I have created this speaking/ writing mat based on module 9 in the Edexcel GCSE Spanish text book. My students have used it to create sentences to answer to the following questions: ¿Cuáles dirías que son los problemas medioambientales más importantes en tu ciudad y por qué? ¿Qué piensas que deberíamos hacer para proteger el medio ambiente?

Worksheet to reinforce shopping for food vocabulary once it has been introduced previously. Comprar comida

Worksheet to practise what jobs are like and what you do at work. The answers to the second exercise are: médico, dependienta, policía, mecánico y mujer de negocios.

Two Christmas pop songs (current 2014 and 2015) with exercises to do in the last lessons before the Christmas holidays. Links on the worksheets.

Videos and worksheet. I use this song when teaching the preterite tense. Can be easily adapted according to ability and needs.

Two exercises to practise their use of linking words. I use this with my IB Spanish Ab Initio group. (ejercicios)

This is a ppt presentation I used to introduce symptoms. I hope you find it useful.

A comprehensive list of useful linking words. The first document does not have the meanings so teachers can use them in different ways (group translation, competition, dictionary or internet search, etc.). The second one has translations.

Here is a text I’ve written and some picture cards. I print, laminate and cut the cards individually, then hand the text out to be read in groups/ teams and the students have to put the cards in the order that the actions are mentioned in the text. There is an extension exercise at the bottom of the text too. I hope you find it useful.

El presente. I used this to test my students on the use of the present tense of regular verbs. It can also be used as a worksheet.

Useful resource to give them ideas on imperative sentences to add to their posters/ leaftlet or brochures on Paper 2.

Simple exercises that can be used with Y7, Y8 and low ability classes.

Simple worksheet with a clear explanation on structure on the near future and a translation exercise. I did this with a mixed ability Y7 class, Mira 2, Module 2.

A few pictures to practise or use for the individual oral exam based on various topics: house, town, hotel, leisure, etc

Two Christmas pop songs (current 2014 and 2015) with exercises to do in the last lessons before the Christmas holidays. Links on the worksheets.

Activity to introduce Edexcel GCSE Spanish Module 6, unit 4: Una crítica.

Simple exercises to introduce the verb 'Ser'.

Ppt and worksheets to go with the unit, but adding more complex structures aiming at achieving higher grades. The battleships game can be adapted for lower ability students by replacing the pictures with the sentences.

I have adapted this trendy game as a teaching tool after playing the real one with my nephews. Great for repetition of vocabulary whilst having fun.

With these exercises I've tried to make the students think about the use of the present tense and structure it in a way they can remember. They increase in difficulty and level of independency. I hope you find them useful.