First lesson for use with Mira GCSE book. Reading comp attached as well, text was taken from a school website so it is authentic (slightly adapted).

A single side of A4 with some of the changes implemented by the 2nd Republic which gave rise to the coup.

Based on this article: https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/12/12/buenavida/1513075923_947867.html Comments translation gets more difficult as your progress. For a challenge start at the bottom and for support start at the top.

Preview copy of https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pan-s-labyrinth-zero-prep-student-booklet-12294455

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 starter for my year 12s to reinforce tenses taight during the GCSE.

Plenty of varied opinions about Pedro.

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.

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

After a big success last year I am sharing my GCSE Speaking Toolkit. This Powerpoint contains an introduction to the WJEC Unit 1 speaking exam, working memory and six functional chunks along with usability conditions, worked examples, translations, valid alternatives and what the chunk seeks to achieve (references to the past, present, future, subjunctive, easy idioms etc). I made this due to post-mock analysis revealing a lack of complex structures and now introduce it early in the GCSE. This year I have added some AI suggestions which students may add to the original six.

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

Over the years I have collected press cuttings from the website todocoleccion. These have never been organised but I’ve put a few together now and highlighed what I think are key phrases and useful bits of information. Obviously there is so much more you can do with this given the texts themselves but as a first lesson I’m going to get my students to build a person profile for Pedro Almodóvar using information gleaned from the multiple texts to find out about him, what makes him tick, what he likes style wise etc etc I have no idea which magazines these belong to so I’m weary about the copyright here but it’s for an educational purpose so I’m hoping that it’s all okay.

This is a resource to check how well students have understood the plot and the characters in the book. I recommend that firstly students match up the infinitive structures which are already conjugated in the 3rd person, afterwards use different coloured highlighters to categorise the infinitive verbs by the character which they correspond with. This is an ideal task as a follow up to the character analysis two-page sheet, if a student for example says that Raimunda is fuerte you may ask them ‘how do we know?’ and they have to write a sentence explaining why they think Raimunda is fuerte giving examples from the text, this infinitive structure and verb sheet could form the basis of one of those exemplary points.

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.

This is a 15 page document for students to use over the period of 3 weeks. Students read one act a week and complete the reading activities as they go or after their reading session. These completed activities then guide conversation in class the following week where the teacher checks that the student has understood the plot up as well as the students thoughts on certain characters and plot developments. There is room for conversation as well about cultural references which are important to understand about Spain in the 1930’s. There is a writing task for each act, an opinion section, a tick list of events which includes a made up events which students have to spot and a table for students to note down any cultural references. The end goal here is that students are fully aware of exactly what is happening in each act and how the plot is being developed by Lorca.

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.

This is a resource to check how well students have understood the plot and the characters in the book. I recommend that firstly students match up the infinitive structures which are already conjugated in the 3rd person, afterwards use different coloured highlighters to categorise the infinitive verbs by the character which they correspond with. This is an ideal task as a follow up to the character analysis two-page sheet, if a student for example says that Adela is rebelde you may ask them ‘how do we know?’ and they have to write a sentence explaining why they think Adela is rebelde giving examples from the text, this infinitive structure and verb sheet could form the basis of one of those exemplary points.

From a structured match-up to free practice students will be able to use relative pronouns que and quien.

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 LCDBA bundle I have for sale