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Spanish KS3, GCSE and A Level resources.
New Spanish GCSE: Theme 3 (Current and future study and employment) Photo Cards. UPDATED
A set of 26 Photo Cards covering the whole of Theme 3 (Current and future study and employment) of the new GCSE course:
3.a. My studies (8 cards)
3.b. Life at school / college (6 cards)
3.c. Education post-16 (4 cards)
3.d. Jobs, career choices and ambitions (8 cards)
Each card includes five foundation questions (in red) and five higher question (in blue), the first of which is always '¿Qué hay en la foto?.
If you like this resource, Photo Cards for theme one and theme two, as well as a booklet covering all three themes, are also available in my shop.
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.
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La salud (Health and lifestyle)
A (big) set of resources covering all aspects of health and lifestyle:
- food
- healthy and unhealthy habits
- giving advice
- illness and going to the doctor
- daily routine
New Spanish GCSE Theme 3 Role Plays (Current and future education and employment). Speaking exam.
A set of twenty-five role plays (thirteen foundation, twelve higher) covering the whole of Theme 3 (Current and future education and employment), of the new Spanish GCSE course (AQA specification).
The booklet also includes an overview of the course, an explanation of the requirements of the speaking exam and the mark scheme for the role play.
Updated with a Role Play feedback sheet.
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New Spanish GCSE Role Plays (speaking test)
Three sets of foundation and higher role plays covering Theme 1 (Identity and culture), Theme 2 (local, regional, international and global areas of interest) and part of Theme 3 (Present and future education and employment).
The set currently includes 60 role plays altogether.
For other speaking resources (General conversation booklet, Photo Cards) please visit my shop.
New Spanish GCSE - Practice writing paper and feedback sheets: Theme 1 (Identity and culture)
Two practice writing papers (one foundation, one higher) following the format of the new GCSE writing exam. 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). The papers focus on Theme 1 of the new spec (Identity and culture) and they cover family and relationships, technology and leisure.
I have also included two feedback sheets (one foundation, now 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).
The resource also includes an explanation of the requirements of the Foundation and the Higher writing papers and a copy of the mark scheme for each question.
Also available in French: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-french-gcse-practice-writing-paper-and-feedback-sheets-theme-1-identity-and-culture-11668337
New Spanish A Level: Year 1 (AS) Paper 3 (speaking) discussion cards.
This booklet contains 36 speaking cards based on Theme 1 ans Theme 2 of the new AQA Spanish A Level course (Aspects of Hispanic society and Artistic culture in the Hispanic world). In other words, the themes covered in the AS course (Year one of the A Level course).
The cards contain (quite a lot) of factual information about the theme (a lot more than the sample cards from AQA) and three questions, the first one always being "How do you react to the information on this card).
The aim of presenting the cards like this is to provide the students with a lot of ideas on what to say about the theme, as well as making them more aware that they always have to discuss the information printed on the card (AO2 and AO4).
Each section is followed by around 20 questions for the students to research / discuss the topic further.
Finally, there are two alternative versions of the booklet, one with the overview and mark schemes for paper 3 in the AS course and another one with the overview and mark schemes for the whole A Level course.
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New Spanish AS (A Level year 1). Paper 3 (speaking) support bundle.
Three booklets to help students of AS (A Level year 1) Spanish prepare for paper 3 (speaking).
As well as an overview of the requirements of the exam and the mark schemes, the main booklet includes the sample cards from AQA and a lot of questions for the students to further develop the topic.
The other two booklets include a total of 36 discussion cards covering in a lot of detail all the topics in Theme 1 and Theme 2 (Aspects of Hispanic society and Artistic culture in the Hispanic world).
The final booklet includes a very detailed overview of the grammar required for A Level with a lot of activities for the students.
New Spanish A Level: Equal Rights - Fact file
A three-page file with a lot actual information about Spanish culture and society, focusing on the topic of Equal Rights, part of the theme Aspects of Hispanic culture of the new Spanish A Level. It provides students with facts and statistics, which should be very helpful in preparation for Paper 3 (the speaking exam).
The information contained in the resource can also be easily adapted and used in a variety of reading and translation activities.
New Spanish A Level: Year 1 fact file (Aspects of Hispanic society, Artistic culture Hispanic World)
This resource contains 18 pages full of information (facts and statistics) covering all aspects of the themes covered in year 1 of the new Spanish A Level course. There are nine pages about Aspects of Hispanic society (three pages about Traditional and moden values, three oabout Cyberspace and three pages about Equal rights) and nine pages about Artistic culture in the Hispanic world (Modern day idols, Spanish regional identity and Cultural heritage).
I wrote this resource to help students include enough cultural information to score well in AO4 in paper 3 (the speaking exam), but information included in the resource can be easily adapted to a variety of reading and translation activities.
New Spanish A Level: El racismo - Fact file. Paper 3 (speaking) revision.
This two page file includes a lot of information about racism in Spain, part of the new Spanish A Level course, specifically the theme Multiculturalism in Hispanic society.
New Spanish A Level. Paper 3 (Speaking) discussion cards: La convivencia (Integration).
This resource includes six discussion cards based on the sub-theme of Integration, part of the theme Multiculturalism in the Hispanic world of the New A Level course.
The cards are based on the new speaking exam. Each of them includes information on each the sub theme followed by three questions on each specific topic, the first of which always asks the students to react to the information on the card.
Finally, the six cards are followed by twenty questions that can be used to explore the sub-theme further, and a list of useful vocabulary for the speaking test.
New Spanish A Level: Paper 3 (Speaking). Discussion cards: Modern day idols.
This resource consists of six discussion cards based on the sub theme Modern day idols of the New Spanish A Level theme Artistic culture in the Hispanic world.
The cards cover a variety of aspects of the sub-theme (TV and movie stars, models, singers and musicians). Each card contains a lot of factual information and three questions to discuss the sub theme. Finally, the six cards are followed by a list of twenty questions to enable the students to study the sub theme further, as well as a list of useful language for the speaking test.
Cards for each sub-theme can be found in my shop:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/corcuera
Additionally, a booklet containing all cards for all the different sub-themes at a very reduced price can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-spanish-a-level-paper-3-speaking-discussion-cards-themes-1-2-3-and-4-11934713
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New Spanish GCSE - Writing support bundle. Perfect for home learning.
This bundle includes four resources to support Spanish GCSE students prepare for their writing exam:
Vocabulary booklet: a booklet with a lot of key vocabulary for each theme and topic of the new GCSE course, as well as a summary of the key exam rubrics and useful expressions.
Grammar booklet: this resource includes in fact two different versions of the same booklet (one of them an abridged version of the other one) that provide a very detailed overview of the key aspects of the grammar covered in the GCSE course, with plenty of examples and activities for the students.
90-word and 150-word question booklets: these two resources (one of them a TES PICK resource) contain twenty four questions each that follow the format of the 90-word and the 150-word questions in the new Spanish GCSE writing exam. They cover all three themes of the AQA specification, but can be easily adapted to other exam boards. In each booklet there are eight questions for each theme, and they can be used in lessons, but also as an easy way to set useful homework activities for the students.
Complex structures guide, to encourage stronger candidates to work independently to include more ambitious structures in their written work.
Spanish GCSE: Writing mat. Theme 1 (Identity and culture): Technology in everyday life.
This double-sided mat provides the students of all abilities with a lot of useful language to support them when writing about the GCSE topic of Technology.
Page one contains a lot of vocabulary (nouns, adjectives, conjunctions, time phrases and intensifiers) as well as a series of scaffolding structures (“sentence starters”). The second page contains twelve key verbs conjugated in the first person singular (yo) in six different tenses (the preterite, the imperfect, the present, the future, the conditional and the present subjunctive). Finally, there is also a section on complex structures on the second page, with plenty of examples of comparatives and superlatives, conditional sentences (“si fuera…”) and negative sentences and structures with the infinitive (para+infinitive).
(Note - please ignore the preview of the Word file, there is an ongoing issue with Word previews in TES; the file looks like the PDF shows)
Cuando era pequeño (opinions in different tenses in Spanish)
I find this the single more useful worksheet I have written. It is a simple template to write an extended sentence about how opinons havechanged (When I was little I liked... because it was..., but now...). I have been using it with all my Spanish groups (7-11) in the last couple of years, insisting that they always use the structure in their written and oral work, and by doing this they automatically include two tenses, a variety of connectives and adjectives and opinions in all their work.
I have also included two further resources as examples of how I've been using it.
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Spanish A Level: Paper 2 (El laberinto del fauno, La casa de Bernarda Alba), Paper 3 (speaking) and Grammar Bundle
Three booklets to prepare students for papers 2 and 3:
Paper 2 (writing) - El laberinto del fauno
Paper 2 (writing) - La casa de Bernarda Alba
Paper 3 (speaking)
Each booklet includes a wide range of questions to provide the students with plenty of practice, as well as detailed explanations of the paper's requirements, assessment objectives and mark schemes.
The fourth booklet contains a very comprehensive (118 pages) overview of the main aspects of Spanish grammar that the students are expected to be able to use on their A Level course.
Spanish GCSE: Customs and festivals - El Día de los Muertos. The day of the dead.
This file contains 8 reading, speaking and writing activities aimed at Spanish GCSE students based on the Mexican Day of the Dead festival (El Día de los Muertos).
The activities are:
vocabulary match-up
gap-fill (using the vocabulary from the first activity)
foundation and higher photo card
90-word question
Spanish to English translation
English to Spanish translation
Write questions for the answers
Spanish A Level: El uso de la alegoría en El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth: allegory)
A series of reading and writing activities, supported by screen captures from the film, to explore the use of allegory in Pan’s Labyrinth.
PLEASE NOTE: This resource is part of a much longer and much more exhaustive resource, my Pan’s Labyrinth Student Support Guide, which can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-a-level-el-laberinto-del-fauno-gu-a-de-estudio-pan-s-labyrinth-student-support-guide-12002448
There is a free sample of the guide on this link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/el-laberinto-del-fauno-planos-y-ngulos-de-c-mara-pan-s-labyrinth-shots-and-camera-work-12002490
Spanish A Level: Felipe VI en la intimidad (Aspects of political life in the Hispanic world).
A series of reading activities about the Spanish Royal Family.
Based on a text about King Felipe’s 50th birthday, this resource includes four activities (find synonyms, true, false or not mentioned, translation and summary).
The resource also includes a “fact file” with key information about the evolution of the Royal Family since Franco’s death and two speaking cards based on this information.
New Spanish GCSE: Identity and culture. 150-Word Questions Booklet (Higher writing)
A booklet with eight 150-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 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”.
Finally, the booklet also contains a copy of the mark scheme for the 150 word question and an overview of the themes and topics.