Three booklets to prepare students for papers 2 and 3:
Paper 2 (writing) - Volver
Paper 2 (writing) - La casa de Bernarda Alba
Paper 3 (speaking)
Each booklet includes a wide range of questions to provide the students with plenty of practice, as well as detailed explanations of the paper's requirements, assessment objectives and mark schemes.
The fourth booklet contains a very comprehensive (118 pages) overview of the main aspects of Spanish grammar that the students are expected to be able to use on their A Level course.
A set of resources to support students through the first year of the new A Level Spanish course (AS). Based on the AQA specification, and following the Hodder text-book, it includes
- AS (A Level year 1) overview and lesson-by-lesson Scheme of learning
- A Level overview
- Paper 2 support booklet (based on the film El laberinto del fauno)
- Paper 3 support booklet
The fourth booklet contains a very comprehensive (118 pages) overview of the main aspects of Spanish grammar that the students are expected to be able to use on their A Level course.
Three booklets to prepare students for papers 2 and 3:
Paper 2 (writing) - Volver
Paper 2 (writing) - La casa de Bernarda Alba
Paper 3 (speaking)
Each booklet includes a wide range of questions to provide the students with plenty of practice, as well as detailed explanations of the paper's requirements, assessment objectives and mark schemes.
The fourth booklet contains a very comprehensive (118 pages) overview of the main aspects of Spanish grammar that the students are expected to be able to use on their A Level course.
A set of resources to help your students revise Theme 1 (Identity and culture) and prepare for the new GCSE exam. It includes:
- speaking exam resources (role plays, photo cards and general conversation)
- writing exam resources (a foundation and a higher practice paper, as well as a feedback sheets for each paper)
- writing resources: a booklet containing eight 90-word questions covering all topics of the theme Identity and culture
- reading resources: a booklet with Spanish to English translations.
This bundle contains 72 speaking cards based on Theme 1, Theme 2, Theme 3 and Theme 4 of the new Spanish A Level course (Aspects of Hispanic society, Artistic culture in the Hispanic world, Multiculturalism in the Hispanic World and Aspects of political life in the Hispanic world).
The cards contain (quite a lot) of factual information about the theme (a lot more than the sample cards from AQA) and three questions, the first one always being “How do you react to the information on this card?” or similar).
The aim of presenting the cards like this is to provide the students with a lot of ideas on what to say about the theme, as well as making them more aware that they always have to discuss the information printed on the card (AO2 and AO4).
There are eighteen cards for each theme (six cards for each sub theme), and each section is followed by a minimum of 20 questions to encourage the students to explore and discuss the topic further.
The cards can be found as a single resource (a 100 page booklet which also includes an overview of the A Level course and the assessment criteria for Paper 3) on this link:
A series of resources to support GCSE students preparing for their GCSE writing exams. The bundle includes three GCSE writing papers at both foundation and higher level, one for each theme of the new course, and a booklet with 24 90-word questions, eight for each theme (two per topic). This booklet has been picked by TES to be part of their GCSE revision hub. Finally, the resource includes a Complex structures guide, with a variety of tenses and structures to encourage the higher ability students to work independently and use increasingly complex language.
Finally, the bundle includes a “Correct the mistakes” activity, which includes 54 sentences (covering all topics) with mistakes in them for the students to correct, all based on some of the most common mistakes I keep seeing in students’ work.
This bundle contains five resources to help support GCSE students prepare for their writing exam:
three writing papers, at foundation and higher level, with feedback sheets to provide the students with quick, effective feedback.
90 word question booklet, with 24 questions that follow the format of the overlap foundation-higher question of the AQA writing exam (each question with four bullet points that require the use of different tenses and elicit opinions).
A student friendly overview of the GCSE course and the requirements of the writing exams.
A (huge) set of resources covering several topics of theme 2 in the new Spanish GCSE:
Holidays
Home and local area
Social issues
Photo Cards
Role Plays
Spanish to English translations
A set of resources to help your students revise Theme 2 (Local, regional, international and global areas of interest) and prepare for the new GCSE exam. It includes:
- speaking exam resources (role plays, photo cards and general conversation)
- writing exam resources (a foundation and a higher practice paper, as well as a feedback sheets for each paper)
- a booklet with eight 90-word questions, following the AQA spec and covering all topics in theme 2.
- reading resources: a booklet with Spanish to English translations.
Three booklets to help students of AS (A Level year 1) Spanish prepare for paper 3 (speaking).
As well as an overview of the requirements of the exam and the mark schemes, the main booklet includes the sample cards from AQA and a lot of questions for the students to further develop the topic.
The other two booklets include a total of 36 discussion cards covering in a lot of detail all the topics in Theme 1 and Theme 2 (Aspects of Hispanic society and Artistic culture in the Hispanic world).
The final booklet includes a very detailed overview of the grammar required for A Level with a lot of activities for the students.
A set of resources covering Theme 1 (identity and culture) of the new GCSE course, including:
- Family and relationships
- Film and TV
- Food
- Technology
- Festivals
- Theme one Photo Cards (speaking exam)
- Theme one role pays
- Theme one Spanish to English translations
A set of resources to prepare students for the new GCSE speaking exam (AQA specification), including:
- Three booklets with role plays (at both foundation and higher level) to prepare Theme 1 (Identity and culture), Theme 2 (Local, regional, international and global areas of interest) and Theme 3 (Current and future education and work).
- Three booklets with Photo Cards, again on Higher and Foundation level and covering all three themes.
- A General Conversation booklet, with a very extensive list of questions covering every aspect of the three themes.
UPDATE: a game of Trivial Pursuit to practise the general conversation. (ADDED JULY 2019)
This bundle contains four resources to support students in their preparation for Paper 3 of their A Level course in Spanish.
It provides with plenty of information and activities to be completed throughout the two years of the new course and they can be used as part of a lesson or as independent study.
The bundle contains:
A grammar booklet, with very a comprehensive coverage of the grammar required at A Level and a multitude of activities (120 pages).
A fact file, with plenty of facts and statistics to cover all themes and sub themes of the A Level course (48pages).
A Paper 3 support booklet, with an overview of the A Level course and of paper 3 and a variety of questions to research each theme and sub theme (37 pages)
A discussion cards booklet, with 72 cards to cover all themes and sub themes of the course.
This bundle consists of three resources to help the Spanish A Level students prepare for their speaking exam (paper 3).
The first resource is a Fact File, with a lot of factual information about the different themes and sub-themes (AQA specification).
The second resource consists of a booklet with 72 speaking cards, based on the information from the fact file.
Finally, the third resource is a game of trivial pursuit based on the content of the course. It includes 32 question cards with six questions each (a total of 192 questions).
This very comprehensive bundle includes a lot of resources to support Spanish GCSE students prepare for their writing and speaking exams.
The bundle consists of:
A GCSE overview, with a student-friendly description of the speaking and writing exams, copies of the mark schemes and feedback sheets to provide the students with immediate, personalised feedback after each mock exam /practice activity.
A speaking test preparation booklet. This 245-page booklet includes 59 role plays, 90 photo cards and a list of questions to prepare the general conversation in the speaking exam. The booklet covers all the topics of the GCSE course at both higher and foundation level.
The 90-word questions booklet, which includes 24 GCSE-like questions covering all the topics of the course.
Two Grammar booklets (one being an abridged, printer-friendly version of the other one) covering all aspects of GCSE grammar.
A Spanish to English translations booklet.
A Complex structures guide.
A vocabulary booklet.
Verb tables.
A game of Trivial Pursuit to practice for the general conversation.
This bundle includes some resources I have prepared to prepare my students for the new Spanish GCSE exams (based on the AQA specification):
- Practice writing paper (end of year 9). At both foundation and higher tiers, it covers Theme 1 (and it includes feedback sheets and mark schemes.
- Practice writing paper (end of year 10). At both foundation and higher tiers, it covers Theme 2 and it includes feedback sheets based on the writing mark schemes.
- Theme 3 writing paper (NEW). Covering the topics in Theme 3, at both foundation and higher level.
- Speaking test booklet, with a summary of the specification, copies of the mark schemes, sample photo cards and role plays, and questions for the general conversation, covering fully all three themes.
- Three booklets (one for each theme) with photo cards, covering fully all themes and sub themes.
- Three booklets with at least 15 role plays each covering the Theme 1 and Theme 2 and Theme 3.
This bundle contains a lot of A Level resources that the students can use as part of their home learning:
Fact file, with a lot of factual information for all the topics of the A Level course
A very comprehensive Grammar Booklet, with thorough explanations of the main grammar points and activities to practise them.
Discussion cards, based on the topics of the AQA A Level course and on the Paper 3 exam.
Support booklets for several of the books and films that can be studied for the course.
A very detailed student’s support guide to work on Pan’s Labyrinth (our of all the resources I have produced, this is the one I am most proud of).
A variety of reading and writing activities on several different topics.
This bundle contains a lot of resources to support Spanish A Level students prepare for Paper 2 (specifically El laberinto del Faouno) and Paper 3:
A Level Fact File: a booklet (48 pages) with a lot of factual information about the themes and sub-themes of the AQA specification.
Discussion cards: a very comprehensive set of discussion cards (72 cards) covering all themes and sub themes of the course.
Spanish Grammar Booklet: 108 pages covering all aspects of grammar needed at A Level.
El laberinto del fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth) support guide, 84 pages to study different aspects of the film in detail.
Paper 2 support booklet, with an overview of the A Level course and the Paper 3 requirements, and a lot of essay questions.
Additionally, I have included a lot of reading activities. More to follow shortly!
A very comprehensive set of resources to support your students in preparation for the new GCSE exam. The bundle includes:
- Speaking exam resources (three booklets -one covering each theme of the new course- with a minimum of 15 foundation and higher Role Plays, three booklets with Photo Cards and a further booklet with a lot of questions to prepare the General Conversation thoroughly).
- Writing exam resources (three sets -one covering each theme of the new course- of writing papers, both at foundation and higher level; additionally, each set includes an overview of the requirements of the exam and a feedback sheet).
- Reading exam resources (three booklets with Spanish to English translations).
- a booklet with twenty-four 90-word questions, covering all three themes of the new GCSE course (NEW)
a Trivial Pursuit game to practise questions for the general conversation (ADDED JULY 2019)