Useful words and phrases in Finnish ~ ideal for welcoming children with a Finnish heritage
A selection of basic words and phrases to help you make children with Finnish heritage feel welcome in your class, or to use in topic work based on Finland.
One Hundred Finnish English Crosswords
We have designed this book with one hundred dual-language British-style crossword puzzles for those learning Finnish, English or bilingual. Teachers can also use the book to aid in instructing students in either language. Available as a PDF file, it offers an engaging way to reinforce vocabulary and prompt deeper learning. The unique format incorporates both Finnish and English in the same crossword grid ensuring a fun yet challenging experience that helps students consolidate their knowledge.
Teachers can use these crosswords as homework assignments or in-class activities, reviewing and adapting each puzzle to suit the classroom’s needs. Additionally, for teachers who may instruct other languages, other language combinations can be made available upon request, expanding the versatility of this resource.
114 Finnish Bingo Game Cards
Welcome to the Finnish Bingo pack.
This is a simple starter game for students.
There are 114 different pictures to choose from. Select a single picture and project the image on
the wall or share it with the class as a handout.
Talk about the picture and then ask your students to select and write down 5 items from the
picture. Then look at the picture and pick out all the key vocabulary you want them to talk about.
The first student to have all their items read out is the winner.
With 57 different settings and 114 different game cards, there are plenty chances for great
vocabulary.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
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Learning Finnish The Fun Way ! - Bundle
Are you learning Finnish? Are you looking for a fun way to learn Finnish? I have developed a way to learn different languages based on my experience as an ESL teacher. This pack has 57 different settings for students to talk about in Finnish. The worksheets themselves are in English and the students do need to translate the places and objects they see into Finnish. At the end of the session, the students can play a fun game of word bingo to show they have mastered that day’s vocabulary. Try it, it is a lot of fun for everyone!
ESL Multilingual Vocabulary Flashcards - Family and Relationships - Finnish
This Fantastic English Second or Foreign Language Teaching Resource is an ESL Multilingual Vocabulary Flashcards Worksheets Activity (6 PDF Printable pages) on “Family and Relationships” for Finnish speaking ESL students (Finland - Europe)
Ideal participants for this ESL Activity are any Beginner English Second or Foreign Language students (ESL EFL).
Newcomers or any English Language Learner can be more than suitable for this ESL Activity!
This Product can also be Great for English Second Language Centers or any ESL tutor around the world.
Within this Multilingual Vocabulary Flashcards on “Family and Relationships” for Finnish-speaking students, there are included:
59 Printable Flashcards (6 Printable PDF worksheets)
Vocabulary in both English Language and Finnish Language (Finland - Northern Europe)
Icons and Emojis to help students acquire ESL vocabulary (non all cards)
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ESL Multilingual Vocabulary Flashcards on "General Introductions" - Finnish
This Fantastic English Second or Foreign Language Teaching Resource is an ESL Multilingual Vocabulary Flashcards Worksheets Activity (3 PDF Printable pages) on “General Introductions” (Greetings and basic phrases) for Finnish speaking ESL students (Finland; Europe)
Ideal participants for this ESL Activity are any Beginner English Second or Foreign Language students (ESL EFL).
Newcomers or any English Language Learner can be more than suitable for this ESL Activity!
This Product can also be Great for English Second Language Centers or any ESL tutor around the world.
Within this Multilingual Vocabulary Flashcards on “General Introductions” (Greetings and basic phrases) for Finnish-speaking students, there are included:
29 Printable Flashcards (3 Printable PDF worksheets)
Vocabulary in both English Language and Finnish Language (Finland; Europe)
Icons and Emojis to help students acquire ESL vocabulary (non all cards)
57 Finnish Setting Cards For Conversation Practice
Welcome to the Let’s Talk in Finnish! pack.
This set of cards looks at 57 different settings. The teacher describes something in the top card. The students then use this to model a sentence using the bottom set of pictures. There are lots of things to see and describe in every picture. When the students have completed this task, they can repeat it by working in pairs to discuss each picture.
What works very well is for the two pictures to be directly projected on a wall. The teacher talks about the top picture, such as in my picture, I can see two seagulls flying;... then the students model their responses, using the sentence structure provided by the teacher.
There are lots of different ways you could use this pack. You could laminate them into two cards and get each student to talk about what they had seen in their picture.
* Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction
ESL Multilingual Vocabulary Flashcards - 100 most common verbs - Finnish
This Fantastic English Second or Foreign Language Teaching Resource is an ESL Multilingual Vocabulary Flashcards Worksheets Activity (10 PDF Printable pages) on the** “100 most common verbs in English”** for Finnish speaking ESL students (Finland - Northern Europe - Scandinavia)
Ideal participants for this ESL Activity are any Beginner English Second or Foreign Language students (ESL EFL).
Newcomers or any English Language Learner can be more than suitable for this ESL Activity!
This Product can also be Great for English Second Language Centers or any ESL tutor around the world.
Within this Multilingual Vocabulary Flashcards on the “100 most common verbs in English” for Finnish-speaking students, there are included:
100 Printable Flashcards (10 Printable PDF worksheets)
Vocabulary in both English Language and Finnish Language (Finland - Northern Europe - Scandinavia)
Speak, Write and Play In Finnish - Make Learning A Language More Fun!
Are you learning Finnish? Are you looking for a fun way to learn Finnish? I have developed a way to learn different languages based on my experience as an ESL teacher. This pack has 57 different settings for students to talk about in Finnish. The worksheets themselves are in English and the students do need to translate the places and objects they see into Finnish. At the end of the session, the students can play a fun game of word bingo to show they have mastered that day's vocabulary. Try it, it is a lot of fun for everyone!
* Please note - these resources provide visual prompts, not specific language instruction.
Finnish Bingo pack: This is a simple starter game for students. There are 114 different pictures to choose from. Select a single picture and project the image on the wall or share it with the class as a hand-out.
Let's Talk in Finnish!: This set of cards looks at 57 different settings. The teacher describes something in the top card. The students then use this to model a sentence using the bottom set of pictures. There are lots of things to see and describe in every picture. When the students have completed this task, they can repeat it by working in pairs to discuss each picture.
Let's Write in Finnish pack: There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Finnish. The students could write about a topic in Finnish before and then after a topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic.
114 Finnish Writing Worksheets For Writing Practice + 31 Fun Teaching Activities For These Cards
Welcome to the 'Let's Write in Finnish!' pack.
This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Finnish. The students could write about a topic in Finnish before starting a unit, and then write again about the topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic to see how much they have progressed.
It could also be used as an introduction to guided writing. Students can write sentences as a class and share the sentences together and they can then write them on their own. Alternatively, students could work in pairs - one student dictates to the other what to write down about what they see in the picture.
These pages could also be used to write different stories, using the pictures as a stimulus.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
AQA Theme E: Religion, Crime and Punishment Whole SOW
Whole SOW for the GCSE RS topic Theme E: Religion, Crime and Punishment (AQA)
Covering:
Reasons for crime
Attitudes to lawbreakers and types of crime
Aims of punishment
Types of punishment
Capital punishment
Revision lesson, including A3 Theme E revision sheet for students to complete
Lessons include plentiful reference to real life examples (e.g. Anthony Walker, Rosa Parks, Roy Hackett, the Finnish prison system), case studies (e.g. James Bulger, Derek Bentley and Christopher Craig) and exam question practise
All lesson resources, PPTs and worksheets provided. Guidance in PPT slide notes.
For use with the two AQA textbooks: Islam and Christianity. Textbook pages not provided.
Finland
Finland, This Kid's Life is a booklet that focuses on how a child lives daily life in Finland compared to how people live in their own country. This particular book tracks the life of a girl named Noora who lives in the country of Finland.
Included:
1. A pre-test to see what your students know about Finland
2. A 2 page letter from Noora that describes her life in Finland
3. Facts about Finland and discussion questions
4. Word Search Puzzle
5. Secret Code Puzzle
6. Make a Pair of Finnish Mittens
7. Create a Finnish Flag
8. Color a Finnish Girl
9. A New Sport Writing Activity
10. Basic Finnish Phrases
11. Crossword Puzzle about Finland
12. Similarities and Differences Organizer and Writing Activity
All artwork is original and create by myself.
Thanks for looking at my products,
Yvonne Crawford
Country Study Presentation on Finland - Europe - Scandinavia
This Teaching Resource is an Introductory PDF Presentation (15 Slides) on Finland. This Digital Resource can be great for Geography, European History and Social Studies Classes. Suitable Learners for this kind of lesson are students from 7th Grade to 12th Grade.
This Geography + Social Studies Presentation on Finland (European Country Study) aims to introduce learners to this country in Scandinavia (its most important and basic facts, languages, history, environment, economy and basic Finnish and Swedish vocabulary). No or little preparation is needed.
Within this Introductory Presentation on Finland (PDF Europe Country Study Teaching Resource) it is offered:
a first slide with greetings in Finnish and Swedish Language (Hyvää Päivää + Hej) with QR Codes and link to YouTube Video to learn how to pronounce it properly in Finnish and Swedish language
2 slides on Finland + its basic geography (Google Maps Link directed to Finland’s geographical location included)
aquick data on Finland slide (currency, population, kind of government etc)
3 slides on the Languagse spoken in Finland (one as an introduction to Finnish, Swedish and other minoritarian languages such as Karelian and Sami + Basic Vocabulary in Finnish + Basic Vocabulary in Swedish)
1 slides with Finland’s History
1 Slide on Geographical facts (size, kind of territory and weather)
1 on Finland’s Economy
1 on Helsinki
1 on other cities in Finland (little map of Finland with cities such as Turku, and Oulu)
1 slides on Finnish Culture (influences + hockey, sauna and moomin)
1 last slide with Goodbye written in Finnish and Swedish (Näkemiin + Hej Då)
This Social Studies + Geography Country Study on Finland PDF Digital Teaching Resource (15 slides) can be great for learners from 7th grade to 12th grade to introduce Finland and its Culture.
Social Studies with Alan is a Brand New Teaching Resource/Educational Material Store whose aim is to help Teachers, Educators and Tutors to achieve their teaching objectives while creating a fun and stimulating environment. Never Forget!
Lesson 9 Dynamo 3 vert - rencontrer des jeunes francophones 2
Learning objective: today we are using the present tense, in order to describe people and what they do so that we can review the present tense.
Word of the day: rencontrer
This lesson includes reading, writing and translation activities as well as a knowledge organiser with the vocabulary for the lesson.
ALIEN [1979] -Comprehensive Social and Political Contexts - NEW EDUQAS FIRST TEACHING SUMMER 2023 -
This pack has been designed for the updated EDUQAS Film Studies specification; first teaching SEPTEMBER 2023
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This pack contains 1 52-slide PowerPoint presentation, and an accompanying 23-page student booklet
This lesson has been designed to cover the key social and political contexts surrounding the production of *Alien. *
1 - starter task - students to discuss then share/debate their own readings of the film
**2 - Starter Task 2 **- Students to review their own knowledge of 1970s America - feedback
**CONTEXT: 1970s USA was a time of immense upheaval across all levels of society **
Major social/political issues are listed and discussed
Key social issues relating to the study of the film are highlighted and reinforced here
Discussion about the use of CORPORATIONS as antagonist in 70s/80s ‘liberal science fiction films’ - establishes that Alien was part of larger trend that tapped in to social issues of the time
CONTEXT continued:
GLOBALISATION - defined and discussed
Consequence of GLOBALISATION on the US workforce/economy
Rise of corporations
Union busting / anti-union sentiment and action
Strikes and calls for workers rights dominate the era
Rise of NEOLIBERALISM as a formative force in US society
FILM ANALYSIS
Task - students reflect on their new contextual knowledge; create mind-map of all elements of Alien that link to, comment up or reflect these social issues
Analysis - Part 1 - The Nostromo - Workplace of the Future
Analysis of the film’s opening sequences
Student analysis task
Feedback with students - detailed notes are included in the PowerPoint to help students develop and consolidate their learning
What do the academics say? - a series of quotes from academic papers that reinforce and support our reading of the film
Analysis - Part 2 - Character introduction -
Student scene anlaysis - Breakfast / roles within the organisation
**Identify key themes that are established: **workers pay, exploitation, bonuses, working conditions!
Feedback with students - detailed notes are included in the PowerPoint to help students develop and consolidate their learning
**Character types/roles - **
Several short scenes are chosen and analysed. Extracts from the screenplay are highlighted, with specific links between character dialogue/characterisation and contextual issues studied earlier
Discussion of each crew member; their role and what they represent within the NEOLIBERAL structure of the CORPORATION
Analysis Part 3 - Character types
A discussion and break down of each character’s role on The Nostromo - a look at how each crew member represents a different type of worker
Ripley as ‘the perfect worker’
Analysis Part 4 - The Xenmorph
Xenomorph - scene analysis
Representation of ‘physical emodiment of the Corporation’s greed’
Analysis Part 5 - Ripley
Detailed analysis of Ripley from a feminist perspective - all points linked to contextual issues re: 2nd wave feminism
Recipes for Food Teaching Food Commodities
This powerpoint contains 11 practical ideas. I have used them when teaching food commodities - chapter 1 WJEC Hospitality and Catering and chapter 23 WJEC Hospitality and catering.
The recipes are:
Bread rolls - flour / cereals
Jam Tarts - flour / cereals
Finnish Roll - flour / cereals
Macaroni Cheese - pasta / milk / flour / cereals
Risotto - rice
Burger - meat
Chicken nuggets - poultry / bread
Fish Cakes - fish / potatoes
Cheese Quiche - cheese / eggs / flour / cereals
Cheese scones - cheese / milk / flour / cereals
Tuna Pasta Bake - fish / milk / pasta / flour / cereals
They can all be edited.
I hope that this saves you time.
Finland | Geography | Nordic Nature & High-Quality Education
This knowledge card set includes 10 cards that provide an overview of Finland. It covers key topics such as its location in Northern Europe, thousands of lakes and forests, world-renowned education system, high quality of life, strong welfare state, history of neutrality and modern NATO membership, and unique cultural identity including the Finnish language and sauna traditions. The text and images were generated with AI.
Extension Resource Macbeth GCSE English Literature - Edexcel, AQA, OCR
Resources given to extension-level students to provide alternative interpretations of Macbeth. A thesis from a leading Finnish University has been summarised and condensed to make it more accessible; it divides the play into three parts - the divided state of man, the barren sceptre, and laugh to scorn the power of man.
This isn’t a lesson plan, rather a piece of extension material which proved useful for stretching some particularly enthusiastic students.
Designed for Edexcel GCSE English Literature Course but can be used for AQA and OCR.
Year 11 French Revision lesson 11
I have meticulously crafted 26 revision lessons tailored specifically for my Year 11 French students. These lessons are designed to align seamlessly with the GCSE AQA curriculum, ensuring thorough coverage of all necessary topics and themes. Moreover, they are adaptable and can effortlessly integrate with the Edexcel syllabus, providing flexibility and comprehensive support to students following either exam board.
Each lesson is meticulously structured to optimize learning and retention, incorporating a variety of engaging activities, interactive exercises, and targeted practice questions. From vocabulary drills to grammar exercises, listening comprehension to speaking practice, these lessons offer a comprehensive review of key concepts essential for success in the upcoming examinations.
Furthermore, with a focus on addressing common areas of difficulty and reinforcing fundamental skills, these revision lessons aim to enhance students’ confidence and proficiency in French language proficiency.
By meticulously crafting these lessons, my goal is to empower my students to approach their GCSE French exams with confidence, equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel.
AQA Biology GCSE Protein Synthesis and mutations (two lessons)
1st lesson
Powerpoint presentation “protein synthesis” and word doc “DNA starter level 1 and 2”
Three starter options for students to pick from for differentiation. Building on knowledge of DNA
lesson objectives
powerpoint presentation “protein synthesis” explaination of protein synthesis
task of making a timeline on tables (need board pens and tissue to wipe away after - or can do on paper)
Kahoot to finnish (putting into order)
2nd lesson;
Powerpoint presentation “protein synthesis and mutations”
settler on first slide - recapping enzymes lock and key
lesson objectives
explaination of protein synthesis mutations
differntiated questioning - students work through as a class with teacher (answers provided on PP with animation) questions get harder as progress
Question making task - Pass the parcel











