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Group Talk encourages students to use the language in more casual, conversational settings. Put up a PowerPoint with pictures of various branded snacks, video games, television shows, movies, etc and get the students to use their knowledge of the language along with these crib sheets to engage in debates; expressing their opinions, agreeing and disagreeing with one another. There are three KS 3 sheets. Level 1 for Year 7, Level 2 for Year 8, Level 3 for Year 9, or can be used most specifically for differentiation within year groups. There is also a higher level, more mature sheet aimed at GCSE students. Get your students speaking more spontaneously and try not to correct small mistakes! Although I have listed these resources under 'displays and posters', I have found it helpful to have a set of each laminated ready to give out to the class when needed. An excellent starter or plenary activity and great training for the new GCSE speaking elements.

This pack contains materials for teaching the Spanish version of The Tortoise and the Hare. CONTENTS: * ActivStudio presentation of key vocabulary from story. * Parallel text of the story, divided into small chunks of language to help students easily identify the equivalent Spanish words/phrases. Link to video of the story. * Gap-fill activity based on the text. * Storyboard activity based on the text. I have taught this lesson to three year 7 classes and all have been enthusiastic and felt a sense of achievement at being able to access a complete story in the target language.

NOW WITH ANSWERS POWERPOINT! Using a methodical building block approach, this ten-chapter accelerated learning workbook teaches students how to quickly convert many English words into Spanish and how to use high-frequency verbs to actively begin forming complete sentences from the get go. Suitable for any year group. Can run alongside and complement existing SoL. Can be set as homework. Each chapter is the ideal length for a 50-60 minute lesson. Course contents: *Transformation of thousands of English words into Spanish via the learning and practising of some rules, such as ‘TION = CIÓN’ (Information = información), ‘TY = DAD’ (Nationality = nacionalidad), ‘IVE = IVO’ (Active = activo), etc. Eighteen such rules are introduced in part one of this course. Definitive and indefinite articles ‘Es’ and ‘no es’ Using accents on words ‘Para mí’ and ‘para usted’ *Asking and answering questions *Spanish punctuation *Expressing opinions *Qualifier words (muy, bastante) Using a dictionary and glossary *‘Tengo’ and ‘no tengo’ *Using adjectives *‘Quiero’ and ‘no quiero’ *’¿Por qué’ and ‘porque’ *‘Necesito’ and ‘no necesito’ *‘Ir’, ‘a’ (Quiero ir a la playa) *‘A’ + ‘el’ = ‘al’ *Masculine and feminine *‘Puedo’ and ‘no puedo’ *‘Pero’ *Infinitives - changing nouns ending in ‘ción’ quickly into an infinitive *‘Dinero’ *Immediate future tense (voy a…) *Forming plurals Chapter Segments: *RECAP: A short starter activity recapping the previous lesson. *WHAT I’VE LEARNT THIS LESSON: a short plenary activity summing up what was learnt in the current lesson. *HOW WELL I DID THIS LESSON: students note down their score for the exercises and quickly answer a couple of questions regarding their participation. *NEXT LESSON I WILL…: students set a target for the following lesson. *SPANISH SOUNDS: an introduction to some of the sounds which differ most from English. *LANGUAGE DETECTIVE: dotted throughout the lessons, these sections ask students to spot patterns/clues in the language in order to gain promotion. *NOTAS: each lesson has a space for students to make their own notes. *INFO: a post-it note symbol indicates an explanation of a point of Spanish grammar or some other information needed at that point in the lesson. *REWIND: a reminder of a key piece of information to aid students in completing an exercise. *END MATERIAL: at the end of the booklet you will find a list of the key rules introduced during the lessons as well as a comprehensive English-Spanish glossary. There is also a MY TEACHER SAYS box at the end of the final chapter in which the teacher can grade effort, writing, reading and speaking and leave a comment. There is a space for the student to reply. PART TWO ALSO AVAILABLE.