A private tutor focusing on producing high-quality, interactive resources for MFL students - primarily working with Spanish and French.
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A private tutor focusing on producing high-quality, interactive resources for MFL students - primarily working with Spanish and French.
Feel free to message to organise a personalised bundle.
A 3-page French reading comprehension based on the topic of ‘free time’ whilst recapping the days of the week. This resource is based on the typical week of a boy in Guadeloupe, and involves the grammar point DEPUIS whilst bringing in a written activity too.
Level: Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense/Passé Composé Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Grammar/Writing
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A 35-page document designed for AQA French students to revise the topics of ‘Social issues’ and 'Global issues’. This document contains the vocabulary, grammar points and numerous activities (reading/writing/EN>FR translations/FR>EN translations) along with answers.
Certain sections are designed for ‘higher-tier’ students, as they contain more complex grammar/vocabulary.
A page is dedicated to the DOCTOR acronym, highlighting how students can work towards a higher grade in this topic, within their writing and speaking exams.
Layout of the document includes:
Page 2 – Voluntary work vocabulary
a) Verb faire du bénévolat
b) Verb vouloir (conditional)
c) Verb aimer (conditional)
d) Gerund + present participle complex grammar structure
Page 3 – Specific drugs and alcohol vocabulary
a) Time phrases with depuis
Page 4 – Specific charity vocabulary
a) Verb s’occuper de
b) Charity causes
Page 5 – Charity roles
Page 6 - Specific drug vocabulary
Page 7 – Complex phrases relating to social issues
a) Verb s’inquièter
b) Verb se faire peur
Page 8 – Developing answers based on social problems
Page 9 – Il faut and Il faut que
a) Social problem solutions
b) Verb protéger (indicative and subjunctive present)
Page 10 – Verb devoir (conditional)
a) Imperative tense
Page 11 – Miscellaneous vocabulary relating to social issues
Page 12 – Environmental vocabulary
a) Higher level opinion phrases
b) Developing opinions with reasons
Page 13 – Reasoning opinions on environmental issues
Page 14 – Recycling materials
a) Verb recycler (present and imperfect)
Page 16 – Energy vocabulary
a) Comparison phrases
Page 17 – Direct object pronouns
a) Actions to help the environment
b) Obligation phrases
Page 19 – Si clauses
Page 21 – Environmental adjectives
a) Comparing present town with the past
b) Miscellaneous vocabulary relating to the environment
Page 23 – Parts of the body vocabulary
a) Verb avoir mal à
b) Preposition à
c) Verb se casser
d) Verb se blesser
e) Miscellaneous ailment vocabulary
Page 24 – Verb se tordre
a) Other body part vocabulary
b) Miscellaneous malady vocabulary
Page 26 – How to live a healthy lifestyle
Page 30 – DOCTOR acronym
DISCLAIMER Some of the resources within this document were not created by me. Rather, I have collated mine, and others’ work, to make a handy revision document for Y11 students.
A French bundle comprising of 2 powerpoints (2 individual lessons) which focus on Studio 1’s Module 4.1: Là où j’habite. This bundle is aimed for KS3 (Year 7-8) students.
Powerpoint/Lesson 1:
31 slides
“Five-a-day” retrieval starter
Introduction of new vocabulary (what’s in my town)
Vocabulary activities
Listening comprehension
Sentence builders
Scaffolded writing task
Plenary guessing game
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Powerpoint/Lesson 2:
18 slides
Vocabulary retrieval starter activity
Introduction of opinion vocabulary
Listening comprehension
Reading comprehension
Dictation task (pairwork)
Writing task
Plenary game to support speaking
A 7-page French reading comprehension based on discussing the topic of ‘technology’ in France. This document is designed to consolidate students’ knowledge on different tenses, and gives detailed explanations throughout the resource. Numerous grammar activities and translation tasks also ripple throughout this document.
Level: Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense/Passé Composé Tense/Future Tense
Skills developed: Grammar/Reading/Translation
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A 2-page French document incorporating two translations designed to consolidate vocabulary based on ‘clothing’ and ‘colours’. There is one French>English translation and one English>French translation within this resource. Various tenses are incorporated, and emphasis is placed on the verb “porter”, alongside numerous specific ‘clothing’ adjectives such as “confortable” and “démodé”.
Level: Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense/Conditional Tense/Future Tense/Passé Composé Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Translation/Writing
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A 3-page French reading comprehension focusing on the topic of ‘sports’, whilst recapping the Passé Composé Tense and days of the week. After this comprehension, emphasis is placed on Francophone cultures, in particular on Canada. This then leads into discussing horse-riding from Québec, and prompts students with two writing activities.
Level: Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense/Passé Composé Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Writing
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A 2-page Spanish reading comprehension based on discussing specific vocabulary based on ‘meat and fish’. This resource outlines the more niche vocabulary (eg. “el bacalao” and “la merluza”) before incorporating them into reading activities, translations and a writing task towards the end of the task.
Level: Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Translation/Writing
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A 3-page resource designed for students to independently consolidate their knowledge on comparative phrases. The following structures are thus incorporated with numerous activities:
Más + adjective + que
Menos + adjective + que
Tan + adjective + como
Más + adverb + que
Menos + adverb + que
Tan + adverb + como
Más + noun + que
Menos + noun + que
Tanto/a/os/as + noun + como
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A 32-page document designed for AQA Spanish students to revise the topic of ‘Free-time activities’. This document contains the vocabulary, grammar points and numerous activities (reading/writing/EN>ES translations/ES>EN translations) along with answers.
Certain sections are designed for ‘higher-tier’ students, as they contain more complex grammar/vocabulary.
A page is dedicated to the DOCTOR acronym, highlighting how students can work towards a higher grade in this topic, within their writing and speaking exams.
Layout of the document includes:
Page 2 – Music genres
i. Verb escuchar (present and imperfect)
ii. Miscellaneous musical vocabulary
Page 4 – Adverbs of frequency
i. Musical adjectives
ii. Subjunctive phrases
Page 5 – Verb encontrar (present)
i. Direct object pronouns
ii. Less common music/dance vocabulary
Page 6 – Verb cantar (present)
i. Verb tocar (present)
ii. Instruments
iii. Verb ser miembro/a de (present)
iv. Verb aprendo (present)
Page 7 – Verb tocar (imperfect)
i. Verb gustar (conditional)
Page 8 – Verb ver (present and preterite)
Page 9 – TV shows
i. Time phrases
ii. Verb mirar (present)
iii. TV show adjectives
Page 10 – Opinion phrases
Page 11 – Verb encontrar (preterite)
Page 13 – Opinions on the cinema
Page 16 – Food vocabulary
i. Verb comer (present)
ii. Verb beber (present)
Page 17 – Drink vocabulary
i. Verb comer (preterite and future)
ii. Verb beber (preterite and future)
iii. Meal times
Page 20 – Food adjectives
i. Quantitative adjectives
ii. Verb estar (imperfect)
iii. Restaurant complaints
Page 22 – Introduction to sports with hacer and jugar
Page 23 – Verb hacer (present)
i. Verb jugar (present)
ii. Sports vocabulary
iii. Days of the week
Page 25 – Verb jugar (imperfect)
i. Verb hacer (imperfect)
ii. Verb gustar (conditional)
DISCLAIMER Some of the resources within this document were not created by me. Rather, I have collated mine, and others’ work, to make a handy revision document for Y11 students.
A Spanish bundle comprising of 11 powerpoints (11 individual lessons) which focus on Viva 1’s Module 3: Mi insti. This bundle is aimed for KS3 (Year 7-8) students.
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VIVA 1, MODULE 3.1 - QUÉ ESTUDIAS?
Powerpoint/lesson 1:
42 slides
Cultural starter based on schools
Recap of ‘days of the week’
Introduction of subjects
Vocabulary activities to practice subject vocabulary
Reading comprehension
Cryptogram activity
Speaking activity
Plenary game to recap vocabulary
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Powerpoint/lesson 2:
22 slides
Vocabulary starter based on subjects
Dialogue activity (prompting speaking and listening skills) to introduce complex structures
Small grammar section on ‘estudiar’
ES>EN translations
Listening comprehension
Reading comprehension
EN>ES translations
Writing task
VIVA 1, MODULE 3.2 - TE GUSTAN LAS CIENCIAS?
Powerpoint 1/Lesson 1:
Powerpoint/lesson 1:
26 slides
Vocabulary starter based on subjects
Grammar section (differences between masculine/feminine/singular/plural)
Grammar activities
Opinion phrases
ES>EN translations
Listening comprehension
Speaking task
Writing task
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Powerpoint/lesson 2:
32 slides
Vocabulary starter based on subjects
Recap of opinion phrases
Introduction of adjectives used to describe subjects
Vocabulary activities
Reading comprehension
Grammar section (adjective agreement)
Grammar activities
Listening comprehension
Speaking task
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Powerpoint/lesson 3:
22 slides
Vocabulary starter based on subject adjectives
Recap of grammar (adjective agreement)
Grammar activities
Listening comprehension
EN>ES translations
Writing task (requires dice)
VIVA 1, MODULE 3.3 - QUÉ HAY EN TU INSTI?
Powerpoint/lesson 1:
35 slides
Match-up starter (incorporating retrieval practice)
Grammar section (differences between un/una/unos/unas)
Introduction of school facility vocabulary
Vocabulary activities
Listening comprehension
Reading comprehension
Speaking tasks
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Powerpoint/lesson 2:
23 slides
Vocabulary starter based on school facilities
Introduction of school facility adjective vocabulary
Vocabulary activity
Small grammar concept (adjective endings)
Grammar activity
ES>EN translations
EN>ES translations
Writing task
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Powerpoint/lesson 3:
9 slides
Vocabulary starter based on school facilities
Introduction of photo cards
2 photo cards to analyse in English (based on schools)
Spanish tongue twisters
2 photo cards to analyse and speak about in Spanish (based on schools)
VIVA 1, MODULE 3.4: DURANTE EL RECREO
Powerpoint/lesson 1 (FOUNDATION as only gives a brief outline of present tense):
28 slides
Mistake detection starter activity
Recap of grammar (infinitives v present tense)
Introduction of conjugation -ER and -IR verbs into the present tense (yo and él/ella conjugations)
Grammar activities
ES>EN translations
Reading comprehension
Tic-tac-toe plenary game
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Powerpoint/lesson 1 (HIGHER as outlines entire conjugation of -ER verbs in the present tense):
17 slides
Mistake detection starter activity
Recap of grammar (infinitives v present tense)
Introduction of conjugation -ER and -IR verbs into the present tense
Grammar activities
Tic-tac-toe plenary game
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Powerpoint/lesson 2:
18 slides
Match-up vocabulary starter (based on previous breaktime vocabulary)
Outline of key food vocabulary
2x Reading comprehensions
Listening comprehension
EN>ES translations (2 options (foundation and higher))
Writing task
A Spanish bundle comprising of 2 powerpoints (2 individual lessons) which focus on Viva 2’s Module 3.1: Qué te gusta comer. This bundle is aimed for KS3 (Year 7-8) students.
Powerpoint/lesson 1:
41 slides
Cultural starter
Introduction of food vocabulary
Vocabulary activities
Listening activity
Reading comprehension
Grammar points (inclusion of articles and agreement of me gusta/n)
ES>EN translations
EN>ES translations
Speaking task
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Powerpoint/lesson 2:
19 slides
Opinion phrase recap starter
Grammar activity (inclusion of articles and agreement of me gusta/n)
Reading comprehension
ES>EN translations
EN>ES translations
Writing tasks
A 4-page French reading comprehension based on the conjugations of MANGER and BOIRE in the Passé Composé Tense. This resource begins with the Present Tense, and involves numerous grammar and translation activities, before including a reading comprehension (Present Tense). After outlining a grammar point about prepositions (after using BOIRE and MANGER), the Passé Composé Tense is introduced alongside a reading comprehension and a speaking activity (this can be adapted to a writing activity).
Level: Medium
Tenses used: Present Tense/Passé Composé Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Translation/Grammar/Speaking/Writing
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A 2-page French reading comprehension based on the topic of ‘social issues’ in Mauritius. This reading comprehension contains lots of complex vocabulary and grammar structures, and also prompts students to answer in French. Towards the end of the document, there is the opportunity for students to develop their writing skills.
Level: Advanced
Tenses used: Present Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Writing
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A 6-page French resource outlining complex and impressive structures for students to adapt in their own writing and speaking. There are roughly 50 sentences here, all employing a wide variety of structures, including:
Present Subjunctive Tense
Si clauses
(In)direct object pronouns
Après avoir…
Reflexive verbs
Venir de…
DISCLAIMER This is designed for CIE students (topic layout), however the sentences are relevant for each UK exam board.
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A bundle of 4 resources aimed at consolidating students’ knowledge on the Present Subjunctive Tense, comprised of:
A 2-page document outlining the rules of conjugating both regular and irregular verbs into the Present Subjunctive Tense
A 7-page document based on ‘light-hearted’ translations taken from well-known movie clips which would involve the Present Subjunctive
A 4-page document based on ‘light-hearted’ translations taken from well-known movie clips which would involve the Present Subjunctive
A 7-page document which provides roughly 140 examples of the Present Subjunctive Tense based on the AQA topics (students are encouraged to pick a few of these to adapt and include in their own writing and speaking)
A 1-page document outlining the triggers for the Present Subjunctive Tense as well as the irregular conjugations
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages
A 1-page French worksheet based at revising the grammar point ‘comparatives’ whilst on the topic of ‘clothing’.
Level: Beginners
Tenses used: Present Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Grammar
For more information about the author, please visit: https://jessyemills.wixsite.com/languages