This knowledge organiser covers the topic of film & television and sports.
Both foundation and higher vocabulary (higher appears highlighted in yellow).
Worked example (short paragraph) using vocabulary from the page.
You can find other topics here:
Future aspirations, Study and Work - FREE download here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-knowledge-organiser-work-12367700
Local Area, Holiday and Travel: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-knowledge-organiser-holiday-12368640
Writing skills: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-knowledge-organiser-writing-skills-12368458
This is mainly focused on reading and translation. Asnwers provided.
Other resources on Spain’s Civil War:
Fact Sheet: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12745894
Context: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-la-guerra-civil-contexto-12291468
Reasons here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12439531
El poder de internet y las redes sociales
3 pages: vocab match up, reading comprehension, speaking and writing practice. Answers provided on a separate page.
I created this booklet to allow students to practise their speaking skills, in particular the picture-based task, with a cultural focus. The pictures used are all famous paintings found in the Museo del Prado in Spain.
You can download one of the pages for free here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-spanish-speaking-booster-las-meninas-12330416
Full PPT lesson providing information about the Edexcel GCSE Speaking exam, focusing on task 3 (the conversation).
It includes:
Three examples of the one minute presentation (the actual recording from former students in 2018 and the transcript). Topics used: theme 3 (school) and theme 4 (work).
An activity to focus on key language and structures in the three presentations.
An example of the follow-up questions in the conversation (the actual recording from a former student in 2018).
Assessment criteria for the conversation part of the speaking for students to understand and be able to use it.
Text about new technologies with a focus on social networks (Instagram in particular).
Three new GCSE (Edexcel) exam style of questions (gap fill) - two in English and one in Spanish.
Two exercises focused on vocabulary and expressions.
One true/false/not mentioned activity.
One writing exercise.
Short extract of the beginning of Fortunata y Jacinta, by Benito Pérez Galdós,
GCSE exam-style reading comprehension followed by an exercise focused on vocabulary and gap-fill activity about Manila shawls.
All answers provided on the last page.
First page of the Spanish version of Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone is used in this resource to get students to practise different reading strategies: prediction, anticipation, skimming, scanning and decoding.
It can be used with students in Years 9, 10 or 11, depending on their level.
If used with Year 11 students, Foundation classes would benefit more as it may be too easy for Higher groups (although good revision for them).
There are six questions and it focuses on the use of adjectives when giving opinions or describing.
Worksheet exploring benefits of four-day workweek.
Answers provided.
More work-related worksheets here:
El teletrabajo: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12273574
Page 1: Exam-style question task and strip on the left providing students with ideas and vocabulary to help them achieve top marks.
Page 2: Sample essay using all the suggested vocabulary and structures.
GCSE Writing Structure Strip - Internet. FREE download here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12443692
GCSE Writing Structure Strip - My town: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12663443
GCSE Writing Structure Strip - Ambitions: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12668914
In this mindmap students can revise everything about the character of Raimunda.
There are plenty of ideas to describe and analyse this character.
Volver - Character Analysis: Agustina: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12600917
Volver - Character Analysis: Irene: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12608178
Volver - Character Analysis: Sole: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12670913
This mindmap gives students an analysis overview of the character of Sole. It includes plenty of ideas and starting points to write critical analysis in Spanish.
Volver - Character Analysis: Raimunda: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11990010
Volver - Character Analysis: Agustina: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12600917
Volver - Character Analysis: Irene: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12608178
This mindmap gives students an analysis overview of the character of Irene. It includes plenty of ideas and starting points to write critical analysis in Spanish.
Volver - Character Analysis: Raimunda: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11990010
Volver - Character Analysis: Agustina: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12600917
Volver - Character Analysis: Sole: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12670913
This resource explores what happened in Spain before the Civil War (1923-1936), as it is important for students to understand the historical context.
Listening, reading and translation skills.
This is an overview of the context (FREE): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12750048 - Could be given to student as a follow-up.
Resource on Spain’s Civil War (reasons): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-la-guerra-civil-razones-12439531
This is an A Level vocabulary list based on the first topic in theme 2 (Edexcel specification). It is not a long one, just a few words divided in three categories: adjectives, nouns and verbs.
There are also some translations into English and into Spanish so that students can put those words into practice. In the translations, students will also revise the topic as there are a lot of cultural references.
It can be used as homework or as support for less able or disorganised students.
It includes answers to translations.
First page of the Spanish version of Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone is used in this resource to get students to practise different reading strategies: prediction, anticipation, skimming, scanning and decoding.
This is an A Level vocabulary list based on the second topic in theme 1 (Edexcel specification). It is not a long one, just a few words divided in three categories: adjectives, nouns and verbs. There are also some translations into English and into Spanish so that students can put those words into practice.
It can be used as homework or as support for less able or disorganised students.