A set of resources to cover the whole of theme 3 of the new GCSE Spanish course (AQA):
- current and future studies
- employment
- photo cards (speaking exam)
- role plays
Three very comprehensive sets of Spanish to English translations, each covering all aspects of Theme 1 (Identity and Culture), Theme 2 (Local, regional, national, international and global areas of interest) and Theme 3 (Current and future study and employment).
Four ice-breaking activities to get students talking to each other at the beginning of the year: find people in your class who...
On four different levels: one basic worksheet, two intermediate (based on the topic of holidays and negative sentences) and advanced.
A set of resources to help your students revise Theme 3 (Current and future study and employment) and prepare for the new GCSE exam. It includes:
- speaking exam resources (role plays, photo cards and general conversation)
- writing exam resources (a foundation and a higher practice paper, as well as a feedback sheets for each paper)
- a booklet with eight 90-word questions, following the new AQA spec and covering all topics of theme 3
- reading resources: a booklet with Spanish to English translations.
Two Smartboard Notebook presentations that contain personalised Good and Better WILFs for each of the questions in the new AQA Spanish GCSE writing and speaking exams (at both foundation and higher tiers).
Each slide contains three sets of WILFs, attached to a grade (grades 3, 4 and 5 in foundation, 4/5, 6 and 7+ in higher) and they are named after a Spanish city (Sevilla, Barcelona -currently still part of Spain! -and Madrid). Finally, each WILF contains a description of what good progress and good progress for students attempting that WILF would be.
Reading activity based on an article from La Vanguardia (8th of November 2017) about the pay gap between men and women in Spain.
The resource includes 8 activities:
- find key vocabulary
- true, false or not mentioned
- explain what the figures represent
- translation into English
- explain the title of the article
- summarise the text
- explain the information in a photograph
Speaking test booklet to prepare students for the Conversation of the new GCSE spanish speaking test (Edexcel).
The booklet includes a detailed summary of the requirements of the new speaking exam (role play, picture based task and conversation), both at foundation and higher levels, explained in a student-friendly way, as well as the mark schemes for each element of the test, examples of role plays (foundation and higher) and stimulus cards (with foundation and higher questions), and a very comprehensive list of questions for the general conversation. All the questions have been translated to allow the teachers to use them in the classroom, set them as homework or tell the students to work independently on them .
A booklet with eight 90 word questions to revise the theme of Identity and culture of the new Spanish GCSE exam.
There are two questions for each of the topics in Theme one (Me, my family and friends, Technology in everyday life, Free-time activities and Customs and festivals in Spanish-speaking countries).
Each of the questions contains four bullet points that the students are expected to cover; one of the bullet points refers to the past and, when possible, it starts with "qué hiciste", as many of the AQA sample questions do; another bullet point requires the students to use either the future or the conditional, and another one prompts them to say their opinion.
Finally, the booklet also contains a copy of the mark scheme for the 90 word question, which is the same at foundation and at higher level.
A similar booklet including questions for themes 1, 2 and 3 can be found in this link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-spanish-gcse-writing-exam-practice-90-word-questions-11820179
Three booklets to prepare students for papers 2 and 3:
Paper 2 (writing) - Volver
Paper 2 (writing) - La casa de Bernarda Alba
Paper 3 (speaking)
Each booklet includes a wide range of questions to provide the students with plenty of practice, as well as detailed explanations of the paper's requirements, assessment objectives and mark schemes.
The fourth booklet contains a very comprehensive (118 pages) overview of the main aspects of Spanish grammar that the students are expected to be able to use on their A Level course.
This resource contains a lot of factual information about Spanish society, focusing on the three topics that cover the sub-theme Aspects of Hispanic Society in the new Spanish A Level course (Traditional and Modern Values, Cyberspace and Equal Rights). I wrote this resource to help my students revise for their upcoming speaking exam (Paper 3), specifically to ensure that they include enough information to score well in AO4 of the paper.
The file also includes an overview of the course and of Paper 3.
This bundle consists of three files containing a lot of factual information about the topics covered in the Aspects of Hispanic Society theme in the new A Level course. Focused on Spain, it should provide the students with plenty of opportunities to develop Assessment Objective 4 in their Paper 3 (speaking exam)
A three-page file that includes a lot actual information about Spanish culture and society, focusing on the topic of Modern Day Idols, part of the theme Artistic Culture in the Hispanic World of the new Spanish A Level. It provides students with facts and statistics, which should be very helpful in preparation for Paper 3 (the speaking exam).
A three-page file with a lot actual information about Spanish culture and society, focusing on the topic of Immigration (part of the theme Multiculturalism in Hispanic society of the new Spanish A Level). It provides students with facts and statistics, which should be very helpful in preparation for Paper 3 (the speaking exam).
The information can also be used for translation practice and it can be very easily adapted into a variety of reading activities.
This three-page file includes a lot actual information about Spanish culture and society, focusing on the topic of Cultural Heritage (historical sites, painters, architecture, music), part of the theme Artistic Culture in the Hispanic World of the new Spanish A Level. It provides students with wide range of facts and statistics about the topic, which should be very helpful in preparation for Paper 3 (the speaking exam). The information in the file can also be easily adapted to reading or translation activities.
This three-page file includes a lot actual information about Spanish culture and society, focusing on the topic of Today’s youth, tomorrow’s citizens (Jóvenes de hoy, ciudadanos de mañana) part of the theme Aspects of Political Life in the Hispanic World of the new Spanish A Level. It provides students with wide range of facts and statistics about the topic, which should be very helpful in preparation for Paper 3 (the speaking exam). The information in the file can also be easily adapted to reading or translation activities.
A series of resources to support GCSE students preparing for their GCSE writing exams. The bundle includes three GCSE writing papers at both foundation and higher level, one for each theme of the new course, and a booklet with 24 90-word questions, eight for each theme (two per topic). This booklet has been picked by TES to be part of their GCSE revision hub. Finally, the resource includes a Complex structures guide, with a variety of tenses and structures to encourage the higher ability students to work independently and use increasingly complex language.
Finally, the bundle includes a “Correct the mistakes” activity, which includes 54 sentences (covering all topics) with mistakes in them for the students to correct, all based on some of the most common mistakes I keep seeing in students’ work.
This four-page file includes a lot factual information about Spanish and Latin American culture and society, focusing on the topic of Monarchies and Dictatorships, part of the theme Aspects of Political Life in the Hispanic World of the new Spanish A Level. It provides students with wide range of facts and statistics about the topic, which should be very helpful in preparation for Paper 3 (the speaking exam). The information in the file can also be easily adapted to reading or translation activities.
This four-page file includes a lot factual information about Spanish and Latin American culture and society, focusing on the sub theme of Popular movements, part of the theme Aspects of Political Life in the Hispanic World of the new Spanish A Level. It provides students with wide range of facts and statistics about the topic, which should be very helpful in preparation for Paper 3 (the speaking exam). The information in the file can also be easily adapted to reading or translation activities.
This resource has 54 sentences (18 for each of the three themes of the new GCSE), all of which contain one or more mistakes. I have based them on some of the most common mistakes my GCSE students have been making over the last few years, and they include, amongst others:
word order
adjectival agreement
the use of the infinitive
verbs like gustar
Additionally, the resource includes a brief explanation of the rules each section focuses on.
A twelve page booklet to prepare students for paper 2 (writing) of the new A Level Spanish specification (2018 onwards), specifically focused on Réquiem por un campesino español.
The booklet includes:
a summary of the requirements of the paper
the assessment objectives and mark scheme
two initial activities to “get the students thinking” (20 questions about key aspects of the short novel, and a variety quotes for the students to discuss)
the four essay questions from the AQA sample materials and the two questions form the 2018 exam
a further 18 essay questions (some of them adapted from past exam questions from the outgoing specification), covering a wide range of aspects, to provide the students with plenty of practice opportunities
four pages of useful language to write an essay
a self-assessment check-list for the students to use to reflect on their own work.