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French & Spanish resources for KS3, GCSE & A Level. Questions, issues or feedback? Get in touch via email: secondarymfl@gmail.com. I hope you find my resources useful and please leave a review if you can!
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French & Spanish resources for KS3, GCSE & A Level. Questions, issues or feedback? Get in touch via email: secondarymfl@gmail.com. I hope you find my resources useful and please leave a review if you can!
GCSE Spanish el uniforme escolar: quick reading activity, advantages and disadvantages
A short reading task on the advantages and disadvantages of school uniform.
Spanish GCSE house bedroom description & prepositions _ ¿cómo es tu dormitorio?
A worksheet to be incorporated into any lesson on describing your bedroom in detail and/or using prepositions.
The worksheet introduces key vocabulary and prepositions which then are recycled in two reading exercises.
Spanish Reading Comprehensions for KS3
A reading pack of ten different texts of exam style questions on KS3 topics aimed at pupils in Years 7 and 8.
There is a variety of topics and question types. The question types include: comprehension, gap-fill summary, choosing the correct person, true or false and positive or negative opinion. Instructions are in English and Spanish and answers included. Perfect for end of year exam practice and to build comprehension skills.
Sample of a text available to download here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-reading-comprehension-practice-family-and-hobbies-12120492
Topics:
mi colegio
el tiempo
mi uniforme
las mascotas
mi vida escolar
mi familia
donde vivo yo
mi dieta
mis pasatiempos
mi vida
GCSE Spanish Internet & las redes sociales: technology opinions, advantages & disadvantages
A comprehensive four page resource to help pupils to explain why they use their Internet and to give an positive and negative opinions about its usage. Suggested answers are included.
The 7 tasks scaffold the pupil’s learning and get progressively harder. There is key vocabulary, translation in English, the uses of Internet, key adjectives, translation of justified opinions into Spanish, a reading task to decide if statements are advantages or disadvantages and finally an extension writing task. These resources will also allow pupils to talk about Internet using higher structures and sophisticated vocabulary.
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Spanish GCSE Bumper Bundle: House, Home, Chores, Pocket Money & Daily Routine
Save 86% with this bundle that includes 20 resource packs on the topics of house, home, daily routine, chores and pocket money.
There is a mixture of vocabulary tasks, reading comprehensions, speaking games, translation exercises and writing tasks. There is also a model extended writing task to support pupils and exam style translation activities.
**Bundle contents: **
Resources on las tareas domésticas
A writing task and model answer on las tareas domésticas
A scaffolded writing task on las tareas domésticas
Reading comprehension and exercises on el dinero del bolsillo
A resource on daily routine: reading, vocabulary & translation
Resources on daily routine
Daily routine & past tense
Describing my house: an estate agent style reading task
A resource for describing your house
A resource for describing your region
House & Home in the future tense speaking and writing mat
Household routine and the future tense
Translation drills on house & home routine
A house & home knowledge organiser
A speaking game with translation of Grade 9 phrases on this topic
A topic revision pack: la casa, las tareas domésticas
And more!
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GCSE list of topic questions for oral/ speaking exam: conversation
A comprehensive list of oral questions written for IGCSE Edexcel but also suitable for GCSE topics.
Topic A - Home and abroad Topic B - School and future plans Topic C - Home and family Topic D - The modern world Topic E - Hobbies and free time.
Each topic has a full list of questions and then a they are spread out below with gaps for pupils’ answers. All five documents can be printed off and collated together as an IGCSE booklet.
The list of questions for each topic ensures a full range of tenses are used.
Spanish GCSE Ir de compras resources pack: vocabulary, translation, writing & reading on shopping
A resource pack on the topic of ir de compras: shops and shopping. There is a PowerPoint and handout to introduce key language and vocabulary, reading comprehensions, translation & writing tasks and a grammar focus on ‘esto’ and ‘eso’.
GCSE Spanish Customs & Festivals: Christmas, Easter, Halloween Writing Mat & Translation
A comprehensive writing & speaking mat on Festivals & Customs: Navidad, Pascua, la noche de brujas, la noche de Guy Fawkes and translation practice.
The mat is rich in thematic vocabulary and higher, complex structures that will allow pupils to write and talk about all festivals in different tenses. The translation resource will allow them to recycle and practise using them before producing their own ideas. Answers included.
Spanish El Medio Ambiente & the Past Tense: Environment Issues & Preterite
A standalone worksheet on the topic of the environment for GCSE in the context of the past tense.
The key question is “¿Qué hiciste ayer para ayudar el medio ambiente?” with scaffolded language activities to build up to this (vocabulary match up, verb conjugation practice, gap-fill task, a sentence builder and translation practice). With answers.
Spanish GCSE Imperfect past tense hobbies free time reading grammar/ tiempo libre
Two resources to teach/revise the imperfect tense and for pupils to begin using it in the context of hobbies when they were little.
The first resource introduces key imperfect temporal indicators and the rules of formation with some practice questions.
The second resource links to hobbies when they are little and there is also a reading comprehension with questions.
These resources with scaffold pupils answering the question: "que te gustaba hacer cuando eras joven"
Spanish A Level tradiciones y costumbres: bullfighting, traditions & festivals reading & translation
A comprehensive overview of the issue of bullfighting in Spain with reading & translation practice.
There is a set of 15 opinions about bullfighting in Spain for pupils to classify as either for or against this tradition, with a vocabulary hunt and synonym search. Then there is the translation of sentences into Spanish, using subjunctive triggers, and a text to translate into English about the banning of bullfighting in the Canary Islands and Cataluña.
Answers included.
French GCSE Ma famille Character Descriptions / Describing my family
A standalone resource to help pupils to describe their family members with accurate adjectival agreement, a rang of interesting adjectives and some complex structures.
The resource recaps key adjectives, the rules of adjectival agreement, a reading task, some useful constructions and a sentence builder. There is also some plenary translation on the PPT.
Answers included.
Spanish Food & Drink - vocabulary, translation & sentence builder
A resource to use with Year 9/GCSE pupils to introduce talking about food & drink. The resource recaps telling the time, using adverbs of frequency and introduce lots of food vocabulary with translation practice into Spanish and English. This resource will scaffold pupils’ answers to the question: ¿qué comes normalmente?
Answers included.
Spanish GCSE Las tareas domésticas: Chores/ Helping at home Translation Worksheet
A translation worksheet on the topic of chores and helping at home. Six different translation exercises which recycle the same key language and introduce new linguistic items in a scaffolded way. The exercises are ramped in terms of difficulty and final activity is a plenary translation task into Spanish. Answers included.
Preview the quality of this resource with this free sample here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-mi-barrio-mi-ciudad-town-and-my-area-translation-worksheet-12398469
Consider purchasing a bundle of these resources for £3 here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-translation-worksheets-various-topics-12392700
French A Level famille en voie de changement: family & gay parenting reading & translation
A stand alone resource about same-sex rights and parenting in France, with reading comprehension, vocabulary activities and translation practice. There are also useful cultural references on same sex rights, marriage and parenting.
Answers are included.
Spanish A Level las mujeres en el mercado laboral: translations on women & employment with answers
Consider purchasing the full A Level Translation Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364
An exam style text on women in the labour market in Spain to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam.
There is a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678
Spanish A Level las personas transgénero: translations on transgender people & equality with answers
Consider purchasing the full A Level Translation Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364
An exam style text on ‘las personas transgénero’ in Spain to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam.
There is a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678
Spanish A Level el racismo: translations on racism and xenophobia in Spain with answers
Consider purchasing the full A Level Translation Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364
An exam style text on racism and xenophobia in Spain to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam.
There is a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678
Spanish gustar / I like & opinion verbs for GCSE
Everything pupils need to fully understand how the ‘gustar’ verbs work.
A six page resource, with answers, which guides pupils through the process of understanding back-to-front verbs and how they work with nouns. The resource introduces ‘me gusta’ and goes on to use gustar with singular nouns, plural nouns and infinitives. It then introduce pupils to all the indirect object pronouns and other verbs that work the same way: me interesa/ me fascina/ me chifla etc.
There is a comprehensive translation plenary which will demonstrate understanding.
Spanish A Level Impacto turístico en España: Medio ambiente y Islas Baleares Reading & Translation
A standalone whole lesson resource on the environmental impact of mass tourism in the Balearic islands. The activities are based on an article suitable for A Level, rich in up-to-date cultural references (A04).
The activities target exam skills: there is a vocabulary search, a reading question with ‘choose the four correct statements’ (out of 8) and also comprehension questions that require answers in Spanish. This is followed by translations into English and Spanish.
Answers included.