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 document useful for helping A/AS level students write the main body to essays on various topics. This is suitable for any exam board.
This can be used in conjunction with the ‘essay introduction’ sentence starters resource free on my page.
Revision lesson on The Kite Runner for A level English Literature B including:
key themes and ideas surrounding TKR
how to write about a particular theme
AO1 appropriate terminology
methods - narrative form - in-depth analysis
methods - voices
leitmotifs in TKR - exploration and explanation
quotes on Old Afghanistan, New Afghanistan and America that can be used in evidence for describing settings
key quotes from chapters 8 and 9 on Amir’s guilt and analysis of narration
exploration of narrative sequence
chapter 3, 4, 7 and 22 in-depth analysis, as well as the epilogue
character analysis of Assef
*Some content comes from AskWillOnline Blog - The Kite Runner analysis
The PowerPoint in this resource is ideal for a department in English - it comes from an AQA conference attended in Spring 2018 so includes exclusive content/insights into the examination board and how they mark exams, the difference between Bands etc.
PowerPoint offers ideas on how teachers can encourage students to be more successful, like in stressing the importance of answering the questions.
PowerPoint thoroughly explains the differences between the different bands and how students can start to write as if they were in Band 5, as well as providing Lead Examiner commentary on student responses.
Activities offered include a structure for students to plan an essay with, plus a framework that allows students to really consolidate their text.
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.
Two in-depth PowerPoints on the use of the conditional tenses in Spanish, particulary ‘si’ clauses.
Teaches how to use the conditional tenses, particularly paired with the subjunctive. Particularly:
Presente + Presente
Presente + Imperativo
Imperfecto de subjuntivo + condicional
Pluscuamperfecto subj + condicional simple
Pluscuamperfecto subjuntivo + condicional compuesto
A worksheet aimed at Years 10 and 11 students (although this can be used at A level to revise tense usage) which tests students’ knowledge of the tenses. It is structured as follows:
Students have to conjugate verbs in the imperfect and then, from a list of uses for the Imperfect, decide which one fits the sentence best.
Students do the same as the above, but with the preterite.
The same as the above, but with the pluperfect.
Students translate a set of sentences and think about the different contexts their tenses imply.
Students finish sentences (si clauses) based on what tense should follow.
Students translate sentences to English from French to test their knowledge of depuis, pendant and pour.
comes with answers included on a separate sheet
A complete PPT aimed at A level students to explain to them how French articles are used, but can be tailored to suit lower years too.
PPT (33 slides) includes explanations and uses of:
Definite le/la/les
Indefinite un/une/des
Partitive du/de la
When do du, de la, de l’ (partitive) and des (indefinite) become de?
Difference between the partitive / plural indefinite and the ‘article contracté’
The ‘zero article’ (= omission of the article)
A worksheet aimed at Year 10s and 11s to revise the usage of ‘ser’ and ‘estar’ in different contexts. Can also be used for Years 12s and 13s if they are needing to revise the same thing.
All the questions come with answers on a separate page.
A lesson that can be used for a variety of different subjects, that aims to increase cultural awareness amongst students as well as helping their literacy. Can be tailored for any year group. Includes:
a presentation to give to students on Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Whilst the teacher is presenting, students should complete a mini-fact file based on what’s being said. The information given is based on cuisine, public holidays and education.
an article from The Guardian that has been cropped and edited so students read information on traveling through Scandinavia which raises their cultural awareness, and use it to create a leaflet. This boost students’ understanding of how pieces of prose are constructed.
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.
A lesson that can be used for a variety of different subjects, that aims to increase cultural awareness amongst students as well as helping their literacy. Can be tailored for any year group. Includes:
a video on the top 10 festivals in Europe and an exercise set at 3 different tiers, students must use inference skills thereby
a comprehension exercise on a festival of their choice in either Italy or Britain. They can then share the answers with their peers.
a chance for the students to create their own festival, demonstrating their understanding of cultural/religious importance etc
Suitable for all years studying Spanish - from year 7 to year 13 as it can be adapted based on the tenses they need to revise or consolidate.
Game works as follows:
There are 20 different verbs in their own box. - Cut out each verb and place it face down on the table
Ask a student/peer to pick one of the verbs, and reveal what they got
Choose one tense, and one person form for them to conjugate the verb to
1 point for a correct conjugation, and 1 extra point if they can use the conjugation in a sentence adequately
Teachers can make notes on weak grammar points from this
The list of tenses:
Present
Preterite
Imperfect
Conditional
Future
Subjunctive
Imperfect Subjunctive
Future Subjunctive
Imperative: Affirmative
Imperative: Negative
Present Continuous
Preterite Continuous
Imperfect Continuous
Conditional Continuous
Future Continuous
Present Perfect
Preterite Perfect
Past Perfect
Conditional Perfect
Future Perfect
Perfect Subjunctive – Present
Perfect Subjunctive – Past
Perfect Subjunctive – Future
A full lesson (PPT) aimed at any level of GCSE Spanish (can be adapted). Includes a quiz which is the main point of the lesson - students must come up with their team name in Spanish relating to Halloween in some way. They write their answers down, then we go through them in class and cover any vocab the students are unsure of.
Then, the rest of the lesson is spent on cultural aspects of Halloween in Southern America. There is a reading comprehension task (true or false) that comes with answers.
An activity aimed at GCSE students of Italian
A speaking game that is done in pairs - simply cut the cards out, turn them over and each student takes it in turns to respond to one of the questions on one of the topics
Includes 10 different topics:
La moda e gli acquisti
Alimentazione e salute
Viaggi e trasporti
Sport e tempo livero
Le feste in italia
Media, informazione e comunicazione
Il mondo del lavoro
Il cinema italiano
Il mondo della musica
Italia
A full lesson designed for A/AS level French students on ‘la cybersurveillance’.
Includes themes such as:
La liberté d’expression
La cybersurveillance
La sécurité numérique
Activities include individual work, whole-class debates and pair work.
Includes a homework task to be completed for the next lesson.
There is a grammar aspect taught on the various ways one can pose questions in French - particularly useful for asking the examiner a question in the oral exam.
Suitable for any exam board.
A booklet designed to help A/AS level students of Spanish with their compulsory study of film/films. This is not designed with any particular exam board in mind, and can be applied to any particular film.
Sections include:
Fill-in fact-file section at the front to help students remember key facts
Things to consider when analysing any film
An introduction to Spanish film
Spanish Cinema and Censorship during the Franco Regime
Dubbing and Propaganda Newsreels
Genres under Franco
Genres popular in the Francoist period
Auteurism
Themes in Spanish films
A comprehensive list of film language and translation into Spanish - the booklet is for the majority in English as some concepts are difficult
Elements of mise-en-scène (with terms translated)
Performance (with terms translated)
Sound (with terms translated)
This resource also comes with a ‘how to analyse film’ sentence structure document which shows students how to word their analysis of films. This provides a lot of useful film vocabulary.
Activity aimed at GCSE Italian students of any exam board.
A worksheet useful for revising/consolidating the topic of seasons/days/months and the grammar aspect of prepositions. This activity comes with 2 gap fill exercises on simple prepositions and prepositions + articles, a vocabulary section which shows the prepositions in practice and then a translation task whereby prepositions must be used correctly.
A game useful for GCSE students that enables them to practice their comprehension, understanding of grammar, speaking abilities, and, if necessary, dictionary skills. The resource is particularly useful for revising prepositions and present tense verbs.
Students should get into pairs and label themselves 1 or 2. Student 1 reads aloud and describes their scene, which student 2 then draws. Then this is swapped around.
If vocabulary is limited for students, get them to look up the ‘key words’ listed at the top of the page.
Bundle includes 4 worksheets on various different grammar topics that are key to revise for the GCSE exam (suitable for any exam board).
There are a range of speaking, writing, comprehension, gap-fill, translation and listening activities included.
Topics include:
my life/city/what’s around me
prepositions
possessive pronouns
months/days/seasons
verbs and irregular verbs
A document useful for helping A/AS level students write their introductions to essays on various topics. This is suitable for any exam board.
Sections on how/what to write include:
opening sentence
introducing the context
introducing the problem/question/what you will be discussing
introducing the plan of your essay - how you will tackle the question
It also comes with a ‘useful vocabulary’ section.