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 two-page help sheet for A level students needing to write essays for their exams.
Focuses on the development of the structure of the essays and contains:
Sentence starters for introductions, plus key words
Sentence starters for main paragraphs, plus key words
Sentence starters for the conclusion, plus key words
Advice on verbal constructions (based on mistakes I have seen in students’ essays)
Key vocab
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.
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 Spanish mock exam paper designed to assess students’ use of grammar in particular areas.
The paper can be used for any exam board and is most suited to Year 12 and 13 students as some topics are complex. The topics assessed are as follows:
In Activity 1 (pictured)
The use of estar/ser
The use of different tenses in different circumstances
The use of estar/haber
Pronouns
In Activity 2
The use of tenses and conjugations
In Activity 3
Using the imperative: afirmativo and negativo
In Activity 4
Using the passive
A mark scheme is included in a separate document.
Aimed at A level students doing the AQA spec: subtheme la famille en voie de changement
There is a particular focus on speaking and reading/translation tasks
PPT provides information on:
what PACS is
conditions of it
statistics for class discussion
gap fill and writing exercise on PACS
class discussion questions regarding PACS, alternatives to marriage in other countries, and why marriage trends have changed
translation exercise
Extra exercises available for those needing an extension
This resource includes all lessons and accompanying resources for the Claro 1 Unit 2 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:
2.1 ¡Contamos hasta cien!
2.2 Te presento a mi familia
2.3 Los animales y las mascotas
2.4 Espejito, espejito …
2.5 Las descripciones físicas
2.6 Mi carácter y relaciones
This unit is typically taught to Year 7 students, although is beginner’s Spanish and can be used accordingly.
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 full lesson aimed at A level students studying French that covers discrimination between genders, above all in the work place.
The resource includes:
A PPT with a quiz as a starter where students use what they know to guess answers to some facts about the status of women in France and in the world of work. (15 mins)
A document with the answers on to these questions plus additional information.
A verb test which will take around 15 minutes
Answers to the verb test
A reading task plus answers (30 mins)
Suitable for any exam board
This resource is suitable for any year group with whom you have worked on the subjunctive and its uses. The PPT lesson will require some prior knowledge of the tense, however it is possible to adapt it so that this is not the case.
The PPT has 5 different tasks:
To revise, list some instances whereby you would use the subjunctive (includes answers)
Give certain forms of the subjunctive of certain verbs
Impersonal phrases that take the subjunctive
How to use the subjunctive to translate other phrases where it’s not needed in English (although, wherever etc)
Translation activities
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 lesson with 5 resources included aimed at students doing the AS/A level AQA Spanish paper 2 - Introduction/Revision
Includes a presentation which can be used to first introduce the text, or to revise it. The PPT includes:
information on the author/context and his intentions when writing the play
main themes
structure of the play
techniques/effects used
importance of language used
historical context (timelines)
comments on idioms used and their historical significance
historical notes
character summaries
an introduction to the text worksheet
further literary reading
The worksheets/activities included are:
read/annotate and highlight the sheet entitled ‘personajes’ and answer questions listed on them
‘una introduccion’ sheet includes translation, timeline and comprehension questions
comprehension on the literary criticism sheet provided
a sheet of questions for students to answer in exam style
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 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 Presentation on the Individual Research Project. This could be covered all in one lesson, or referred back to in different lessons based on what stage of the IRP you are at.
Includes:
A comprehensive PPT which takes you through all steps of the IRP. Includes tasks, activities for consolidation, revision and preparation. Also introduces the IRP and explains what it is and how much it counts.
An example of an IRP on women in society during the 1930s. This is a full script with questions and responses to show what the discussion should be like.
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 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 2, covering:
• My home
• Local area
• Shopping
• Charity and voluntary work
• Healthy and unhealthy living
• The environment
• Poverty and homelessness
• Other social and global issues
• Travel
• Holidays and tourism
Altogether there are 10 short paragraph 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 1 and 3, 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.
A complete PPT lesson la laïcité et Noël en France - secularity and Christmas in France.
Aimed at A level students as it encourages debates/use of spoken French for a large part in the classroom.
Includes grammar points and vocab points created as feedback from a previous essay homework set to students. These are, of course, transferable as they include common mistakes made by students when writing in French.
Encourages students to challenge how democracy and secularity works - the French state is supposed to be separate from the Church however all Bank Holidays are Catholic festivals.
Incorporates group work too.
A complete PPT able to last several lessons for beginners Italian. This can work as an introduction lesson or revision lesson. It includes:
alphabet and phonetics
accents and pronunciation of double letters
adjective agreements
personal pronouns
nationalities
introducing oneself
articles
forming sentences
quantities
HW of a personal description set
An exam paper created to challenge/assess A/AS level Spanish students.
The exam is not made for any particular exam board and can be used to practice/test skills required for all exam boards, including:
Comprehension: reading the extract and answering questions relating to it (multiple choice).
Explaining the meaning of certain words based on context/finding synonyms.
Gap fill.
Correcting grammatically incorrect sentences.
Summary writing.
Extended writing task (blog).
Answers are included for every section EXCEPT Section B - the writing task. This is for the teacher to mark based on the quality of the student’s writing, but it could also be an opportunity for the students to peer assess.