A lesson on different types of volunteering. It includes a recap on verbs + infinitives (quiero ser, pienso ayudar etc.) before presenting the vocabulary for different types of volunteering (with little quizzes to break down the repetition and drill in the vocab). Following is a reading task, and a speaking/writing task with lots of scaffold. For this task, find attached the handout to print to help the students.

Lesson with recap match-up task for different types of volunteering, followed by a translation task. The lesson goes on to explain how to use ‘‘me gustaria…’’ with an unjumble the sentences task to put this into practice. Finally, there is an exit pass (writing task) with lots of scaffolding to get the pupils writing how they would like to help.

Full lesson including hobbies&activities vocabulary, a cultural tip on salsa dancing, match-up tasks and a writing task.

A really effective lesson to consolidate the students’ knowledge of passé composé with auxiliary avoir. The lesson is also good as a first presentation of passé composé with auxiliary avoir, as it includes the whole grammar explanation. Activities include: an initial word snake game that is an ideal starter to settle the pupils and get them thinking a reading task to recognise the passé composé in a text (and to work on general text comprehension skills) mini-whiteboard task with the challenge of extending into full sentences for higher achievers an English to French translation task a fun noughts and crosses game to check for understanding and retainment.

Full lesson on sports. Vocabulary with consolidating exercise. Intro to jugar al / hacer. Includes a translation task.

This lesson gives helpful tips to prepare for the GCSE photo description task. It also helps students describe a picture by giving them scaffolding and support.

A full lesson on the environment and what people do to protect it. The lesson begins with a translation recap task on previously introduced vocabulary. It follows with a recap of when to use ‘‘me preocupa’’ vs ‘‘me preocupan’’ and similar expressions and with a presentation of more expressions related to the environment. Following is a reading/match-up task and a speaking trapdoor task to consolidate learning and provide scaffolding for future tasks. Finally, there is a well scaffolded writing task.

A full lesson on holidays. It includes lots of vocabulary presentations broken down by tasks such as ‘‘beat the teacher’’. It follows with a reading/match-up task to consolidate learning. Then, it moves on to a short group reading task that serves as a scaffold for the following speaking task that the pupils will complete in pairs. Finally, the lesson ends with a writing task. It also includes a mini plenary (exit tickets) to quickly check for student understanding and retainment.

A lesson on vocabulary about volunteering and verbs followed by infinitives (ex. pienso ayudar, quiero servir comida, etc.). It includes a match-up, a fill the gap, and a translation task to prepare for the final activity which is a well scaffolded and modelled writing task.

The LOs are: 1.To recap vocabulary related to food and diet 2.To learn vocabulary 3.To use expressions with tener slide to get pupils thinking of much food vocab they can recall slide on typical food from Spanish speaking countries a match up task on food and diet sentences speaking task with lots of scaffolding and modelling slide with tips on how to learn and recall vocabulary in foreign languages presentation of expressions with verb ‘tener’ when to use muy or mucho/a with these expressions exercise: choose the right expression for each sentence speaking task with scaffolding and modelling

Christmas wordsearch activity

Half lesson on negative form. Explanation of rule and activities.

Full lesson on present tense of -ER verbs. Includes detailed explanation of grammar rule and some knowledge consolidating activities (mini whiteboards, reading task, and a fun battleship game).

Lesson on animals introducing and explaining how to form the plural of nouns. Activities include a starter (bingo), a speaking task, a writing task, and a quiz.

Full lesson on weather vocabulary (with a slap the board activity), how to use ‘‘if’’ and ‘‘when’’ in Spanish, recap of activities’ and hobbies’ vocabulary, and finally saying which activities you do with a certain weather.

Lesson on animals and pets; presentation of vocab with retaining activity; intro to verb AVOIR; bingo. Ideal for online learning too.

A lesson on weather (presentation of vocabulary) and which clothes you wear with certain types of weather. Lots of activities to consolidate learning.

A series of exercises to recap the basics of French grammar and vocabulary for Y7 pupils. Also ideal for private tutoring. Tasks include match-ups, translations, reading and writing tasks. Topics include basic questions (where are you from, how old are you etc.) and answers; presentation of oneself and one’s hobbies; physical descriptions; pets; food; partitive articles.

A full lesson on Easter vocabulary with a ‘‘beat the teacher’’ game (can be made slap the board); an explanation of unique Spanish Easter traditions with pictures; a quiz to test the pupils’ memory and learning; and a Spanish Easter greeting card making lab.

100 pages of Spanish grammar from the very basics to advanced grammar structures. This was created for the English GCSE exams, however it can be very useful for tutoring, private classes and self-teaching. It is a PDF but feel free to use a pdf converter to turn it into a PowerPoint or Word document. It includes: pronounciation, accents, alphabet numbers up to 100 numbers after 100 months and days of the week question words how to tell the date gender of nouns plural of nouns (with an exercise) definite and indefinite articles subject pronouns present tense of regular verbs (with an exercise) present tense of irregular verbs (TENER, SER, ESTAR, IR, HACER, DAR, SABER, SALIR) when to use SER and ESTAR (with an exercise) question form and negative form conjuctions/link words possessive adjectives DE + noun to indicate possession (with an exercise) adjectives and adjectival agreement intensifiers and quantifiers LO + adjective HAY constructions relative pronouns relative adjectives (with an exercise) direct object pronouns indirect object pronouns present continuos tense and gerundio (with an exercise) when to use POR and PARA reflexive verbs (with an exercise) telling the time how to use GUSTAR (with an exercise) how to use SOLER stem changing verbs double negation adverbs and how to make adverbs using ‘’-mente’’ or ‘‘con + noun’’ adverbs or adjectives? disjunctive pronouns TENER QUE + infinitive HAY QUE + infinitive verb DEBER imperative tense (with an exercise) negative commands comparisons and superlatives impersonal verbs how to talk about the weather prepositions demonstrative adjectives and pronouns immediate future (IR A + infinitive) future tense ordinal numbers perfect tense (HABER + past participle) past participles simple past tense (PRETERITO) imperfect tense HACE, DESDE HACE, DESDE HACIA imperfect continous tense (ESTAR + gerundio) subjunctive mood (SUBJUNTIVO) OJALA and ‘‘subjuntivo + que’’ used for wishes (with an exercise) imperfect subjunctive (SUBJUNTIVO IMPERFECTO) conditional tense SI + subjuntivo imperfecto + condicional (with an exercise) pluperfect tense (SUBJUNTIVO PLUSCUAMPERFECTO) active and passive voice