Ideal as a starter or revision activity. All topics from Theme 1 GCSE Spanish. Get students to revise on different aspects before or after the lesson.

This is a sample of a retrieval starter that I have used to do some recap on the basic grammar points with an emphasis on vocabulary and synonyms. It includes some practice of comparatives and definite and indefinite articles and extension activites to work on translation and writing skills. If you would like the key answers for this, let me know and I will edit the file.

This document is a vocabulary mat that contains different key verbs in French and expressions. Ideally it is designed for Y8/Y9 students but can be used also in GCSE as it includes: Key verbs in three different tenses (present / preterite / near future). Opinions and reasons. Verbs in infinitive with their respective translations into English. Sentences leaders and conjunctions to promote more complex and longer sentences.

Ideal as a starter or revision activity. All topics from Theme 3 GCSE Spanish. Get students to revise on different aspects before or after the lesson.

This presentation includes different activities but no speaking tasks or practice. It is mainly emphasis on Listening, Reading and Writing. I would say there is loads in here for just one lesson (26 slides) The topics/ themes included here are: Free time / Technology / Family and Friends / Social Issues and Health / Holidays and a quick revision on tenses (past / present / future.) SLIDES 4, 5 & 10: Are not meant to be used (spare, extra, etc.) SLIDE 13: I could not keep the audio for the short listening exercise (as I took it from an Examboard webpage) but I can send you my own recording if you leave your email below and I will send the audio through. SLIDE 16: I normally read it myself as it it was a dictation. SLIDE 17 & 18: You have 2 different transcripts there depending on ability.

Ideal as a starter or revision activity. All topics from Theme 2 GCSE Spanish. Get students to revise on different aspects before or after the lesson.

This document is a vocabulary mat that contains different key verbs in Spanish and expressions. Ideally it is designed for Y8/Y9 students but can be used also in GCSE as it includes: Key verbs in three different tenses (present / preterite / near future). Opinions and reasons. Verbs in infinitive with their respective translations into English. Sentences leaders and conjunctions to promote more complex and longer sentences.

This is a sample that could be use as homework or as cover work. This one does not include audio file like other worksheets and it is very simple. Just include a few activities for students to learn vocabulary and then a reading comprehension and analysis exercise of a text where adjectives of personality are used.

Two slides containing different words to help your students with writing tasks.

This is a quick revision on the topic of **school, rules, uniform **with some key verbs in the preterite / Preterite Indefinite (Simple past) and some conditional and near future verbs. This could be use with different groups based on volume of work, complexity, etc. (Y8 to Y11 - Use this the Y8 to Y11 range with discretion). Match up the Spanish with the English. Complete the missing gaps in the parallel translation. Students create their own sentences by adding more and more information based on what they did before. Notice that this could be different to what you have taught and this could be used as a starter, plenary of simply as an additional task. Answers provided.

These slides are meant to help students retrieve their tenses: -Present -Past -Near future -Future All grids contains Target Language. With their mini white boards students translate from English to Target Language. Students gives an example in English/Spanish and students translate on their mini white board. I would suggest to start with translations from TL to English. This activity can be differentiated in many ways but the main one is for students to stretch more and more following the sequence: Who / What / When / Where / Why. Hope you enjoy it and your students enjoy it even more.

Editable calendar for students to do independent revision. One simple activity a day.

Before you consider buying this resource, check the bundle with 2 additonal extra resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/y8-y9-french-family-and-friends-physique-and-personality-13121712 This resource is intended to help students prepare for a writing practice or writing assessment. This could be used mainly with Y8 and Y9 students but can be adapted or stretch for new GCSE students if necessary. This resource contains: Starter based on previous vocabulary on family members, personality and key verbs. 3 stages reading comprehension that can be divided in: Scan read activity for students to annotate information about the text. Activity based on reading more deeply to find phrases and key vocabulary in the text. Parallel translation using 2 texts (French & English) with missing information that students will have to work out to have matching texts. Student-fronted task based on a writing task / writing assessment: this could could be more or less scaffolded. If needed, students can use the handouts with the three texts they have been working with to model their own text. Handouts and presentation included.

This is a short lesson that can be used online or in the classroom (you can save it as a Google Slides file or any other software similar to Powerpoint. It contains: Short introduction to Spanish Geography where students can label the different CCAA (Comunidades Autónomas) which could be good as a starter. A vocabulary activity to work on cognates taken and adapted from the AQA A-Level book. A three section reading activity to work on cognates that could be exploited to do some translation into English so students can compare and see differences between Spanish and Catalan, Euskera or Galician. A listening activity with videos (a language that did not appear in previous activities has been introduced here: Aranese) where students can listen to (and see) different people talking different languages and they need to: Identify the language. Listening for the gist and write down some information about the speaker. Rate the difficulty of the language (personal) and find examples to explain this.

This could be used as homework or as cover work. This worksheet includes: -Introduction to basic vocabulary about physical description (1) -Introduction to basic vocabulary with short description examples (2) Two short listening activites for students to identify the person that is being described (you could describe different people or get students to play who is who at this point or later during the lesson.) Grid fill where students need to describe people in TL and fill a grid that they could use for revision later on. Grammar section (verbs + adjectival agreement.) Reading exercise (vocabulary search and reading comprehension questions.) Audio files included.

This is a very simple worksheet with basic vocabulary on opinions, activities and reasons. There are different skills for students to practice but there is no speaking activity. Listening files included (2 short audio recordings.)

Text based on the topic of Depression and Social exclusion. This resource includes different activities. The main ones are: Reading Exam Skill Gap Fill Listening Gap Fill and Reading Comprehension Task with Synonyms based on the same text. Translation Spanish to English and Parallel Translation. Additional task (you could use the text with your students as a listening. Audio attached with the resource. Answers provided. Audio files attached. A link to a Youtube Documentary is included for extra personal research. Discretion: This is a very delicate topic and the video includes some messages that some students could find difficult or distressing, please check the concept Hikikomori before.

Text based on the topic of Health & Barefoot Running. This resource includes different activities. The main ones are: Reading Exam Skill Gap Fill 4 Sections on Synonyms based on the same text. Translation Spanish to English. Additional task (you could use the text with your students as a listening. Audio attached with the resource. Answers provided. Audio file attached to use the text as a listening rather than as a vocabulary gap fill.

This PPTX include different slides similar to the ‘‘GCSE Spanish Retrieval Grid (Theme 1)’’. This one is a more generic one following the same pattern but has more slides and include 3 extra slides to revise present, past and future: Including: Template slide. Free time. Sports. Technology. Family and Friends. Customs and Festivals. Marriage and Weddings. Health. Charity and volunteering. Home and Area. Holidays. School. Post 16 and Careers. Present. Past. Future.

This file contains different translations for students to practice (see title). It includes different phrases in target language and a second translation of a bigger text. Foundation and Higher options. Beware that the slide at the beginning includes hyperlinks to the the different topics. Answers included: Home, town and region. Social Issues. Global Issues. Travel and tourism.