Save hours and hours and hours of preparation with this Scheme of work for La casa de Bernarda Alba. (10-16 lessons + student booklets).
Very user friendly, you can use the lessons to teach yourself if you have never taught the book before.
Scheme of work overview:
L1 Federico García Lorca An introduction on the life of Lorca and his main works.
L2 Historical context. Pre-civil war Spain Understand the importance of the historical context for the play
L3 Act 1 Analysis of Act 1
L4 Act 2 Analysis of Act 2
L5 Act 3 Analysis of act 3
L6 Character analysis 1 Analysis and comprehension of the main characters
L7 Character analysis 2 Analysis and comprehension of the main characters
L8 Themes Analysis of the main themes in the play
L9 Technique Analyse and learn about the main techniques used by the writer
L10 Essay writing workshop: Explore the structure of the essay (introduction, development and conclusion)
L11 Essay writing workshop: Explore the language used in the essay and the mark scheme (A level)
L12 Essay workshop: Writing practice
L13 Essay consolidation: Quote revision
L13 Essay consolidation: Revision lesson
Extra Explore sessions: Trivial pursuit
Extra Explore sessions: Monopoly
Extra Explore sessions: Tinder profiles for characters
Extra Explore sessions: Quote game
4 lessons on environment aimed at a mixed ability group based on Viva GCSE (actúa localmente, piensa globalmente)
ideal for remote learning (all slides contain a to do list with instructions for each task), listening tasks included (with link and code to the book) and quizzlet and flippity games to practice vocabulary
based on chapter 8 from viva, only focused on environment
grammar covers revision for all tenses + conditional lesson
2 lessons based on module 4, temas del momento.
Lesson 1
perfect tense -first contact
reading
grammar point -perfect tense, handout with use and formation
never have I ever game + create your own
Lesson 2
perfect tense consolidation/formation
perfect tense practise
game 1 -find the intruder
game 2 -verb race
A Christmas lesson with a range of activities to be used at different levels from year 6 to year 8 students of Spanish. Great lesson for the end of term.
Contents:
Christmas vocabulary + Games
GCSE speaking style -qué hay en la foto
Morat -dulce navidad (gap filling and dictionary race
Christmas activities/ crafts ideas
Set of lessons (at least 2 without watching the movie) to study the movie Encanto (available on Disney+). Powerpoint and student booklet. You can use the resources before / while / after watching the movie or not watch the movie at all!
Contents:
Exploration of Colombian culture
Characters (gifts, physical descriptions and family tree)
Songs (La familia Madrigal + no se habla de Bruno)
A review of the movie
+2 optional mini projects
Easily adaptable to any year group but designed for year 7 / year 8 students of Spanish.
Skills:speaking, reading, writing and listening
Vocabulary: family, physical descriptions, adjectives, possesion
The classic card game adapted to the Spanish classroom. The same rules apply but if you want to go next you need to be able to answer the question in Spanish.
Template easily adaptable. Just print double sided and laminate your cards.
One lesson based on Viva higher Solicitando un trabajo. Designed for a mixed ability group with differenciation.
4 skills, reading, listening, writing/speaking
Two lessons focused on context before studying ‘El laberinto del fauno’. These have been planned to be taught before watching the movie and they give a good insight into the context before, during and after the Civil War in Spain. (32 slides). It includes a booklet for students.
L1 focuses on the period before and during the war
-La segunda república
-Las dos Españas
-El comienzo y final de la guerra
-La posguerra bajo Franco
L2 covers key elements during postwar Spain that are going to be featured in the movie.
-La resistencia republicana
-El racionamiento durante la posguerra
-La ideología franquista hacia la mujer
Start the year right by using only target language in your first lesson! Easily adaptable -rules and expectations, introduction, book sorting + icebreaker plus some ideas to establish a good rapport with your class from day 1, all in Spanish. Ideal for KS3 groups.
2 lessons based on Viva (higher and foundation) module 8, unit 3 -vivir a tope. All skills.
Lesson 1
listening
reading
speaking
dictation game
lesson 2
tense practise
reading comprehension
gcse writing task (differenciated)
Future tense, healthy living, Year 8, French
Starter (decode the title of the lesson)
Grammar (infinitives and how to spot them)
future tense (with aller)
Reading
Writing
This is a great resource to help your students prepare for the writing assessment. It includes a selection of key verbs for each theme, basic verbs in different tenses, time expressions, connectives, idiom, slang and more complex structures they can use and even learn by heart to use and adapt to their writing.
Two booklets for Year 11s to practise/prepare for their writing assessment on their own with plenty of advice, different sentences to introduce and finish off their writing, advice on how to tackle translation and a practise paper to apply all the strategies discussed.
An introductory lesson based only on act 1 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.