A bundle of resources covering some of the important aspects of Volver in relation to the essay students will have to write. I have some free resources uploaded as well pertaining to the director himself, they would work well with this.
Printable quote cards with quotes covering all themes.
Grammar tasks including specific grammar items taken from the WJEC spec.
A flick quote PowerPoint with quotes linked to themes (ideal starter or filler)
Retrieval starters which are ideal for homework.
A themes based reading with subsequent locate and retrieve task and essay writing practice.
A three page resource on the use of music during key sequences and its desired effect as well as camera shot selection.
A free character analysis resource to track development over time and character effect in moving the plot forward. Includes a contrasting adjective worksheet for every character to be used in conjunction with the infinitive structures worksheet to begin writing evidence points relating to character traits.
Infinitive structures worksheet to be used in conjunction with the character analysis sheet, students can use the verbs to begin building points that evidence their selection of a certain adjective. e.g Sabemos que Raimunda es fuerte porque + infinitive structure
Event ordering activity to better understand the plot and sub-plot lines.
Basics booklet with all resources apart from the grammar worksheets in one lovely booklet with a very cool custom cover by my lovely year 12 student APD!
Quote index booklet for easy addition of quotes into essays with character tiles for recognition of character and all categorised by theme.
83 quotes from LCDBA with a theme or essay link on a flick PowerPoint.
Each slide has a reveal button to press, before pressing it ask students who said each quotes, to whom, when and any potential links they can make to the main themes.
(To stop PowerPoint slides flicking presss left arrow key)
Updated Volver quote cards x60
Now with more uncommon quotes which exemplify themes by secondary characters and also a picture of who said each quote on each card.
Quotes from the film Volver on a flick PowerPoint. Students can win points if they can answer who said the quote, to whom, in what context and what theme or essay link it relates to.
Flick PowerPoint filled with quotes from the film on every different theme. Simply start the slide show and press left arrow key to stop in position. Students have to guess who said the quote. Exit slide show and remove the box to verify their guesses.
Premium version includes who they said the quote to, in what context and what theme the quote can represent/what essay link they can make with it. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/volver-know-your-quote-premium-version-12170430
Some series I had to translate literally and some to their actual translation.
There’s a starter to get them thinking about film titles and generally capture their imagination and then an introduction to film styles and a recap of opinions like ‘me gusta’. Final task is a ‘busca alguien que’ style task but you could number them and play ladrones a la Conti.
Pre-reading and comprehension questions based on a text about the transition from dictatorship to democracy in Spain. Juan Carlos I is a key character as is Adolfo Suarez. Thank you Beatriz for proofing it for me :)
I’m lucky enough to have a native madrileña in my class. Here is a writing she put together that we turned into a resource for the rest of the class. Thank you PMG! This was a 150-word GCSE question.
A listening task and translation based on a news report from 2018 when a mass grave was found in Porreres. QR code should link to the video which is on Twitter.
This took a while, I’ve compiled lots of interviews into one big interview. I have edited only one or two things so they flow better. This is a pre-La Casa activity so students can get to know the man who went on to be murdered by the Nationalist regime.
There’s a focus on La Barraca, russian cinema and propaganda and it’s probably worth discussing after why the nationalist regime would have found Lorca’s love for russian cinema for the masses an issue.
Theme index with categorised quotes, I went through the whole book and categorised everything relevant.
Also attached are quote cards which are not sorted by character or theme, these can be used for a multitude of activities.
Update: New look to the cards (2019)
Present, preterite and future tense endings with common irregulars in 1st person. Time phrases as well.
On the flip side some opinion related vocabulary including idiomatic opinions and pre-set subjunctive phrases.
Original idea from the brilliant @wyedeanmfl