Spanish Teaching Resources. Near Future voy a + Infinitive Matching Cards & Battleships Game.

Cards:

These English - Spanish matching cards can be used either to elicit the formation of the near future tense or to revise previous learning.

Phrases:

Voy a arreglar mi dormitorio.
Vas a salir con tus amigos.
Va a ir de compras.
Vamos a montar en bicicleta.
Vais a hacer el deporte.
Van a montar en monopatín
Voy a ir a la pista de hielo.
Va a ir a un parquet temático.

You may choose to have different levels of challenge. For example,

Level 1 = match the cards, discuss the pronunciation and the formation.

Level 2 = match the cards and then have quick fire questions from Spanish to English, whereby 1 student closes their eyes and their partner reads out the Spanish cards which the student must translate into English from memory.

Level 3 = The quick fire questions are from English to Spanish.

Following checking there are 2 fun games to play, either pelmenism or a game I learnt in Japan called Karuta. In Karuta the students put the English language cards to one side and spread out the Spanish cards in front of them. I then say the English and the students compete to touch the correct Spanish card first. Whoever touches it first wins the card. The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins.

Battleships:
Expressions:
Voy a
Vas a
Va a
Vamos a
Vais a
Van a

escuchar música.
jugar con mi Playstation.
montar en bicicleta
dormir.
salir con mis amigos.
ir de compras.

I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions and discuss pronunciation.

I then check the translations and drill with the whole class before they play the game.
The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen.
I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the Spanish version and then try to play the game saying the Spanish phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the Spanish version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the Spanish version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the Spanish version as little as possible.
During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation.