Not particularly original but I have quite a lot of fun reading out the story for the listening activity and being a Spanish 'Vicky Pollard'- also I find the card sort really gets them thinking about metalanguage and how verbs work- I find mind mapping a really good way to get them to figure out the rules instead of giving it to them- pre-populate a mind map with sub headings so they only have to fill in details and that works well. I also like getting them to work with infinitives and verb tables because they don't use them effectively if you don't actively show them how.

Los jovenes pasan demasiado tiempo frente a una pantalla- taken from several articles on net. Idea that it is not just a conventional reading resource but shows and trains them in how to tackle a higher reading.\nUsed in preparation for CA on weekend activities that is why there are some questions for adapting at the end

This is the right version to look at. I shared the wrong ppt last time so it would not have made sense.\n\nIt was used to prepare students for a Controlled assessment on giving advice and health issues\n\nWorked really well and generated some lively discussion

I use this to get students in to the topic of food which can be a bit boring. I get them to prep their own answers, and then speed date to ask and answer with as many partners as possible. I am trying to get them to be more authentic in their responses to get those top marks in Speaking.

This was created after a student in my Y11 class asked at what age you can drink in Spain. I am always looking for ways in to topics that give them a flavour of A Level and we were just about to start the health topic when it occured to me to link the idea of health issues and youth problems to legal age of consent and the fact that young people are in too much of a hurry to grow up.

With the idea of interesting students in the culture behind the language this is expressing opinions about food whilst learning about food from Spain and Latin America. It gives a great opportunity for students to get their tongues round some great words and they will often enjoy giving opinions about foods they have never tried. It brings out and challenges their prejudices.\nKey focus on speaking and does challenge students on uses of gustar and other verbs for likes/dislikes + adjectival agreement- it does need differentiating.

I teach the whole of Y9 but only once a week so I have to get through a lot very quickly, and they have only started Spanish this year. This is then how I have approached familiarisation with the present tense using the model teenager and the teenager from hell.\nThe vocab inserts get stuck in their books for reference at the start of term.

Los personajes is based on the idea of creating a soap opera like LOST but a spanish version,first developed in conjunction with Edexcel for GCSE Spanish Unit 4, I will add my GCSE version soon

I created a whole SOW around the idea that Y9 were making a low budget latin american version of LOST-see KS$ GCSE textbook for Edexcel for original idea.\nSo when we do sports we do water sports and introduce them via likes and dislikes before introducing more conventional sports

This goes with article about legal age of consent and problems facing young people.\nI think they will respond to the A level style theme. Much more fun than doing what is your daily diet and do you get enough exercise.

Not the most inspiring of topics. The grammar summary is aimed at my class in particular but you might find it useful and it is easy to adapt to a different context that might be more relevant. The quien manda is a reading but I need to re-add questions/tasks so will you. Cinderella brings together talking about relationships with imperfect and present tense and helping around the house.

A series of tasks I have put together for my Y10 Spanish group on topic of food and diet in order to make the start of Y11 less hectic because I never quite cover as much of curriculum as I would like to in Y10. It includes key vocabulary for listening and reading on food topic, some verb tense revision but actually key sentences for how to talk about diet, then a writing task. They will be doing CA on health in autumn.

Quite a challenging reading task for Y9, but do insist they don't mindlessly tick boxes but have to make a note of new language. I get them to use the language in order to then write a lengthy paragraph about cinema going habits and preferences. I have got them to ask and answer the questions in pairs as well.

F/H or higher reading tasks on smoking and alcohol\n\nNon verbal response

Previously I just posted an explanation of the activity and how to use it. I have now added the instructions/prompt sheet I give to my students and a vocabulary task sheet on music which is based on Edexcel AS past papers

I have just put together display for sprucing up classroom at start of term- have had them laminated A3- For years I have been putting up classroom language signs and then failing to sustain insistence that they use the phrases so I have distilled it down to absolute minimum on one poster and have decided to challenge them to keep it going all year.\nMeetings and greetings- not all that clever really but again just to see if I can get them to say hi in Spanish spontaneously if the constant reminder is on display

Knicked the idea from GCSE text book and then created a whole series of resources around a group of Spanish speaking characters marooned on an island. You can then do daily routine of the survivors, water sports rather than conventional sports/Who caused the plane to crash and why/ who is having an affair with who and so on-relationships. It lends itself to anything you like in the end. Suddenly boring topics become more fun and students have really run with the idea. will add more of my stuff on this soon

New GCSE and 'literature', we are doing education with Y7 so I have created this reading skills focussed ppt using extracts from les excuses de petit Nicolas\n\nUse of white boards and an element of competition stops it from being too teacher led and the great thing about Nicolas is if they like him he can come up again- we are doing les vacances with Y8 so we might add in a petit Nicolas on holiday extract

Can be used with able students in Y9, particularly the questionnaire vas al cine a menudo

Speaks for itself really. He seems to be hugely popular at the moment. This is a challenging reading but because they know something about him already it appeals to boys in particular.\n\nAlternative easier version also included that I use with weaker GCSE students and KS3