This is a pantomime created for A level students using the subjunctive: students have a matching exercise to start with and then the actual panto: they have to choose between two possibilities regarding the subjunctive, which are in bold. At the end students have to answer some basic comprehension questions about the reading 'Nacimiento Moderno del Nino Jesus&'

a cultural powerpoint on the lines of who wants to be millionaire. for years 8/9 and maybe KS4

It is a summary of the Spanish novel "el otro árbol de Guernica" for AQA, Eduqas and WJEC exam boards, A level Spanish.

drama sobre el sufrimiento de los indigenas despues del llamado "descubrimiento" de america. un tema controvertido pero historicamente cierto. el drama es una especie de "Romeo y Julieta"

This is a free sample, the full resource can be purchased from here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13113567 Bienvenidos a este podcast sobre el contexto socio histórico de España para A level Spanish. Me llamo José, soy profesor de español, traductor y escritor de libros de texto y hoy os presento este nuevo podcast para estudiantes avanzados de español (nivel B2/C1). En la página 6 están los enlaces donde podéis escuchar los 23 episodios del podcast. El podcast trata sobre la historia social de España desde principios del siglo XX hasta nuestros días, con especial énfasis a los siguientes temas que forman parte del temario de A Level Spanish (AQA y Edexcel): -la dictadura franquista y la monarquía, -la Transición democrática -cambios en la familia y el ciberespacio -la música española y el patrimonio musical -la inmigración y el racismo/ la xenofobia -obras literarias y películas de A level: “El laberinto del fauno”, “La Casa de Bernarda Alba”, “las 13 Rosas”, “Réquiem por un Campesino muerto”, “Ocho apellidos vascos”, “Todo sobre mi madre”, “el otro árbol de Guernica”, “Primera Memoria” … En este podcast, vamos a llegar a conocer el conjunto de circunstancias históricas, sociales y culturales en las que viven y vivían los españoles o en las que están ambientadas algunas de esas obras literarias/ películas para A level Spanish. Welcome to this podcast about the socio-historical context of Spain for A level Spanish. My name is José, I am a Spanish teacher, translator and textbook writer and today I am presenting this new podcast for advanced students of Spanish (B2/C1 level). On page 6 there are the links to be able to listen to the 23 episodes of the podcast. The podcast is about the social history of Spain from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day, with special emphasis on the following topics that are part of the A Level Spanish syllabus (AQA and Edexcel): -the Franco dictatorship and the monarchy, -the democratic transition -changes in the family and cyberspace -Spanish music and musical heritage -immigration and racism/xenophobia -literary works and films for A level: “El laberinto del fauno”, “La Casa de Bernarda Alba”, “las 13 Rosas”, “Réquiem por un Campesino muerto”, “Ocho apellidos vascos”, “Todo sobre mi madre”, “el otro árbol de Guernica”, “Primera Memoria” … In this podcast, we are going to get to know the set of historical, social and cultural circumstances in which the Spanish people live and lived or in which some of these literary works/films for A level Spanish are set.

conflictos entre hijos y padres. familia. drama con preguntas para clases de AS

A handout to inform and practice the subjunctive.

this is a fun test for GCSE-A level Spanish students that wish to research on a Spanish region, in this case the Basque region in the North of Spain. Students can research what the right answers are to the 10 questions. At the bottom of the resource you can fin the answers to the test, which can be delete before giving the test to the students. Depending on how many answers they get right they will be different Basque characters. For example if they get7 or more they are the "Lehendakari" or Basque prime minister, if they get more than 5 they are a vicelehendakari, if they get more than 3 they are are an "iratxo" or Basque pixi and if they get less than 3 they are Tarttalo, an one eyed monsterlike creature. What are your students? lehendakaris, vicelehendakari, iratxos o Tarttalos? Find it out! This test is part of a textbook for A2 that can be viewed on http://zigzageducation.co.uk/synopses/5713-getting-to-know-pais-vasco.asp , Happy teaching!

¿Qué pasa blog? is a practical study guide for Edexcel GCSE Spanish Higher Tier lessons. This is a sample, the actual resource with the remaining 20 worksheets will be published soon. This resource contains an entertaining story linked to 22 worksheets with activities, such as “Sentence Builders” and Edexcel exam-like exercises. “¿Qué pasa, blog? Soy rapero y YouTubero”, is a comprehensive practical study guide for Edexcel GCSE Spanish that will help your students to succeed in their exams. It uses humour and a fresh engaging story, written in the first person from the point of view of a 15 year old boy called Alex. Alex lives in England but he is bilingual in English and in Spanish. He spends every summer at his grandparent´s in San Sebastian, Northern Spain. There, he learns about Spanish culture, food and festivals, before coming back to school in England. This practical study guide has been written to facilitate practice and learning of the Edexcel Spanish GCSE syllabus. The resource is divided into 22 blogs with follow-up exam practice questions, plus there is a final worksheet on characterisation, which links to the A level syllabus. There are sound recordings of all 22 blogs, so that students can listen to the blogs while reading. Each blog includes at least one GCSE Spanish topic and overall the resource covers all the main GCSE Edexcel topics. To help students learn vocabulary relevant to the GCSE topics, the blogs include words from the Edexcel vocabulary list. In addition, each blog has one or more grammar teaching points. A table with a list of both the GCSE topics and the grammar points used in this booklet can be found on pages 6 and 7. Each blog has around 150 words. The resource can be used in different ways: to complement your teaching, as a revision booklet, for independent study, to set homework or for cover lessons. This resource can be differentiated. For lower level students, we suggest that you use the texts as reading exercises, whilst higher level students, can listen to the blog first and attempt to answer the questions before reading the text. All students will benefit from listening to the sound recordings which accompany the resource.

Revision quiz about El Laberinto del fauno, based on the study guide from ZigZag Education. Quiz de repaso de la película “El Laberinto del Fauno” con preguntas basadas en la guía de estudio de Zigzag education Getting to Know: El Laberinto del Fauno https://zigzageducation.co.uk/synopses/7800-getting-to-know-el-laberinto-del-fauno?pod=7800 con preguntas sobre el contexto histórico, personajes, técnicas cinematográficas, citas y el éxito de la película.

This is a free sample-"¿Qué pasa podcast?" is a series of 22 podcasts with accompanying transcripts, grammar and exam-like activities for AQA GCSE Spanish Higher Tier lessons. This resource contains an entertaining story linked to 22 podcasts and worksheets with activities, such as “Sentence Builders” and AQA exam-like exercises. The study guide can be used for self-study as it has the answers at the end or by non specialist teachers. -“¿Qué pasa, podcast? Soy rapero y YouTubero”, is a comprehensive practical study guide for AQA GCSE Spanish that will help your students to succeed in their exams. It uses humour and a fresh engaging story, written in the first person from the point of view of a 15 year old boy called Alex. Alex lives in England but he is bilingual in English and in Spanish. He spends every summer at his grandparent´s house in San Sebastian, Northern Spain. There, he learns about Spanish culture, food and festivals, before coming back to school in England. -The podcasts have been written to facilitate practice and learning of the AQA Spanish GCSE syllabus. The resource is divided into 22 podcasts with follow-up exam practice questions, plus there is a final worksheet on characterisation, which acts as a bridge to the A level syllabus. -The students can listen to the podcasts conveniently while they are on the go and they can listen to them while reading the transcripts and before doing the GCSE exam-like questions. -Each podcast includes at least one GCSE Spanish topic and overall the resource covers all the main GCSE AQA topics. To help students learn vocabulary relevant to the GCSE topics, the podcasts include words from the AQA vocabulary list. In addition, each podcast has one or more grammar teaching points. A table with a list of both the GCSE topics and the grammar points used in this booklet can be found on pages 6 and 7. Each podcast has around 150 words. The resource can be used in different ways: to complement your teaching, as a revision booklet, for independent study, to set homework or for cover lessons. This resource can be differentiated. For lower level students, we suggest that you use the texts as reading exercises, whilst higher level students, can listen to the podcast first and attempt to answer the questions before reading the text. The music used in the podcasts has been written by my 15 year old son, whose artistic name is Lil Reddy, you can check out his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLuRXSjGyHPXtVhLdp7X3KQ Tes paid licence

-This is a sample with one free podcast, “¿Qué pasa podcast?” is a series of 22 podcasts with accompanying transcripts, grammar and exam-like activities for Edexcel GCSE Spanish Higher Tier lessons. The actual resource can be purchased on https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12830855 and it contains an entertaining story linked to 22 podcasts and worksheets with activities, such as “Sentence Builders” and Edexcel exam-like exercises. The study guide can be used for self-study as it has the answers at the end or by non specialist teachers. -“¿Qué pasa, podcast? Soy rapero y YouTubero”, is a comprehensive practical study guide for Edexcel GCSE Spanish that will help your students to succeed in their exams. It uses humour and a fresh engaging story, written in the first person from the point of view of a 15 year old boy called Alex. Alex lives in England but he is bilingual in English and in Spanish. He spends every summer at his grandparent´s house in San Sebastian, Northern Spain. There, he learns about Spanish culture, food and festivals, before coming back to school in England. You can try this resource viewing a sample with the first two podcasts via this link -The podcasts have been written to facilitate practice and learning of the Edexcel Spanish GCSE syllabus. The resource is divided into 22 podcasts with follow-up exam practice questions, plus there is a final worksheet on characterisation, which acts as a bridge to the A level syllabus. -The students can listen to the podcasts conveniently while they are on the go and they can listen to them while reading the transcripts and before doing the GCSE exam-like questions. -Each podcast includes at least one GCSE Spanish topic and overall the resource covers all the main GCSE Edexcel topics. To help students learn vocabulary relevant to the GCSE topics, the podcasts include words from the Edexcel vocabulary list. In addition, each podcast has one or more grammar teaching points. A table with a list of both the GCSE topics and the grammar points used in this booklet can be found on pages 6 and 7. Each podcast has around 150 words. The resource can be used in different ways: to complement your teaching, as a revision booklet, for independent study, to set homework or for cover lessons. This resource can be differentiated. For lower level students, we suggest that you use the texts as reading exercises, whilst higher level students, can listen to the podcast first and attempt to answer the questions before reading the text. The music used in the podcasts has been written by my 15 year old son, whose artistic name is Lil Reddy, you can check out his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLuRXSjGyHPXtVhLdp7X3KQ

¿Qué pasa blog? is a practical study guide for AQA GCSE Spanish Higher Tier lessons. This is a sample, the actual resource with the remaining 20 worksheets can be accessed via this link https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12732625 . This resource contains an entertaining story linked to 22 worksheets with activities, such as “Sentence Builders” and AQA exam-like exercises. “¿Qué pasa, blog? Soy rapero y YouTubero”, is a comprehensive practical study guide for AQA GCSE Spanish that will help your students to succeed in their exams. It uses humour and a fresh engaging story, written in the first person from the point of view of a 15 year old boy called Alex. Alex lives in England but he is bilingual in English and in Spanish. He spends every summer at his grandparent´s in San Sebastian, Northern Spain. There, he learns about Spanish culture, food and festivals, before coming back to school in England. This practical study guide has been written to facilitate practice and learning of the AQA Spanish GCSE syllabus. The resource is divided into 22 blogs with follow-up exam practice questions, plus there is a final worksheet on characterisation, which links to the A level syllabus. There are sound recordings on YouTube of all 22 blogs, so that students can listen to the blogs while reading. Each blog includes at least one GCSE Spanish topic and overall the resource covers all the main GCSE AQA topics. To help students learn vocabulary relevant to the GCSE topics, the blogs include words from the AQA vocabulary list. In addition, each blog has one or more grammar teaching points. A table with a list of both the GCSE topics and the grammar points used in this booklet can be found on pages 6 and 7. Each blog has around 150 words. The resource can be used in different ways: to complement your teaching, as a revision booklet, for independent study, to set homework or for cover lessons. This resource can be differentiated. For lower level students, we suggest that you use the texts as reading exercises, whilst higher level students, can listen to the blog first and attempt to answer the questions before reading the text. All students will benefit from listening to the sound recordings which accompany the resource.

This is a Christmas pantomime in Spanish for year 9, GCSE and A level Spanish students summarising what happened in this terrible 2020 using sense of humour. The resource also has comprehension questions, a Christmas Carols and lots of opportunities to have fun and learn new vocabulary and Spanish expressions along the way. ¡¡Feliz Navidad!! ¡¡Feliz Nacimiento en el Confinamiento!!

This is a pantomime in Spanish for year 8, 9s, GCSE and A level students, in which sense of humour is used for students to practise talking about cultural aspects associated with Christmas in Spain and also the past tense using the preterite. The pantomime makes reference to events that happened in the year 2021 both in the UK and in Spain in a lighthearted way. The pantomime comes with interactive vocabulary exercises in Wordwall and also some comprehension questions and the answers too. Have fun and learn along the way!

This resource is a story written specifically for A level Spanish students that brings to life some of the main topics of the main awarding bodies: such as historic heritage, national identity, cyberspace, immigration, art and architecture, unemployment, literature and characterisation. The resource has 7 chapters and an introduction, and each chapter comes with a glossary and comprehension questions and questions about the evolution of the characters throughout the story. The resource aims to give A level Spanish students plenty of opportunity to gain confidence to succeed on their A level exams by using appropriate vocabulary, language and content. The resource tells the story of a young person who was born and lives in England. Through his father, he learns to have a strong connection with the Basque Country and its mountains, as well as with his ancestors and with his historic heritage. Although at the beginning of the story, the only connection he might have is with technology, as he was hooked on video games, at the end he will learn to connect to his ancestors.

Bienvenidos a este podcast sobre la Transición democratica de España , que es una parte del podcast sobre el contexto socio histórico de España para A level Spanish. Me llamo José, soy profesor de español, traductor y escritor de libros de texto y hoy os presento este nuevo podcast para estudiantes avanzados de español (nivel B2/C1). El podcast trata sobre la historia social de España desde principios del siglo XX hasta nuestros días, con especial énfasis en la Transición democratica de España. El podcast empieza en el episodio 16 con el final de la dictadura de Franco y continua con el papel del rey don Juan Carlos I, Adolfo Suarez y el golpe de estado de Tejero para terminar con la movida madrilena y la pelicula Todo sobre mi madre de Almodovar. El podcast completo se puede encontrar desde este enlace https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13113567 Welcome to this podcast about the democratic transition in Spain, which is part of the podcast about the socio-historical context of Spain for A level Spanish. My name is José, I am a Spanish teacher, translator and textbook writer and today I am presenting this new podcast for advanced students of Spanish (level B2/C1). The podcast is about the social history of Spain from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day, with a special emphasis on the Franco dictatorship and the transition. The podcast starts in episode 16 with the end of the dictatorship and covers all the stages of the transition with Adolfo Suarez, the role of the monarchy and Tejero’s coup. At the end la movida from Madrid is mentioned and the film “Todo sobre mi madre” de Almodovar. The full podcast can be found from this link https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13113567

Bienvenidos a este podcast sobre la fantastica pelicula de “El Laberinto del Fauno”, que es una parte del podcast sobre el contexto socio histórico de España para A level Spanish. Me llamo José, soy profesor de español, traductor y escritor de libros de texto y hoy os presento este nuevo podcast para estudiantes avanzados de español (nivel B2/C1). El podcast trata sobre la historia social de España desde principios del siglo XX hasta nuestros días, con especial énfasis en la dictadura franquista. El podcast empieza en el episodio 16 sobre la pelicula “El laberinto del fauno”, con un analisis del contexto social e historico y tambien con algunas tecnicas de cine usadas por Guillermo del Toro para resaltar algunos aspectos. El podcast completo se puede encontrar desde este enlace https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13113567 Welcome to this podcast about the fantastic movie “Pan’s Labyrinth”, which is part of the podcast about the socio-historical context of Spain for A level Spanish. My name is José, I am a Spanish teacher, translator and textbook writer and today I am presenting this new podcast for advanced students of Spanish (B2/C1 level). The podcast is about the social history of Spain from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day, with special emphasis on the Franco dictatorship. The podcast starts with episode 16 about the movie “Pan’s Labyrinth” , with an analysis of the social and historical context and also with some film techniques used by Guillermo del Toro to highlight some aspects. The full podcast can be found from this link https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13113567

Bienvenidos a este podcast sobre la pelicula de “Ocho Apellidos Vascos”, que es una parte del podcast sobre el contexto socio histórico de España para A level Spanish. Me llamo José, soy profesor de español, traductor y escritor de libros de texto y hoy os presento este nuevo podcast para estudiantes avanzados de español (nivel B2/C1). El podcast trata sobre la historia social de España desde principios del siglo XX hasta nuestros días, con especial énfasis en la transicion democratica y el terrorismo de ETA. El podcast empieza en el episodio 18 sobre la pelicula “Ocho Apellidos Vascos”, con un analisis del contexto social e historico, con el terrorismo de ETA y con los estereotipos regionales usados en el film. El podcast completo se puede encontrar desde este enlace https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13113567 Welcome to this podcast about the film “Ocho Apellidos Vascos” (Eight Basque Surnames), which is part of the podcast about the socio-historical context of Spain for A level Spanish. My name is José, I am a Spanish teacher, translator and textbook writer and today I am presenting this new podcast for advanced learners of Spanish (B2/C1 level). The podcast is about the social history of Spain from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day, with special emphasis on the democratic transition and ETA terrorism. The podcast starts with episode 18 about the film “Ocho Apellidos Vascos” (Eight Basque Surnames), with an analysis of the social and historical context, ETA terrorism and the regional stereotypes used in the film. The full podcast can be found from this link https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13113567

Este recurso de 11 páginas resume la película de “El Laberinto del Fauno” y tambien ofrece un repaso de las claves, los temas y los símbolos principales. . El texto contiene 16 preguntas de comprensión que ayudarán a los estudiantes a aumentar su conocimiento crítico de la obra para que puedan tener éxito en sus exámenes de A level Spanish AQA , Edexcel o Eduqas. El texto ha sido escrito expandiendo en muchas de las ideas de la guía de estudio que escribí para ZigZag Education, llamada “Getting to Know: El Laberinto del Fauno”https://zigzageducation.co.uk/synopses/7800-getting-to-know-el-laberinto-del-fauno?pod=7800​​ This resource summarises the fantastic film "El Laberinto del Fauno” and also the film´s key aspects,topics and symbology are explored and analysed in a novel way so that students taking A level Spanish AQA, Edexcel or Eduqas can gain confidence in tackling the cultural topic question in their exams.