Starters and plenaries Save stacks of time with these starter and plenary activities for your French, German or Spanish classes. Encourage students to engage with the lesson right from the start and to reflect on their learning at the end. 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20 engaging ideas for starters Main Subject ELT English Maths Science Languages Geography History Primary All subjects File 203.11 KBDownload File 206.33 KBDownload
L'alphabet des loisirs 5 3 reviews Main Subject French Languages Category Sport Free time Languages Resource type Starter/Plenary SkillsVocabulary learning File 111.59 KBDownload File 21.74 KBDownload
Vocab starters: la santé 5 5 reviews Main Subject French Languages Category Healthy and unhealthy living Social issues Languages Resource type Starter/Plenary SkillsVocabulary learning File 234 KBDownload File 148.89 KBDownload
Vocab starters: die Gesundheit Main Subject German Languages Category Healthy and unhealthy living Social issues Languages Resource type Starter/Plenary SkillsVocabulary learning File 154.03 KBDownload File 239 KBDownload
Vocab starters: la salud 5 8 reviews Main Subject Spanish Languages Category Healthy and unhealthy living Social issues Languages Resource type Starter/Plenary SkillsVocabulary learning File 240.5 KBDownload File 150.38 KBDownload
Random words starter 5 3 reviews Main Subject German Languages Category Language basics Languages Resource type Starter/Plenary Revision SkillsVocabulary learning File 140 KBDownload
Global issues starter 5 4 reviews Main Subject Spanish Languages Category Poverty and homelessness Global issues Languages The environment Resource type Student activity Starter/Plenary SkillsVocabulary learning SkillsSpeaking File 43 KBDownload File 82.94 KBDownload
Vocab starters: l'éducation 5 2 reviews Main Subject French Languages Category School life School and work Languages Resource type Starter/Plenary Homework SkillsVocabulary learning File 204.75 KBDownload File 41.42 KBDownload
Vocab revision starter: free time 5 13 reviews Main Subject French Languages Category Free time Languages Resource type Revision SkillsVocabulary learning File 19.45 KBDownload File 113.17 KBDownload
Vocab revision starter: environment 5 14 reviews Main Subject Languages French German Spanish Category The environment Global issues Languages Resource type Starter/Plenary SkillsVocabulary learning File 114.48 KBDownload File 19.41 KBDownload
Starter on jobs 4.5 8 reviews Main Subject Languages French Category Languages School and work Work and future plans Resource type Starter/Plenary File 391 KBDownload File 67.73 KBDownload
Vocab starters: relationships and choices 5 4 reviews Main Subject French Languages Category Friends and relationships Me, my family and friends Languages Resource type Starter/Plenary Revision Homework SkillsVocabulary learning File 40.45 KBDownload File 365.84 KBDownload
Question and answer starter: school 5 8 reviews Main Subject Spanish Languages Category School life School and work Languages Resource type Student activity SkillsSpeaking File 28.2 KBDownload File 68.88 KBDownload
Clothes dominos 5 8 reviews Main Subject Spanish Languages Category Clothes and shopping Free time Languages Resource type Starter/Plenary SkillsVocabulary learning File 69.04 KBDownload File 20.16 KBDownload
Find it and fix it: à l'hôtel Main Subject French Languages Category Holidays and accommodation Holidays and transport Languages Resource type Starter/Plenary SkillsTranslation File 78.45 KBDownload
Tenses card sort 5 8 reviews Main Subject Spanish Languages Category Verbs and tenses Grammar Languages Resource type Starter/Plenary File 87.53 KBDownload File 40.28 KBDownload
Editor’s pick Signaller 5 10 reviews Main Subject Languages French German Spanish Category Languages Language basics Resource type Game/quiz Revision SkillsVocabulary learning File 95.93 KBDownload File 71.41 KBDownload
Think dots: daily routine Main Subject Languages German Category Verbs and tenses Grammar Languages Resource type Revision Starter/Plenary SkillsWriting File 176.42 KBDownload File 1000.25 KBDownload
Round-up quiz 5 16 reviews Main Subject French Languages Category Grammar Languages Resource type Game/quiz File 2.33 MBDownload
Odd one out starter Main Subject Spanish Languages Category Language basics Languages Resource type Starter/Plenary File 61.51 KBDownload File 97.5 KBDownload
Introducing opinions 5 11 reviews Main Subject Languages French Category Language basics Resource type Worksheet SkillsReading File 1.99 MBDownload File 87.93 KBDownload
Busca el intruso 5 4 reviews Main Subject Spanish Languages Category Food and eating out Free time Languages Resource type Starter/Plenary SkillsVocabulary learning File 117.49 KBDownload File 146.5 KBDownload
Unnützes Wissen 1 5 4 reviews Main Subject Languages German Category Customs and festivals Languages Resource type Starter/Plenary SkillsReading File 5.06 MBDownload
Unnützes Wissen 2 5 2 reviews Main Subject German Languages Category Customs and festivals Languages Resource type Game/quiz File 6.94 MBDownload
Unnützes Wissen 3 5 2 reviews Main Subject Languages German Category Customs and festivals Languages Resource type Starter/Plenary SkillsReading File 3.87 MBDownload
Wort des Tages 5 10 reviews Main Subject Languages German Category Nouns Grammar Languages Resource type Starter/Plenary SkillsReading File 3.53 MBDownload
Family relationships: scrambled sentences 5 7 reviews Main Subject French Languages Category Family Me, my family and friends Languages Resource type Worksheet SkillsTranslation File 24.14 KBDownload File 70.19 KBDownload
