spanish activity - reading comprehension activity - writing/comic strip activity describing a character's day - word ordering activity - introduction to basic phrases and opinions in the past tense - translation activity in the past tense - ordering activity using the present and past tenses and times/sequencers - listening activity - plenary activity testing understanding of different word classes and tenses

A variety of activities on the topic of "Que te gusta hacer" in Spanish. Includes: - Gap fill paragraph - A reading comprehension on celebrities - A quiz on how active a person you are - Cryptograms

A lesson aimed at Y8/Y9 students depending on ability. This lesson covers how to say what foods you eat for different meals and how to use negatives to say what you don’t eat. Includes: Opinions on food starter Food vocabulary matching activity Writing task on describing different meals Explanation of how to form negatives in Spanish and translations to practice this Interview task on the topic of different meals Sentence unscrambling plenary

A lesson aimed at Y8/Y9 Spanish students depending on ability. This lesson covers describing how you get ready to go out and a variety of sequencers in Spanish. Lesson includes: Vocab starter Photo activity to introduce getting ready vocab Match up activity with sequencers Reading comprehension Translation into English Listening activity Writing activity Anagrams plenary

A lesson to help students write detailed descriptions of their holidays in the past tense including opinions. This lesson is aimed at Y8/Y9 students depending on ability. Lesson includes: - Sentence starter and ending starter task - Parallel translations task - Postcard writing activity - Vocab classifying plenary

Two lessons on using the immediate future tense to describe what students are going to do at the weekend. Aimed at Y8/9 Spanish students depending on ability and previous knowledge. Covers introduction to immediate future tense (I am going to, He/She is going to, We are going to), range of infinitives on free time activities, days of the week and times of day. Includes: - how to form the immediate future tense - infinitives vocabulary challenge activity - translations into Spanish using the immediate future tense - battleships activity - spot the mistake activity - matching activity on days of the week and times of day - reading and writing activity on planning a weekend - writing activity on describing weekend plans - challenge translation - plenary on testing knowledge of the difference between the present, past and future tenses Listening exercises refer to Viva 1 Spanish textbook.

Two lessons on physical descriptions. Aimed at Y8/9 Spanish depending on ability and previous knowledge. Covers hair, eyes, height, weight and attractiveness. Includes descriptions in the first and third person. Includes: - Revision quiz - Celebrity criminal line-up matching activity - Guess Who - Spot the mistake activity - Translations - Reading comprehension - Writing activity Listening activities refer to Viva 1 Spanish textbook.

A lesson aimed at Y8/Y9 students depending on ability. This lesson covers how to make and reply to invitations to go out. Includes: Key words revision starter Question matching activity Explanation of how/when to use “al” and “a la” in Spanish and translations to practice this grammar point Matching activity based on responses to invitations Writing responses to text messages activity Battleships plenary

A lesson on Halloween-themed vocabulary in French. Includes: Match up activity with Halloween-themed vocabulary Listen and repeat slides to practice the pronunciation of the above vocabulary Sentence starters to write opinions about Halloween now and during childhood Link to a song on YouTube and a listening activity Halloween-themed battleships game

A lesson based around Enrique Iglesias' song "Subeme la radio". Aimed at Y8 or Y9 Spanish students depending on their level of experience. Includes: - starter on vocabulary to do with music - listening gap fill with song lyrics - fill in the gaps in the English translation activity - extension poster activity

Two lessons on describing what there is in your city. Aimed at Y8/9 Spanish students depending on ability and previous knowledge. Covers vocabulary for places in the town, hay/no hay, justified opinions on cities and saying where you would like to live. Includes: - codebreaker vocabulary discovery activity - writing activity on describing cities - word ordering activity - reading comprehension activity - GCSE style role play practice activity in pairs on the topic of town - plenary testing understanding of different word classes Listening activities refer to Viva 1 Spanish textbook.

Two lessons on family in Spanish. Targeted at Y8/9 students depending on ability and previous knowledge. Covers family members, names, ages and describing a family in the third person. Includes: - Numbers activity - Harry Potter family reading task - Bingo - Matching activity - Third person writing activity The listening tasks refer to Viva 1 Spanish.

This booklet was designed for Y11 leavers who we had to continue providing work for but the activities could also be used as homeworks or extension activities for students in a variety of year groups. Some require more knowledge of French than others though. Included: French film synopsis match up Reading comprehension on French actors Lyrics translation activity for “Je ne regrette rien” and “Papaoutai” Matching activity with famous French artists and their works Activity on finding out information about the Louvre and the Musee d’Orsay Fact finding activity on Asterix and Obelix characters Information on Futuroscope and Parc Asterix and a research task Research task on French foods and chance to give opinions on them

A lesson to introduce and practice past tense phrases about holiday activities using -er and -ir verbs. This lesson is aimed at Y8/Y9 Spanish students depending on ability. This lesson covers phrases in the preterite tense about holiday activities and some time phrases. Lesson includes: - Vocab matching task - Reading comprehension task - Listening task - Noughts and crosses speaking task - Translation extension task - Sentence starter and end plenary

Lesson on Easter traditions in Spanish speaking countries. Worksheet attached with all activities. Activities include: - Revision starter - Crack the code activity using Easter themed words - Reading comprehension on Easter traditions in Spain and Latin America - Wordsearch - Colouring by numbers in Spanish

A lesson aimed at Y8/Y9 Spanish students depending on ability. This lesson covers understanding reflexive verbs in the context of getting ready to go out. Includes; Vocab starter Explanation of reflexive verbs Table exercise to practice reflexive verbs Matching activity Select the correct translation activity Error spotting translation activity Poster activity on reflexive verbs Key questions plenary

A lesson on giving an opinion on a holiday in the past tense and justifying this. This lesson is aimed at Y8/Y9 students depending on ability. The lesson covers a variety of opinion phrases in the past tense and some phrases to justify them e.g. it was awful because I lost my passport. Includes: - Vocab translation starter - Sorting activity - Trip Advisor reading comprehension activity - 1 star review writing activity - Extension reading comprehension activity - Word ordering plenary