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
End-of-term French Christmas quiz, suitable for any year group (inc. A level students)
Includes:
Cultural references - is the answer A,B,C etc.
Translations
New verb and cultural-specific vocabulary for Christmas
True or false
Gap fills
*Answers included in a separate document, in the same folder.
An exam/revision activities suitable for GCSE students of Italian, of any exam board
Includes six different activities that test verb conjugations, translation, writing composition and grammar
Comes with the answers as a separate document
Can be used as a revision activity, end-of-term exam, or as a homework task. The activities can also be separated and included as part of an in-class activity
A list of questions in Spanish aimed at practicing tenses. This is an activity to be done in pairs, cut out and then spoken in pairs. Can be used as a starter or a main lesson activity.
A full lesson on lockdown in France (featuring 2nd and 3rd, most recent, waves of Covid).
Focuses on translation, comprehension and speaking skills.
Comes with a student worksheet to accompany the tasks in the lesson.
Lesson is planned time-wise (see PPT notes).
Suitable for any exam board.
A fun and interactive full lesson aimed at pre-GCSE or GCSE students of Spanish to teach them about Earth Day (22 April).
Structure of lesson is as follows:
video introducing main concepts of Earth Day followed by audio comprehension questions (with ext. task for higher ability students)
quiz (main activity) plus answers
introduction to environmental problems in Latin America
writing exercise on what has been learnt in the lesson
A lesson, ideal as an introductory one for GCSE or A level Spanish that focuses on the linguistic importance of Spanish. This lesson was made to encourage students to see the relevance of learning a language, especially during the current political climate that is telling students otherwise.
The lesson also teaches the difference between a language, a dialect and an accent. Students will encounter linguistic differences that they have perhaps not yet encountered having learnt English.
A resource designed to be used as an Assessment Point/In-Class test which covers:
Reflexive verbs in the present and the passato prossimo
Gap-fills with regular verbs in the passato prossimo and imperfetto (test if the students can use these tenses in the correct situations)
Mancare, piacere and servire verbs with pronouns
Pronouns and verbs when conjugated together
Writing exercise using the conditional about holidays
Gap-fill task using the conditional about holidays
Vocab: what is the opposite to…? (
A revision quiz aimed at students having just studied the AQA GCSE unit 3 quiz. Accessible to Foundation and Higher students. Quiz is cultural, grammatical and tests vocabulary also.
There are a variety of different rounds testing different skills, both interpersonal and subject-based.
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.
A full lesson aimed at A/AS level students studying French. This falls under the ‘le patrimoine’ topic of the AQA spec.
The lesson focuses on le patrimoine culturel immatériel, specifically the practice of ‘la Corrida’ which has huge controversy surrounding its practice in the south of France.
It comes with a vocabulary section, gives information on the practice in France and the main activity is a writing task.
The lesson also comes with homework to complete for the next lesson.
Note: the learning objectives have been kept blank.
A complete lesson PPT on the verb ‘piacere’ and i vestiti, suitable for GCSE Italian students.
The lesson includes:
conjugating ‘mi piace’
how to use quantifiers to say how much you like something
interview activity in pairs
colours and how to talk about clothes’ colours
writing task
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 full topic vocabulary list from the following topics:
La inmigracion
El racismo
La convivencia
Jovenes de hoy, ciudadanos del manana
Monarquias y dictaduras
Los movimientos populares
Includes Spanish and English vocab.
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 revision lesson aimed at students studying AQA GCSE Spanish who have their Speaking and Writing exam coming up.
All themes covered during the lesson.
By the end of it, students should feel comfortable talking or writing about every theme. Time is also spent on using filler phrases, expanding vocabulary and going through the criteria of how to be successful.
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 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 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 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 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 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.