A private tutor focusing on producing high-quality, interactive resources for MFL students - primarily working with Spanish and French.
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A private tutor focusing on producing high-quality, interactive resources for MFL students - primarily working with Spanish and French.
Feel free to message to organise a personalised bundle.
A 3-page resource to outline how ‘si clauses’ work in Spanish. There are numerous translation activities within this resource, as well as grammar instructions which outline how to conjugate HABER into the imperfect subjunctive.
The ‘si clauses’ covered include:
Si + present indicative
Si + imperfect subjunctive
Si + pluperfect subjunctive
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A French bundle comprising of 3 powerpoints (3 individual lessons) which focus on Studio 1’s Module 2.3: J’ai cours. This bundle is aimed for KS3 (Year 7-8) students.
Powerpoint/Lesson 1:
58 slides
Number recap starter
Introduction of “il est heures” structure
Introduction of “et quart/et demie/XXX”
Time-telling activities
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Powerpoint/Lesson 2:
32 slides
Time-telling recap starter (differentiated activities)
Introduction of “moins le quart/moins XXX”
Time-telling activities
Listening activity
Speaking activity
Writing task
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Powerpoint/Lesson 3:
31 slides
Recapping times and subjects starter
Introduction of days of the week (linking to planets)
Vocabulary activities
Reading comprehensions
Writing task
A 2-page French worksheet based on the topic of ‘food and drink’. This resource incorporates most of the vocabulary required for GCSE, and interlinks it with grammar and written activities, with the main emphasis placed on translation. Not only are there French>English translations, the last activity focuses on English>French translations, which will help consolidate student’s knowledge on food and food adjective vocabulary.
This resource works best when set as homework.
Level: Beginners/Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense
Skills developed: Grammar/Translation/Writing
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A 2-page Spanish reading comprehension based on the topic of 'food and drink’. This resource is based in Puerto Natales (Chile), to broaden students’ knowledge of Hispanic cultures. There are vocabulary activities, reading comprehension questions and a writing activity. This is a rather complex activity, so best suited for students wanting a challenge or higher sets.
Level: Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense/Preterite Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Writing
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A 3-page French worksheet to aid students in consolidating their knowledge on the topics of ‘countries’ and ‘nationalities’. This resource involves vocabulary recall, a fun crossword based on nationalities and a small, basic writing activity towards the end.
Level: Beginners
Tenses used: Present Tense
Skills developed: Writing
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A 2-page Spanish reading comprehension based on discussing family members and ages. This is then followed by an outline of how to state ages (present tense conjugation of TENER and numbers in written form), along with various translations and writing activities. Towards the end of the document, students will also be able to develop their writing skills by describing their family.
Level: Beginners
Tenses used: Present Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Translation/Writing
A French bundle comprising of 4 powerpoints (4 individual lessons) which focus on Studio 1’s Module 2.1: Mes matières. There is also an extra lesson plan based on ‘Mes profs’. This bundle is aimed for KS3 (Year 7) students.
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Powerpoint/lesson 1:
34 slides
Cultural starter
Introducing new vocabulary
Vocabulary activities
Grammar (gender of nouns)
Speaking task
Plenary game
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Powerpoint/lesson 2:
43 slides
Vocabulary recap starter
Introducing opinion phrases
FR>EN translations
Listening activity
Introducing reasoning vocabulary
Vocabulary activities
Reading comprehension
Speaking tasks
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Powerpoint/lesson 3:
36 slides
Vocabulary recap starter
Recap opinion phrases (and introducing je suis faible and je suis fort
FR>EN translations
-Listening activity
Reading comprehension
Speaking task
Writing task
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Powerpoint/lesson 4:
38 slides
Mini-translation starters
Introducing vocabulary (describing teachers)
Vocabulary activities
Reading comprehension
Grammar tasks
Speaking tasks
Writing task
A 35-page document designed for AQA French students to revise the topics of ‘Social issues’ and 'Global issues’. This document contains the vocabulary, grammar points and numerous activities (reading/writing/EN>FR translations/FR>EN translations) along with answers.
Certain sections are designed for ‘higher-tier’ students, as they contain more complex grammar/vocabulary.
A page is dedicated to the DOCTOR acronym, highlighting how students can work towards a higher grade in this topic, within their writing and speaking exams.
Layout of the document includes:
Page 2 – Voluntary work vocabulary
a) Verb faire du bénévolat
b) Verb vouloir (conditional)
c) Verb aimer (conditional)
d) Gerund + present participle complex grammar structure
Page 3 – Specific drugs and alcohol vocabulary
a) Time phrases with depuis
Page 4 – Specific charity vocabulary
a) Verb s’occuper de
b) Charity causes
Page 5 – Charity roles
Page 6 - Specific drug vocabulary
Page 7 – Complex phrases relating to social issues
a) Verb s’inquièter
b) Verb se faire peur
Page 8 – Developing answers based on social problems
Page 9 – Il faut and Il faut que
a) Social problem solutions
b) Verb protéger (indicative and subjunctive present)
Page 10 – Verb devoir (conditional)
a) Imperative tense
Page 11 – Miscellaneous vocabulary relating to social issues
Page 12 – Environmental vocabulary
a) Higher level opinion phrases
b) Developing opinions with reasons
Page 13 – Reasoning opinions on environmental issues
Page 14 – Recycling materials
a) Verb recycler (present and imperfect)
Page 16 – Energy vocabulary
a) Comparison phrases
Page 17 – Direct object pronouns
a) Actions to help the environment
b) Obligation phrases
Page 19 – Si clauses
Page 21 – Environmental adjectives
a) Comparing present town with the past
b) Miscellaneous vocabulary relating to the environment
Page 23 – Parts of the body vocabulary
a) Verb avoir mal à
b) Preposition à
c) Verb se casser
d) Verb se blesser
e) Miscellaneous ailment vocabulary
Page 24 – Verb se tordre
a) Other body part vocabulary
b) Miscellaneous malady vocabulary
Page 26 – How to live a healthy lifestyle
Page 30 – DOCTOR acronym
DISCLAIMER Some of the resources within this document were not created by me. Rather, I have collated mine, and others’ work, to make a handy revision document for Y11 students.
A 7-page French reading comprehension based on discussing the topic of ‘technology’ in France. This document is designed to consolidate students’ knowledge on different tenses, and gives detailed explanations throughout the resource. Numerous grammar activities and translation tasks also ripple throughout this document.
Level: Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense/Passé Composé Tense/Future Tense
Skills developed: Grammar/Reading/Translation
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A 2-page French document incorporating two translations designed to consolidate vocabulary based on ‘clothing’ and ‘colours’. There is one French>English translation and one English>French translation within this resource. Various tenses are incorporated, and emphasis is placed on the verb “porter”, alongside numerous specific ‘clothing’ adjectives such as “confortable” and “démodé”.
Level: Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense/Conditional Tense/Future Tense/Passé Composé Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Translation/Writing
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A 3-page French reading comprehension focusing on the topic of ‘sports’, whilst recapping the Passé Composé Tense and days of the week. After this comprehension, emphasis is placed on Francophone cultures, in particular on Canada. This then leads into discussing horse-riding from Québec, and prompts students with two writing activities.
Level: Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense/Passé Composé Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Writing
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A 2-page Spanish reading comprehension based on discussing specific vocabulary based on ‘meat and fish’. This resource outlines the more niche vocabulary (eg. “el bacalao” and “la merluza”) before incorporating them into reading activities, translations and a writing task towards the end of the task.
Level: Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Translation/Writing
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A 3-page resource designed for students to independently consolidate their knowledge on comparative phrases. The following structures are thus incorporated with numerous activities:
Más + adjective + que
Menos + adjective + que
Tan + adjective + como
Más + adverb + que
Menos + adverb + que
Tan + adverb + como
Más + noun + que
Menos + noun + que
Tanto/a/os/as + noun + como
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A 2-page document which should be used for higher-tier GCSE Spanish revision. This document incorporates two writing answers (based on past-paper questions on the topic of ‘school’) which should be analysed within class. There is also an opportunity for students to answer another past-paper question which has been adapted from the AQA/Edexcel exams.
A 32-page document designed for AQA Spanish students to revise the topic of ‘Free-time activities’. This document contains the vocabulary, grammar points and numerous activities (reading/writing/EN>ES translations/ES>EN translations) along with answers.
Certain sections are designed for ‘higher-tier’ students, as they contain more complex grammar/vocabulary.
A page is dedicated to the DOCTOR acronym, highlighting how students can work towards a higher grade in this topic, within their writing and speaking exams.
Layout of the document includes:
Page 2 – Music genres
i. Verb escuchar (present and imperfect)
ii. Miscellaneous musical vocabulary
Page 4 – Adverbs of frequency
i. Musical adjectives
ii. Subjunctive phrases
Page 5 – Verb encontrar (present)
i. Direct object pronouns
ii. Less common music/dance vocabulary
Page 6 – Verb cantar (present)
i. Verb tocar (present)
ii. Instruments
iii. Verb ser miembro/a de (present)
iv. Verb aprendo (present)
Page 7 – Verb tocar (imperfect)
i. Verb gustar (conditional)
Page 8 – Verb ver (present and preterite)
Page 9 – TV shows
i. Time phrases
ii. Verb mirar (present)
iii. TV show adjectives
Page 10 – Opinion phrases
Page 11 – Verb encontrar (preterite)
Page 13 – Opinions on the cinema
Page 16 – Food vocabulary
i. Verb comer (present)
ii. Verb beber (present)
Page 17 – Drink vocabulary
i. Verb comer (preterite and future)
ii. Verb beber (preterite and future)
iii. Meal times
Page 20 – Food adjectives
i. Quantitative adjectives
ii. Verb estar (imperfect)
iii. Restaurant complaints
Page 22 – Introduction to sports with hacer and jugar
Page 23 – Verb hacer (present)
i. Verb jugar (present)
ii. Sports vocabulary
iii. Days of the week
Page 25 – Verb jugar (imperfect)
i. Verb hacer (imperfect)
ii. Verb gustar (conditional)
DISCLAIMER Some of the resources within this document were not created by me. Rather, I have collated mine, and others’ work, to make a handy revision document for Y11 students.
A Spanish bundle comprising of 11 powerpoints (11 individual lessons) which focus on Viva 1’s Module 3: Mi insti. This bundle is aimed for KS3 (Year 7-8) students.
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VIVA 1, MODULE 3.1 - QUÉ ESTUDIAS?
Powerpoint/lesson 1:
42 slides
Cultural starter based on schools
Recap of ‘days of the week’
Introduction of subjects
Vocabulary activities to practice subject vocabulary
Reading comprehension
Cryptogram activity
Speaking activity
Plenary game to recap vocabulary
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Powerpoint/lesson 2:
22 slides
Vocabulary starter based on subjects
Dialogue activity (prompting speaking and listening skills) to introduce complex structures
Small grammar section on ‘estudiar’
ES>EN translations
Listening comprehension
Reading comprehension
EN>ES translations
Writing task
VIVA 1, MODULE 3.2 - TE GUSTAN LAS CIENCIAS?
Powerpoint 1/Lesson 1:
Powerpoint/lesson 1:
26 slides
Vocabulary starter based on subjects
Grammar section (differences between masculine/feminine/singular/plural)
Grammar activities
Opinion phrases
ES>EN translations
Listening comprehension
Speaking task
Writing task
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Powerpoint/lesson 2:
32 slides
Vocabulary starter based on subjects
Recap of opinion phrases
Introduction of adjectives used to describe subjects
Vocabulary activities
Reading comprehension
Grammar section (adjective agreement)
Grammar activities
Listening comprehension
Speaking task
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Powerpoint/lesson 3:
22 slides
Vocabulary starter based on subject adjectives
Recap of grammar (adjective agreement)
Grammar activities
Listening comprehension
EN>ES translations
Writing task (requires dice)
VIVA 1, MODULE 3.3 - QUÉ HAY EN TU INSTI?
Powerpoint/lesson 1:
35 slides
Match-up starter (incorporating retrieval practice)
Grammar section (differences between un/una/unos/unas)
Introduction of school facility vocabulary
Vocabulary activities
Listening comprehension
Reading comprehension
Speaking tasks
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Powerpoint/lesson 2:
23 slides
Vocabulary starter based on school facilities
Introduction of school facility adjective vocabulary
Vocabulary activity
Small grammar concept (adjective endings)
Grammar activity
ES>EN translations
EN>ES translations
Writing task
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Powerpoint/lesson 3:
9 slides
Vocabulary starter based on school facilities
Introduction of photo cards
2 photo cards to analyse in English (based on schools)
Spanish tongue twisters
2 photo cards to analyse and speak about in Spanish (based on schools)
VIVA 1, MODULE 3.4: DURANTE EL RECREO
Powerpoint/lesson 1 (FOUNDATION as only gives a brief outline of present tense):
28 slides
Mistake detection starter activity
Recap of grammar (infinitives v present tense)
Introduction of conjugation -ER and -IR verbs into the present tense (yo and él/ella conjugations)
Grammar activities
ES>EN translations
Reading comprehension
Tic-tac-toe plenary game
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Powerpoint/lesson 1 (HIGHER as outlines entire conjugation of -ER verbs in the present tense):
17 slides
Mistake detection starter activity
Recap of grammar (infinitives v present tense)
Introduction of conjugation -ER and -IR verbs into the present tense
Grammar activities
Tic-tac-toe plenary game
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Powerpoint/lesson 2:
18 slides
Match-up vocabulary starter (based on previous breaktime vocabulary)
Outline of key food vocabulary
2x Reading comprehensions
Listening comprehension
EN>ES translations (2 options (foundation and higher))
Writing task