A grid to revise some thematic content. In column one students clarify what they know about the theme in English. In column two they write down any key vocabulary using vocabulary lists from Hodder/Kerboodle and in column three we write down a fact gleaned from a Boletín using the index to cherry pick editions.

A mini-series of regional identity themed scripts for a cast of four students who will along the way meet an array of helpful locals. The scripts are written at CEFR level B1. Casa Botín (Gastronomy) El Día de Ganso (Basque country/curious festivals) Semana Santa en Sevilla (Religious festivals)

A small sequence of lessons introducing infinitive verbs related to free time and subjunctive opinion phrases. Lesson one: PPT + PDF focusing on opinion phrases + infinitive verb structures with speaking and writing tasks. Lesson two: Introduction of me gusta que sea + adjective structures with rule introduction and differentiated translations with a sentence builder. Ideal for MWBs.

A text on el machismo with a pre-reading task. A follow-up task with agree/disagree statements about Pepe which students should respond succinctly to with evidence to justify their selections.

20 varied opinions about the teaching and speaking of co-official languages with a vocabulary support table.

Varied opinions on uniform with a vocabulary bank on page 2 and a table to complete in English.

25 global issues and 21 infinitive verb phrases to introduce potential solutions. This will fit into a series of lessons in which we look at obligation structures such as deberíamos/hay que/tenemos que. Potentially even the present subjunctive

I’m looking to add to this with a lesson on Spanish film titles.

A lesson on some of the controversies surrounding the World Cup in Qatar. Students will learn the vocabulary for some of the issues, compare them with a comparative grid and then write whether they are for or against.

Hopefully this formats okay although I suspect the font (New Atten Round) is protected. If it looks awful then let me know and I’ll re-upload with print screens of each slide pasted over the slides themselves. I have been teaching es bueno que sea (where bueno can be substituted for any adjective) for a few years now and it has been successful so decided it was time to take it a small step further.

First person verbs related to breal/lunch time activities. Lesson 1 in a sequence featuring time phrases, sequencers and justified opinions.

To be used in conjunction with page 20 from the Jóvenes en Iberoamérica survey. Back up link here.

For the original rules please read: https://tinyurl.com/yc3ks8tu You will need the adapt the PowerPoint template depending on the language you want to drill/practice. In consultation with year 9 and 11 today we have created some new rules as explained at the bottom of the worksheet. You can now pick two icons from the blue box. Bank robber - Rob somebody’s bank and transfer directly to your bank. This can be blocked with a shield. Lottery ticket - Anybody with a ticket is in the draw for an amount of your choosing whenever you decided to do a mini-raffle with a random number generator. Bank interest - Announced at the end of the game anybody with this icon can multiply their final score by somewhere between 1.1 - 2.0 to be decided by the teacher. Prison - Send a classmate to prison for three rounds. They cannot unlock their boxes during these rounds. Sell items - With this icon you can sell your mirror/shield to the highest bidder.

Classifying arabisms according to the semantic field they belong to. Words taken from the book History of the Spanish Language by Ralph Penny. (pg 217 -220)

I’m targetting some misconceptions and common mistakes with this lesson. We’ll be focusing on: 3rd person opinions Infinitive structures Use of connectives Using es bueno que sea Cuando sea mayor Ojala pudiera structures Generally navegating the GCSE writing mat to construct/extend sentences

A reading resource with varied positive opinions about Lorca followed by a comprehension question grid and a grammar search.

The idea for the personality test came about after I saw a similar resource on Twitter. I want my GCSE students to go beyond the obvious when describing themselves. I’ve uploaded a reading as well which came first in this mini-series. We then became very bad recruitment consultants and matched 20 candidates to the jobs from the reading. I haven’t exploited the 24 candidates to the fullest yet, there’ s a lot to unpack there.

A summary of things relating to Lorca/LCDBA

A menu of traditional platos típicos with phonetic translations (albeit these are my own). A model for saying what you would like to try at the bottom of page 1.

Lots of people from varying nationalities with varying levels of education and experience. They all have a reason for emigrating, some due to war and some due to retirement. Extra information is provided for each person to get students thinking (hopefully) I asked my class to deny entry to four of them and explain why.