This resource contains two booklets, one of them including twenty-four 150-word questions to revise the three themes of the new GCSE course (AQA specification), and a similar one consisting of twenty-four 90-word questions.
In each booklet there are eight questions for each of the three themes of the course (Identity and culture, Local, national, international and global areas of interest and Current and future study and employment), and two questions for each of the topics in each theme.
The 150-word question is part of the higher writing exam, and each question contains two bullet points that the students are expected to cover; the bullet points are written to resemble the ones found in the 2018 paper and those in the sample questions provided by AQA. At least one of the bullet points in each question prompts the students to refer to either the past or the future, and several questions ask the students to write their “recommendations”. The booklet also contains a copy of the mark scheme for the 150 word question and an overview of the themes and topics.
The 90-word 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). When possible, one of the bullet points starts with ‘qué hiciste’, a question which appears in many of the AQA samples and that some students often fail to understand. The booklet also contains a copy of the mark scheme.
This resource can be used as part of everyday teaching, as end of unit assessment, for revision purposes and as an easy way of setting useful homework.
This resource contains two separate booklets. The first one contains eight 90-word questions covering all aspects of Theme 1 (Identity and Culture) of the AQA Spanish GCSE specification (two questions for each of the four topics of Theme 1).
Based on the sample papers and the 2018 paper, all the questions include four bullet points; one bullet point refers to the future and one to the past.
The second booklet contains the same eight questions, followed by a table with 20 sentences. Sixteen of the sentences are direct answers to one of the bullet points (four sentences per bullet point); the remaining sentences, while useful, do not answer directly any of the bullet points and wouldn’t give the students much credit for content if used on their own.
The idea behind this activity is to encourage the students to read the bullet points carefully, taking into account the different time frames that they refer to and what they actually ask, thus stopping them from simply writing anything they can think of on each of the different topics without taking into account the requirements of the task.
The sentences can also be used as translation activities.
Themes 2 and 3 also available, and a booklet with all three themes can be found in this link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-answering-90-word-questions-themes-1-2-and-3-writing-exam-1209181
This resource contains two separate booklets. The first one contains eight 90-word questions covering all topics of Theme 2 (Local, national, international and global areas of interest) of the AQA Spanish GCSE specification (two questions for each of the four topics of Theme 2).
Based on the sample papers and the 2018 paper, all the questions include four bullet points; one bullet point refers to the future and one to the past.
The second booklet contains the same eight questions, followed by a table with 20 sentences. Sixteen of the sentences are direct answers to one of the bullet points (four sentences per bullet point); the remaining sentences, while useful, do not answer directly any of the bullet points and wouldn’t give the students much credit for content if used on their own.
The idea behind this activity is to encourage the students to read the bullet points carefully, taking into account the different time frames that they refer to and what they actually ask, thus stopping them from simply writing anything they can think of on each of the different topics without taking into account the requirements of the task.
The sentences can also be used as translation activities.
Themes 1 and 3 also available, and a booklet with all three themes can be found in this link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-answering-90-word-questions-themes-1-2-and-3-writing-exam-1209181
A worksheet that I have used with the younger students to practice descriptions in Spanish. It includes a writing frame to describe people’s physical appearance and a list of adjectives to describe personality.
The worksheet is based on the film “Zipi y Zape y el club de la canica”.
A (huge) set of resources covering several topics of theme 2 in the new Spanish GCSE:
Holidays
Home and local area
Social issues
Photo Cards
Role Plays
Spanish to English translations
A set of resources to help your students revise Theme 1 (Identity and culture) 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)
- writing resources: a booklet containing eight 90-word questions covering all topics of the theme Identity and culture
- reading resources: a booklet with Spanish to English translations.
Two Smartboard Notebook presentation that contain personalised Good and Better WILFs for each of the questions in the new AQA Frech GCSE writing and speaking exams (at both foundation and higher tier).
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 French city (Bordeaux, Nice and Paris). Finally, each WILF contains a description of what good progress and good progress for students attempting that WILF would be.
A bundle containing 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: Volver.
- Paper 2 booklet: La casa de Bernarda Alba.
A collection of twenty-four 90-word questions covering the whole of the new Spanish GCSE course.
Each of the three booklets (one per theme) contains eight questions, with four bullet points each, encouraging the students to refer to present, past and future events, as well as to include opinions.
A speaking activity (discussion card) and a reading activity about the feminist strike in Spain on the 8th of March (2018). The speaking card includes a photograph of the huge demonstration in Madrid, some facts about the strike and three questions to encourage the students to discuss the topic, and the reading activity is an adapted version of a newspaper article followed by three activities: find synonyms, translation and 90 word summary.
It falls under the topic equal rights, but it can also be used to illustrate to discuss protests and strikes, as part of the “Los movimientos populares” sub theme.
A set of 24 Photo Cards covering the whole of Theme 2 (Local, national, international and global areas of interest) of the new GCSE course:
- Home, town, neighbourhood and region (8 cards)
- Social issues (charity/voluntary work; healthy, unhealthy living) (8 cards)
- Global issues (the environment; poverty/homelessness) (4 cards)
- Travel and tourism (4 cards).
Each card includes four foundation questions (in red) and four higher question (in blue), the first of which is always '¿Qué hay en la foto?.
If you like this resource, Photo Cards for themes one and thee, as well as a booklet containing all three themes, are also available.
UPDATED: I have modified this resource to better resemble the photo cards on the AQA exam: there are now five foundation and five higher questions on each card (instead of four). At foundation level one of the first three questions (what in the exam would be the printed questions) requires the use of a tense other than the present. At higher level references to three time frames are needed, with one time frame other than the present required in one of the first three questions and the remaining time frame in one of the other two questions.
A set of resources to prepare the students to write and talk about their school and their time table.
The first notebook presentation (Mi horario - 17 slides) includes work on school subjects, opinions and a quick tense revision).
The second one (Mi colegio) is 22 slides long, and it includes information about the school premises, rules (practising "se puede" and "hay que" + infinitive), a quick revision of the conditional to talk about your ideal school and a quick revision of the future simple.
The presentations are supported by 6 worksheets.
A set of resources to cover the whole of theme 3 of the new GCSE Spanish course (AQA):
- current and future studies
- employment
- photo cards (speaking exam)
- role plays
Three very comprehensive sets of Spanish to English translations, each covering all aspects of Theme 1 (Identity and Culture), Theme 2 (Local, regional, national, international and global areas of interest) and Theme 3 (Current and future study and employment).
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