Language: Spanish Level: Beginners (A1/A2 in the CERF) Interaction: choral repetition, teacher - student, student-student Activities: drilling of vocabulary with guessing games, and step-by-step progression to short paragraphs (simple connectives)

Introduction to -ir verbs in Spanish (Year 7 or Y8 starters) Drilling exercise (to be done in pairs); battleship game. About 20 minutes.

Language: Spanish Level: Advanced (C1 or C2 in the European Framework) Interaction: Pairs/groups Activity: in groups, students discuss and write about the underpinning causes of (and possible solutions to) the gender pay gap in Spain. Information based on report published by Instituto de la Mujer (2017). Vocabuary: lots of topic-specific vocab relating to the world of work (salaries, occupations, etc).

• Language: Spanish • Level: Advanced (C1 or C2 in the European Framework) • Interaction: Pairs/groups • Activity: in groups, students discuss and write about climate change in numbers. • Vocabuary: numbers and figures; statistics; topic-specific vocab; distinction between gerund and past participle (e.g. “está subiendo” vs “ha subido”).