A set of resources to prepare the students to write and talk about their school and their time table.
The first notebook presentation (Mi horario - 17 slides) includes work on school subjects, opinions and a quick tense revision).
The second one (Mi colegio) is 22 slides long, and it includes information about the school premises, rules (practising "se puede" and "hay que" + infinitive), a quick revision of the conditional to talk about your ideal school and a quick revision of the future simple.
The presentations are supported by 6 worksheets.
A (huge) set of resources covering several topics of theme 2 in the new Spanish GCSE:
Holidays
Home and local area
Social issues
Photo Cards
Role Plays
Spanish to English translations
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
These resources can be used to cover the topic of healthy and unhealthy lifestyle.
(They follow my previous unit about food).
The the first of the two Notebook presentations (22 slides) focus on healthy and unhealthy habits, in the past and in the present. It is followed by a secure presentation (26 slides) about giving advice and the consequences of not being healthy.
The activities include revision of different tenses, negative sentences and expressions with the infinitive (hay que + infinitive).
The two presentations are supported by a variety of worksheets that can be used together with the presentations or on their own.
There are three photo cards (part of the new GCSE speaking test) and two short translations.
This bundle includes some resources I have prepared to prepare my students for the new Spanish GCSE exams (based on the AQA specification):
- Practice writing paper (end of year 9). At both foundation and higher tiers, it covers Theme 1 (and it includes feedback sheets and mark schemes.
- Practice writing paper (end of year 10). At both foundation and higher tiers, it covers Theme 2 and it includes feedback sheets based on the writing mark schemes.
- Theme 3 writing paper (NEW). Covering the topics in Theme 3, at both foundation and higher level.
- Speaking test booklet, with a summary of the specification, copies of the mark schemes, sample photo cards and role plays, and questions for the general conversation, covering fully all three themes.
- Three booklets (one for each theme) with photo cards, covering fully all themes and sub themes.
- Three booklets with at least 15 role plays each covering the Theme 1 and Theme 2 and Theme 3.
Three sets of photo cards covering all three themes of the new GCSE course: Identity and culture (40 cards), Local, national, international and global areas of interest (24 cards) and Current and future study and employment ( 26 cards).
Each booklet also includes a student-friendly explanation of the requirements of the new exam and a copy of the mark scheme for the photo card.
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.
A set of four resources to prepare students for the speaking test of the new GCSE speaking exam:
- Speaking test booklet, that contains a full explanation of the new speaking exam requirements, sample photo cards and role plays, mark schemes and (a lot!) of questions to prepare each of the three themes
- Theme 1 (Identity and culture) Photo cards (40 cards altogether)
- Theme 2 (Local, national, international and global areas of interests) Photo Cards (24 cards)
- Theme 3 (Current and future study and employment) Photo Cards (26 cards)
A set of 24 Photo Cards covering the whole of Theme 2 (Local, national, international and global areas of interest) of the new GCSE course:
- Home, town, neighbourhood and region (8 cards)
- Social issues (charity/voluntary work; healthy, unhealthy living) (8 cards)
- Global issues (the environment; poverty/homelessness) (4 cards)
- Travel and tourism (4 cards).
Each card includes four foundation questions (in red) and four higher question (in blue), the first of which is always '¿Qué hay en la foto?.
If you like this resource, Photo Cards for themes one and thee, as well as a booklet containing all three themes, are also available.
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.
Booklet with key vocabulary for students to revise for their foundation listening and reading Spanish exams. It contains 15 pages of vocabulary in Spanish. Students write the English next to them and colour-code the words: green for the words they knew, yellow or amber for the ones they were not 100% sure, and red for the words they didn't know at all.
A whole unit of work to teach the topic of school to Year 7 students.
The Notebook presentation (44 slides) covers the following areas:
- school subjects
- opinions
- adjectives and
- timetable and the time
- school facilities
- general information about school
- school uniform
The grammar focus is on agreement of adjectives, opinions in the past and "hay" and "no hay".
All supported with 11 worksheets, including a writing frame summarising the whole topic.
Update: I have now included a PowerPoint version of the main file, converted from the original Notebook file. I recommend whenever possible to use the original version, as the file conversion has changed the layout of some slides and some features work less effectively on Power Point.
Three resources to prepare students fully to talk about the topics of technology, TV and cinema, with activities designed to match the new GCSE requirements.
A couple of lessons to prepare students to express an justify their opinions about TV programmes, using a variety of expressions (beyond the basic "me gusta"), adjectives and tenses. Supported by a template worksheet to express opinions in the present and in te past and a variety of activities.
A whole unit of work, covering all aspects of the holidays theme: transport, accommodation, weather, activities, different tenses (with emphasis on the preterite and the imperfect), comparisons, complex opinions.
Update: I have now included a PowerPoint version of the main file (The big holidays file), converted from the original Notebook file. I recommend whenever possible to use the original version, as the file conversion has changed the layout of some slides and some features work less effectively on Power
Point.
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.
This is a game designed to revise for the Spanish GCSE. It is meant to play as a class and if is based on snakes and ladders. Students will choose a counter and roll the dice, and they will have to do different things depending on where they land:
If they land in a box where there is a phrase in English, they have to translate it into Spanish.
If they land on a question mark, the teacher will ask them a question in Spanish (a set of sample questions is also included).
If they land on an exclamation mark, the teacher will ask them to do an action (e.g. "Tócate la nariz"). Twenty-five sample actions are included.
If they land on the stairs, they go up or down to the other end, and if they land on the lift, do the same.
The winner will be the first counter on the finish line.
The template of the game can be easily adapted to revise specific topics.