Spanish revision booklet covering basics like dates, numbers, basic greetings, basic questions, stationery, colours
Students should be able to work through independently with the idea being that this is revision. Could be homework or cover work. Could be emailed home for absent students.
Includes a short guided writing with support supplied.
Two worksheets aimed at beginner year 7 French on the topic of family and introducing the vocab for family members.
The grammar focus is on mon/ma and j’ai to form sentences.
There are optional challenge questions but the idea would be that students could complete this work independently and without too much support. It would be good for homeowrk, to send home to complete or for when you need a quiet 20 minutes in class for whatever reason!
I have aimed this a middle ability set.
The first sheet is to build up from single items of vocab (family members) to sentences then on to a short paragraph. The idea is they will make fewer mistakes with writing as it is very scaffolded.
The second sheet is reading comprehension with the aim of them being able to use the reading to help them write their own piece using ideas taken from the examples they read.
French worksheet building up sentences about transport and places using the whole of the verb aller in the present tense (plus a past and future reference).
Sentence builder with the hardest items glossed, first sentences to translate are easy and should be taken straight from the grid.
Followed by a section of similar sentences with some unknown items that the students should know from prior knowledge.
Finally a paragraph to translate with three time frames and gapped support.
I think the 2023 Higher paper will have a question about Customs and Festivals in the 150 words section, based on looking at which topics they have asked in recent years.
Students see what an answer might look like then use my examples to write their own version
Answer given
A series of activities designed to get students to be able to answer a question on the tricky topic of environment. Starts with single words into and from French and builds up to sentences. Work follows on an example answer for a 90 word question and then students write their own after picking out chunks and phrases from the example. A 150 word writing is the final task.
On 4 sides so can be printed easily two pages to a side and on reverse to save paper!
French GCSE worksheet on topic of homeless (social problems). Aim is to use the example paragraphs to complete a Higher level translation into French.
Spot the difference activity where students compare similar paragraph about homeless people, highlight the differences between the paragraphs and complete a comprehension activity on each picking out the main points.
Students then use elements from different paragraphs (plus a small amount of prior knowledge!) to translate a similar passage from English to French.
Very structured and easy worksheet leading up to writing a short piece about family. starts with vocabulary, then sentences, then an example paragraph. Students should be able to write their own short piece at the end.
Two sides of A4 for easy printing
A collection of fill in vocab sheets , useful phrases sheets and tense recognition sheets
Useful as timed starters, homework and classwork
Also useful for cover or revision
Includes a battleships grid so the students can play in pairs and you will hear them making the sentences aloud, I really enjoy this one
Resources to support students on the topic of my diet.
A sentence builder sheet talking about healthy or unhealthy diets
A sheet with several paragraphs about diet and exercise. Highlight the differences. A paragraph to complete with your own words. students then encouraged to write their own.
A battleships grid. I love these - you can hear reluctant speakers repeating sentences over and over.
Two worksheets (4 sides of A4 in total) /independent activities on post 16 plans designed to be independent activities over 2 lessons.
Sheet 1: basic vocab, translation into English then translation of VERY similar sentences into French followed by a bsic sentence builder.
Sheet 2 : more detailled sentence builder to write sentences about plans post 16 includes easy comprehension reading activity with a lot of repeated vocabulary. Students write their own sentences using the builder then read 4 short paragraphs about future plans and pick out the main information.
The idea is that they use the paragraphs as a model for their own piece of writing.
Two worksheets on the topic of future plans, what will you do plus
Plus a bonus near future test I did as a diagnostic thing
Narrow reading with simple future included
Simple future scaffolded writing activity
Vocabulary filler and short sentence builder on the topic of what you like to do in your free time.
Vocab into English and then THE SAME VOCAB into Spanish, it’s an accuracy copying task.
Students make sentences about their own free time.
Aimed as an independent activity for low ability students in Spanish.
Collection of sheets and activities on Spanish clothes topic Conti style. From basic vocab up to paragraphs.
For the listening activities just read the transcript yourself.
Battleships LAM grid
No snakes no ladders
Running race for reading
Good for KS3 and also KS4 revision or Foundation
No et Moi model essay
It’s question 10.1 from November 2021 paper
I wrote the essay myself to share with my students / follow up some recent mock exams we have done.
I’ll use some textivate exercises to play with it and do some translation on it too.
I have taken photos of the essay plans I wrote, I’ll look at that with my students first so they can see how I got to the essay.
A French worksheet to say where things are using next to, behind, in front of, top the right of etc.
Also covers places in a town.
Sentence builder and 20 sentences to write. Great for homework, cover, or just to get the students doing someting quiet for 10 minutes that they can do.
Not a pretty worksheet but effective.
A collection of work sheets on the topic of holidays (where I go, what I take) and then past holidays with an emphasis on the perfect tense
8 sheets (plus one Foundation version for differentiation)
Sentence builders, narrow reading, improving a text to support Higher writing
For me the idea was to teach the perfect tense phrases as chunks of vocabulary THEN follow up with a grammar explanation
French KS3 sports and how often you do them plus how long you have been doing them using depuis
Variety of worksheets including grids for battleships or listening activities where the teacher makes sentences and students shade the relevant squares.
Sentence builders, paragraph activities and a higher activity based on replacing words or chunks in the text.
I made the sheets to support Allez 1 8.1 but they could be used for general sports or GCSE sport - they cover the topic
A collection of sheets and activities I use to teach year 7 Spanish weather phrases, extending into adding activities, recapping places and family members.
Basic, simple consolidation. I made these for a low ability group but have also used them with higher achievers as reinforcement.