I produce high quality and engaging resources that really add value to your classroom. I am a passionate MFL teacher who has also worked with whole school literacy and numeracy intervention.
I produce high quality and engaging resources that really add value to your classroom. I am a passionate MFL teacher who has also worked with whole school literacy and numeracy intervention.
This is an ideal resource for year 7s. The quiz is suitable for small or large groups but can also be completed independently. The quiz comes with a score sheet and a presentation of the answers.
Topics included are:
Key questions recall, French culture fact file, numbers crossword 1-20, family word puzzle and mystery phrase, heights (physical descriptions) match up, daily routine gap-fill, opinions match up, sports and opinions word puzzle, Pictionary sports and opinions, guess who activity - nationalities and a holiday word search (solution to word search not provided).
Included within this teacher PPT are 27 starters to revise high frequency vocabulary, grammar and essential exam topics
⁃ 2 false friend activities
⁃ Opposites match up
⁃ Gap fill - nouns in German
⁃ Dominoes - adjectives
⁃ Match up - negative expressions
⁃ Categorisation of irregular verbs in 6 tenses
⁃ Unscramble letters - reflexive verbs
⁃ Reading comprehension - leisure
⁃ Gap fill - possessive pronouns
⁃ Writing - house and home
⁃ Writing - free time
⁃ Categorisation - adjectives to describe personality
⁃ Town or countryside - arguments for and against
⁃ Ideal town conditional writing frame
⁃ Sentence match - directions
⁃ Reading comprehension - school timetable
⁃ Crossword - higher numbers
⁃ Writing/speaking - common questions with numbers
⁃ Writing - times
⁃ Word search - time phrases
⁃ Match up - question words
⁃ Word unscramble - restaurant vocabulary
⁃ Common questions
⁃ Opinion adjectives - fill in the missing vowels
⁃ Opinions - past, present or future?
⁃ Synonym match up
These exercises can be used for starters, mini-plenaries and plenaries to introduce, consolidate or revise key exam areas. Easy to use on its own or to cut and paste into your existing presentations. Pupil and teacher friendly.
Ideal for the return to school! This resource pack contains a teacher presentation with 15 resolutions using "Ich werde" There is also a summary slide for speaking work
There is a card sort of 16 resolutions. There is also a word cloud with 27 resolutions which is ideal for translation work. All resources use high frequency vocabulary. They act as a perfect platform for pupils to create their own resolutions.
I also include the Word file I used to create the word cloud if you need to edit for your own purposes.
There are two copies of this word search per sheet. Extension would be to translate the vocabulary or promlt recall to complete conversational work. Easy to print resource - the pupils look for the following phrases in French:
It was fantastic
I went by train
it was superb
I sunbathed
by plane
I don't like
by bus
the airport
by coach
the campsite
by car
holidays
I love holidays
the hotel
15 phrases to find in the present tense. Two versions are provided, in one version the pupils find the German and in the second version the pupils translate the phrases into German and find the 15 key phrases.
Easy to print.
Table whereby students demonstrate understanding of 5 key tenses; present, imperfect, past, future and conditional. 9 key verbs are used; aller, avoir, etre, faire, pouvoir, prendre, acheter, finir and vendre. Pupils match the French to the English. The resource is easy to print and to edit. The solution is provided for the teacher to display on the board and a full verb table to reinforce these 5 tenses and 9 verbs.
This resource can be used as a starter or plenary. Alternatively this is extremely effective revision or homework.
The tenses used are all used within higher GCSE papers.
This resource has 11 different starters (equally they could be used as mini-plenaries/plenaries) that help to reinforce grammar and key exam vocabulary.
- an essay phrases gap-fill exercise
- categorisation of verbs into 6 tenses
- correction of common exam errors WJEC 2009/2010/2014
- times and periods vocab match up
- present tense conjugation of 5 verbs highlighted as commonly unknown
- bien/bon/mal/mauvais multiple choice exercise
- ce qui/ce que exercise
- speaking work "this is the answer what is the question?"
The slides are easy to edit and can be used within a series of lessons.
20 questions in the present, past, future and conditional tense for pupils to ask each other to get to know each other. Depending on the pupils' ability the teacher might revise formulating questions first. This is a great activity when meeting new classes.
Reading and writing resources to support “in meinem Leben” and “Mein Vorbild”. Easy to print and edit. Can be used as classwork, homework or revision. Pupil and teacher friendly.
Authentic survey included that has been edited. Great to promote independent research and to build vocab from other topics.
A vocabulary exercise to reinforce tenses and the topic of holidays. Handy to use on the first lesson back to solidify grammar knowledge and help students with vocabulary to discuss their holidays.
This resource pack contains vocabulary puzzles and authentic reading activities based on the Paralympic Games.
There is a word search of all the events. 24 events to find!
There is also a word cloud containing all the events and the pupils translate the disciplines.
There is a reading activity based on the background of a Paralympic athlete - this is adapted from an authentic source. There is also a link to the original clip. There are 7 comprehension questions and 8 vocabulary phrases to find.
The second reading activity is adapted from a popular French news website and provides pupils the opportunity to read a longer text and answer 13 comprehension questions. There are also 18 vocabulary phrases to find.
All these resources can be used for classwork, homework or cover work if appropriate. They are easy to print and to edit for differentiation purposes.
Ideal for consolidation of this key grammar point. To use as a starter, plenary or revision. Worksheet is easy to print and there are two crosswords per sheet.
7 short phrases to solve involving pronoun, auxiliary verb and past participle.
Included are an array of resources to introduce the Olympic Games.
- There is a teacher presentation that includes a slide with 7 key questions about the games to check pupils' knowledge or a task that can be in the ICT suite for pupils to research. It could also be set as a homework task. Included also in this presentation is a thinking skills match up exercise revealing key Olympic facts. The teacher presentation also contains a list of all events, a further slide is included which shows which sports go with jouer/faire. There is also a speaking task here based on "tu aimes" with "jouer/faire" + sport. There is a slide with links to two authentic websites to find out more info.
- There are two word clouds included whereby pupils find key vocabulary one containing 12 phrases, the harder one containing 18 phrases
- there is a starter/ plenary with 10 vocab expressions to be matched up (easy to edit)
- there is a card sort of 12 phrases in English and French to match up (teacher solution provided to display on the board(
- there are two word searches; one with 27 phrases related to the games and some sporting disciplines, the other with 40 sports to find
These resources are ideal for end of term activities and revising sports. The website links can encourage independent work. All resources are easy to print.
A range of resources to introduce the Olympic sports. The teacher PowerPoint includes a summary slide of the disciplines and a quick quiz of 10 sports to match up (this is easy to edit).
There are 3 resources to test and reinforce knowledge of the disciplines; a crossword which is accompanied by a solution, there is also a word cloud containing the disciplines whereby the pupils translate the disciplines. Finally there is a word search containing 19 of the sports , pupils translate the sports and find the German.
This is a really good selection of resources to introduce the games. All resources are easy to print.
10 sentences focusing mainly on the past tense and key holiday vocabulary. There is also a vocab find exercise of high frequency vocab. The resource is easy to print, mark and to edit. There is also a solution for the teacher to display on the whiteboard. An example of one of the sentences below.
An extension activity would be for pupils to use the account to write their own account of a holiday in the past tense.
D’habitude je vais en Espagne pour mes vacances, mais l’année dernière était différent!
New AQA Spec: Spanish General Vocab. First exams in 2018.
This resource pack is a complete guide to the General Vocab contained in the minimum core AQA specification. It is essential that pupils have a great understanding of vocabulary that will appear within all four skills. It is also essential that the vocabulary is embedded in an engaging and meaningful way.
All sub-topics within the General Vocab list are covered either by word searches, crosswords, match up activities, missing letters, word clouds, word mazes, scrambled letter puzzles or gap-fills and two versions of a General Vocab book are provided. There are at least two vocab puzzles for each sub-topic. The General Vocab books consist of a Spanish only version with room to fill in the English and the second containing both the Spanish and the English.
The resources can be used as vocab tests, revision, pre-vocab testing, classwork, homework and cover work. There are different versions provided to allow for differentiation or for retesting when consolidating. I have also provided the .txt files for each sub-topic so you can easily produce further resources during the GCSE course. I have added further vocabulary for days of the week, months, colours and shapes. The solutions to all of the crossword puzzles are provided. Pupil and teacher friendly.
These are the perfect resources to revise for reading and listening exams. Over 25 slides of key vocabulary revision. This was previously listed as a free resource and was downloaded by the thousands! Vocabulary exercises that are fun and templates that can be easily edited. This is definitely a timesaver and perfect for setting carousel activities or group work. The activities can be set for independent work too. This would also be excellent for homework. A lot of the vocabulary will help to address gaps in knowledge and you will be able to easily refer to exam technique.
Topics included:
weather
days, months, seasons
time phrases, expressions of frequency
times
leisure
jobs
school
family and friends
holidays
house and home
food and drink
environment
daily routine
high frequency verbs and adjectives
synonyms
antonyms