(1) Descriptions (eyes/hair colour) Authentic text Shakira & Piqué
- Ideal for KS3 or beginners' Spanish.
- Authentic text about Shakira and Piqué to be used as a model for writing a description about somebody else (or their family).
- Also includes an artificial text about the Beckhams to allow students to pick up essential vocab and phrases which they may use to form their writing about Shakira and Piqué.
- Covers vocab for descriptions, hair and eye colour and family members.
(2) ChupaChups (KS3) Authentic text
- Presentation and worksheet
- Formed part of a Master's level research enquiry at the University of Cambridge
- Ideal for KS3 learning colours, descriptions and has links with Salvador Dalí
- Includes a range of authentic texts focusing on ChupaChups, including an advert, an authentic reading text (adapted) and some artificial activities
- Highly creative and engaging, encourages independent writing.
- Can be incorporated into Schemes of Work which deal with colours, descriptions and food/drink.
(3) La familia / Family (KS3) Authentic text:
- Presentation and worksheet.
- Ideal for Yr7 or lower set KS3 learning about families.
- Includes an authentic text about Shakira and Piqué.
- Includes an artificial reading about the Beckhams.
- Students can extract useful language from the text on the Beckhams and apply this to an independent writing task about Shakira and Piqué, based on the information from the authentic text (snapshots of the couple and online profiles)
- Incorporates the use of 'es/son' and 'tiene(n)'.
- Can be incorporated into Schemes of Work which deal with 'tengo los ojos...', 'tengo el pelo', 'soy/es...' etc.
(4) Las familias españolas / Spanish families (KS3) Authentic Text
- Presentation and worksheet.
- Formed part of a Master's level research enquiry at the University of Cambridge
- Ideal for KS3 learning about families / households in Spain.
- Includes an authentic text (infograph) about Spanish households, outlining statistics through graphs and images.
- Includes an artificial starter activities matching up the descriptions of some famous families in pop culture.
- Assesses students' capacity to extract information from authentic Spanish texts
- Can be incorporated into Schemes of Work which deal with introducing family members.
(5) Salvador Dalí (Colours/Descriptions) (KS3) Authentic text
- 2x Presentations and 2x worksheets.
- Formed part of a Master's level research enquiry at the University of Cambridge
- Ideal for KS3 learning colours and descriptions.
- Includes a range of authentic texts focusing on Salvador Dalí, including artwork, quotes, (adapted) authentic readings, links to videos.
- Includes a range of activities throughout including starters and plenaries, supported by the handouts.
- Highly creative and engaging, encourages independent writing.
- Can be incorporated into Schemes of Work which deal with colours and descriptions.