Transcript File - MFL Ilfracombe

MFL Activities
Part II
Vindictive
Quickest person to write
word on mini whiteboard
gets to vote people out. If
people who are voted out
are the quickest they are
allowed back in the game
and can vote people out.
Say Something Different
Students are given short sentences and have to
say something different.
L’education est un droit.
L’education est important.
La famille est important.
Fodey
Using the link
below students
create their own
authentic looking
newspaper
articles.
Find the missing word
Read out a list of
words. E.G. days of
the week, months,
colours. Then reread
the list omitting one
word. Students have
to say the missing
word.
Moving dictation
Teacher reads out a text, the students write a
sentence and then pass their exercise book to
another student who writes the next sentence.
Adjective
Students find an adjective for first letter of their
name.
Kings and Queens
At the end of the lesson, get two pupils up the front, you
say the English, the first kid to say the word in the target
language wins and the other sits down, to be replaced by
another pupil. The person left standing when the bell goes
is officially king or queen of the class.
Beat the Teacher
Write down numbers on the board. Point at a
number and say what it is. Pupils repeat. If you
say the word incorrectly they have to stay quiet.
If they are quiet they gain a point.
Snap
Students are given a pack of cards with
images/words in English. Students play ‘Snap’
and the first person to say the word in the target
language gets to keep the card. The student with
the most cards wins.
Mini Whiteboards
Ask students questions which they answer on
their mini whiteboards. If someone’s answer
isn’t quite right, hold up their board and ask
how it could be improved.
Separate Words
Writeasentenceinthe
targetlanguagewhich
studentshavetosepar
ate.
Choral Repetition
When doing choral repetition ask certain people
to repeat e.g. girls, boys, people with blue eyes,
people who have a pet.
Elevens
Go around the room saying 1, 2 or 3
numbers in the target language.
Number 11 is out.
Descriptions
In pairs, students have to describe an
image using as many words as they can.
Verb Murderer
One student goes out of the room, another is
the murderer. Students chant verb endings. The
murderer has to give a signal for everyone to
change the chant, the other student has to
guess who the murderer is.
Amateur Dramatics
Students walk around the room, teacher says
stop and a word from the topic E.G. verb,
weather, animal and the students have to act
that word out.
Brain Gym Images
right
left
both
Students are given a sheet of images with colours
next to them. When they hear the word for that
image they put up the correct hand/s.
Brain Gym Tenses
right - future
left - preterite
both – present
vamos
puedo
fui
voy a ir
Wingdings Code
Students are given a
text in the target
language and have to
use the codes to
figure out the
meaning.
6 Word Sentence
Students have to write a sentence with 6 (or any
other number) words.
Mood Cards
When doing a speaking activity each student is
given a mood card.
They have to portray this mood while they are
speaking and their partner must guess the word
in the TL.
nervioso/a
Quiz Quiz Trade
Everyone has a piece of paper with a sentence and the
translation underneath.
Walk around the room reading your sentence to other
people. The other person translates. You then do the same
with their card. If both people translate each others’ cards
correctly you can swap.
Count the amount of times you have exchanged papers.
Can you get more than 10?
YMCA
When introducing new
vocab students make an F
or an M shape depending
on whether they think the
word is masculine or
feminine.
Vocab Hunt
• Students are given an empty vocab grid.
Blu-tac the words in the TL around the
room.
• Students work in pairs or small groups and
with only one person being able to leave
their seat at a time they have to fill their
table. The one student who leaves the
group has to memorise the word and the
spelling, come back and share with
partner and group members.
• The other student(s) look up the Spanish
word in the dictionary. Students take it in
turns until all words are found and
translated.
RHUBARB
• Students in groups.
• Everyone has a copy of the text to read along.
• One person starts reading it… if they make a mistake,
or someone thinks they do, they shout ‘Rhubarb and
tell you what they think went wrong.
• If they are correct the student who shouted out
‘rhubarb’ takes over reading and wins a point for their
team.
• If they hadn’t made a mistake, the student who was
originally reading gets a point for their team and
carries on reading.
Infinitives
TO infinitive and beyond…because
Buzz wants everyone to know that the
infinitive is the verb form which has
‘to’ in it
Medals
If students manage to complete all
work they are given a medal and are
allowed to go around the room
helping others.
QR Codes
Generate QR codes using the website below.
Place these around the room. Students scan the
codes on their phones. This could lead them to a
text in the TL or answers to an activity they have
been doing.
Mind mapping
Let students
brainstorm ideas.
For example they
could think of
alternate endings
for each verb
phrase.
je vais
je joue
En
vacances
…
je fais
je mange
Recap
Read through
your notes from
the previous
lesson.
Find your partner
Students are given a
question/answer,
start/end of sentence,
word in English/TL and
have to find their
partner.
Jumbled Images
Give students a text and some images. They put
the images in the correct order.
Lundi je joue au
tennis. Mardi je fais
de la natation.
Mercredi je fais du
shopping.
Bingo
Ideal as a
starter activity
to practise
numbers in
target language.
Countdown
Students think of
words in the target
language using the
letters provided.
Crossword
Create a
crossword using
the link below.
Good to get them
thinking at the
start of the
lesson.
Adjective, verb, noun
Students are given words and have to
decide whether they are an adjective, verb
or a noun.
Spot the Mistake
Write sentences on the board relating
to the current topic which include
common errors made my students.
Students have to spot the errors and
correct them.
Word search
Create a word
search using the
link below. Good
to get them
thinking at the
start of the
lesson.
Under the Desk
Introduce new vocabulary by sticking words
under pupils’ desks before they arrive.
They have to race to find the meaning of their
word in the dictionary then share with the rest
of the class.
Odd One Out
Write lists of words on
the board in the target
language. Students have
to decide which is the
odd one out from each
set and why.
One of two game
Students are shown images and have to decide
which of the two words it is.
1.amarillo
2.naranja
Taboo
Provide the class with
images which they
have to describe in
the target language to
one student who has
to guess the word.
Students are given a
list of words they are
not allowed to say.
Think, pair, share
Think of 1 thing you learnt last lesson.
Discuss it with your partner.
Join up with another pair and discuss your
answers as a group.
Knock Knock
Give each pupil
the start/punch
line of a joke
and they have to
find their
partner.
Spelling Bee
Split the class into two teams.
Students take it in turns to spell
words from the current topic.
The team with the most correctly
spelt words wins.
Word list
Write as many
words/phrases as
you can
remember from
the previous
lesson.
Musical Chairs
Say random words
and children sit
down when you
say one from a
selected topic.
E.G. verbs, nouns
True Wall False Wall
Teacher reads out a statement and if it is
correct, pupils turn to the true wall. If it is
incorrect, they turn to the false wall and
offer a suggestion as to why.
Put text in correct order
Cut up a text into sentences and students have
to read through it and put it in the correct order.