PowerPoint introduces some simple Chinese words and greetings with visuals to show some different aspects of Chinese history and culture. Teacher can do a competition to split the class into two teams and the team that pronounces each word/phrase the best will get a point. The team with the most points, wins and gets a special prize.
To practise, there is a role play with the pinyin for learners to do with their partner and take it in turns to be A and B. If learners are feeling confident, they can do it without the pinyin too.
Materials available: Vocabulary sheet, role play (with Pinyin), role play (without pinyin).
Learners are given some short phrases that can be printed off and cut-out into strips. They are to work in pairs to sort the short phrases and place them under the right categories. Then, once they are done, they could have a go at translating them from French into English. The aim is to see whether they can recognize and understand how to use the simple present and near future tenses.
Students are to complete the wordsearch based on the topic of towns and what there is and isn’t in their region. Then, they are to translate the French words into English.
Worksheet meeting the verb, manipulating the language through a wide-range of exercises such as a gap-fill and translating the sentences into English; and making it own by writing some sentences using the verb “pouvoir”.
A scaffolded worksheet with ample opportunity for students to meet, manipulate and make language their own.
Exercises include:
A) Complete the table with the correct conjugation of the verb ‘faire’.
B) Irregular verb: faire (‘to do’)
(i) Fill-in the gaps.
(ii) Translate the sentences into English.
C) du/de la/ de l’ / des
(i) Fill-in the gaps with the correct partitive article.
(ii) Translate the sentences into English.
D) Write 5 sentences using the verb ‘faire’.
A scaffolded worksheet on the grammar of “reflexive” verbs with ample opportunity for students to manipulate the language and apply their understanding of reflexive pronouns and verbs in French.
Exercises include:
1: Remplis le tableau pour le verbe réfléchi “se laver” (Fill-in the grid for the reflexive verb “se laver”).
2: Corrige les erreurs (correct the errors).
3: Traduis les phrases en anglais (translate the sentences into English).
4: Traduis les phrases en français (translate the sentences into French).
Extension: Ecris cinq phrases en utilisant les verbes réfléchis les plus courants. (Write 5 sentences using the most common reflexive verbs).
Scaffolded worksheet on numbers 1-100 with a handout to support.
Exercise 1: Empareja el número con el español (match the number with the Spanish equivalent).
Exercise 2: Escribe en números lo siguiente (write the following in numbers).
Exericse 3: Escribe los siguientes números en palabras (write the following numbers in words).
Exercise 4: Completa las siguientes cuentas (complete the following sums).
Exercise 5: Completa las siguientes secuencias (Complete the following sequences).
ANSWERS ALSO INCLUDED (separate document)
Translation task - students are to translate the key vocabulary and sentence structures into English related to the topic of asking and giving directions.
Extension: Use the vocabulary to form complete sentences.
Answers are included.
Scaffolded worksheet on the topic of describing your character/personality using adjectives in Spanish.
Exercises:
Exercise 1: Find the nine adjectives in the wordsearch.
Exercise 2: Write the nine adjectives.
Exercise 3: Translate the nine adjectives into English.
Exercise 4: Re-order to form complete sentences.
Answers included.
Scaffolded double sided worksheet that gives students the opportunity to meet new language, manipulate and make language their own.
Ample opportunity for listening, reading, speaking and writing.
A scaffolded worksheet on the topic of transport with the main focus on the key grammar: antes plus an infinitive.
Exercises include:
Part 1: Vocabulary - matching-up the Spanish with the English
Part 2: Matching-up the two halves to form completed sentences.
Part 3: Translating the matched-up sentences into English.
Part 4: Writing four sentences using the vocabulary and grammar antes de plus an infinitive. Then, translating them into English.
A bundle of well-designed scaffolded worksheets for beginners Spanish students on a wide-range of topics including:
-Los saludos
-Me presento
-El tiempo
-En el supermercado
-En la farmacia
-Introducción a América Latina
-Métodos de transporte
-Vacaciones
-El Día de los Muertos
Learning different colours in Spanish. Students are to know how to spell the colours and recall them correctly.
As a challenge, they can create their own sentences using the colours paying attention to the word order (e.g. un gato negro).
Attached is a PowerPoint to learn about Christmas in Spain and Latin America with a wide range of activities and exercises to build and consolidate knowledge on this important festival.
Scaffolded two-sided worksheet that focusses on different school subjects. By the end of the lesson, students should know the different school subjects and express what their favourite school subjects are. Also, they are to develop their reading and writing skills.
Part A - Vocabulary
Part B - Reading Comprehension
Part C - Translation
Part D - Writing
Some speaking questions to get students to ask and answer questions using some of the key grammatical structures. E.g. 是。。。的。。。 A 还是 B
Questions increase in complexity.
Introduction to French PPT with worksheet included (see attached)
-Learning the alphabet
-Knowing some French greetings
-Introducing themselves
-Learning the days of the week
-Learning the months of the year