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 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.
A bundle that includes
AS level French revision booklet - a compilation of all topics from the AQA spec
A translation and grammar workbook with many exercises (with answers)
An A level specific translation workbook - the translations here come with answers and are in an exam-style format
Please see each individual resource for more information.
AQA A level French resource
An exemplar essay written to answer the following question:
“Analysez comment les rapports entre le narrateur et ses parents changent au cours du roman."
This is marked and includes feedback plus where this would score if it were to be marked by AQA examiners.
There are several reflective questions at the end where students must look at ideas they can take from it, think about what could be improved, and more, meaning it makes a great lesson activity.
A worksheet that can be used as an in-class assessment aimed at A level students, or Year 11s that can confidently use the subjunctive. The worksheet is as follows:
Spanish Subjunctive/Indicative Revision. A list of sentences all beginning with ‘cuando’ where students must choose which mood fits best and conjugate the verb accordingly.
Complete sentences conjugating verbs - this varies from mood to tense to person.
Select the correct word to fill the gap.
This comes with answers so can be peer-marked, teacher-marked or class-marked.
A complete PPT aimed at A level students to explain to them how French articles are used, but can be tailored to suit lower years too.
PPT (33 slides) includes explanations and uses of:
Definite le/la/les
Indefinite un/une/des
Partitive du/de la
When do du, de la, de l’ (partitive) and des (indefinite) become de?
Difference between the partitive / plural indefinite and the ‘article contracté’
The ‘zero article’ (= omission of the article)
A resource I created to give to A level/Year 11 students as an in-class exam which can be particularly useful for Assessment Points.
It tests the following:
Pronouns: exercises include re-writing sentences and replacing certain words with the correct pronouns
Tenses: give the correct conjugation of the verb with the correct tense
Translating questions and inverting verbs into French
*Comes with answers provided on the last page of the document.
** This test normally lasts around 45 minutes so I have enough time to explain what we’re doing in the lesson and then do a short plenary or starter activity.
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.
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 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 booklet designed to help students practice their translation from Spanish into English.
Primarily designed for AQA where at Foundation and Higher, students translate a short passage from Spanish to English as part of the last question on the Reading exam.
This Booklet is just for Theme 3, covering:
• My studies
• Life at school
• Education post-16
• Jobs and ambitions
• Work experience
Altogether there are 10 short paragraph translations (2 per theme) for students to complete. There is an accompanying answer booklet too that has a breakdown of how students would get the 9 marks per question, following the format of the AQA mark scheme.
Suitable for in-class work, homework and revision, or cover.
Please visit my shop to access booklets for Themes 1 and 2, or to buy the booklet containing all three themes in.
A booklet designed to help students practice their translation from French into English.
Primarily designed for AQA where at Foundation and Higher, students translate a short passage from French to English as part of the last question on the Reading exam.
This Booklet is just for Theme 1, covering:
• Relationships with family and friends
• Marriage
• Social media
• Technology
• Music
• Cinema and TV
• Food and eating out
• Sport
• Customs and festivals
Altogether there are 9 translations for students to complete. There is an accompanying answer booklet too that has a breakdown of how students would get the 9 marks per question, following the format of the AQA mark scheme.
Suitable for in-class work, homework and revision, or cover.
Please visit my shop to access booklets for Themes 2 and 3, or to buy the booklet containing all three themes in.
This resource includes lessons and accompanying resources for PARTS OF the Claro 1 Unit 3 scheme of work. There are a range of activities, games and in-class assessment points (differentiated). Grammar points are taught also, and homework is provided.
Topics:
3.4 ¡Brrr¡ Hace frío!
3.5 ¡Somos fanátic@s de la música!
3.6 Su foto tiene muchos ‘me gusta’
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 ‘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 ‘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 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
Useful revision lesson for AQA A level students for the cinema topic. Lesson includes:
key info. on Les Freres Lumiere
Synonym / vocab-finding task
FR --> EN translation activities
EN --> FR translation activities
Useful sentences for giving information and facts about the history of cinema
Key words and phrases for the topic
Practicing writing reviews of certain films
Reviews of many different French films with useful vocabulary included
A useful sheet that provides students with key information on the historical, political and social context of William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience. Also gives insights into key themes in the collection.
Useful as part of an introduction lesson, or a revision tool.
Used as part of A level AQA Lit B spec. but can be useful for any exam board studying the collection.
For use in any classroom - a full, colour list of flags and their respective European countries’ names.
Not produced by me, but did take a lot of finding. Unsure of the author, but posting here to make finding display resources easier.