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.
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 compilation of interesting thoughts from Almodovar which are compiled from two interesting books I have read and will credit below.
Pedro Almodovar: Interviews by University Press of Mississippi (Paperback, 2003)
La poetica de Pedro Almodovar
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
Infinitive structures can be a life saver for those students who find conjugations tricky. If you know an infinitive structure for the present, past and future then you can rest assured you are working in three tenses as a minimum.
Check out a resource I uploaded years ago on infinitive structures: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12093780
Pre-reading vocab builder
Mini-sentence builder
1st to 3rd person sentence manipulation
Listen and follow along, pause and say next word
Paragraph headings discussion in pairs/groups
Practice questions
A resource with exam based true/false/correct questions and a translation. Focused on how things changed during the Madrid Scene after 1975. There is a focus on Pedro Almodóvar (obviously).
Icon credits:
freedom by Olena Panasovska from the Noun Project
Ballot Box by Tinashe Mugayi from the Noun Project
Roller Skate by Kristin Poncek Jones from the Noun Project
censorship by HeadsOfBirds from the Noun Project
Television by lastspark from the Noun Project
David Bowie by Vlad Likh from the Noun Project
moustache by Elisabeta from the Noun Project
Volver bundle here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/volver-bundle-12175732
Reading and listening for AS based on gypsy culture in Spain and the issues they faced and still face today.
Listening from WJEC from their free resources page.
Pre-reading vocabulary builder and grid writing followed by a compiled interview in which I’ve tried to include a lot of relevant information about prevalent themes or sub-themes in the film.
This is an activity to do before watching the film and there is a reading comp and exam based true/false/correction exercise to follow.
Sentence builder based on the photocard for the GCSE speaking exam. There is vocabulary relating to showing conjecture, introductory sentences, present progressive verbs, connectives and locations.