I am a full time Spanish and French teacher to A level specialising in Spanish and Italian.
Experience with legacy OCR/WJEC spec, 2 years of the new AQA spec and 1 year and counting with the Edexcel spec.#
I love planning and am regularly praised for my engaging and well thought out lessons - I hope to be of help to as many people as possible. Please leave a review if you find them useful :).
I am a full time Spanish and French teacher to A level specialising in Spanish and Italian.
Experience with legacy OCR/WJEC spec, 2 years of the new AQA spec and 1 year and counting with the Edexcel spec.#
I love planning and am regularly praised for my engaging and well thought out lessons - I hope to be of help to as many people as possible. Please leave a review if you find them useful :).
Included:
WOW wall (for good work/ live learning)
seasons
weather
numbers 1- 1 billion
phonics bunting (very popular with students - probably the best display I’ve ever made)
french pronunciation
question words
classroom/target language phrases
French connectives
DIFFERENTIATED BY OUTCOME - RANGE OF FOUNDATION AND HIGHER STYLE ACTIVITIES - 50 slides
Extensive revision booklet covering LOADS OF vocabulary and grammar points in detail from Theme 1 of the AQA GCSE Spanish curriculum.
Me my family and friends - Technology in every day life - Free time activities - Customs and festivals
Grammar points included:
Comparisons
General literacy (spelling/ accents)
Gap fills with verbs in different tenses (Using context to choose the correct option)
Reflexive verbs - Illiciting the rule, seeing an explanation, practice
Present subjunctive formation and practice - Inc. irregulars
Present perfect tense
Por / para
“Verb of the day” with conjugation into all key GCSE tenses
Exam skills included:
Describing a photo
Reading and categorisation skills
Question words/ forming questions.
Ideal to set for revision or challenge and extension work.
Developed to be completed remotely during lockdown, this comprehensive workbook goes through several topics in detail, including key vocabulary and grammar. Tasks are differentiated, with lots of support for lower ability students and stretch and challenge tasks.
Tasks are inductive, and require students to use the vocabulary and grammar in context rather than learning by repetition which is low level, not sufficiently demanding and not as engaging.
Topics include:
numbers, months + time
sequences
dates
spanish speaking countries
physical description
family
animals + colours
word order
where we live
free time
i form vs. infinitive verbs
opinions + infinitive verbs
sports
tv + film
weather
countries + nationalities
holidays
food
as well as LISTENING, READING + WRITING tasks
There is a separate document with answers to tasks.
This guide will talk you through the expectations of the course, and break down the key skills needed to achieve the a*
it shows you how to structure your answers to achieve the top mark scheme answers, as well as a task on how to revise cifras.
There is also an exemplar mind map (double sided a3) to show students.
This workbook was developed to be completed remotely and prepare year 9 students for GCSE/ Revise the key tenses ahead of the GCSE Spanish course.
Using a wide range of topical vocab from years 7,8 and 9, this workbook goes through the present, preterite and two future tenses in detail, plus it has an extensive translation using these tenses as a challenge task.
There is a range of activities to help engage students, AND a full mark scheme to minimise your work load.
Resources developed to support students working from home due to Covid.
1-2 worksheets per module to cover all points extensively. Range of tasks (differentiated with support and lots of stretch and challenge)
Includes:
Point de départ - revising numbers and time
2.1 - Qu’est-ce que tu penses de tes matières - Revising school subjects and giving opinions
2.1b - 3rd person opinions on school subjects
2.1c - Bonus translation - extended text on opinions on school subjects
2.2 Qu’est-ce que tu portes? Describing uniform using adjectival agreement
2.3 - Ta journée scolaire c’est comment? Using new ER verbs to describe the school day
2.3b -Describing the school day in more detail - translation task
2.4 - C’est comment, un collège français - Talking about a typical French day
2.5 Un collège super cool - talking about school facilities using il y a / il n’y a pas de
All instructions are in English for ease and all tasks have examples.
This double sided grammar sheet has everything your student needs to do well at GCSE Spanish
I’ve divided the sections into the 3 time zones (past, present, future) for each you have the verb endings, common irregulars, time phrases, and some also include specific hl phrases for that tense.
On the reverse you have lots of opinions/ justifications and higher level and idiomatic expression formulas.
These workshops have been made to support Dynamo 2 vert Module 1 - vive les vacances!
Topics included:
Reviewing and talking about school holidays
The perfect tense (regular and irregular)
Places in town
Past tense activities, opinions
Range of verb endings + negative verbs practice
Talking about a special holiday in the past
Differentiated writing tasks on past holidays
Resources could be used to support class powerpoints, remote learning, homeworks, or additional support.
**All resources compliment / consolidate content from Module 1. There are no duplicated tasks from the textbook or workbook. **
Each worksheet has clear instructions with examples for every task. Each worksheet is extensively differentiated. Tasks take 20-30 minutes (in line with ks3 homework requirements) with lots of optional extra tasks for higher end vert students.
Activities are inductive but aptly supported. Each worksheet will incorporate different “challenge” tasks which increase in cognitive demand, this could be creation tasks, the manipulation of verbs or sentences, etc.
Dynamo 2 Module 1 rouge resources coming soon.
Specifically developed for the new GCSE AQA specification
All tenses have a step by step explanation with an example, at least 1 practise activity and then answers in red on a separate duplicate slide.
Booklet is divided into 2 principal sections - basic grammar and grade 7+
I have covered a range of grammar from different topics including local area, environment, family, healthy living etc.
Tenses/ grammar covered:
Present(I do) / present perfect (I have done)
Past (preterite (I did) and imperfect (I used to))
Future (simple (I’m going to) and proper ‘I will’)
Conditional (I would do)
Si clauses + conditional (If I… I would…)
Higher level sentence structure
higher level phrases/ idioms
I have used this with 3 mixed ability year 10 groups and it has been very successful.
Full set of lessons made to support the textbook
includes lots of new activities and extra challenge/ scaffolding
fly in answers throughout
highly challenging - range of grammar/ tenses/ higher level language
range of exam skills covered - including a peer speaking photocard activity
includes self reflection points
Resources developed to support students working from home due to Covid but could also be used to support normal lessons/ set as homework.
1-2 worksheets per module to cover all textbook content/ key vocab and grammar. Range of tasks (differentiated with support and lots of stretch and challenge)
Includes:
Point de départ: revising weather and seasons
3.1 Tu est sportif/ive? Talking about what sports people play using JOUER
3.1b Describing a photo (exam skills) context of sports
3.2 qu’est-ce que tu fais? Talking about activities you do using FAIRE
3.2 Using time expressions to say how often we do activities
3.3 Le sport dans les pays francophones
3.4 Tu aimes faire ça - Using the full paradigm of AIMER +infinitive verbs
3.4 - Forming questions/ practice with questions and answers
All instructions are in English for ease and every task has a clear example
Worksheet to support students improve vocab bank to talk about their city in the future
PPT encourages students to be creative/ imaginative and discuss what their town WILL be like in the future.
Includes:
*breakdown of exam format
*Rough idea of what to include for each grade (I've developed this success criteria in line with the AQA mark scheme from the specification matierial)
* 2 options (just like the exam) for the 16 marker and 32 marker, room for corrections and then a response task
* Breakdown of the translation section, top tips for success in that section, difficult translation which includes prepositions of place (after mocks, this is what the cohort most lost marks on),
reflection sheet at the end, too :)
DIFFERENTIATED BY OUTCOME - RANGE OF FOUNDATION AND HIGHER STYLE ACTIVITIES - 92 slides - Random images supplied are to give you an idea of the range of tasks. There are lots more included.
Extensive revision booklet covering LOADS OF vocabulary and grammar points in detail from Theme 3 of the AQA GCSE Spanish curriculum. Variety of difficulty tasks suitable
my studies - life at school and college - education post 16 - Jobs, career choices.
Grammar covered:
sequencers
hl opinions
articles
conditional tense
all tense activities
comparisons
range of conjugation tasks for various tenses
adjectival agreement
categorising time expressions to aid use of multiple tenses
HL SUBJUNCTIVE + CONDITIONAL
Infinitive phrases
3rd person opinions
idioms
present subjunctive
Exam skills covered (alongside exposure to huge amounts of course specific vocab)
reading comprehensions
Spot the mistakes
translations
describing photos
telling the time
Resources developed in line with new school policy of only using digital resources during Covid. Worksheets can replace lessons or be used in lessons.
1-2 worksheets per unit to cover all textbook content/ key vocab and grammar in detail Range of tasks (differentiated with support and lots of stretch and challenge)
Includes 4 extra extensive worksheets on the passé composé.
These resources are original and do not clash with the textbook/ workbook activities.
Range of activities, increasing in cognitive demand. Regular differentiation through examples and challenge/ super challenge tasks.
* Inductive starter so students work out how the speaking exam works (Information search activity)
* Analysis of common issues before the exam - reflection opportunities for students to assess how they will sufficiently prepare for the exam
* Experiment which proves revision aids vocabulary recall (2 options for the task, either an online resource to do as a class OR pair/ independent dominoes with useful photocard vocabulary - this includes prepositions of place vocabulary)
* Example photo card for students to prepare as they would in the real exam
* Some support on how to structure their bullet points (I have invented a formula which helps students easily develop answers with opinions, reasons, development and further tenses)
* Links to a great online resource which students may use at home to revise vocab further
Made using screenshots from AQA exemplar matierial
activities adapted to provide variety
PPT follows sections of the exam, breaking them down and emphasising what students need to do to get top marks.
Independent work lesson - minimal teacher input
students choose a task: a poster of Xmas items, a letter to Santa, a christmas card or a new years resolution list
Print outs for French and Spanish to support student with topical vocab