Best Spanish Writing Mat KS3/KS4 afl

The following set of resources is aimed at supporting students’ writing skills by offering a range of phrases, some available in three tenses, that they can incorporate in their writing to enhance both content and quality. Very useful for the 90 worder or 150 worder as it will help students focus on content, range and quality of structures and variety of vocabulary.
This is applicable to ANY TOPIC and ANY STAGE (KS3 or 4).
It is a great tool for differentiation.
TORTILLA stands for:
 Time phrases
 Opinions
 Reasons
 Tenses
 Intensifiers
 Linking words (connectives)
 Lots of wow phrases (idioms, etc)
 Adjectives

The pack includes:
• Introductory PowerPoint (can be printed and used as classroom displays)
• 1 student friendly table (1 page)
• 8 flashcards that can be laminated and turned into a booklet with a ring
• 1 colourful bookmark (print, fold, glue)
• 1 model text with the topic of holidays
• 3 page activity (pairs, or group) based around model text
• 1 Group AfL Chefs PowerPoint

Instructions:
• Print & distribute the 1 page doc to students
• Laminated copies can be used in the classroom
• You can print, laminate and bind the 8 flashcards back to back as in the pictures
• Use the introductory PowerPoint to brief students
• Students can use TORTILLA when writing as support
• Teachers can point at a specific item at a time, for example, you can give students instructions to include 3 time phrases and 2 wow phrases.
• It is a great tool to improve texts, ie. you can give the class a text and ask them to pimp it up in groups or pairs, maybe each group focusing on a specific item then reporting to the rest of the class.
• It can be used as an assessment tool – make it fun by buying chef hats and asking students to be food critic in peer assessment, focusing on and giving advice in specific areas.
• Students can apply TORTILLA by having to identify the different items in a given model text – often text book model texts are very useful for this.
• TORTILLA can be used as a springboard for discussions to illustrate how students’ responses can be improved

DIFFERENTIATION TOOL
Some students can use it under exam conditions whilst others may not need it
HOMEWORK OPPORTUNITY
As homework, students can be guided to learn one card at a time, then tested as vocabulary lists.
PEER ASSESSMENT
Students can use TORTILLA to evaluate how well they have done
AFL/ TARGET SETTING
Students can identify how and what they need to improve on (self- and peer- assessment)
GROUP TASKS
Students can become food critics and constructively give advice to peers or make improvements in given texts (by the teacher or from the text book).
This will generate creative and engaging conversations amongst students.