Secondary languages resources

I made this for a specific pupil and thought it might help another pupil with a similar confusion. It’s not exciting, just three fill the blank exercises, but it helped to reinforce the difference between the two words.

A lesson aimed at KS3 and KS4 students of French which allows them to enjoy a variety of age-appropriate French-language short films with English subtitles. Score cards are provided so that students can rate each film on a variety of categories and then vote for their favourite as a class. The list of short films is found on the score cards. All the short films can be easily found on YouTube and have English subtitles provided.

A lesson aimed at KS3 or KS4 students of Spanish which allows them to watch a variety of age-appropriate Spanish-language short films with English subtitles. Score cards are provided so students can rate each film on a variety of categories and then vote for their class favourite. All the short films needed are listed on the score cards. These films can be easily found on YouTube and subtitles are provided.

A bundle of 4 resources on clause types. This bundle includes: Handouts: Vocabulary, types, structure, Word-Bank, Rubrics Worksheets, Exercises, and Task Cards Lesson Plan with Resources Ready to use PowerPoint Presentation Teachers can use these ready-made resources to enhance the vocabulary, language, grammar, and writing skills of the learners. ◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈ Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom: ✿ To challenge early finishers ✿ For effective tutoring ✿ As ESL stations and sub tubs ✿ As holiday work and homework ✿ For small group collaborations ✿ For an end of unit assessments ✿ For reinforcement and enrichment

French definite articles video with online dictionary skills. Suitable for a homework or class-based task either to consolidate the grammar rule or for students to learn it independently. The video includes a short challenge and super challenge at the end so you can see evidence of the students’ work too.

This is an ideal resource for setting as a home learning task, either to consolidate learning in class or for students to study independently either before or in class. Students can listen at their own speed to videos about how to conjugate Spanish verbs in the conditional tense (regular and irregular). The “multiplier effect” I mention means students can apply this knowledge to new verbs. There are verbal questions in each video to translate verbs from Spanish to English and vice versa so they can assess their understanding and you can ask them to write down their answers so you can see evidence of their work too. That way you will know how to support them if needed. It is ideal for KS3 classes that need to be challenged or GCSE classes. A-level classes can also use it to recap the key processes. If you visit my YouTube channel you will find other grammar videos for Spanish and French too.

This is an ideal resource for setting as a home learning task, either to consolidate learning in class or for students to study independently either before or in class. Students can listen at their own speed to videos about how to conjugate Spanish verbs in the future tense (regular and irregular). The “multiplier effect” I mention means students can apply this knowledge to new verbs. There are verbal questions in each video to translate verbs from Spanish to English and vice versa so they can assess their understanding and you can ask them to write down their answers so you can see evidence of their work too. That way you will know how to support them if needed. It is ideal for KS3 classes that need to be challenged or GCSE classes. A-level classes can also use it to recap the key processes. If you visit my YouTube channel you will find other grammar videos for Spanish and French too.

This is an ideal resource for setting as a home learning task, either to consolidate learning in class or for students to study independently either before or in class. Students can listen at their own speed to videos about how to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense (AR, ER and IR). The “multiplier effect” I mention means students can apply this knowledge to new verbs. There are 10 questions in each video to translate verbs from Spanish to English and vice versa so they can assess their understanding and you can see evidence of it too so you know how to support them if needed. It is ideal for KS3 classes that need to be challenged or GCSE classes. If you visit my YouTube channel you will find other grammar videos for Spanish and French too.

The worksheet is aimed at learners in KS4 and KS5. There is a little starter followed by 4 differentiated exercises : match up, filling in the gaps (using the conditional), creating sentences including two suggested words task, writing sentences based on a visual stimulus. The second resource is a game to practise the imperfect and conditional.

❖ La Technologie- Technology - Discussion ciblée - French themed conversation questions ❖ Part of our series of “discussions ciblées”. List of 35 vocabulary words related to the water’s edge Includes 20 discussion questions. The questions are suitable for upper level and AP French or for high school French immersion. This resource is especially useful for your chapter on technology. The questions are thorough and thought provoking. I like to print the list of words on one side of a page and the questions on the other side so that students can easily refer to the new vocabulary during their conversations. If you make a two sided copy everything will fit on one page. Also included is a set of speaking cards for students to use prior to using the discussion cards so that they can become familiar with the theme and many new words. The cards just need to be printed and cut out so that your students can use them in pairs or small groups. Each card says, “Décris le mot suivant en français et ton partenaire le devinera.” The vocabulary word is written both in French and English since many of the words will be new. This exposure to the vocabulary will make the discussion that follows flow easier. Students will still have easy access to the list of words on the other side of the photocopied questions. Don’t want to print? That’s ok! A PDF with just one card per page is included for easy projecting or for tablets. ❖ La Technologie- Technology - Discussion ciblée - French themed conversation questions ❖

A quiz for the end of the year which covers all aspects of Spanish and South American culture. Answer slides are also provided.

This booklet contains practice Role-Plays and Photo Cards along with essential information and useful support phrases and vocabulary to allow all students to access the activities. I have included the Examiner Scripts so students can practise in pairs/groups. Students can be directed to complete specific tasks or you may prefer to allow them to select which tasks they feel they need more practise on. The booklet can be used for starter activities, for full lessons on Speaking Test preperation, for Revision/Intervention and homework.

The first two pages are ideal for in class work and the last page for homework.

Variety of different reasons to study French. The reasons are A5 and numbered 1-10 with images. There is a separate header on A3.

This resources is for all ages and it is an introduction to ask and reply to the question: Where are you from?

Opinion phrases and justifications display in French with English translations suitable for Year 7 through to Year 11. Document includes lettering to be cut out for the display.

A4 posters in 72 font for legibility in class, includes present tense of ‘tener’ and tener expressions with illustrations. Perfect for laminating and using as display material.

A4 posters in 72 font for legibility in class, includes present tense of avoir and avoir expressions with illustrations. Perfect for laminating and using as display material.

Numbers 1-30, units of ten up to 100 and a 1000 poster. All are A5 designed to be printed two sheets to one A4. The colours posters are A4 and there is a total of 10 different colours. They also show the feminine agreement in brackets where applicable. The colours are in ovals and when downloaded are correctly aligned as seen in picture- the preview has distorted them for some reason!

EAL for Secondary Students (Workbook 3) directly addresses the unique academic needs facing students who arrive in the UK with little or no English. After completing EAL for Secondary Students (Workbook 3) students should be able to cope in mainstream classes. This workbook ensures that the student will develop an effective understanding of English. The tremendous advantage of this resource is that the student will immediately become fully included in the learning process. At the end of each unit, the student can record the progress they have made by completing the user friendly self-assessment sheet. EAL for Secondary Students (Workbook 3) is a student-centred resource which enables the student to be actively engaged in developing skills that are required in an academic environment. The teacher can witness and monitor the steady progress the EAL student is making towards becoming an independent learner. EAL for Secondary Students (Workbook 3) allows the teacher the flexibility to select appropriate topics. EAL for Secondary Students (Workbook 3) can, also, be used as an excellent Induction programme. When it is necessary and appropriate to withdraw students from mainstream classes, this is a systematic self-contained resource that enhances language development and activates confidence in the student. EAL for Secondary Students Workbook 3 contains over 80 pages of excercises.

This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising Suzanne Collins’ novel ‘The Hunger Games.’ It contains comprehensive sections on: Context; Chapter by Chapter Summary (with quotes); Main Characters; Themes; Collins Language Devices; Features of Dystopian Novels. All key words and ideas are compartmentalised for easy reference. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

In this week’s puzzles… (1) A crossword based on events in last week’s news. A search & cloze puzzle detailing Part 2 of the amazing rescue of the 12 boys and their football coach from the flooded cave in northern Thailand, A crossword about NATO, and there are no clues, and A crossword all about Belgium (which achieved 3rd place in the FIFA World Cup). In last week’s news… All twelve boys from the Wild Boars football team and their coach who were trapped in a cave in northern Thailand were rescued. The US president said NATO member countries aren’t contributing enough to NATO (even though countries don’t contribute anything). Britain’s Foreign Minister resigned because he didn’t like the state of Brexit negotiations. Nestlé products are banned from zoos in Melbourne and a man has taken Monsanto to court alleging its weed killer caused his cancer. George Clooney fell off his motor bike while in Sardinia. Justin Bieber got engaged, maybe. An American tourist shut down Vienna airport because of a live artillery shell in her luggage. Scorpions invaded Brazilian cities, sort of. And after 66 years, an Indian man finally cut his finger nails. Angelique Kerber and Novak Đoković won the Women’s and Men’s Singles at Wimbledon. France won the FIFA World Cup, but the most loved and most successful football team during the World Cup was The Wild Boars of Thailand.

PRINT CROSSWORD A3 SIZE AND IT PRINTS FINE - PHOTO INCLUDED TO SHOW LAYOUT ONCE PRINTED This crossword is the perfect end of year challenge for KS3 Spanish. The crossword is A3 size and includes 98 across words and 100 down words - which means it is HUGE! My Year 7’s did this recently and absolutely loved it! It’s a great way of rounding off the year and recapping everything done in Year 7. Of course, this crossword can be given to KS4 classes too as quick revision of basic vocabulary. This resource could be used in the classroom or could be set as homework to complete over the summer holidays. It took me a long time to make this, but I would say it’s been well worth it - my pupils have really enjoyed completing it!! :D

Designed to help pupils answer question 1 on the photocard at KS3 and KS4.

A set of two trapdoor activities to help Year 9s practise producing oral language in French in the context of jobs and holidays. Students should work in pairs with one trying to guess the option from each box the other has chosen. If they guess correctly, they move on to the next box and if not, they must go back to the start.

PPT with Dutch reading and writing exercises about psychology. Suitable for B2 learners. Answers are provided in the PPT. Have a look at my free lesson of ‘Intermediate Dutch - Work and applying for a job - Suitable for B2 learners’ to get an idea how the PPT is build up.

PPT with Dutch reading and writing exercises about media and advertising. Suitable for B2 learners. Answers are provided in the PPT. Have a look at my free lesson of ‘Intermediate Dutch - Work and applying for a job - Suitable for B2 learners’ to get an idea how the PPT is build up.

PPT with Dutch reading and writing exercises about art. Suitable for B2 learners. Answers are provided in the PPT. Have a look at my free lesson of ‘Intermediate Dutch - Work and applying for a job - Suitable for B2 learners’ to get an idea how the PPT is build up.

A set of three trapdoor activities to help Year 7s practise producing oral language in French. The basics (name, age, personality, appearance) are covered in one and there are further activities on the topics of school, places in the town and free time. Students should work in pairs with one trying to guess the option from each box the other has chosen. If they guess correctly, they move on to the next box and if not, they must go back to the start.

PPT with Dutch reading and writing exercises about war and peace. Suitable for B1-B2 learners. Answers are provided in the PPT. Have a look at my free lesson of ‘Intermediate Dutch - Work and applying for a job - Suitable for B2 learners’ to get an idea how the PPT is build up.

Worksheet with 3 reading exercises about media (watching tv and films) in Mandarin.

Here are a couple of random bits to accompany reading of the superb ‘Noughts and Crosses’ by Malorie Blackman I used to particularly love doing the History Class lesson and was always pleasantly surprised at how well the fake logic task worked! Really hope you like these bits and please feel free to review/comment - I have plenty of other resources too, so I hope you enjoy!

Designed to help pupils be more independent with extended writing : Spanish and French Word Walls included in the file. Can be stuck in books, displayed or printed as table mats. Includes: adjectives connectives time phrases frequency phrases sequencing phrases intensifiers key phrases

Designed to help pupils be more independent when forming tenses. Can be printed and stuck in pupils books or used as a table mat. Includes: past present near future simple future conditional imperfect

These resources ask students to use websites and leaflets to research and better understand how animals are endangered or become extinct. The websites on the worksheets (including the CBBC site) have been recently checked to ensure access and leaflets are the property of the charities that made them. You can wither use these leaflets to accompany the ‘Effective Campaigning’ work sheet or any more recent campaign leaflets - perhaps look up ‘Stop the Cull’ leaflets, Donkey Sanctuary, Save the Elephants etc. I really hope you like these resources and please feel free to review or comment how I could make it even better. Also, I have lots more resources available - many of which are free as teachers already work too hard and don’t get paid enough! Enjoy!

These are great activities for football fans and those learning about the game. This pack includes a 54 word wordsearch puzzle containing key terms relating to the beautiful game of football (‘soccer’ to some of you.) The match-up activity requires the matching up of the definitions to the 20 football key terms such as assist, dribble, kickoff, offiside :) Answers for the matching activity included.

A great sheet to use in the last week of term to give the pupils something focused to do when you pop on a French film. For those who aren’t entirely engrossed they can answer the questions, add some doodles and decorate or colour the sheet. It gives a really educational focus to the film lesson (regardless of whether or not it is a TL film. If you are using it as part of your media module there are general questions about film and cinema and specific film review questions. They are all accessible and if you would like to add more complex/advanced questions there is a blank template for you to simply add a text boxes with more age/stage appropriate questions. The feedback I have had on these sheets has been great- I am producing a series of them so please get in touch if there is a topic you would like to see in September. Don’t forget you have an easy way of receiving any free resource of your choice- simply leave feedback on any resource you have purchased and then contact me to let me know at betsybelleteachesfrench@hotmail.com

The 23 players of the current Croatian national football squad / team. (Surnames)

Worksheet to improve spelling and pronunciation by getting the irregular plural nouns right, e.g. les animaux, les bateaux, les os, les choux, les gâteaux, les châteaux, les manteaux, les yeux, les feux. This is a practice worksheet which contains the answers - although you can cut them off to make it a test sheet.

Adjectives change their endings in French to match the noun depending on whether they are masculine or feminine, and whether they are singular or plural. The rule is simple (add an ‘e’ to the masculine form if they accompany a feminine noun, and an ‘s’ if they accompany a plural noun - add both if both apply). However there are exceptions; this worksheet is to test those exceptions.

A song written by yours truly to the tune of ‘Shake it off’ by Taylor Swift to learn preterite phrases and endings! This has been turned into a couple of lessons, focusing on metacognition in the context of learning content to music. The lesson starts with information on why we recall lyrics to songs from the BBC website. Students then fill in the gaps to the lyrics before seeing the complete version. Backing tracks have been included so you can sing in class! Slides containing pictures representing the lyrics to test their memory. Speaking activities where students roll a dice and answer preterite questions (could use phrases from the lyrics in their answers). Finally 6 online resources (Quizlets and quizzes) to consolidate the preterite (regular, irregular and reflexives). Please review this resource!

Two lessons on 6.1H La importancia de hacer obras benéficas: Quizlets included, audio file included for a gap-filling speaking task. Please review this resource!