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.
Resources (booklet and power point) to use with Year 7 students of Spanish.
Pack of 3-5 lessons to study the movie Coco.
The resources cover:
Before-watching discussions
Trailer
Mexican culture
Characters
Songs
A review of the movie
Project ideas
One lesson to teach a brief introduction to the music topic at A level.
Note taking exercise (listening) covering:
Cómo ha evolucionado la música Española a través de los años
Cantantes precursores de la música española actual
The history of music in Spanin through the years (read aloud/ pair dictation) + reading comprehension summary
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 to teach the influence of the church in Spanish society and the family structure to A level students (theme 1, unit 1).
L1 - Overview of the catholic church in Spain and how its influence has changed through the years,
L2- Influence of the church on society and family structures.
Skills:
Listening
Reading
Speaking
Translation
A series of lessons (4) and resources to use with Year 11 students before their writing paper (mixed ability). Great for last minute revision.
Key irregular verbs -drilling
Opinions and reasons
Time expressions / weather
Model answers
An introductory lesson based only on act 2 with main quotes, main vocabulary, reading comprehension activities, summaries and essay writing questions.
Aimed for students to work independently with the booklet but it can also be used to teach a lesson. All answers are provided on the power point.
An introductory lesson based only on act 3 designed to be used before and while students are reading the act, with main quotes, main vocabulary, reading comprehension activities, summaries and mini essay writing questions.
Aimed for students to work independently with the booklet but it can also be used to teach a lesson. All answers are provided on the power point.
Escape the room lesson in French and Spanish aimed at primary school students or beginners in Secondary school. Ideal for transition days to be used with students who do any of the languages at primary. Please notice that this lesson requires a lot of prepation (mainly printing) and it’s quite interactive.
Topics cover colours, sports, numbers, opinions, adjectives and introductions.
A lesson to teach KS3 students about Spanish celebrations during Easter.
Since it’s a cultural lesson, it has been planned to use a mixed between English and the target language.
Brief summary:
Differences between Spain and UK
Easter celebrations - a dictionary of key terms
The dance of the death- Verges (paralel translation)
Quiz/ competition
Speaking activity - share your opinion
A lesson to revise the end of module -Somos así (Rojo).
Plenty of games focusing on all the skills and a mini test at the end for students to self assess themselves.
A monopoly board game to revise La Casa de Bernarda Alba.
The resource includes instructions and everything students need to play the game, you just need to print and laminate the slides.
A great fun way to revise the book! Enjoy :)
Four lessons based on topic 2 from Viva (foundation and higher combination) for mixed ability groups.
Lesson 1
hay/no hay recap
tenerife (videos and cultural information)
reading and introduction of the future tense
writing: plan a weekend in Tenerife, what will you do?
Lesson 2
future recap
reading comprehension
listening
speaking game
Lesson 3
weather in the future tense (more complex expressions)
reading comprehension
listening task
design your own weather forecast
Lesson 4
verb tense revision (time line)
writing task (GCSE style + grading criteria)
Two lessons aimed at teaching festivals in a very simplified way (excellent resource if you have had no time to cover this topic).
Lessons are based on Viva.
Lesson 1:
Knowledge test -match up festival with description + key vocabulary
guess the festival -video activity
reading and introduction of passive voice
grammar- how to avoid passive in Spanish (structures with SE)
avoid the passive practise
Lesson 2
Revision on present tense conjugation
Fill in the gap, GCSE reading type task on Dia de Muertos
Translation
There is an additional reading comprehension question in the style of GCSE section B (questions and answers in Spanish)