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You will find Spanish and French resources for primary, secondary and sixth form.
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Welcome to "My MFL Box"!
Hope you can find here something useful to reduce your planning time. I recently added some remote learning resources and you will be able to find more in mymflbox blog.
You will find Spanish and French resources for primary, secondary and sixth form.
Buy me a coffee! x
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MyMFLbox
āEncantoā in the Spanish Classroom
Great 3-lesson activity pack for Encanto.
Enhance your high school Spanish classes with this engaging 3-day lesson plan centered around Disneyās āEncanto.ā This resource provides a structured approach to explore Colombian culture, language, and thematic elements through the film.
I also included instructions on how to access the film online for free for schools
Lesson Breakdown:
Day 1: Introduction to Colombiaās geography, traditions, and cultural aspects. Begin watching the first 30 minutes of āEncantoā with guided note-taking on characters, setting, and cultural references.
Day 2: Continue the film for 30 minutes, focusing on new vocabulary and cultural observations. Includes structured note-taking and discussion prompts.
Day 3: Conclude the film, emphasising themes and personal reflections.
This resource includes detailed instructions, discussion questions, and note-taking guides to help students connect with the filmās cultural and linguistic elements. Perfect for 50-minute class periods, this plan encourages active viewing and meaningful conversations.
Hope you find it useful!
I uploaded two assessment/feedback sheets for:
- Paper 2: Writing (Cultural topic essays) and,
- Paper 3: Speaking
Plus :
-a Cultural essay planning sheet to guide students.
The assessment sheets can be used when giving feedback for the Speaking exam and essays for the new AQA A-Level German/ French / Spanish and essays.
Both documents contain the Assessment Objectives for the New AQA A-level and a blank form to provide feedback.
This resource provides a ready-to-use, teacher-friendly marking sheet tailored specifically for the 90-word writing questions in the new 2024 AQA GCSE MFL specification (Modern Foreign Languages). It covers both Question 5 on the Foundation Tier and Question 2 on the Higher Tier, aligning closely with the updated assessment criteria.
Ideal for use in class, during mock exams, or for targeted writing practice and feedback, this marking sheet helps streamline assessment and support consistent, criterion-based marking.
Features include:
Clear breakdown of AO (Assessment Objective) criteria
Space for teacher comments and student targets
Designed to encourage formative feedback and student reflection
Suitable for French, German, and Spanish GCSE. Editable and adaptable to suit individual classroom needs.
These speaking cards are aimed for years 12 and 13. Students have been using these cards in class for speaking practice and with the language assistant to guide and structure their conversations.
In this unit we study the influence of idols in music, sport and television.
The following topics are covered:
the influence of famous singers and musicians in Spanish-speaking countries.
Hispanic sporting role models and their influence.
These cards have been created according to the new specifications in order to provide more opportunities for practice.
Thank you
Fast Logical Aspirational Student Help, also known as FLASH feedback is a skill-based
type of feedback system using codes for marking
Pros:
Eliminate unnecessary workload,
Reduce workload,
Increase studentsā metacognition,
Raise attainment,
New to this system? Itās not a problem. As with any new system, explain to your
students that youāll be using these codes to mark their written work. Using a visualiser,
you could display an essay from a student, and mark it live using the codes, repeat with
another essay and then ask students to mark their own.
Hope you find it useful!
My MFL Box
Hope you find this booklet useful. Itās full of writing practice and writing tips.
The booklet can be used during the school closures as it offers clear guidance and fosters independence.
Structure strips are very useful to support students writing long essays in Spanish.
These booklet contains easy-to-follow structure strips to support students writing long essay questions from past papers to practise the content of the following areas:
Area A : Everyday activities
Area B: Personal and social life
Area C: The world around us
Area D: The world of work
Area E: The international world
These speaking cards are aimed for years 12 and 13. Students have been using these cards in class and with the language assistant to guide and structure their conversations.
Topics are:
Holy Week festivities in Spain.
the world of bullfighting
the official languages of Spain and their importance
These cards have been created according to the new specifications in order to provide more opportunities for practice.
Hope you find them useful.
Dear MFL Teachers,
As the end of the academic year approaches, we understand the importance of engaging and meaningful activities to wrap up your language classes on a high note. To make your life easier, weāve put together a special End-of-Year Activities Bundle designed specifically for MFL classrooms. This bundle includes 17 interactive and enjoyable activities to keep your students engaged until the very last day.
Hereās a sneak peek at whatās included in the bundle:
Cultural Showcase, virtual museum tours, language film festival with questions pre- and post- viewing, ideas for virtual exchange, a language-themed Escape Room idea with all the resources for a Spanish escape room, ready-to-use, a language-themed Scavenger Hunt, and more.
These activities provide a blend of cultural exploration, language practice, and enjoyable experiences for your students as they conclude their language learning journey for the year. We hope this bundle brings excitement and engagement to your classrooms during the final days of the academic year.
Wishing you a successful end to the school year and a well-deserved break!
Using structure strips have been incredibly useful and rewarding for my pupils.
I have been using them to help students to form better quality paragraphs.
Find more information about Structure Strips on my blog https://mymflbox.weebly.com/my-mfl-box-for-teachers.html
This booklet contains 9 different tasks for GCSE students to train and develop their extended writing skills for the 90-word essays and 150-word essays.
Each structure strip also contains support for students on what to write in each paragraph.
Iāve found this progress tracker very useful for students, parents and teachers to track studentsā progress in the different speaking mock exams.
It can help the students to target their revision and notice those weaker areas and strenghts of their oral exam. It contains sections for them to add their final version of their presentation and follow-up questions, feedback from the teachers and studentās notes.
The marking scheme is also included for them to know what they are expected to produce to achieve a higher grade.
This is a full lesson for remote learning/teaching for GCSE Spanish students. The starter is a knowledge retrieval and the main activity is a revision of the imperfect tense
These speaking cards are aimed for years 12 and 13. Students have been using these cards in class and with the language assistant to guide and structure their conversations.
These cards have been created according to the new specifications in order to provide more opportunities for practice.
Hope you find them useful.
Weekly activities to support you teaching Unit 17 (QCA SoW Spanish)
Making statements (about seasons
and weather)
⢠Antonyms to describe seasons
⢠Adjectives: agreement and position
(revision)
⢠Phonic focus: Using knowledge of
phonemeāgrapheme
correspondence to aid writing;
revision of Ʊ and v
Weekly activities to teach the QCA Unit 16 Spanish
Giving a simple description (of a scene or place)
⢠Using adjectives to add interest and
detail to a description
⢠Writing instructions
This powerpoint contains activities to support you teaching Unit 15 (QCA Spanish) with especial emphasis on speaking and writing. Pupils develop confidence speaking the language.
topics include:
Places in town.
alphabet in Spanish
directions
describe their route on my way to school. Etc