3 Powerpoints on the family and descriptions topic practising key grammar: On adjectives, describing qualities of a good friend and an ideal partner On reflexive verbs in the Present Perfect and Present Perfect tenses, e.g. She gets on with… (elle s’entend avec). They argued (ils se sont disputés) etc On direct object pronouns, e.g. he listens to me, she criticises me (elle me critique) etc All with grammar notes and practice tasks

A Powerpoint practising key verbs to do with technology & mobile phones, with tasks to get pupils to put them into the Present Tense. Also a ‘mosaic translation’ worksheet activity where pupils translate sentences about the pros and cons of technology using the words provided in the grid (Google Translate-proof!)

A worksheet (with accompanying teacher PPT) to help pupils understand how to produce a good 90 word / 150 word question answer (AQA spec) Side 1 of sheet has 90-word answer to analyse. Side 2 of sheet has 150-word answer to improve.

Double-sided worksheet Parallel texts on “Me, my family and friends” (personal descriptions, relationships, marriage, etc) English text facing the Spanish. Some words in bold in both texts to aid students’ following of the texts I’ve tried to include a number of the trickier words from the AQA specification vocab list on this topic. Pupils use the translation to fill in gaps in both the English and the Spanish. On page 2 there are sentences to translate based on vocab from the texts, plus Spanish comprehension questions & some extension tasks.

Lesson on saying what you’ve done recently to be healthy. I did this toward the end of the Healthy Living topic, once key vocab on exercise and healthy eating had been covered, and once we had re-capped the Perfect Tense (with avoir) Starter : match the French time phrases to the English **Gap-fill activity: ** for mini-whiteboards and/or books: fill in the correct verb form or past participle Trapdoor game: Students love this. Pupils take turns to read through the passage with a partner, choosing options each time from the list. Their partner must read it back from memory; if they go wrong they have to go back to the start. Then swap roles. I model this first so pupils have to listen then I choose one to read back what I said. Then, to make it harder, there is a version with some words and letters taken away, so pupils are not just reading from the screen but have to remember the phrases.

This worksheet has two sides: one with a 150-word environment question, with a model answer to highlight, dissect and analyse (to give students ideas for their own writing) second side gives a 90-word environment question, with an inadequate sample answer for them to analyse, annotate and improve in pairs Students found this useful to prepare to write their own answer to an GCSE question on the environment. Took up a good chunk of the lesson.

Introducing the Present Subjunctive in an environment context for GCSE students, once pupils have already learnt some environment vocabulary. Doesn’t include the endings in the Presentation (you’ll need to write them on the board or add a slide) but focusses on how to USE the subjunctive after certain phrases, mainly: “es necesario que”, “es importante que”, “es esencial que” (so it’s not a comprehensive guide to the use of the subjunctive - just a way in.) Lots of examples given (from Global Issues/Environment context) contrasting the subjunctive with the indicative. Includes irregulars haber, ser and ir. Example sentences where students put the verb into the subjunctive on their mini-whiteboards. Plus some sentences for them to translate.

Aim: to help GCSE (or KS3) pupils prepare to write their own paragraph about ‘last weekend’ (after previously learning the Preterite Tense and relevant activity vocabulary). Worksheet with 2 model texts about “el fin de semana pasado” (last weekend). Contains opinions and time phrases for pupils to find. Accompanying Powerpoint with a “One Pen, One Die” activity to do after the worksheet. Then a speaking pair game (roll the die, say the sentence, gain the points). Also a gap-fill activity to reinforce the language from the worksheet - could be used as a Starter the following lesson.

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPs. You could base a whole lesson around these resources (or set them for homework/revision). Contains: A slide with a ‘mosaic writing’ activity (credit to Gianfranco Conti for this idea): i.e. Pupils are given a short paragraph in English about family relationships and have to construct a Spanish translation from the words provided in the grid. A worksheet with various tasks designed to build up/practise key vocabulary to do with this topic. The idea is that the gap-fill task can be completed purely by using words drawn from the first text - in other words, pupils are identifying and recycling the relevant language. Likewise the Translation sentences at the bottom can be done using vocabulary from elsewhere on the worksheet. Ideas for further exploiting the worksheet You can exploit the texts on the worksheet in other ways. E.g. spot the adjectives. Re-write one of the texts changing the underlined parts (teacher could project the texts onto board with some phrases underlined) to say something else, verbally or in writing e.g. alternative adjectives, different verbs, different family member words. Plenary with mini-whiteboard sentences to translate based purely on words and phrases from the text (or incorporating prior knowledge too for stronger classes). Reading texts aloud for pronunciation practice. Translate the first text. etc etc.

Lesson Powerpoint and accompanying worksheets (and vocabulary sheet) on talking about what your IDEAL SCHOOL would be like. Key verbs introduced, model texts with ideas. Everything you need for teaching this sub-topic. BONUS As a little extra, I’ve included some slides about talking about EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES and WHAT MY PRIMARY SCHOOL WAS LIKE

Fumar, beber, tomar drogas Lesson Powerpoint and double worksheet about drinking, taking drugs and drinking alcohol. Talking about your good and bad health habits.

A lesson on saying what you have to/must do to stay healthy, e.g. Tienes que comer fruta y verdura Hay que hacer ejercicio Full lesson including put-pieces-of-paper-together-to-create sentences activity, dice speaking game, mini-whiteboard activity. Also accompanying worksheet (page 2 of the worksheet is the sentence-building activity template for pupils to cut out).

Dialogue/roleplay worksheet for ordering food in a restaurant. KS3 / KS4 French.

Comparing nouns, e.g. la vela es más divertida que el fútbol Includes cut-out task where pupils piece together the sentences (prompted by the corresponding Powerpoint slide)

Phrases (English and Spanish) about good/bad habits (e.g. smoking) and what you will do to be more healthy. Knowledge Organiser / Phrase list

‘Find Someone Who’ speaking activity sheet (survey: find someone who… wants to go to university, etc) Small worksheet (two copies per page, to save on photocopying!) to introduce/practise phrases like: Tengo la intención de ser profesor. Quiero tener una familia. Espero encontrar trabajo. Me gustaría vivir en el extranjero. Pienso tomarme un año sabático. Quiero trabajar como voluntario. Espero ir a la universidad. Tengo la intención de seguir estudiand

Designed for revisiting the Present Tense at Key Stage 4, but could be used in KS3 and KS5. Presentation of the Present Tense regular verb endings, with mini-whiteboard practice activity for -ar verbs and a class Battleships game for practising the er/ir/ar endings (the students love this!) the verbs with irregular ‘yo’ forms (conozco) stem-changing (radical-changing) verbs, with an accompanying worksheet for students to fill in the ‘I’ and ‘we’ forms of common stem-changing verbs You may also be interested in my Present Tense crossword comprehensive ‘Spanish Verb Tenses Overview Sheet’ … See my Shop!

A 41 slide Powerpoint with clear and concise explanations about how the Perfect Tense works and practice activities. Not complete lessons (these slides are extracted from various lesson Powerpoints) but the Powerpoint does cover er, ir and re verbs taking avoir (plus how to make them negative) as well as être verbs and the irregular past participles. There are explanations with examples, and a few match-up / gap-fill / translation / speaking tasks (oxo and dice game). Could save you some time!

Casa y ciudad. GCSE Spanish A trapdoor activity for talking about your house and a couple of sentence builders for giving opinions on your town. Useful for speaking activities / writing. Plus a slide on ‘se puede’ (in which place in town can you do the things described?) thrown in too.

A couple of sentence builders to help pupils give opinions on their homes. A trapdoor activity for talking about where you live. Pupils found these useful for writing and speaking on this topic.