Introductory lesson to Pan’s Labyrinth, focussed on Del Toro’s life, works and style. Includes a booklet for students.
Contents:
-Del Toro’s biography (reading comprehension)
-Del Toro’s most important films and what they have in common (time line of main movies and plots)
-Del Toro’s directing style (listening activity)
-Del Toro’s use of monters (listening activity)
3 lessons based on chapter 5 from Viva (higher and foundation), module 4 (holidays).
Lesson 1:
-Question/answer starter
-Treasure hunt/tripadvisor (3 hotel adds -student centered)
-Reading comprehension
-Memory game (plenary)
Lesson 2:
-Starter (order the dialogue)
-Listening activity (foundation page 15)
-Gap filling listening activity
-Role play (GCSE task)
-Memory game (plenary)
Lesson 3:
-Pronunciation match up
-Song ‘este hotel me vuelve loca’
-Complains match up
-Sentence builder/speaking activity (¿Cuál es el problema?)
-Higher listening from Viva (page 17)
-Translation activity -solutions
Study a Christmas movie in Spanish. Klaus -available on Netflix.
Duration: between 4 and 5 lessons if you are going to watch the movie. The resources can be used before, after or while watching the movie.
Resources (booklet and power point) to use with students of Spanish (made aimed at year 7 but can be used with any year group).
The resources cover:
Before-watching discussions
Trailer
Characters (a reading)
Characters descriptions in Spanish
The main message of the movie (kindness)
A review of the movie
A letter to Klaus (reading, writing)
An introductory lesson to study the social and historical context of the play, with reading and listening comprehension activities and a student friendly booklet to work independently.
One lesson based on Studio 3 (priorities) low ability group. French.
Lesson contains:
starter/vocabulary introduction
Beat the teacher game
Speed game
Listening activity
Writing about priorities in life
Trivial pursuit -Interactive Spanish culture quiz
The power point contains:
Trivial pursuit Interactive board with questions for 5 players.
Perfect resource for the end of year. Great for your last online teaching lesson.
4 lessons based on Module 7 from Viva.
Lesson 1: Conditional, formation and uses, conditional practise, reading/translation and listening activities.
Lesson 2: Conditional practise, reading and key vocabulary related to transports + ‘how to recycle language from the question in your answer’ starter activity.
Lesson 3: Structures to use future tense, reading and listening tasks + open plenary (writing/speaking).
Lesson 4: GSCE writing question (90 words)
One lesson to teach subjunctive to Year 11 Spanish (top set)
Includes:
a list of subjunctive triggers
how to form present subjunctive
activities to check understanding
a quick game/speaking activity (based on the topic of jobs but adaptable to any other topic)
a translation activity
One lesson to teach UNIT 12: La transición de la dictadura a la democracia (El papel del Rey Juan Carlos en la transición; el Gobierno de Suarez; el golpe de Estado de 1981).
Lesson contents:
Carrero Blanco - a profile
Franco’s heir
Franco’s death, an analysis
The resource includes a power point and a student booklet. Ideal for online learning.
A first lesson to teach with Year 12 / Year 13 students of Spanish.
It includes various activities, ice breakers, speaking activities and information about the course (Edexcel)
A very challenging lesson on christmas for your GCSE spanish groups. Tell your students all about Christmas in Spain and use the powerpoint and the visual clues to support understanding (all the information is written on the notes just in case you need help with the target language). Keep using TL until the very last day :)
The lesson includes a Christmas quiz for a different lesson as well.
(I normally ask my students to make notes and share what they understood after I give them information for each day)
A lesson on the life, biography and works of Lorca in preparation to study La casa de Bernarda Alba.
All the activities are based on a text and students will work on reading, listening, grammar, comprehension skills and a summary question while they learn about the Spanish writer.
It can be set as homework or as a project by using the booklet.
An introductory lesson based only on act 3 designed to be used before and while students are reading the act, with main quotes, main vocabulary, reading comprehension activities, summaries and mini essay writing questions.
Aimed for students to work independently with the booklet but it can also be used to teach a lesson. All answers are provided on the power point.
A trivial pursuit lesson to revise key concepts about La casa de Bernarda Alba.
0 prep, as everything is interactive. No printing required.
Questions cover quotes, themes, characters, historical and social context, writer’s technique and symbols.
Works well as an end of module/term lesson or a lesson to revise the book after the holidays.