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This is a set of 22 motivational quotes/ phrases in Spanish, based largely on the growth mindset principles. These quotes/ phrases are presented on a PowerPoint and each slide is in a poster format so that each can be printed and used as part of a whole classroom display. They can also be used for pupils to translate and then to inspire pupils to create some of their own.

This is a fun printable dictionary for pupils to use as a reference and also to record the French vocabulary they are learning during their studies. It starts with six reference pages, which include the vocabulary for: numbers 1 – 100; colours; days, months, seasons; weather; time and animals. Following this are 26 pages, each has a letter of the alphabet, with example words for each letter and the rest of the page is left blank for students to fill in as they go along. There are also some completely blank pages at the end if students fill up an alphabet page. This can all be printed in black and white and the pages can be put in a duotang or made into a booklet.

This resource is to actively practise and use the 3 past tenses – imperfect, perfect and pluperfect. It goes through a revision of each tense with exercises to check comprehension for each tense and an accompanying worksheet. Then the main text is introduced which is part of a ‘mysterious story’. This is first as a listening activity with two different exercises to complete and a worksheet. The text is then used as a reading comprehension with a range of questions, grammar and writing activities to complete. The final writing activity involves creative writing, as students need to provide their own ending to the mystery. Answers to activities are on the PowerPoint. This should certainly take two – three lessons.

This resource introduces 14 pets with a range of practice activities. It introduces the question ‘Hast du ein Haustier?’ and a range of possible answers. There are tables to show the plural forms of the pets and a slide to show the use of the accusative form with Ich habe…. There are pair work speaking activities, reading activities and writing activities, all based on the pets. A word search also accompanies the PowerPoint (56 slides).

This is a set of twelve rhymes that I have created, based on the growth mindset principles. These simple rhymes are colourfully presented for a whole classroom display. The rhymes are motivational, encouraging pupils to train their brains!

This covers the whole of Theme 1, Topic 1 – ‘me, my family and friends’. The PowerPoint is very lengthy (61 slides) and contains work for at least six or seven lessons. The PowerPoint is broken down into four sections: 1) Grammar; 2) Listening; 3) Reading and Writing 4) Speaking. There are several different worksheets to accompany exercises on the PowerPoint, as well as a transcript for the listening and answers on the Powerpoint. The exercises include: reading comprehensions with different types of exercises to complete; translations into English and into French; a listening comprehension with differentiated tasks; verb and tenses exercises; grammar identification exercises; vocabulary match-ups; photo stimuli for written tasks; two writing tasks (higher and foundation); two role-play cards (foundation and higher); five photo cards for speaking activities and finally questions related to the general conversation section of the speaking exam. This could be used over several lessons to introduce this topic or revise it. UPDATED MAY17

This can be easily adapted for home learning. This set of resources is an excellent way to finish work on self and family. It will take at least 4 lessons. There is a build up to the main activity when pupils work in groups and create their own funny families, which they present to the rest of the class. I have used this over many years with many groups and have refined it. I can honestly say pupils love doing it. Everything is presented in a step-by-step format and could be used by a non-specialist or cover teacher. There are two Power Points and range of worksheets. The first PowerPoint is to re-cap work on self and family and will be a lead into the main activity. In this first PowerPoint three members of the same family present information about themselves – the first very simply, the next has more information and the third is a longer text. For the first two family members there are differentiated exercises – very simple with circling the correct answer or true and false to open ended questions. You can choose to use different tasks for different ability groups within the class or it can all be used for the whole class. The second PowerPoint introduces the group activity in a step-by-step way. Pupils will work in groups to create a funny family, but each person in the group will be responsible for one family member so ultimately each pupil will be producing their own piece of work. There are several help sheets for pupils of all abilities and there are answers for all exercises included. Finally the pupils will present their families in groups to the rest of the class. They can be assessed on the written work produced and/or the oral presentation.

Easily adaptable for home learning. This resource is all about volcanoes, which comes under the ‘Global Issues’ GCSE topic. This works well with the AQA syllabus. There is a fairly lengthy reading comprehension document and this is accompanied by a PowerPoint and student worksheet. The PowerPoint contains a range of activities for students to complete, firstly based on the reading comprehension and then based on other work. There is a vocabulary match-up, a vrai/faux exercise, questions to answer in English, translations from French into English and a fill in the missing word exercise. ALL answers are provided on the PowerPoint.

Easily adaptable for home learning. This resource introduces 15 school subjects with many practice activities. It introduces questions and answers about likes and dislikes as well as opinions/ reasons. It goes on introduce and give grammar advice about adjectival agreements, as well as showing a table and checking comprehension with practice exercises. It also presents work on favourite subjects. There are pair work speaking activities, reading activities and writing activities. The reading activities include texts with verdadero/falso exercises as well as activities with open-ended questions. There is a school timetable that pupils could replicate and questions to answer about the timetable they see. Answers for all activities appear on the PowerPoint. By the end of the PowerPoint (74 slides) pupils will be able to write a paragraph about their school subjects (likes/dislikes, opinions and so on). There is a lengthy worksheet, which accompanies the activities on the PowerPoint and a separate word search document.

Easily adaptable for home learning. This PowerPoint introduces 11 colours (rouge, rose, orange, jaune, bleu, vert, blanc, noir, gris, violet, brun) and there are lots of practice activities. The colours are introduced with the words and then there are lots of practice activities without the words. Slides 31 – 33 can be printed as these are colour by number activities. There are match up exercises, find the missing colours, unjumble the words, fill in the missing letters, very short sentences to copy and complete and so on. There is also a separate word search document.

Easily adaptable for home learning. There is a GCSE reading comprehension based on France's internal governmental proposals to current environmental issues. With the text there is a vocabulary match exercise, questions to answer in English and questions to answer in French. The second document has an extensive list of environment related vocabulary and phrases followed by translation exercises.

Easily adaptable for home learning. This covers the whole of Theme 1, Topic 2 – Technology in everyday life. The PowerPoint is very lengthy and contains work for several lessons. The PowerPoint is broken down into sections: A) Grammar; B) Reading and Writing C) Speaking. There are different worksheets to accompany exercises on the PowerPoint. The exercises include: many reading comprehensions with different types of exercises to complete; translations into English and into French; verb and tenses exercises; grammar identification exercises; vocabulary match-ups; photo stimuli for written tasks; a blog writing task; two role-play cards (foundation and higher); five photo cards for speaking activities and finally questions related to the general conversation section of the speaking exam. This could be used over several lessons to introduce this topic or revise it.

Easily adaptable for home learning. This document is in the format of worksheets/ a booklet that can be given to all GCSE students. It is broken down into themes and then into the topics within each theme. For each topic there are translation exercises both into English, as on the Reading Exams and into French, as the Writing Exams. It is 36 pages in length and contains 120 translations of varying lengths and levels of challenge. The translations have been created carefully and are in line with exam board exemplar materials. This could be used by pupils at the end of teaching each topic/ sub-theme in order to test/ check understanding and to practise translation skills or used for wider translation purposes.

Easily adaptable for home learning. This covers the whole of Theme 3, Topic 2 – ‘Life at school/college’. The PowerPoint is very lengthy (74 slides) and contains work for at least six or seven lessons. The PowerPoint is broken down into four sections: 1) Grammar; 2) Listening; 3) Reading and Writing; and 4) Speaking. There are several different worksheets to accompany a broad range of exercises on the PowerPoint, as well as a transcript for the listening and answer sheets also appear on the PowerPoint. The exercises include: vocabulary match-ups; grammar exercises; a listening comprehension with different tasks; several reading comprehensions with different types of exercises to complete; translations into English and into French; photo stimuli for written tasks; blog writing tasks (foundation and higher); two role-play cards (foundation and higher); five photo cards for speaking activities and finally a whole range of questions related to the general conversation section of the speaking exam.