@EsmeSalgado
Developing fluency:Creating the foundations
Insignis Academy Trust:PRS
The Learning Journey: Developing Fluency
MODELLING
STRUCTUREDPRODUCTION
CREATIVITY
FLUENCY
Thinking Backwards
Oral skills are at the core: The Onion Model
ListeningReading EXAMS Skills
Roleplay
Writing Skills
Reading aloud &Photocard
Creating the foundations
Scaffold the process
Through Structured Practice
Through Modelling
Through independent Practice
Modelling activities
Dictation Activities
Reading Aloud Activities
Dictation Activities
Fill in the gaps dictation Battleships dictation Running Dictation Fill in the gaps without gaps Dictogloss
Dictate,stop and finish the sentence Arrange the words/sentences
Reading Aloud Activities
Using Flippity/ Wheel of names for Reading Ping-Pong Using Flippity/Wheel of names with Piedra/Papel/Tijera Battleships Reading Don't be the last one Information gap activity with Reading / Dictation in pairs
TrapdoorChócala/ High Five
Structured/Scaffolded Oral activities
Virtual Treasure Hunt with Google Earth
Battleships oral
Information Gap Activities
High Five!
Board Games
Wheels/Flippity
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Genially
Scaffolded Practice and Gamification
Creativity: Starting to Manipulate the language
Cops and Robbers
THE RULE OF THREE
Walkabout Bingo
Tip: before attempting these tasks, practise creative answers with MWBs
Relay Races
The sticky game
Fluency: 3,2,1
Speed dating
Board Games but with open ended responses
Piedra, papel, tijera
Spider Game
Keep talking: Bouncy Balls !
The sticky game
Inversed Taboo!
All Activities from Creativity with time!
Independent Writing/Oral Practice using AI
Adobe Express
Brisk
Chat Animator
Mizou
Diffit
Twee
GEMINI AND THE PHOTOSTORY FEATURE!
Writing Practice using Padlet
Fostering good relationships with languages
Educating students & parents
The curriculum
A mission statement
The pillars
The curriculum
We designed a rich & clever curriculum based on Retrieval of High Frequency expressions, which also develops communication from day 1, in line with the new GCSE. EXPERIENCING SUCCESS
Structure your content
How are you going to incorporate your Magic Powers throughout the Learning Journey?
Sections like this help you create order
@Esme Salgado
There's no magic wand! Fluency/spontaneity can only be achieved via the creation of strong foundations via strong reinforcement of structures and planned, meaningful activities
My Blog: MFLCraft
Students play in pairs. They can read up to 3 sentences in a row when it is their turn, but the person reading the last sentence loses the game.
1. My school is called PRS and I like it because it can be awesome2. Lessons start at 9:15 in the morning. I think lessons are too long 3. Lessons finish at 3:15 and after school I go to dance lessons 4. I go to dance lessons because it gives me confidence 5. Sometimes during break I play football with my friends because I am good at it. 6. Before I used to go to the h/w club but not anymore because I am good at it now. 7. Each year I take part in the school play because it takes my stress away and I can meet new friends 8. To eat, I bring a sandwich because I don't like the food in the cantine 9. My friend says that the cantine is awesome 10. Next week I am going to go to the Spanish club to practise my oral
Make it visible and sell it to the SLT: eveything the MFL department does will happen because of this mission statement. Your USP
Battleships Reading
Perfect opportunity for checking for understanding and retrieving vocabulary from past topics, example from Y9.
Talk, Stop and Finish the sentenceEl año pasado fui a En la Tomatina se La recomen Mi amigo di Creo que pue Creo que fu
To be done as a whole class or in pairs
Brisk is a Chrome extension that you can add to your Google Chrome Browser.
Use Brisk to create in 1 minute a writing activity using Google Forms, from a given set of oral questions or bullet points. Go to Podcast, create a podcast. Then, click on Boost Activity for students to practise their productive skills with Brisk
To be done in pairs or groups. It can be a text or a list of sentences. Example from Y9.
Piedra, Papel, Tijera, Evolución
Board Traditional Game
Piñata Game
Show 10 numbered sentences on the board in English. Include high impact expressions, different tenses and key vocabulary. Give a piece of paper to each student. Students write the number of one of the sentences in the piece of paper. Students go around the room translating their sentence to different students. When this happens they exchange pieces of paper and move to another student, translating the new sentence. If they meet someone with the same sentence as them, they say: High Five before moving to another student. How many High Fives do students manage?
Fill in the Gaps without Gaps example. It can be done with sentences or with a text. El pasado fui a la Tomatina mis amigos
La gente suele tomates
También se puede vídeos locos
La gente nadar en zumo de
Hace 2 decidí ir a la Tomatina
La gente pasarlo bien
Se puede fotos bailar calle
Battleships Dictation
Your Magical Powers: How do they relate to the syllabus vocabulary? Which expressions do you want your students to use over and over again from Y7?
- Using more than one tense
- Giving opinions
- Giving reasons
- Talking about someone/ reported speech
- High impact expressions
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@EsmeSalgado
Developing fluency:Creating the foundations
Insignis Academy Trust:PRS
The Learning Journey: Developing Fluency
MODELLING
STRUCTUREDPRODUCTION
CREATIVITY
FLUENCY
Thinking Backwards
Oral skills are at the core: The Onion Model
ListeningReading EXAMS Skills
Roleplay
Writing Skills
Reading aloud &Photocard
Creating the foundations
Scaffold the process
Through Structured Practice
Through Modelling
Through independent Practice
Modelling activities
Dictation Activities
Reading Aloud Activities
Dictation Activities
Fill in the gaps dictation Battleships dictation Running Dictation Fill in the gaps without gaps Dictogloss
Dictate,stop and finish the sentence Arrange the words/sentences
Reading Aloud Activities
Using Flippity/ Wheel of names for Reading Ping-Pong Using Flippity/Wheel of names with Piedra/Papel/Tijera Battleships Reading Don't be the last one Information gap activity with Reading / Dictation in pairs
TrapdoorChócala/ High Five
Structured/Scaffolded Oral activities
Virtual Treasure Hunt with Google Earth
Battleships oral
Information Gap Activities
High Five!
Board Games
Wheels/Flippity
+info
+info
Genially
Scaffolded Practice and Gamification
Creativity: Starting to Manipulate the language
Cops and Robbers
THE RULE OF THREE
Walkabout Bingo
Tip: before attempting these tasks, practise creative answers with MWBs
Relay Races
The sticky game
Fluency: 3,2,1
Speed dating
Board Games but with open ended responses
Piedra, papel, tijera
Spider Game
Keep talking: Bouncy Balls !
The sticky game
Inversed Taboo!
All Activities from Creativity with time!
Independent Writing/Oral Practice using AI
Adobe Express
Brisk
Chat Animator
Mizou
Diffit
Twee
GEMINI AND THE PHOTOSTORY FEATURE!
Writing Practice using Padlet
Fostering good relationships with languages
Educating students & parents
The curriculum
A mission statement
The pillars
The curriculum
We designed a rich & clever curriculum based on Retrieval of High Frequency expressions, which also develops communication from day 1, in line with the new GCSE. EXPERIENCING SUCCESS
Structure your content
How are you going to incorporate your Magic Powers throughout the Learning Journey?
Sections like this help you create order
@Esme Salgado
There's no magic wand! Fluency/spontaneity can only be achieved via the creation of strong foundations via strong reinforcement of structures and planned, meaningful activities
My Blog: MFLCraft
Students play in pairs. They can read up to 3 sentences in a row when it is their turn, but the person reading the last sentence loses the game.
1. My school is called PRS and I like it because it can be awesome2. Lessons start at 9:15 in the morning. I think lessons are too long 3. Lessons finish at 3:15 and after school I go to dance lessons 4. I go to dance lessons because it gives me confidence 5. Sometimes during break I play football with my friends because I am good at it. 6. Before I used to go to the h/w club but not anymore because I am good at it now. 7. Each year I take part in the school play because it takes my stress away and I can meet new friends 8. To eat, I bring a sandwich because I don't like the food in the cantine 9. My friend says that the cantine is awesome 10. Next week I am going to go to the Spanish club to practise my oral
Make it visible and sell it to the SLT: eveything the MFL department does will happen because of this mission statement. Your USP
Battleships Reading
Perfect opportunity for checking for understanding and retrieving vocabulary from past topics, example from Y9.
Talk, Stop and Finish the sentenceEl año pasado fui a En la Tomatina se La recomen Mi amigo di Creo que pue Creo que fu
To be done as a whole class or in pairs
Brisk is a Chrome extension that you can add to your Google Chrome Browser. Use Brisk to create in 1 minute a writing activity using Google Forms, from a given set of oral questions or bullet points. Go to Podcast, create a podcast. Then, click on Boost Activity for students to practise their productive skills with Brisk
To be done in pairs or groups. It can be a text or a list of sentences. Example from Y9.
Piedra, Papel, Tijera, Evolución
Board Traditional Game
Piñata Game
Show 10 numbered sentences on the board in English. Include high impact expressions, different tenses and key vocabulary. Give a piece of paper to each student. Students write the number of one of the sentences in the piece of paper. Students go around the room translating their sentence to different students. When this happens they exchange pieces of paper and move to another student, translating the new sentence. If they meet someone with the same sentence as them, they say: High Five before moving to another student. How many High Fives do students manage?
Fill in the Gaps without Gaps example. It can be done with sentences or with a text. El pasado fui a la Tomatina mis amigos La gente suele tomates También se puede vídeos locos La gente nadar en zumo de Hace 2 decidí ir a la Tomatina La gente pasarlo bien Se puede fotos bailar calle
Battleships Dictation
Your Magical Powers: How do they relate to the syllabus vocabulary? Which expressions do you want your students to use over and over again from Y7?