mfl activities

MFL ActivitiesPart II

VindictiveQuickest 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 DifferentStudents are given short sentences and have to

say something different.

L’education est un droit.L’education est important.La famille est important.

FodeyUsing 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 dictationTeacher reads out a text, the students write a sentence and then pass their exercise book to

another student who writes the next sentence.

AdjectiveStudents find an adjective for first letter of their

name.

Kings and QueensAt 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 TeacherWrite 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.

SnapStudents 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 WhiteboardsAsk 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

Writeasentenceinthetargetlanguagewhichstudentshavetosepar

ate.

Choral RepetitionWhen doing choral repetition ask certain people to repeat e.g. girls, boys, people with blue eyes,

people who have a pet.

ElevensGo around the room saying 1, 2 or 3 numbers in the target language. Number 11 is out.

DescriptionsIn pairs, students have to describe an

image using as many words as they can.

Verb MurdererOne 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 DramaticsStudents 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 Imagesrightleftboth

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 Tensesright - futureleft - preteriteboth – present

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Wingdings CodeStudents are given a text in the target language and have to use the codes to

figure out the meaning.

6 Word SentenceStudents have to write a sentence with 6 (or any

other number) words.

Mood CardsWhen 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 TradeEveryone 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?

YMCAWhen 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.

InfinitivesTO infinitive and beyond…because

Buzz wants everyone to know that the infinitive is the verb form which has

‘to’ in it

MedalsIf students manage to complete all work they are given a medal and are allowed to go around the room helping others.

QR CodesGenerate 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.

En vacances

…

je vais je joue

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 ImagesGive 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.

BingoIdeal 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, nounStudents are given words and have to

decide whether they are an adjective, verb or a noun.

Spot the MistakeWrite 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 searchCreate a word

search using the link below. Good

to get them thinking at the

start of the lesson.

Under the DeskIntroduce 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 gameStudents are shown images and have to decide which of the two words it is.

1.amarillo2.naranja

TabooProvide 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, shareThink 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 BeeSplit 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 listWrite as many

words/phrases as you can

remember from the previous

lesson.

Musical ChairsSay random words and children sit down when you say one from a selected topic. E.G. verbs, nouns

True Wall False WallTeacher 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 orderCut up a text into sentences and students have

to read through it and put it in the correct order.