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.
Study a Christmas movie in Spanish. Klaus -available on Netflix.
Duration: between 4 and 5 lessons if you are going to watch the movie. The resources can be used before, after or while watching the movie.
Resources (booklet and power point) to use with students of Spanish (made aimed at year 7 but can be used with any year group).
The resources cover:
Before-watching discussions
Trailer
Characters (a reading)
Characters descriptions in Spanish
The main message of the movie (kindness)
A review of the movie
A letter to Klaus (reading, writing)
A Christmas lesson with a range of activities to be used at different levels from year 6 to year 8 students of Spanish. Great lesson for the end of term.
Contents:
Christmas vocabulary + Games
GCSE speaking style -qué hay en la foto
Morat -dulce navidad (gap filling and dictionary race
Christmas activities/ crafts ideas
Resource originally aimed at KS5 classes but can be adapted for younger years.
Escape room type of lesson where students need to learn about Christmas celebrations in Spain to crack a final code.
They will learn about:
Food, key dates, Christmas lottery, Christmas carols and key aspects of the Christmas period in Spain.
Save hours and hours and hours of preparation with this Scheme of work for La casa de Bernarda Alba. (10-16 lessons + student booklets).
Very user friendly, you can use the lessons to teach yourself if you have never taught the book before.
Scheme of work overview:
L1 Federico García Lorca An introduction on the life of Lorca and his main works.
L2 Historical context. Pre-civil war Spain Understand the importance of the historical context for the play
L3 Act 1 Analysis of Act 1
L4 Act 2 Analysis of Act 2
L5 Act 3 Analysis of act 3
L6 Character analysis 1 Analysis and comprehension of the main characters
L7 Character analysis 2 Analysis and comprehension of the main characters
L8 Themes Analysis of the main themes in the play
L9 Technique Analyse and learn about the main techniques used by the writer
L10 Essay writing workshop: Explore the structure of the essay (introduction, development and conclusion)
L11 Essay writing workshop: Explore the language used in the essay and the mark scheme (A level)
L12 Essay workshop: Writing practice
L13 Essay consolidation: Quote revision
L13 Essay consolidation: Revision lesson
Extra Explore sessions: Trivial pursuit
Extra Explore sessions: Monopoly
Extra Explore sessions: Tinder profiles for characters
Extra Explore sessions: Quote game
Two lessons to cover ‘Un día fatal’ from the new AQA Spanish higher text book (module 1). Lessons include plenty of tasks covering the new GCSE spec (read aloud, pronunciation, grammar etc…)
An A level taster lesson (60 minutes but can be delivered in less if you skip the speaking) for GCSE students covering the importance of flamenco in Spanish society nowadays and how Rosalia has had an impact on the Flamenco genre in today’s world.
Contents:
Warm up- Spanish stereotypes
Quiz on flamenco - qué sabes del flamenco
Speaking activity (mainly opinions)
Card sorting activity (positive/ negative views on flamenco)
Rosalia- a reading comprehension. The article has been adapted from different newspaper articles
Malamente- speaking task
Speaking card mock activity (plenary)
Q&A
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
Although this is not a lesson, the resources can be used for a lesson, or as part of a lesson to prepare students for task 1 (edexcel).
It includes 2 games to practice questions from all themes, using speaking questions from past papers and resources to share with students to work on fluency, complexity, spontaneity and interaction.
A very challenging lesson on christmas for your GCSE spanish groups. Tell your students all about Christmas in Spain and use the powerpoint and the visual clues to support understanding (all the information is written on the notes just in case you need help with the target language). Keep using TL until the very last day :)
The lesson includes a Christmas quiz for a different lesson as well.
(I normally ask my students to make notes and share what they understood after I give them information for each day)
Two lessons focused on context before studying ‘El laberinto del fauno’. These have been planned to be taught before watching the movie and they give a good insight into the context before, during and after the Civil War in Spain. (32 slides). It includes a booklet for students.
L1 focuses on the period before and during the war
-La segunda república
-Las dos Españas
-El comienzo y final de la guerra
-La posguerra bajo Franco
L2 covers key elements during postwar Spain that are going to be featured in the movie.
-La resistencia republicana
-El racionamiento durante la posguerra
-La ideología franquista hacia la mujer
A trivial pursuit lesson to revise key concepts about La casa de Bernarda Alba.
0 prep, as everything is interactive. No printing required.
Questions cover quotes, themes, characters, historical and social context, writer’s technique and symbols.
Works well as an end of module/term lesson or a lesson to revise the book after the holidays.
An introductory lesson to study the social and historical context of the play, with reading and listening comprehension activities and a student friendly booklet to work independently.