I’ll most likely update this in a few months time but for now I’m going with it.

This booklet is the culmination of a few years work collecting resources about Volver and Almodóvar, it has become almost an obsession. This booklet is free because whilst the majority of the work is mine, some is not. There are essay sections from Almodóvar himself and links to news articles and even a PHD. The work which is mine is an updated form of pre-existing worksheets uploaded to TES, some free and some paid for. I’ve decided to include previously paid-for resources for free to share my work more widely. I have lowered the price on all my paid-for Volver resource listings. Sections on melodrama, plot and La Movida are missing from this booklet but may appear in a future update. The Hodder guide is an excellent resources to use in conjunction with this. All the illustrations were done by myself and my wife, as well as the typography and design. Ollie

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.

Enjoying experimenting with a more olicav design style. This is a pre-watching Volver film so students can build up their knowledge of the director and his status as an acclaimed international director. The resource is a compilation interview including small details about Hable con ella, Volver, Todo sobre mi madre and Dolor y gloria. I have included some exam based questions to familiarize students with specific question types likely to come up in their AS exam.

A new overhauled version of this resource is now available here. It covers every single grammar point from the AQA, Edexecel and WJEC specifications and is designed for classroom and independent study.

Just the lyrics of the song Volver to accompany a lesson on the relevance of the film title.

Gist translate the quote from Zafon Translate vocabulary from exercise 1 Create a mind-map of Almodóvar’s likes/dislikes/influences etc based on Volver

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

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

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.

A pre-exam worksheet to revise everything we’ve covered in class.

An introduction to DOPs, their placement, common nouns and some structured practice. This is a sample page from my GCSE grammar workbook. An improved edition 2 is coming in Summer.

Useful vocabulary and advice, some taken from WJEC.

Choose a verb and change it according to 25 prompts. Edit: The grammar item is named in brackets.

A booklet with thematic pages full of IRP ideas as well as linked similar issues. Structured research pages, a vocabulary section and a 2-minute speech draft section. All editable PDFs.

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Post-writing checklist for students.

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

Two pages per character. One page on development, relationships, goals and motivations and a second one containing 17 contrasting adjectives to develop descriptions of characters. I’ve included this free in the Volver bundle I have for sale.

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.