Series of lessons on La Tomatina.
L1- introduction to the festival (basic vocabulary) and rules
L2- what do people do at La Tomatina festival -revision of present tense
L3- what did you do at the festival? revision of past tense
L4- GCSE listening practice on the topic of La tomatina
L5- did you have a good time? consolidation of opinions in the past tense
+Extra activity, murder mystery
One lesson, as part of unit 6, where students will learn about different reasons that generate controversy in the celebration of different Spanish festivals.
The whole lesson has been scaffolded to complete a speaking card and covers reading, translation and speaking skills.
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
Booklet to support students of A level Spanish with their speaking.
Booklet contains grids for students to add key dates, figures and statistics from their own research, a mind map page for them to connect ideas , tips and advice for their speaking skills and 12 example questions per topic, taken from previous edexcell past papers.
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)
A bundle of 5 lessons/activities/ideas for the first week for a year 7 tutor group with games, icebreakers and activities to get to know your tutor group and create a good rapport since day one :)
A lesson to use during transition day.
Escape the room type of lesson -students need to solve different tasks to be able to escape the room. At the end of every activity, students get a number to crack the final code to escape the room.
All the activities are based on disney/pixar movies.
The resource contains: slide with instructions, all the materials you will need and answer key.
Tasks cover the following skills and topics:
Colours
Reading / translating
Numbers and mathematical operations (Numeracy skills)
Sports
Animals
Introductions/greetings
Physical descriptions
Bank of sentences divided by theme and topic (foundation and higher) with key language structures to be used in new GCSE lessons.
Theme 1 People and lifestyle
Education and work
Healthy living and lifestyle
Identity and relationships with others
Theme 2 Popular culture
Celebrity culture
Customs, festivals and celebrations
Free time activities
Theme 3 Communication and the world around us
Media and technology
The environment and where people live
Travel and tourism, including places of interest
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)
5 short lessons to discover different Spanish speaking artists.
It includes information about the artist, lyrics, and work on vocabulary/expressions
L1 Rosalia (song: malamente)
L2 Aitana (song: teléfono)
L3 El canto del loco (song: una foto en blanco y negro)
L4 Alejandro Sanz (song: corazón partío)
L5 Ricky Martin (song: lo mejor de mi vida eres tu)
A lesson on Tejero’s coup d’état attempt.
Includes listening activities, grammar practice (preterite VS imperfect) and a speaking card activity. + student booklet
An ‘escape the room’ type of lesson to revise ‘Los cambios en la estructura familiar’, Alevel/AS unit 1.
Ideal to use as an end of unit lesson or to revise in Y13.