Set of lessons (at least 2 without watching the movie) to study the movie Encanto (available on Disney+). Powerpoint and student booklet. You can use the resources before / while / after watching the movie or not watch the movie at all!
Contents:
Exploration of Colombian culture
Characters (gifts, physical descriptions and family tree)
Songs (La familia Madrigal + no se habla de Bruno)
A review of the movie
+2 optional mini projects
Easily adaptable to any year group but designed for year 7 / year 8 students of Spanish.
Skills:speaking, reading, writing and listening
Vocabulary: family, physical descriptions, adjectives, possesion
6 lessons to teach the festivals / birthday topic.
Cómo celebras tu cumple (present tense focus)
Cuál es tu fiesta favorita (focus on festivals)
cómo celebraste/ qué hiciste (past tense focus)
prefieres festivales en Inglaterra o Espana
A series of lessons (4) and resources to use with Year 11 students before their writing paper (mixed ability). Great for last minute revision.
Key irregular verbs -drilling
Opinions and reasons
Time expressions / weather
Model answers
Series of lessons on La Tomatina.
L1- introduction to the festival (basic vocabulary) and rules
L2- what do people do at La Tomatina festival -revision of present tense
L3- what did you do at the festival? revision of past tense
L4- GCSE listening practice on the topic of La tomatina
L5- did you have a good time? consolidation of opinions in the past tense
+Extra activity, murder mystery
Whole unit of work ‘El mundo laboral’
L1- introduction to the topic /context/ glossary of important terms/ reading comprehension/ translation
L2 and 3 -la precariedad laboral y los mileuristas /context /reading/ listening /translation
L4 -grammar focus, preterite tense and all its irregulars
L5- La generación nini /speaking
L6 - tipos de contrato /recap lesson/ listening and translation
L7 - Contratos basura /speaking focus
L8- grammar focus passive voice
L9- El día de la mujer trabajadora
L10- Mujeres que hacen malabarismos /reading /listening/ translation
L11 -Mini IRP assessment preparation lesson
Skill based lessons aimed at covering last minute revision on the topic of free time with past paper questions and GCSE tasks.
L1- vocab / grammar/ reading and listening
L2- vocab (food focus) / grammar /reading and listening
Intro lesson to topic 3, El impacto turístico en España.
Context
(listening activity /summary)
Time line: students sort out cards to complete a time line with key dates and events in the history of turism in Spain.
Brief speaking activity
An informative booklet for Year 11/10 students about their speaking assessment.
You have to adapt certain parts of the booklet, since it contains dates etc, but very useful for students to have all the info in one place.
It also includes examples of each task and the mark schemes for foundation and higher candidates.
A resources aimed at A level students of Spanish (Year 12 and Year 13).
Students learn about Christmas in Spain and different Spanish traditions. Students listen to a description of what happens in Spain during Christmas (teacher led/ read by the teacher) and then complete a quiz.
The resource also includes a board game based on the information shared with students during the lesson. Ideal for the last lesson of the term.
Introductory lesson to topic 2 -el mundo laboral (EDexcell)
Lesson contents:
Key vocabulary and concepts for the topic (glossary activity)
Content and introduction /listening question -summary
Reading
Translation
Two writing mats to help students master opinions and reasons in Spanish. It includes:
Basic opinions and ways to spice them up + someone else’s opinions + opinions in different tenses.
Basic adjectives to give reasons in Spanish (all topics) + more complex reasons + comparative structures + idioms + reasons in different tenses.
Resources (booklet and power point) to use with Year 7 students of Spanish.
Pack of 3-5 lessons to study the movie Coco.
The resources cover:
Before-watching discussions
Trailer
Mexican culture
Characters
Songs
A review of the movie
Project ideas
A 2 lesson PPT and booklet to use before and after watching the film “Zipi y Zape y la isla del capitan’ (on Netflix). Ideal for end of year activities.
Adapted authentic resources, reading comprehension, wordsearch, listening and writing.