Christmas in different countries of the world! This powerpoint explains some of the interesting Christmas traditions that exist in different countries around the world. The powerpoint is in Spanish and there are a number of activities (reading, writing, gap-fill etc) to help build GCSE exam skills. This lesson also includes a section on the Spanish New Year tradition of ‘las uvas de la suerte’ in which students express their desires & wishes for the new year.

*** The worksheets are to be printed 2-pages on 1 sheet which is why the images are showing up strangely*** These worksheets are for high-level GCSE students. They cover the topic of healthy living and sport, and cover a range of in-depth opinions and reasons. Reading comprehension, translation etc.

This presentation covers the topic of Travel and Tourism, and the advantages / disadvantages of tourism. Pupils will be encouraged to consider the impact of tourism in Spain from an economic, sociological and cultural perspective. Resources include reading comprehension activities, as well as speaking and listening practice. By the end of this lesson, pupils should be able to participate in a Spanish debate about tourism.

This powerpoint includes a range of revision activities to help pupils prepare for the dreaded GCSE Spanish Speaking Exam! This powerpoint presentation focuses solely on the role-play section of the exam in which pupils have to prepare their role in a conversation. Topics included in the activities provided are: doctors, restaurant, train station and hotel. These provide pupils with the opportunity to prepare and perform conversations in Spanish. There are role-plays for both higher & foundation students.

This lesson focuses on the topic of technology and encourages students to give high-level opinions of different technological devices. Grammar wise, students will cover ‘LO’ phrases (eg. lo bueno es que…) and the subjunctive. This lesson is suitable for high ability groups who are aiming for grade 7-9 at GCSE as the tasks are quite challenging. Skills included are: reading, listening, translation & speaking.

These cards aim to enhance fluency and spontaneity amongst KS5 pupils. The idea is that they pick up a card at random, ask their partner the question and listen to their partner’s response (and vice versa). All cards cover the different topics which come up at AS level (fashion, young people, family, tv, music, art, culture, internet and technology, tourism etc.) They are colour-coded based on topic and cover a range of different questions - ranging from the easier to the more challenging. Of course, this resource could be used in a number of ways but I used it with my Year 12 class as a spontaneous on-the-spot speaking activity in which pupils gave each other verbal feedback. It was very successful and pupils enjoyed the surprise element of it!

This 9 page document contains key vocabulary for all the different topics covered in the new Spanish GCSE (2018). Pupils can use this to revise key words and phrases, and to test each other as they prepare for their exams. Each vocabulary list is brightly coloured and clearly presented - can be printed A5, A4 or A3 size (could even be printed poster size!)

This powerpoint and accompanying resources is an ideal speaking-practice lesson for KS3 pupils (particularly once they have covered the ‘free time’ topic). Pupils will build vital conversational skills including responding to questions and asking questions. Pupils will practice speaking with their normal partners and will also circulate around the room speaking to people who they don’t usually communicate with - this will help build spoken confidence as pupils are encouraged to talk in Spanish other people. Pupils will also cover how to change and modify verbs from the ‘you’ form into the ‘I’ form - this will help prepare them for the listening and responding process.

This resource includes a number of different speaking cards on various topics that pupils could be faced with in the speaking exam. These cards can either be cut up and given to the pupils at random (like in the real exam) or you could give this resource to pupils as a booklet to revise from at their leisure. Obviously, the texts could be used for translation purposes in order to practice translation and reading skills in preparation for the component 2 examination.

This power-point and accompanying worksheet focus on the irregular present tense. This could be used with GCSE pupils or KS5 pupils to recap the changes that occur in some present tense verbs. The resources here are enough to cover 2 or 3 lessons on the topic of irregular present tense and they include activities such as translation, card sorting, reading, gap-fill activities and verb drills.

This powerpoint and accompanying worksheet focuses on the GCSE topic of Town and City and aims to help students describe what is in their town/city using a range of vocabulary and adjectives. Grammar points include: masculine & feminine adjectives, Ser and Estar, imperfect tense, conditional tense. Skills include: reading, listening, translation, writing. These resources are enough to cover at least 3 lessons on the topic of town & city.

This powerpoint focuses on question words and phrases which will help pupils revise and prepare for the speaking exam. Pupils are encouraged to change and modify questions into a range of different tenses. These resources therefore serve to improve verb tense knowledge and grammar skills. There are enough resources here for 2-3 lessons on the topic of questions and they cover a range of abilities. Tenses include: present, preterite, imperfect, future and conditional.

This powerpoint covers a few major festivals from the Spanish-speaking world. It provides pupils with key facts and information about these festivals and tests their knowledge. The powerpoint also includes a translation activity and 2 cultural questions with writing frames to help structure responses. LOTS of pictures and colour in this powerpoint to captivate and interest pupils - the Tomatina always goes down well!

This resource includes lots of activities to help pupils revise and recap key grammar and vocabulary taught in Year 7.

This powerpoint focuses on the topic of technology & social media. The skills covered in this powerpoint range from translation and writing to speaking practice. There is a photocard for students to prepare for the new-style GCSE speaking exam. Lots of useful vocabulary, and a reminder of subjunctive.

This lesson is for GCSE students to practise forming the present continuous tense in Spanish to say what they or someone else is currently doing. This is also a useful tense to know for the GCSE speaking exam where students have to describe what is happening in a photo. This lesson includes a wide range of activities which serve to enhance & develop reading, listening, writing and speaking skills alongside grammar.

This ppt covers the topic of daily routine in Spanish. It includes key reflexive verbs and allows students to recap & revise how to tell the time in Spanish. There are a range of different activities included in this ppt which will help students develop reading, listening and writing skills. There are also opportunities for speaking practise too.

AS Level topic on the pressures of young people in society. These resources cover different pressures that young people face today and provide pupils with the opportunity to develop in-depth opinions and points of view on the topic. Facts and figures are provided, which will provide pupils with good evidence in essay-writing and speaking tests. Skills covered: reading, writing, speaking & listening (debate work), translation, grammar.

This powerpoint contains a range of different AS-level topics and questions which will help pupils to revise for their speaking exam. Students should be able to understand the text provided and prepare an answer to the question shown on the slide with the photo. The following questions are the unpredicted questions which would follow afterwards in the exam. This resource can be used individually for revision purposes, or can be used for partner work. I used this with my Year 12 class this week and they found it very useful, especially when speaking in pairs and providing each other with feedback.

This Powerpoint and accompanying worksheets is aimed at higher ability students and encourages them to provide more complex opinions (and reasons) about teachers. The activities included in the ppt involve reading, listening, translation, writing and speaking. Grammar includes comparative phrases and superlative phrases, as well as adjective agreements.