This is a systematic and comprehensive look at how the Spanish Civil War has been portrayed on screen. Some of the films will be well known to you already and there are lots of good resources on films like Pans Labyrinth out there. My resources on such films may be appreciated as they focus on very specific aspects of the films and are based on a lot of research. Some of these films you and your students may not have seen and should and hopefully this resource will inspire you to watch some of them. Where background is needed to fully appreciate the film reviews I have provided it, so it will give you and your students a lot of socio-political background and historical detail too. The reviews are original and provide good speaking and reading practice. I have provided answer keys for some of the activities but not all. It is also possible to adapt the activities to suit the needs and confidence levels of the students. I have provided a How to use this resource section too. It is not aimed at one specific exam board although I may be obliged to specify when I upload it. It is aimed at Post-16, though I have used it with GCSE students too. I hope you enjoy using it as much as I did in creating it.

How to make comparisons fun for a disaffected Y8 or Y9- well at least I think it's fun. The Wordsearch is meant to encourage choice of interesting adjectives and give you a bit of space. The next thing on that sheet could be used as a card sort if you have the time/energy. I always think getting them to put the sentence together works but I have taken to giving a sentence per pair and then a quick put it back in envelope and pass on. The jumbled version of the same grid is called a sentence machine. They work in teams with a piece of paper. Each time they correctly combine a set of words to make a sentence they send a runner to check and then cross it off in the machine. The more sentences they generate the more points and points mean rewards. The PPT introduces the structure and there are plenty of extra pics if you want to print some off and get them to generate their own example sentences in pairs.

Y10 GCSE Spanish but could be used with more able in KS3. Describing your house can be dreary so I came up with the idea of a description of the prison that Pablo Escobar designed himself. It really worked as they found the story fascinating, and were able to predict the content with a few nudges. They were then willing to go on and be more creative with their own descriptions.

This resource is designed to help teachers deliver the unit on dictatorships in Latin America and forms of protest for AQA and as stimulus for the individual oral project in Y13. I found it fascinating to do the research and hope that you will find it equally fascinating to use this resource. It provides original texts, that I have created based on extensive research. Sadly many of the stories are similar, shameful CIA interference, total disregard for indigenous human rights, dictators that were put on trial but not punished. There was also Operación Condor, where dictators across Latin America worked in close collaboration to pursue their victims. The nature of protest in Latin America also tells amazing stories as do some of the films included in this resource. Enjoy

Ten things to do before you die-classic theme for introducing conditionals-and or just using constructions like me gustaría + infinitive- espero/tengo ganas de…generates more interesting opinions and students can be encouraged to use stronger adjective-adverb combinations Versatile because can be used at any level and made more or less challenging-the conversation can be expanded and the tense can be changed so you can say what you’ve already done, like Bungey jumping or visiting somewhere amazing or what you are planning to do-in order to raise money for charity perhaps. There are quite a lot of slides so it can be made shorter so students have to generate ideas themselves. It can be used for speaking, as a stimulus for writing, for translation practice You could easily use the slides and change language

This is a preview of a resource that I will shortly be uploading. It is an extensive review of how the Spanish Civil War and its’ aftermath has been depicted in film. You will know many of them and there will be others you and or your students haven’t seen or heard of. The main film reviews are original and come with tasks that enable students to develop their reading skills and how to talk about film. Many are accompanied by short articles that provide historical context, to make sense of the films and to learn more about the war. It is well researched and well informed. I am going to attempt to sell it as it is a labour of love and has taken me time and effort to produce. It is aimed at A Level students but you could adapt some of the articles for students aiming for an 8-9 at GCSE and or to get them interested in A Level.