Qué personaje es quiz on the characters of Julieta by Almodovar - can be done as a listening comprehension activity where you say the sentences, students listen and write the answer, or as reading / oral discussion in pairs. Follows on well from an activity that has introduced the main characters, or after watching the film eg. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/los-personajes-principales-de-julieta-almod-var-worksheet-12168483

A worksheet with several long reading comprehension texts and variety of activities for students to develop an understanding of the main characters of Julieta by Almodovar. The texts are in Spanish to equip students to discuss the characters in the TL. Answers for activities are included. You could then set students some translations based on the language used in the texts, or ask them to summarise the main points of the text in written Spanish.

Teacher notes in English on all of the scenes of Julieta by Almodovar - roughly 1 page per scene. You can use these notes to create your own questions in Spanish to get students to analyse the scenes. For example, you could get them to watch a scene for homework and then ask questions on it pertaining to different aspects of the scene eg. describe the music used here, what is the impact? why is there a close-up of x? what could it symbolise? etc. how is Xoan dressed? what does his appearance tell us about him?

A useful bullet point summary of the plot of Julieta (Almodovar) - each bullet point is designed to get students to recall what happens in each scene and put the story back together. You could use project a scene onto the board as a lesson starter and pupils have to discuss in pairs what each point refers to, or you could get students to study the sheet as homework and make notes on each point.

For students studying Julieta by Almodovar - 8 questions. You could get each student to choose 1 question to discuss in pairs and develop during a lesson after watching the film, or set it as a homework task to complete whilst watching the film. Students can develop some bullet point notes in Spanish in response. The idea is to get them to explore the questions in as much detail and depth as possible and to consider some of the main themes of the film that these questions elicit.

See this link for a free list of activities you can do with a sentence builder: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180 A mini sentence builder on topic of parler des professeurs, including vocab to describe people’s hair and eyes as well as opinion phrases and school subjects. French school topic, with some translations, list of possible teaching ideas, and mosaic translations à la Conti! Answers included, of course. Enough work for 1-2 lessons depending on ability.

A short sequence of teacher-led oral drilling activities to practise/revise the present tense of the big 4 irregulars in French. This activity should be after pupils have seen the tables of conjugations and are familiar with the English meanings. Possible sequence: model the pronunciation of the sentences 1-5 on each slide, do some listen & repeat oral drills (choral repetition, individual repetition, whispering, shouting etc. to drill pronunciation) pupils translate orally into english in pairs pupils given 30 seconds / 1 minute to ‘memorise’ the verbs and their meanings on the sentences memory task - recall the verbs repeat for the other verbs matching task to reinforce verb meanings - pupils do orally in pairs gap-fill task - you could cold call pupils for this one. If it’s too hard, give them 2 options orally in French eg. ‘J’ai sept cours’ or ‘Je suis sept cours’ ? matching task to summarise on other ppt.

This is a template for a multiple-choice lesson activity (could be used as a starter or plenary, or a short recap exercise). I have included examples of how I have used it in the past with Spanish, in a gap-fill style to consolidate vocab previously learned. You could keep the gap-fill aspect or get rid of it and just put questions.

Basic text on topic of mi colegio with vocab activities and translation. Once you have completed the vocab-finding activity, you can do true or false statements tailored to your group, OR comprehension questions. A more interesting and challenging activity is to get students to come up with a list of their own true or false statements to ask others - a great way to get them to study the text in detail. Finish with the translations. Answers included, of course.

Worksheets and list of teaching ideas for introducing new vocab for describing your school and revising the verbs ser and estar. Practises the vocab with a matching exercise and a gap-fill.

Worksheet introduce and extensively practise vocab to do with daily routines and school. The aim is for pupils to learn all this language, including the verbs as vocabulary, BEFORE you go on to unpack the grammar of reflexive verbs and practise the conjugations. This helps avoid cognitive overload (which often happens when trying to teach grammar rules and meaning at the same time) Answers included, of course.

Short grammar exercise + answers and extra teaching ideas! Worksheet to be done either projected onto the board on mini whiteboards, or printed off and completed. Pupils can practise using ser or estar correctly, and haber and tener correctly. It is within the context of the school topic.

Resources for teaching ser vs estar uses for the first time. Includes: Inductive grammar ppt. exercise where pupils work out the rules ser or estar worksheet with translations - teacher notes on other activities and answers included ser or estar quiz sheet all in Spanish, where pupils also have to justify reason

A variety of activities to teach ser in the present tense to beginners, in the context of saying your nationality and where you are from. For 1-2 lessons. Includes: Matching sheet to introduce the verb forms, some countries and nationalities ‘de donde eres’ big worksheet to be filled in using matching sheet including challenging listening comprehension task and translation Additional lesson activity ideas included

A variety of different classroom activities and worksheets for teaching the irregular verb estar in the present tense to beginners in a few lessons. Includes: dictation missing letters task to introduce verb and emotions and practise phonics inductive grammar worksheet to fill in with translations Interactive oral/memory tasks on ppt. to consolidate the conjugations

A selection of resources for teaching regular verbs in Spanish, including: ‘all about verbs’ worksheet to teach the basics of what a verb is and how it works in a sentence, with reference to English and Spanish Quick drills worksheets - these can be done as a race/game in writing or projected onto the board and done orally, agian as a competition to make it less dull. Answers included. Ppt. with quick oral drills / memory game Gap-fill worksheet using verbs in sentences, answers included Listening consolidation task for regular verb endings Homework sheet extensively practising the endings to dirll them in Ppt. memory game (another version) Translation test (could also be used as practice worksheet) Recap starter task to recall learning from previous lesson or plenary for same lesson

A selection of resources for teaching months, dates and days of the week to beginners of Spanish. Including: Oral memory drills and listening task Listening and spelling task Worksheet of dictation, reading and spelling practice of numbers, months and days of the week Spellings challenge for a plenary or starter to recall previous lesson’s learning Basic worksheet introducing numbers with special attention to pronunciation and listening practice - teacher instructions included