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This worksheet, as well as simply including the endings, also shows what happens to radical changing verbs and gives examples of set phrases you can include anywhere in the subjunctive.

An easy -due to use of cognates- worksheet about the hymn El violador en tu camino, a movement that started in Chile last year (2019). Can lead to various discussions. Lyrics of the LasTesis hymn are also included.

Part of a cross-curricular revision unit on the 1st world war with dates of birth and deaths of those fallen for France. Can be used primarily to revise days of the week and months of the year in French, also to show how 11th November is commemorated in Poitiers and show the multiculturalism of the fallen (some have got German-sounding names, Jewish-sounding names, Arabic-sounding names, Basque and Spanish-sounding names), a couple are women.

This is a presentation going through various steps that will make someone a good linguist, based on the 6Rs . Motivation in Spanish and French.

Throughout the UK, it is a struggle to get students to continue with languages… Many reasons for this, most of them cultural, not enough space here to go into details. This is an example of a booklet that KS3 students would keep with them relying on a system of stickers awarded (stickers could be replaced by comments) and test results. The idea is that by the time it’s options evening/ options choice time in Year 9, students would have a record of what they have achieved and how well they did. It is also good PR with parents, management etc… to show positive tracking. The document can clearly be adapted to suit any school.

A worksheet with explanations and ideas of useful set subjunctive phrases in context.

Do you have Year 9 students who sadly have not chosen GCSE Spanish as an option? Is it hard to keep them going? Are they losing interest? After giving them examples of where and when they can use Spanish, you could give them these worksheets to use on every occasion and show how friendly they can be. Ranging from a simple “Hola” to “¿Qué puedo hacer para ayudarle?” Can obviously be adapted. Many subsequent exercises to keep students practising for a good three lessons.

This resource is based on the Studio 1 chapter on school. It starts with a couple of sentence builders using “on” and “je” It revises the time in French and is adapted to the lesson times in my school but can obviously be changed. Includes some l’/ le/la/les gap fill exercise and some multiple choice exercise based on the sentence builder. Suitable for Year 7 or as a revision tool in Year 8.

A list of common irregular verbs and radical changing verbs, plus 18 phrases that can be included in ANY context in written and oral work.

For those English-speaking students who do not get the concept of conjugation, a step by step approach to explaining verb endings with some tasks to identify learning.

This PowerPoint focuses on the armistice, briefly goes through countries involved in WW1, some photos of that time and some useful vocabulary.

There are three documents: 1 is a vocabulary gathering exercise to make students think of what they could include, for example biographical details using the perfect tense, 2 is an actual CV where British qualifications have been explained for a French audience, 3 is an example of an application letter for a summer job. This more suitable at KS4 and 5 but could be adapted for a younger age group. It could also be set as an exercise to do someone else’s CV e.g a famous person, a historical character, a character from a film or a novel etc…

Three different approaches to tackle that topic in essay form

This is a PowerPoint that includes asking for clothes and a few accessories using “the”/ “a” and “some”/ “this”, “that”, “these” and “those”. It also includes details about the clothes such as sleeveless or in a light or dark shade and in a certain material. It has practical tips about sizing in France, some gap-filling exercises, some translation exercises, a snake and ladder game and some reading and writing exercises. It is suitable to set for online learning

Some discussion questions re personality. Less boring than the usual "describe yourself"

Tests on whole chunks of impressive phrases using various tenses. Very useful throughout a GCSE course or for revision. Also includes a gap filling song worksheet on the topic of jobs

A PowerPoint aimed at Spanish GCSE students/ AS students/ A Level students to teach them idioms based on the elements e.g. “Poner la mano en el fuego por alguien” Very much linked to culture and enriching both your spoken and written work.

This can be used as a place mat or a poster in class or an individual worksheet or a PowerPoint which can be adapted to suit needs.

Pupils are divided into groups of up to four students. They play dominoes matching the English verb with its Italian meaning. For beginners. Can also be used for more intermediate learners to test them on different tenses.

This presentation can be adapted and shows students that they already know more than they think. It begins with some familiar vocabulary, placed in context and ends with teaching students how to go through a first encounter with someone