A variety of resources including revision booklets, entire lessons and worksheets suitable for GCSE and A level students of Spanish and French. There are several Italian, as well as English language/literature resources available too.
A variety of resources including revision booklets, entire lessons and worksheets suitable for GCSE and A level students of Spanish and French. There are several Italian, as well as English language/literature resources available too.
A worksheet + answers aimed at A level students of French, suitable for any exam board
Includes two texts that provide an insight into dance and culture in France, especially relevant in today’s climate, whereby students must complete vocab charts (from English to French), as well as answer comprehension questions
Can be used as the main activity for a lesson, as a starter, or as a homework activity to consolidate vocab knowledge. Could also be used as an end-of-topic vocab assessment
Tests comprehension abilities as well as how to read for gist
Students can complete this exercise with dictionaries to improve vocab, or without to practice exam technique and being in situations where they may not understand all vocab used in a text
A worksheet + answers aimed at A level students of French, suitable for any exam board
Includes two texts that provide an insight into the current problems the French economy and leisure sector is facing, whereby students must complete vocab charts (from English to French). There is also a translation activity, as well as grammar tasks where students must conjugate the vocabulary they have found in the text accordingly" rather than what it says currently.
Can be used as the main activity for a lesson, as a starter, or as a homework activity to consolidate vocab knowledge. Could also be used as an end-of-topic vocab assessment
Tests comprehension abilities as well as how to read for gist
Students can complete this exercise with dictionaries to improve vocab, or without to practice exam technique and being in situations where they may not understand all vocab used in a text
A worksheet + answers aimed at A level students of French, suitable for any exam board
Includes two texts that provide an insight into drug/alcohol usage and problems in France whereby students must complete vocab charts (from English to French)
Can be used as the main activity for a lesson, as a starter, or as a homework activity to consolidate vocab knowledge. Could also be used as an end-of-topic vocab assessment
Tests comprehension abilities as well as how to read for gist
Students can complete this exercise with dictionaries to improve vocab, or without to practice exam technique and being in situations where they may not understand all vocab used in a text
An essay-writing handbook created specifically for A level students (of any exam board) to use when practicing and revising for the ‘essay’ section of their exams.
Sections include:
Conventions of essay-writing: a recap of the tone, register, structure, etc. that should be used.
Guidance on quoting
Revision sections on the introduction, body and conclusion of the essay. Includes two ‘exemplar’ introductions and one ‘exemplar’ conclusion where students can clearly see the objectives being met
Vocabulary given for the introduction, conclusion and the development of arguments. This is an extensive list.
A full lesson (PPT) aimed at any level of GCSE Spanish (can be adapted). Includes a quiz which is the main point of the lesson - students must come up with their team name in Spanish relating to Halloween in some way. They write their answers down, then we go through them in class and cover any vocab the students are unsure of.
Then, the rest of the lesson is spent on cultural aspects of Halloween in Southern America. There is a reading comprehension task (true or false) that comes with answers.
A series of activities that can be used to fill an entire Easter lesson, or to accompany a pre-prepared lesson. The activity focuses on putting different aspects of grammar into practice, along with trying to inspire the students to write creatively in Italian. The activities are as follows:
Complete the sentences by conjugating the verb into the right tense and the right person. Then ask these questions to your neighbour and answer them spontaneously. This is good revision for the spontaneous element of the GCSE oral exam.
Use the conditional tense to write/say 3 things you would do differently next Easter holiday.
Complete the sentences with the correct pronouns and circle if they are true or false for you. (Matter of opinion)
True or false speaking exercise - students are given statements and have to guess if the statement is true or false for their partner.
Comprehension task about how Easter is celebrated in Italy.
Write 80 words at least on how you celebrated Easter
A resource designed to be used as an Assessment Point/In-Class test which covers:
Reflexive verbs in the present and the passato prossimo
Gap-fills with regular verbs in the passato prossimo and imperfetto (test if the students can use these tenses in the correct situations)
Mancare, piacere and servire verbs with pronouns
Pronouns and verbs when conjugated together
Writing exercise using the conditional about holidays
Gap-fill task using the conditional about holidays
Vocab: what is the opposite to…? (
A complete lesson on the present tense in Spanish, suitable for KS3 and KS4 as it’s easily adaptable. This includes a full lesson presentation, plus two exercises. It covers the uses of the present tense as well as the conjugations of regular past verbs. It shows how to conjugate all AR, ER and IR verbs.
A full PPT and accompanying task to teach students about the verbs of change in Spanish.
These include:
hacerse
volverse
quedarse
ponerse
llegar a ser
convertirse en
The PPT explains what using each one of these verbs demonstrates and gives examples.
The exercise can be used to assess how well students are able to use the correct verb in a given context.
Two grammar activities aimed at Year 11/A level Spanish students to practice, consolidate or assess knowledge of grammar.
The first activity is where students have to conjugate the given verb into the appropriate tense to match with the rest of the sentence.
The second activity is where students have to complete the rest of a sentence with no more than 10 words, ensuring it’s grammatically correct and corresponds with the rest of the sentence too.
Tenses tested:
preterite
imperfect
imperfect subjunctive
past perfect
present subjunctive
imperative
conditional perfect
Can be adapted to suit any ability level.
A full topic vocabulary list from the following topics:
La inmigracion
El racismo
La convivencia
Jovenes de hoy, ciudadanos del manana
Monarquias y dictaduras
Los movimientos populares
Includes Spanish and English vocab.
This can be used as a revision activity, given to students to learn at the start of the topic, or cover the English or Spanish and get students to fill the gaps as an assessment.
A full topic vocabulary list from the ‘Los Movimientos Populares’ topic. Aimed at AQA A level (A2) students.
Subtopics include:
6.1 La efectividad de las manifestaciones y las huelgas
6.2 El poder de los sindicatos
6.3 Ejemplos de protestas sociales
Includes Spanish and English.
This can be used as a revision activity, given to students to learn at the start of the topic, or cover the English or Spanish and get students to fill the gaps as an assessment.
A full topic vocabulary list from the ‘Monarquias y Dictaduras’ topic. Aimed at AQA A level (A2) students.
Subtopics include:
5.1 La dictadura de Franco
5.2 La evolucion de la monarquia en Espana
5.3 Dictadores latinoamericanos
Includes Spanish and English.
This can be used as a revision activity, given to students to learn at the start of the topic, or cover the English or Spanish and get students to fill the gaps as an assessment.
A full topic vocabulary list from the ‘Los jovenes de hoy, ciudadanos del manana’ topic. Aimed at AQA A level (A2) students.
Subtopics include:
4.1 Los jovenes y su actitud hacia la politica: activismo o apatia
4.2 El paro entre los jovenes
4.3 Su sociedad ideal
Includes Spanish and English.
This can be used as a revision activity, given to students to learn at the start of the topic, or cover the English or Spanish and get students to fill the gaps as an assessment.
A full topic vocabulary list from the ‘La Convivencia’ topic. Aimed at AQA A level (A2) students.
Subtopics include:
3.1 La convivencia de culturas
3.2 La educacion
3.3 Las religiones
Includes Spanish and English.
This can be used as a revision activity, given to students to learn at the start of the topic, or cover the English or Spanish and get students to fill the gaps as an assessment.
Suitable for all years studying Spanish - from year 7 to year 13 as it can be adapted based on the tenses they need to revise or consolidate.
Game works as follows:
There are 20 different verbs in their own box. - Cut out each verb and place it face down on the table
Ask a student/peer to pick one of the verbs, and reveal what they got
Choose one tense, and one person form for them to conjugate the verb to
1 point for a correct conjugation, and 1 extra point if they can use the conjugation in a sentence adequately
Teachers can make notes on weak grammar points from this
The list of tenses:
Present
Preterite
Imperfect
Conditional
Future
Subjunctive
Imperfect Subjunctive
Future Subjunctive
Imperative: Affirmative
Imperative: Negative
Present Continuous
Preterite Continuous
Imperfect Continuous
Conditional Continuous
Future Continuous
Present Perfect
Preterite Perfect
Past Perfect
Conditional Perfect
Future Perfect
Perfect Subjunctive – Present
Perfect Subjunctive – Past
Perfect Subjunctive – Future
A full topic vocabulary list from the ‘Los Valores Tradicionales y Modernos’ topic. Aimed at AQA AS students.
Subtopics include:
1.1 – Los cambios en la familia
1.2 Actitudes hacia el matrimonio y el divorcio
1.3 La influencia de la Iglesia Católica
Includes Spanish and English.
This can be used as a revision activity, given to students to learn at the start of the topic, or cover the English or Spanish and get students to fill the gaps as an assessment.
Lesson includes a PPT which covers the following topics:
la homosexualidad bajo el regimen
la opresion social y la tirania
la sociedad perfecta de Franco - el machismo
la Izquierda
reforma de la ley de vagos y maleantes
Includes a second PPT in English which I used to give context before teaching this in Spanish. It includes:
Spanish Civil War background information
Orwell’s Participation in the War
Sexual freedom: Republican view vs Nationalist view
Also includes a ‘mock’ IRP script prepared by myself to show students what kind of information should be included in their IRP about the topic of la vida bajo el regimen de Franco
A full topic vocabulary list from the ‘La Inmigración’ topic. Aimed at AQA A2 students.
Subtopics include:
1.1 Los beneficios y los aspectos negativos
1.2 La inmigración en el mundo hispánico
1.3 Los indocumentados – problemas
Includes Spanish and English.
This can be used as a revision activity, given to students to learn at the start of the topic, or cover the English or Spanish and get students to fill the gaps as an assessment.
A full topic vocabulary list from the ‘El Racismo’ topic. Aimed at AQA A2 students.
Subtopics include:
2.1 Las actitudes racistas y xenófobas
2.2 Las medidas contra el racismo
2.3 La legislación anti-racista
Includes Spanish and English.
This can be used as a revision activity, given to students to learn at the start of the topic, or cover the English or Spanish and get students to fill the gaps as an assessment.