Using the preterite and future tense to talk about results so far in the World Cup and to predict the future.

Adapted from a flag activity I found on here (thanks!), this lesson gets pupils to understand the descriptions of flags from participating countries.

These follow Listos 1 Topics and work well as a starter or a filler activity just to recap a topic or check for understanding

Introduction to adjectives to describe a town or city and practice to make them agree.

Weather phrases ready to be printed for display. I use mine laminated on the board and pupils can stick up which one describes the weather today.

Booklet of GCSE Spanish Vocabulary. This is the core list from the current specification, not topic specific language. I will be printing mine out as a booklet for my GCSE students and testing them on one section per week to ensure they know the basics.

A set of 12 homework/revision sheets with a question per topic based on the Hodder textbook for AQA A Level. Designed to improve pupils’ ability to write fluently. Simple but effective resource, hopefully will save you some time.

For our tourism unit, describing facilities at the hotel KS3. Includes a listening to be read by teacher and a reading comprehension task. Works toward pupils creating their own poster/leaflet advert for a hotel.

Based on a Year 8 unit of work on food, this covers food, time phrases and giving opinions and reasons about healthy and unhealthy food. Includes PowerPoint, vocabulary test, time phrases vocab sheet, card sort and a reading comprehension.

Additional lesson for Year 9 based on Mira 3 (but not featured in the book), getting pupils to say how they use social networks.

Introduction to food using key verbs desayunar, comer, merendar, cenar and beber Ideal for Y7/8 students Includes PowerPoint, vocabulary test, differentiated reading/writing comprehension worksheet, differentiated conjugation grid and a card sort game.

Introductory unit on clothes. Using time phrases with llevo to say how often you wear certain clothes. Brings in adjectival agreement. Includes powerpoint, vocabulary test a choice of two reading tasks for different abilities and an adjective agreement grid.

Based on Mira 2 Unit 4 for Year 8, this lesson teaches how to use key meal verbs in Spanish to say what you have for different meals of the day. Includes lesson plan, powerpoint, verb grid, card sort and memory game.

Follows Mira 3 relating to how you use the computer. Differentiated for higher or lower ability Year 8 or Year 9.

Based on Mira 3 (Red and Green), 2 differentiated lessons for higher and lower ability students (Y8/9) on films and teaching pupils to use comparatives. Includes a workpack which is suitable for cover/extension/homework.

Based on Mira 3, pupils talk about music they like and use the near future to say what they are going to do as a result. Includes games, and a speaking task at the end.

An additional lesson for Year 9 (not covered in Mira 3) to encourage pupils to express opinions.

Activities aimed at Year 7-8 to tell the time and say what time you do things Links to Tiempo Libre topic Includes powerpoint, vocabulary test, paired speaking activity, time practice sheets and activities to link hobbies and time Resources labelled FOUNDATION are differentiated for lower ability.

Year 7 Spanish on the topic of Free Time. Pupils learn the difference between jugar and practicar to use with a variety of sports and activities. Resources include PowerPoint lesson, vocabulary grid, cards for a card sort activity and sporting celebrities for writing activity.

Based on Mira 3, uses the preterite tense to say what you did when you went to a concert. Includes a running dictation activity and links to YouTube videos as stimulus for a writing activity on Bencassim or Sonar festival.