A set of resources to help your students revise Theme 3 (Current and future study and employment) and prepare for the new GCSE exam. It includes:
- speaking exam resources (role plays, photo cards and general conversation)
- writing exam resources (a foundation and a higher practice paper, as well as a feedback sheets for each paper)
- a booklet with eight 90-word questions, following the new AQA spec and covering all topics of theme 3
- reading resources: a booklet with Spanish to English translations.
Two Smartboard Notebook presentations that contain personalised Good and Better WILFs for each of the questions in the new AQA Spanish GCSE writing and speaking exams (at both foundation and higher tiers).
Each slide contains three sets of WILFs, attached to a grade (grades 3, 4 and 5 in foundation, 4/5, 6 and 7+ in higher) and they are named after a Spanish city (Sevilla, Barcelona -currently still part of Spain! -and Madrid). Finally, each WILF contains a description of what good progress and good progress for students attempting that WILF would be.
Two practice writing papers (one foundation, one higher) following the format of the new GCSE writing exam, and focusing on the topics covered in Theme 3 (Current and future study and employment).
The foundation paper includes four questions (describe the photo, 40 words question, translation and 90 words question) and the higher paper includes three (90 words question, 150 words question and translation).
I have also included two feedback sheets (one foundation, one higher) that include"check-lists" (based on the AQA mark scheme for writing) to provide quick, personalised feedback for each of the questions. The check lists provide the students with feedback on what went well (WWW) and what they need to do to improve further (TIF).
Also available in Spanish
Reading activity based on an article from La Vanguardia (8th of November 2017) about the pay gap between men and women in Spain.
The resource includes 8 activities:
- find key vocabulary
- true, false or not mentioned
- explain what the figures represent
- translation into English
- explain the title of the article
- summarise the text
- explain the information in a photograph
A booklet with eight 90 word questions to revise the theme of Identity and culture of the new Spanish GCSE exam.
There are two questions for each of the topics in Theme one (Me, my family and friends, Technology in everyday life, Free-time activities and Customs and festivals in Spanish-speaking countries).
Each of the questions contains four bullet points that the students are expected to cover; one of the bullet points refers to the past and, when possible, it starts with "qué hiciste", as many of the AQA sample questions do; another bullet point requires the students to use either the future or the conditional, and another one prompts them to say their opinion.
Finally, the booklet also contains a copy of the mark scheme for the 90 word question, which is the same at foundation and at higher level.
A similar booklet including questions for themes 1, 2 and 3 can be found in this link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-spanish-gcse-writing-exam-practice-90-word-questions-11820179
This resource contains a lot of factual information about Spanish society, focusing on the three topics that cover the sub-theme Aspects of Hispanic Society in the new Spanish A Level course (Traditional and Modern Values, Cyberspace and Equal Rights). I wrote this resource to help my students revise for their upcoming speaking exam (Paper 3), specifically to ensure that they include enough information to score well in AO4 of the paper.
The file also includes an overview of the course and of Paper 3.
A three-page file with a lot actual information about Spanish culture and society, focusing on the topic of Immigration (part of the theme Multiculturalism in Hispanic society of the new Spanish A Level). It provides students with facts and statistics, which should be very helpful in preparation for Paper 3 (the speaking exam).
The information can also be used for translation practice and it can be very easily adapted into a variety of reading activities.
This four-page file includes a lot factual information about Spanish and Latin American culture and society, focusing on the topic of Monarchies and Dictatorships, part of the theme Aspects of Political Life in the Hispanic World of the new Spanish A Level. It provides students with wide range of facts and statistics about the topic, which should be very helpful in preparation for Paper 3 (the speaking exam). The information in the file can also be easily adapted to reading or translation activities.
This bundle contains three resources to support students preparing for Paper 2 of the new Spanish A level exam:
Spanish A Level Grammar booklet (118 pages).
Paper 2 booklet: Réquiem por un campesino español.
Paper 2 booklet: Ocho apellidos vascos.
The two Paper 2 Booklets include an overview of the paper and the mark schemes, some starter questions to get the students to start discussing the texts, quotes taking from the texts for the students to analyse, a variety of essay questions and a list of useful expressions to write an essay.
This double-sided mat provides the students of all abilities with a lot of useful language to support them when writing about themselves, their family and friends and their relationships.
Page one contains a lot of vocabulary (nouns, adjectives, conjunctions, time phrases and intensifiers) as well as a series of scaffolding structures (“sentence starters”). The second page contains twelve key verbs conjugated in the first person singular (yo) in six different tenses (the preterite, the imperfect, the present, the future, the conditional and the present subjunctive). Finally, there is also a section on complex structures on the second page, with plenty of examples of comparatives and superlatives, conditional sentences (“si fuera…”) and negative sentences.
(Note - please ignore the preview of the Word file, there is an ongoing issue with Word previews in TES; the file looks like the PDF shows)
This 13-page file contains a lot of information on how to use the Present Subjunctive. It is aimed at A Level students, but it can be used with high ability GCSE student too.
It starts with an explanation of what the subjunctive mood is, in contrast with the indicative. It then provides an explanation on how to conjugate it (including regular verbs, irregular verbs, radical-changing verbs and verbs with orthographic changes).
The file then gives an very detailed view of when the subjunctive is used, common expressions that require the subjunctive and finally a lot of practice for the students.
This file is part of a much more comprehensive file, the Grammar booklet that can be found in this link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-a-level-grammar-booklet-1171504
This resource contains a series of reading and writing activities to introduce the film “El laberinto del fauno” (Pan’s Labyrinth):
Activities before the film: a short introduction to the study of the film, a vocabulary list, and an activity to try to predict what the film will be about based on screenshots and on the opening shots.
Quotations: as the students watch the film, they match a series of quotations taken from it to the character that says them.
Questions: a long list of questions to reflect on important moments of the film.
Review: a guided writing activity to help the students write a review of Pan’s Labyrinth, with help on how to structure the review and useful language.
PLEASE NOTE: this resource is part of a much more comprehensive and more detailed resource, the Pan’s Labyrinth Student Support Guide that can be found on this link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-a-level-el-laberinto-del-fauno-gu-a-de-estudio-pan-s-labyrinth-student-support-guide-12002448
The guide is over 70 pages long, and a free sample can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/el-laberinto-del-fauno-planos-y-ngulos-de-c-mara-pan-s-labyrinth-shots-and-camera-work-12002490
UPDATE: the resource now includes a presentation to support the activities
A series of reading, writing and translation activities to explore the main themes of Pan’s Labyrinth: obedience, the treatment of masculinity and femininity, and the use of violence.
The resource is 20 pages long and it includes short written questions, translation activities, gap-fills, true, false and not mentioned activities and several essay questions.
PLEASE NOTE: this resource is part of a much more comprehensive and more detailed resource, the Pan’s Labyrinth Student Support Guide that can be found on this link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-a-level-el-laberinto-del-fauno-gu-a-de-estudio-pan-s-labyrinth-student-support-guide-12002448
The guide is over 70 pages long, and a free sample can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/el-laberinto-del-fauno-planos-y-ngulos-de-c-mara-pan-s-labyrinth-shots-and-camera-work-12002490
A set of activities that I used with my French year 7 groups to revise the topics of countries, local area, shapes and colours, geography and the weather, food and economy (as well as personal descriptions, clothes and a weather forecast). They completed the activities over several lessons, working in groups as a competition. They produced some outstanding displays.
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A whole unit of work, covering all aspects of the holidays theme: transport, accommodation, weather, activities, different tenses (with emphasis on the preterite and the imperfect), comparisons, complex opinions.
Update: I have now included a PowerPoint version of the main file (The big holidays file), converted from the original Notebook file. I recommend whenever possible to use the original version, as the file conversion has changed the layout of some slides and some features work less effectively on Power
Point.
A set of four resources to prepare students for the speaking test of the new GCSE speaking exam:
- Speaking test booklet, that contains a full explanation of the new speaking exam requirements, sample photo cards and role plays, mark schemes and (a lot!) of questions to prepare each of the three themes
- Theme 1 (Identity and culture) Photo cards (40 cards altogether)
- Theme 2 (Local, national, international and global areas of interests) Photo Cards (24 cards)
- Theme 3 (Current and future study and employment) Photo Cards (26 cards)
This bundle includes some resources I have prepared to prepare my students for the new Spanish GCSE exams (based on the AQA specification):
- Practice writing paper (end of year 9). At both foundation and higher tiers, it covers Theme 1 (and it includes feedback sheets and mark schemes.
- Practice writing paper (end of year 10). At both foundation and higher tiers, it covers Theme 2 and it includes feedback sheets based on the writing mark schemes.
- Theme 3 writing paper (NEW). Covering the topics in Theme 3, at both foundation and higher level.
- Speaking test booklet, with a summary of the specification, copies of the mark schemes, sample photo cards and role plays, and questions for the general conversation, covering fully all three themes.
- Three booklets (one for each theme) with photo cards, covering fully all themes and sub themes.
- Three booklets with at least 15 role plays each covering the Theme 1 and Theme 2 and Theme 3.
A set of resources to help your students revise Theme 2 (Local, regional, international and global areas of interest) and prepare for the new GCSE exam. It includes:
- speaking exam resources (role plays, photo cards and general conversation)
- writing exam resources (a foundation and a higher practice paper, as well as a feedback sheets for each paper)
- a booklet with eight 90-word questions, following the AQA spec and covering all topics in theme 2.
- reading resources: a booklet with Spanish to English translations.
A bundle containing three resources to support students as they prepare for Paper 2 of the new Spanish A level exam:
- Spanish A Level Grammar booklet (118 pages).
- Paper 2 booklet: El laberinto del fauno.
- Paper 2 booklet: La casa de Bernarda Alba.
This booklet contains eight questions that follow the format of the 90-word questions in the new French GCSE writing exam. They cover all aspects of Theme 3 (Current and future study and employment), and they can be used in lessons, but also as an easy way to set useful homework activities for the students.
All questions include four bullet points that the students are prompted to cover, and they explicitly require them to include references to three time frames and opinions (as per the AQA mark scheme).
A booklet with 24 questions covering all three themes can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-french-gcse-writing-exam-90-word-questions-11822119