Consider purchasing the full A Level Translation Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364 This is an exam style text on ‘el flamenco’ in Spain to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam. There is a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678

El barrio de Juan. This worksheet includes a reading comprehension & translation practice on the topic of town & local area. Pupils have a gap-fill activity, true/false comprehension question and vocabulary hunt to complete. There are then also translation tasks recycling key vocabulary into English & Spanish. The resources will help pupils to talk about their own town and area. Suggested answers included.

An exam-style writing task on the topic of healthy living with four bullet points to cover. There is a plan for pupils to help them scaffold their answer and a model answer to reflect after completion too. There is a free example here on holidays: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-scaffolded-writing-task-on-holidays-ir-de-vacaciones-with-plan-and-model-answer-12004130

A reading comprehension and powerpoint of activities to use to when planning a lesson on Pocket Money for KS3 or the beginning of GCSE. The PowerPoint contains a “unjumble” these sentences activity, a speaking overview on pocket money and some translation practice. The reading is good practice of vocabulary with some complex structures built in. There are then two comprehension activities to do and then pupils can use these as models for their own answers. Suggested answers included.

A standalone resource on clothing & the future tense for KS3/ GCSE intro to the topic. The key question is ¿Qué vas a llevar mañana? and the activities include: vocabulary match up, reordering sentences, sentence builder with translation into English and Spanish, a reading gap-fill and writing task. Answers included. Please leave a review if you find this useful for your pupils or if you have any feedback. You can also message me directly on Twitter @mfl_secondary

A support sheet for pupils who are describing a photo in French. There are lots of useful phrases to help with describing the photo itself, as well as lots of complex language and A* constructions for pupils to include. The structures and language are in groups: phrases to introduce a photo, past tense expressions, weather phrases, A* constructions to include, useful connectives, opinion phrases etc. My own pupils have found this very useful and it provides an excellent scaffold for them producing high quality work.

A longer GCSE writing question about school and future plans. There is a clear rubric and also a list of key complex structures to try to include, which are differentiated by level (bronze, silver, gold). Pupils can be given this question and encouraged to include as many as possible in their work to enhance quality of language. There is also a model answer using some of the structures (150 words) with a ‘structures search’ which pupils could look at before writing their own response.

A range of resources for any lesson on ¿Cómo eres? There is a scaffolded worksheet with answers, a writing mat for pupils to complete independently to recap core vocabulary, a double-sided translation activity for pupils to practice lots of translation into and out of Spanish. There is also a translation into English task and a plenary writing task in Spanish. There is also a Quiz Quiz Trade activity ready to print and use in the lesson.

A standalone resource on ‘mi rutina diaria’ with a reading comprehension and activities, translation tasks and a sentence builder. For KS3 or Y10 introduction to the topic. Answers included.

A topic revision sheet on the topic of music in the Spanish speaking world to support pupils with concrete examples and cultural references when talking about this topic. This will help pupils to achieve a high mark for A04 (show knowledge & understanding of culture).

A translation worksheet on the topic of the environment (present tense). Six different translation exercises which recycle the same key language and introduce new linguistic items in a scaffolded way. The exercises are ramped in terms of difficulty and final activity is a plenary translation task into Spanish. Answers included.

A sentence builder and key vocabulary review for pupils to talk about their future plans in Spanish, with answers. These activities will allow pupils to build their vocabulary, writing skills and confidence and will scaffold their written and oral response to this question/ topic. It included vocabulary exercises, reading & gap-fill, translation both ways and writing task.

A standalone worksheet to help pupils to express comparative statements about family members with a range of activities: recap of family members, key adjectives, review of comparative structures, translation practice, a sentence builder and a reading comprehension. Format: Word document and PDF. With answers.

A standalone worksheet on the gender pay gap in Spain with vocabulary, reading and translation activities. This resource will help pupils to practise their language skills and to understand and talk about ‘la brecha salarial’. Format: Word document and PDF with answers.

A comprehensive summary & checklist of sophisticated language constructions in French that pupils should be aiming to include in writing and oral work to target top grades. There is also a translation/practice task that recycles and uses all many of these sophisticated expressions and constructions, with answers. The structures include: infinitive expressions, conditional sentences, past, future & conditional structures, opinion phrases and subjunctive expressions.

A speaking mat worksheet to help students express opinions about hobbies they like/ don’t like to do. There is a list of hobbies to introduce the vocabulary, some key opinion phrases and key justification words. There is a general powerpoint to introduce the topic and another which contains some sentences on to translate (using the speaking mat).

A standalone resource on the the topic of new technology verbs in the past tense. This will be a good scaffold for pupils talking/writing about how they used technology yesterday/last weekend. There is quick verb match-up, a past tense grammar gap-fill activity and plenary reformulation into Spanish. Answers included. Please leave a review if you find this useful for your pupils or if you have any feedback. You can also message me directly on Twitter @mfl_secondary

This is a reading comprehension task to stretch pupils in KS3 or to introduce the core vocabulary for this topic at GCSE (House & Home). There are four texts and pupils must read and understand them before completing the comprehension questions, vocabulary hunt, gap-fill task and translation into English. Answers included.

A comprehensive resource summarizing the negative impacts of tourism in Spain: environmental, social, cultural. The resource includes: A speaking/writing mat of the key issues using subjunctive constructions of possibility The environmental impact of development on the coast: reading & gap-fill about the hotel Algarrobico A reading comprehension on el turismo de borrachera in Mallorca: vocabulary hunt and questions Plenary translation into Spanish, recycling key vocabulary and subjunctive structures Answers included.