Powerpoint presentation for the European Day of Languages on the 26 of September. This can be used as a cover lesson, for assemblies or as an extra to MFL lessons. There are two PPT files. The content is the same, however one is animated and the other is not, so it is more customisable or can be tailored to your needs. They include: An explanation of what the European Day of Languages is for. A slide with a few facts about languages across the world and Europe. A slide on obvious and not so obvious benefits of learning a foreign or second language. Why you should not be scared to learn a second language. Motivational quotes. Ways to communicate other than verbal language. Code vs language discussion

x26 display posters that can be printed in A4 or A3 and used as classroom decoration. The posters are: modern simple easily readable non-framed (which helps maintain a clear, clean look) They have imagery to assist understanding and help retain vocabulary. These have been extremely helpful ever since I started training. Students refer to them all the time and it has improved their confidence, listening and speaking skills. They include key classroom vocab such as: there’s a problem, challenge, I have finished, I don’t understand, I need help/ glue/ a pen, may I be a volunteer, I am + adjectives etc

Deutsche Weihnachten With cultural activities and links to the curriculum. Vocabulary list Sorting vocabulary by catergories Wordsearch (German to German or English to German) Christmas Carol title translations Winter idioms and expressions Decoding and translating a Christmas poem Reading comprehension: draw a Christmas house Writing: Describe your own Christmas scene. (sentence builder included +extra slide with writing frame) prepositions/positions Christmas in Germany : Fill the gaps with the correct verb Read the text and put the pictures in the correct order. The New Year in Germany: Find the translations in the text. Sports and countries: What does Santa do in each country? Match the picture with the description. Write your own sentences to say what sports Santa does in each country (sentence builder included) and draw it.

UPDATED 27/10/22 - fixed error in translation activity. You can view a live example here: https://issuu.com/dinkummfl/docs/mockup_halloween_ks3_french_activity_pack A variety of activities mainly aimed at KS3- Year 7 and Year 8 on the topic of Halloween in French. Students will have the opportunity to learn idioms and expressions related to fear as well as learn vocabulary outside of the curriculum. There is also the opportunity to learn or revise the rooms of the house and descritions, as well as parts of the body an colours. Help boxes and challenges included. You will notice some pages that may seem to be a duplicate. They are there for differentiation so you may choose whichever suits your students needs best. Answers are included in a separate PDF. Vocabulary list **Dividing new vocabulary into categories ** masculine, feminine, verbs **Word search ** FR to FR and ENG to FR Learning and understanding French expressions/idioms related to fear and worry Films and series titles and translation activities. independent translation skills **Decoding and understanding a poem in French. ** Reading about and describing a haunted house learning or revising rooms of the house, floors etc. (sentence builder included) Describing your monster learning or revising adjectives and parts of the body (sentence builder included) Horizontal printables that can will easily fit into a presentation.

8 posters in PDF print format with common writing and speaking mistakes at GCSE level to improve accuracy and communication. They can also be used at KS3 when introducing grammatical structures. Suggestions are very welcome! Happy to update the file and send you the extras.

Classroom poster on how to do the future tense. It includes all conjugations and their translation (include ‘On’) for the verb aller, a list of infinitives and time markers. Format is A1 size, but can be printed in smaller sizes. This is part of my French Grammar/ Conjugation Booklet at KS3 which you can find here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12756410

Noche Buena/ Navidad y el Año Nuevo/Noche Vieja With cultural activities and links to the curriculum. Vocabulary list Sorting vocabulary by categories Word search (Spanish to Spanish or English to Spanish) Christmas Carol title translations Winter idioms and expressions Decoding and translating a Christmas poem Reading comprehension: draw a Christmas house Writing: Describe your own Christmas scene. (sentence builder included +extra slide with writing frame) prepositions/positions The present tense recap. Christmas in Spain : Fill the gaps with the correct verb. Read the text and put the pictures in the correct order. The New Year in Spain: Find the translations in the text. Sports and countries: What does Santa do in each country? Match the picture with the description. Write your own sentences to say what sports Santa does in each country (sentence builder included) and draw it. New Years resolution (near future practice.) Challenges and answers included.

Ready to print PDF and ammendable Powerpoint included. This is a knowledge organiser/ pack of sentence builders that may be used at KS3 (particularly Y8). I used it as an end of year summary and as a revision tool. It was planned for a very mixed-ability class, so it is kept very basic but allows keen pupils to extend. Themes included are: free time activities sports family members adding a reason places in town things you can do in town house description past perfect tense present tense near future tense opinion + infinitive the negative parts of the body injuries health and lifestyle

Classroom poster/ display/ printout on how to do the conditional tense in French for verbs ending in -er, -re and -ir, and the 8 most common irreguar verbs: être, avoir, aller, faire, pouvoir, vouloir , prendre and devoir (It includes all conjugations and their translation (include ‘On’), as well as a list of infinitives and time markers. Format is A1 size, but can be printed in smaller sizes. This is part of my French Grammar/ Conjugation Booklet at KS3 which you can find here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12756410

Displays with French idioms and expressions in relation to food. A game version is available in the shop.

10 questions words - 2 per sheet which can be printed on A4 or A3. Includes: qui? quand? quoi? comment? Oú? Combien (x2 - how much and how many) pourquoi? lequel?/laquelle? quel/ quelle?

This is a competitive modern foreign languages game can be played in 2 teams or “teacher vs class”, in class or live teaching online. The rules are flexible and you can play this as the original “Connect 4” or allow pupils to translate boxes in any order. If translated in a random order, you can use the random points allocation template “Le-ki” or “Level Up” included in the file. Instructions are included for easy set-up. This is the French version.

A quizz like game to guess he meaning of French idioms and expressions in relation to food! Play this as a whole class game or make teams. There are 10 slides/ questions in total.

You can view a live example here: https://issuu.com/dinkummfl/docs/mockup_halloween_ks3_french_activity_pack A variety of activities mainly aimed at KS3- Year 7 and Year 8 on the topic of Halloween in Spanish. Students will have the opportunity to learn idioms and expressions related to fear as well as learn vocabulary outside of the curriculum. There is also the opportunity to learn or revise the rooms of the house and descritions, as well as parts of the body an colours. Help boxes and challenges included. You will notice some pages that may seem to be a duplicate. They are there for differentiation so you may choose whichever suits your students needs best. Answers are included in a separate PDF. Vocabulary list **Dividing new vocabulary into categories ** masculine, feminine, verbs **Word search ** SP to SP and ENG to SP Learning and understanding Spanish expressions/idioms related to fear and worry Films and series titles and translation activities. independent translation skills **Decoding and understanding a poem in Spanish. ** Reading about and describing a haunted house learning or revising rooms of the house, floors etc. (sentence builder included) Describing your monster learning or revising adjectives and parts of the body (sentence builder included) Horizontal printables that can will easily fit into a presentation.

Passeport français - Also available in Spanish, German, Arabic and Portuguese. 26 daily pages. (can be used for 26 lessons) two versions: one with a cover in English and the other in French. A useful teaching tool for: students reflect on their learning student motivation challenges (at the back of the passport) and differentiation ownership teacher assessment for learning Format and Printing instructions: For the purpose of authenticity, this booklet is in A6 format. You will need A5 paper to print it on (or A4 cut in half) Adobe Acrobat is recommended. In the printing options in printer preferences, make sure the paper selected is A5. Select “booklet”. This should automatically send the passport to print double sided and in order. Use a long stapler to staple the middle. Here’s how I use it: As I only see my KS3 classes once a week, I put this together and use it every single lesson as a plenary! It allows them to give me feedback on how they feel they understood the content and they can also write me a note. These are on their desk for the full lesson and stay in the classroom so that I can assess their learning. If there are any notes, I write some advice back. There is a bank of extra challenges activities at the back, that can be used with any topic, and students can let me know how many challenges (both from the extension activities on the board and from the back of their passports) they have completed at the end of the lesson, by circling the correct number. As an exit ticket, I give them a small activity on a post-it size paper (i.e. “extend this sentence” or “correct this sentence” ) , student get a stamp once this is completed and are allowed to “travel” (leave the classroom). Wear a border control vest or police hat if you like drama! I certainly do. You will notice the challenges are written in Spanish, but if they struggle to understand some parts of it, they can squint their eyes and read it in English on the page next to it.

x29 display posters that can be printed in A4 or A3 and used as classroom decoration. The posters are: modern simple easily readable non-framed (which helps maintain a clear, clean look) They have imagery to assist understanding and help retain vocabulary. These have been extremely helpful ever since I started training. Students refer to them all the time and it has improved their confidence, listening and speaking skills. They include key classroom vocab such as: there’s a problem, challenge, I have finished, I don’t understand, I need help/ glue/ a pen, may I be a volunteer, I am + adjectives etc

I created this booklet because I could not find anything that simplified it as specifically as I wanted it. It explains grammatical terms without going overly technical. It uses step by step guides or flowcharts. It includes “On” in the conjugations. Common irregular verbs are available. Images speak for themselves, so please see a live example here: https://issuu.com/dinkummfl/docs/mock_up_livret_de_conjuguaison_1_ Aimed at KS3, this booklet explains le présent - the present tense, le passé composé - the perfect tense, l’imparfait - the imperfect tense, le futur proche - the near future, le futur simple - the simple future, le conditionnel- the conditional, les verbes réfléchis - reflexive verbs and impersonal expressions. Each tense page includes: what it is used for. how to use it and the main rules. 8 common irregular verbs fully conjugated in that tense. some tips on what to use it with (i.e. time markers) It also includes a grammar lingo explanation and a list of most common verbs. It can be used a KS4 but note some tenses will be missing! In my experience, it takes time for grammatical terms and rules to stay in the working memory for long periods, as there is limited time to do both explanation+practice. However, practice will reinforce patterns and so I needed something that was not a sentence builder (it is sometimes not challenging enough), but something that would allow my pupils to speak freely with confidence. I personally aim for grammatical understanding, so that we can sometimes work outside the set topics, use authentic materials and discuss topics my pupils are interested in, and I trust that sometimes it is just about having the available tools for them. You can also download individual posters for display or to glue in books in my shop. I am in the progress of recreating the same document with blank spaces for EAL pupils. Page tabs can be cut out so that they stick out like labels. Includes printing instructions.

Display posters for the months of the year in Spanish. These are 3 sheets that you can print in A4 and line up as a banner.