A series of reading and writing activities to support students to explore the theme of obedience in Guillermo del Toro’s 2006 film El laberinto del fauno. PLEASE NOTE: this resource is part of a much more comprehensive and more detailed resource, the Pan’s Labyrinth Student Support Guide that can be found on this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-a-level-el-laberinto-del-fauno-gu-a-de-estudio-pan-s-labyrinth-student-support-guide-12002448 The guide is over 70 pages long, and a free sample can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/el-laberinto-del-fauno-planos-y-ngulos-de-c-mara-pan-s-labyrinth-shots-and-camera-work-12002490

This resource contains two booklets, one of them including twenty-four 150-word questions to revise the three themes of the new GCSE course (AQA specification), and a similar one consisting of twenty-four 90-word questions. In each booklet there are eight questions for each of the three themes of the course (Identity and culture, Local, national, international and global areas of interest and Current and future study and employment), and two questions for each of the topics in each theme. The 150-word question is part of the higher writing exam, and each question contains two bullet points that the students are expected to cover; the bullet points are written to resemble the ones found in the 2018 paper and those in the sample questions provided by AQA. At least one of the bullet points in each question prompts the students to refer to either the past or the future, and several questions ask the students to write their “recommendations”. The booklet also contains a copy of the mark scheme for the 150 word question and an overview of the themes and topics. The 90-word questions include four bullet points that the students are prompted to cover, and they explicitly require them to include references to three time frames and opinions (as per the AQA mark scheme). When possible, one of the bullet points starts with ‘qué hiciste’, a question which appears in many of the AQA samples and that some students often fail to understand. The booklet also contains a copy of the mark scheme. This resource can be used as part of everyday teaching, as end of unit assessment, for revision purposes and as an easy way of setting useful homework.

This resource includes a lot of information about family life in Spain, followed by a series of questions for the students to show their understanding of the topics covered. The resource is written in English and it is meant to improve the students’ cultural awareness. It is aimed at GCSE students, but it can also be used with A Level students as a quick introduction to the sub-theme Traditional and modern values. Finally, it is ideal to set cover work.

This is a board game to get English as a Foreign Language to practise their speaking (and mediation) skills. It is based on games such as Snakes and Ladders, but since I have designed the board, I have explained all the peculiarities in the instructions. Each time the players roll the dice, they will have to complete a speaking, mediation (explain a graph) or grammar task. The different tasks are: making a speech on a specific topic. having a discussion with a partner on a specific topic. answering a question. taking part in a role play with a partner. correcting a common mistake in a sentence. If the player completes the task correctly they can stay in the box where they’ve landed. If they don’t, they’ll have to go back. All the resources needed to play the game are included: 24 grammar cards, 24 discussion cards, 24 question cards, 12 role play cards and 12 graph cards. There are a few special boxed to keep the game more exciting: the lift, that helps the players move forward or backwards a few places; the dice, which allows them to roll the dice again; the field, where they relax for a turn, and the grim reaper, which takes them back to the starting point. The game is designed for B2 students, but can be easily adapted for other levels. EDIT: PLEASE IGNORE THE AWFUL PREVIEWS, THE ACTUAL FILES LOOK FINE, AS SHOWN BY THE COVER PICTURE, A SCREEN CAPTURE OF THE BOARD.

A series of lessons to talk about food and drink in Spanish. It includes work on opinions, ER verbs in different tenses (present, preterite, imperfect, future and conditional), and exam-like activities (photo cards, translation), as well as reading activities based on authentic materials. Update: I have now included a PowerPoint version of the main file, converted from the original Notebook file. I recommend whenever possible to use the original version, as the file conversion has changed the layout of some slides and some features work less effectively on Power Point.

Support booklet to prepare students for the new GCSE speaking exam. The booklet includes a detailed summary of the requirements of the new speaking exam (role play, photo card and general 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 photo 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 . Additionally, the resource includes a foundation and higher check-list to provide the students with immediate, personalised feedback.

A whole set of resources to teach the GCSE topic relationships within the family. The presentation consists of 62 slides (please note that the presentation was made using Smartboard Notebook, not Powerpoint; I have included a Powerpoint copy, but a lot of the features do not work or work worse on Powerpoint, so I advice using Notebook to open it) includes the following vocabulary areas: - family members - physical descriptions - character - “me llevo bien” and reasons for getting on (or not) with people. The presentation covers the following grammar points: - ser and tener - the conditional - comparatives - negatives - asking questions It also includes several speaking activities (role plays and photo cards), as well as a variety of games (naughts and crosses, connect 4, walk around the room finding information). The presentation is supported by 7 worksheets, a writing mat and an overview of the new GCSE course

A couple of lessons to prepare students to express an justify their opinions about TV programmes, using a variety of expressions (beyond the basic "me gusta"), adjectives and tenses. Supported by a template worksheet to express opinions in the present and in te past and a variety of activities.

A (very large) set of resources to cover all aspects of the topic of jobs and careers, guiding the students towards beign able to write and speak about the topic using a variety of tenses (preterite, imperfect, the expression "tenía que" + infinitive and future simple), as well as the relative and other complex structures. The set also includes an introduction to the subjunctive (with expressions such as "No creo que" + subjuntive). All supported by 15 corresponding worksheets that also include reading activities.

A very comprehensive set of resources to help students revise Theme 2 (local, national, global, international areas of interest) of the new Spanish GCSE and prepare for the speaking test. The pack includes: - Role plays booklet, with 20 role plays at both foundation and higher level. - Photo cards booklet, with 24 cards (each of which includes four foundation and four higher questions). - General conversation questions, with 49 questions altogether at both foundation and higher level. - Foundation and higher mark schemes / feedback sheets.

Two practice writing papers (one foundation, one higher) following the format of the new GCSE writing exam, and focusing on the topics covered in Theme 2. The foundation paper includes four questions (describe the photo, 40 words question, translation and 90 words question) and the higher paper includes three (90 words question, 150 words question and translation). I have also included two feedback sheets (one foundation, one higher) that include"check-lists" (based on the AQA mark scheme for writing) to provide quick, personalised feedback for each of the questions. The check lists provide the students with feedback on what went well (WWW) and what they need to do to improve further (TIF). Also available in Spanish: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-spanish-gcse-theme-2-writing-exam-and-feedback-sheets-11587008

This booklet contains 36 speaking cards based on Theme 1 ans Theme 2 of the new AQA Spanish A Level course (Aspects of Hispanic society and Artistic culture in the Hispanic world). In other words, the themes covered in the AS course (Year one of the A Level course). The cards contain (quite a lot) of factual information about the theme (a lot more than the sample cards from AQA) and three questions, the first one always being "How do you react to the information on this card). The aim of presenting the cards like this is to provide the students with a lot of ideas on what to say about the theme, as well as making them more aware that they always have to discuss the information printed on the card (AO2 and AO4). Each section is followed by around 20 questions for the students to research / discuss the topic further. Finally, there are two alternative versions of the booklet, one with the overview and mark schemes for paper 3 in the AS course and another one with the overview and mark schemes for the whole A Level course.

A worksheet that I have used with the younger students to practice descriptions in Spanish. It includes a writing frame to describe people’s physical appearance and a list of adjectives to describe personality. The worksheet is based on the film “Zipi y Zape y el club de la canica”.