MFL teacher (Spanish, French, German and English as FL), examiner (for GCSE AQA and Edexcel) and author of successful study guides for ZigZag Education, such as the Getting to Know: El laberinto del fauno study guide or the one on Ocho Apellidos Vascos. https://zigzageducation.co.uk/synopses/7800-getting-to-know-el-laberinto-del-fauno?pod=7800 https://zigzageducation.co.uk/synopses/7454-getting-to-know-ocho-apellidos-vascos?pod=7454
MFL teacher (Spanish, French, German and English as FL), examiner (for GCSE AQA and Edexcel) and author of successful study guides for ZigZag Education, such as the Getting to Know: El laberinto del fauno study guide or the one on Ocho Apellidos Vascos. https://zigzageducation.co.uk/synopses/7800-getting-to-know-el-laberinto-del-fauno?pod=7800 https://zigzageducation.co.uk/synopses/7454-getting-to-know-ocho-apellidos-vascos?pod=7454
Este recurso de 11 páginas resume la película de “El Laberinto del Fauno” y tambien ofrece un repaso de las claves, los temas y los símbolos principales. . El texto contiene 16 preguntas de comprensión que ayudarán a los estudiantes a aumentar su conocimiento crítico de la obra para que puedan tener éxito en sus exámenes de A level Spanish AQA , Edexcel o Eduqas. El texto ha sido escrito expandiendo en muchas de las ideas de la guía de estudio que escribí para ZigZag Education, llamada “Getting to Know: El Laberinto del Fauno”https://zigzageducation.co.uk/synopses/7800-getting-to-know-el-laberinto-del-fauno?pod=7800 This resource summarises the fantastic film "El Laberinto del Fauno” and also the film´s key aspects,topics and symbology are explored and analysed in a novel way so that students taking A level Spanish AQA, Edexcel or Eduqas can gain confidence in tackling the cultural topic question in their exams.
¿Qué pasa blog? is a practical study guide for AQA GCSE Spanish Higher Tier lessons. This resource contains an entertaining story linked to 22 worksheets with activities, such as “Sentence Builders” and AQA exam-like exercises. The study guide can be used as a self-study as it has the answers at the end or by non specialist teachers.
“¿Qué pasa, blog? Soy rapero y YouTubero”, is a comprehensive practical study guide for AQA GCSE Spanish that will help your students to succeed in their exams. It uses humour and a fresh engaging story, written in the first person from the point of view of a 15 year old boy called Alex. Alex lives in England but he is bilingual in English and in Spanish. He spends every summer at his grandparent´s in San Sebastian, Northern Spain. There, he learns about Spanish culture, food and festivals, before coming back to school in England. You can try this resource viewing a sample with the first two blogs via this link https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12731000
This practical study guide has been written to facilitate practice and learning of the AQA Spanish GCSE syllabus. The resource is divided into 22 blogs with follow-up exam practice questions, plus there is a final worksheet on characterisation, which links to the A level syllabus. There are sound recordings on YouTube of all 22 blogs, so that students can listen to the blogs while reading.
Each blog includes at least one GCSE Spanish topic and overall the resource covers all the main GCSE AQA topics. To help students learn vocabulary relevant to the GCSE topics, the blogs include words from the AQA vocabulary list.
In addition, each blog has one or more grammar teaching points. A table with a list of both the GCSE topics and the grammar points used in this booklet can be found on pages 6 and 7. Each blog has around 150 words. The resource can be used in different ways: to complement your teaching, as a revision booklet, for independent study, to set homework or for cover lessons.
This resource can be differentiated. For lower level students, we suggest that you use the texts as reading exercises, whilst higher level students, can listen to the blog first and attempt to answer the questions before reading the text. All students will benefit from listening to the sound recordings which accompany the resource.
Set of two study guides for Spanish GCSE for both AQA and Edexcel. “¿Qué pasa, blog? Soy rapero y YouTubero”, is a comprehensive practical study guide for AQA and Edexcel GCSE Spanish that will help your students to succeed in their exams. It uses humour and a fresh engaging story, written in the first person from the point of view of a 15 year old boy called Alex. Alex lives in England but he is bilingual in English and in Spanish. He spends every summer at his grandparent´s in San Sebastian, Northern Spain. There, he learns about Spanish culture, food and festivals, before coming back to school in England.
Alex is writing a blog in Spanish for his Spanish homework and his ambition in life is to become a YouTuber and rapper. He starts to write R&B songs in Spanish and in English. However, to begin with, he is not very successful and suffers cyberbullying. Ultimately, he keeps doing what he enjoys best, gains self-confidence and eventually achieves success.
¿Qué pasa blog? is a practical study guide for Edexcel GCSE Spanish Higher Tier lessons. This resource contains an entertaining story linked to 22 worksheets with activities, such as “Sentence Builders” and Edexcel exam-like exercises.
“¿Qué pasa, blog? Soy rapero y YouTubero”, is a comprehensive practical study guide for Edexcel GCSE Spanish that will help your students to succeed in their exams. It uses humour and a fresh engaging story, written in the first person from the point of view of a 15 year old boy called Alex. Alex lives in England but he is bilingual in English and in Spanish. He spends every summer at his grandparent´s in San Sebastian, Northern Spain. There, he learns about Spanish culture, food and festivals, before coming back to school in England. You can view a sample of the first two blogs of this new GCSE resource via this link https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12731000
This practical study guide has been written to facilitate practice and learning of the Edexcel Spanish GCSE syllabus. The resource is divided into 22 blogs with follow-up exam practice questions, plus there is a final worksheet on characterisation, which links to the A level syllabus. There are sound recordings of all 22 blogs, so that students can listen to the blogs while reading.
Each blog includes at least one GCSE Spanish topic and overall the resource covers all the main GCSE Edexcel topics. To help students learn vocabulary relevant to the GCSE topics, the blogs include words from the Edexcel vocabulary list.
In addition, each blog has one or more grammar teaching points. A table with a list of both the GCSE topics and the grammar points used in this booklet can be found on pages 6 and 7. Each blog has around 150 words. The resource can be used in different ways: to complement your teaching, as a revision booklet, for independent study, to set homework or for cover lessons.
This resource can be differentiated. For lower level students, we suggest that you use the texts as reading exercises, whilst higher level students, can listen to the blog first and attempt to answer the questions before reading the text. All students will benefit from listening to the sound recordings which accompany the resource.
¿Qué pasa blog? is a practical study guide for AQA GCSE Spanish Higher Tier lessons. This is a sample, the actual resource with the remaining 20 worksheets can be accessed via this link https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12732625 . This resource contains an entertaining story linked to 22 worksheets with activities, such as “Sentence Builders” and AQA exam-like exercises.
“¿Qué pasa, blog? Soy rapero y YouTubero”, is a comprehensive practical study guide for AQA GCSE Spanish that will help your students to succeed in their exams. It uses humour and a fresh engaging story, written in the first person from the point of view of a 15 year old boy called Alex. Alex lives in England but he is bilingual in English and in Spanish. He spends every summer at his grandparent´s in San Sebastian, Northern Spain. There, he learns about Spanish culture, food and festivals, before coming back to school in England.
This practical study guide has been written to facilitate practice and learning of the AQA Spanish GCSE syllabus. The resource is divided into 22 blogs with follow-up exam practice questions, plus there is a final worksheet on characterisation, which links to the A level syllabus. There are sound recordings on YouTube of all 22 blogs, so that students can listen to the blogs while reading.
Each blog includes at least one GCSE Spanish topic and overall the resource covers all the main GCSE AQA topics. To help students learn vocabulary relevant to the GCSE topics, the blogs include words from the AQA vocabulary list.
In addition, each blog has one or more grammar teaching points. A table with a list of both the GCSE topics and the grammar points used in this booklet can be found on pages 6 and 7. Each blog has around 150 words. The resource can be used in different ways: to complement your teaching, as a revision booklet, for independent study, to set homework or for cover lessons.
This resource can be differentiated. For lower level students, we suggest that you use the texts as reading exercises, whilst higher level students, can listen to the blog first and attempt to answer the questions before reading the text. All students will benefit from listening to the sound recordings which accompany the resource.
These are two stories written for A level Spanish and that deal with topics like the Spanish civil war, Franco´s dictatorship, changes in society, national identity, cultural heritage and inmigration. Both stories complement each other and offer students great practice in reading literary texts and also learning more about the culture of Spanish speaking countries. Both stories are suitable for the AQA and Edexcel specifications and they both have lots of comprehension questions and grammar activities appropriate for A level.
Collection of 4 resources dealing with the Spanish Civil War from 4 different view points: 1 film like El Laberinto del Fauno where the aftermath of the war is explored, two novels like “El Otro Árbol de Guernica” and “Primera Memoria”, in which the war is analised from the view point of children, while in the story of “Una Guerra Civil muy Incivil”, there is a real account of witnesses of the terrible Spanish conflict. All the resources come with comprehension and language questions and their answers.
This is a Christmas play in Spanish language suitable for Spanish students of years 7, 8, 9s, GCSE and A level or from beginners to intermediate level. The play comes with reading, listening (two videos and a Christmas song), writing, reading aloud, comprehension and extension exercises and it has suggested answers too. This Christmas play uses a gentle sense of humour and it can be used for students to practise talking about topics such as:
-Giving and asking for personal information
-Ordering food and drink
-Festivals and festivities: Christmas
-Cultural aspects of Spain
-Grammar: present simple and preterite tenses.
Disclaimer: The Christmas play makes reference to drinking wine and Coca Cola.
Have fun and learn along the way! Feliz Navidad!
This is an extensive resource, 24 pages, with 7 different model answers, 3 recommended for AS and 4 for A level. In the resource 10 different key quotes from the film are used to illustrate the main points and advice is given on how to structure the essays and on how to use quotes effectively in order to impress the examiners and get the highest possible marks. En estas 24páginas vamos a analizar 10 citas clave que nos ayudarán a comprender mejor esta fantástica película de Guillermo del Toro. Cada una de las 10 citas viene con un breve análisis del contexto en el que se usan las citas durante la película y en qué tipo concreto de preguntas de examen de AS or A level Spanish se podrían usar como evidencia o para ilustrar un tema/punto principal que quieres destacar en tu respuesta. Asimismo, cada una de las 10 citas se usa para responder 7 posibles preguntas de examen de AS y A level Spanish de AQA, Edexcel o Eduqas con respuestas modelo. Hay 7 respuestas modelos, 3 de ellas son recomendadas para AS y las otras 4 para A level. Es posible usar las preguntas del examen como ejercicio de lectura solo o también como práctica para que los estudiantes escriban sus propias respuestas.
Recuerda que para responder las preguntas del examen con éxito, tienes que respaldar tus puntos de vista personales de la película con ejemplos y pruebas, y es por ello que usar las citas de la película apropiadamente en tus respuestas juega un papel tan importante en hacer que consigas la mejor nota posible en tus exámenes. Además, el uso de las citas mostrará a los examinadores que entiendes la película de “El Laberinto del Fauno” y que tienes un conocimiento extenso sobre ella.
This an 8 chapter real life story about the experiences of my parents during the Spanish Civil War. Each chapter has a small glossary with some of the most difficult words and there are comprehension, grammar and translation questions at the end of every chapter. The resource deals with some of the main A level Spanish topics, such as the Spanish civil war, the Franco dictatorship or national identity.
This is a Christmas pantomime in Spanish for year 9, GCSE and A level Spanish students summarising what happened in this terrible 2020 using sense of humour. The resource also has comprehension questions, a Christmas Carols and lots of opportunities to have fun and learn new vocabulary and Spanish expressions along the way. ¡¡Feliz Navidad!! ¡¡Feliz Nacimiento en el Confinamiento!!
Revision quiz about El Laberinto del fauno, based on the study guide from ZigZag Education. Quiz de repaso de la película “El Laberinto del Fauno” con preguntas basadas en la guía de estudio de Zigzag education Getting to Know: El Laberinto del Fauno https://zigzageducation.co.uk/synopses/7800-getting-to-know-el-laberinto-del-fauno?pod=7800 con preguntas sobre el contexto histórico, personajes, técnicas cinematográficas, citas y el éxito de la película.
This is a pantomime in Spanish for year 8, 9s, GCSE and A level students, in which sense of humour is used for students to practise talking about cultural aspects associated with Christmas in Spain and also the past tense using the preterite. The pantomime makes reference to events that happened in the year 2021 both in the UK and in Spain in a lighthearted way. The pantomime comes with interactive vocabulary exercises in Wordwall and also some comprehension questions and the answers too. Have fun and learn along the way!
This resource is a story written specifically for A level Spanish students that brings to life some of the main topics of the main awarding bodies: such as historic heritage, national identity, cyberspace, immigration, art and architecture, unemployment, literature and characterisation. The resource has 7 chapters and an introduction, and each chapter comes with a glossary and comprehension questions and questions about the evolution of the characters throughout the story. The resource aims to give A level Spanish students plenty of opportunity to gain confidence to succeed on their A level exams by using appropriate vocabulary, language and content.
The resource tells the story of a young person who was born and lives in England. Through his father, he learns to have a strong connection with the Basque Country and its mountains, as well as with his ancestors and with his historic heritage. Although at the beginning of the story, the only connection he might have is with technology, as he was hooked on video games, at the end he will learn to connect to his ancestors.
This study guide called “Cómo analizar/evaluar un texto literario o película para A level Spanish”, is for students of A-level Spanish who are studying for the exam questions on literary texts/films. It aims at helping students excel at their exams by practising their close reading and film analysis, as well as learning more about the Spanish language, its people and their culture.
This study guide covers the 9 main aspects to watch out for, when writing an essay, as well as giving advice on essay-writing. Each chapter contains an exam-like question and a model answer, and after reading the text, students have to answer comprehension and vocabulary questions. Also, answers to all the questions can be found at the back of the study guide, therefore it can be used in class, as homework or as self-study for more independent students.
The guide is divided into nine chapters, one for each of the most important aspects of essay writing for A level Spanish:
1.Characterisation
2.Argument/plot
3. Themes/topics
4.Structure
5. Literary and cinema techniques
6.Language (use of language and relevant quotes)
7.Socio-historical context
8. Essay organisation of the test
9.Symbols and symbology
The guide contains references, quotations and examples taken from 9 of the main literary texts/films for A level AQA and Edexcel, namely:
1.La Casa de Bernarda Alba de García Lorca
2.El otro árbol de Guernica de Luis de Castresana
3.Como agua para chocolate de Laura Esquivel
4.El coronel no tiene quien le escriba, de García Marquez
5.Primera Memoria de Ana M. Matute
6. El laberinto del fauno de Guillermo del Toro
7.Ocho apellidos vascos de Martinez-Lázaro
8. Diarios de Motocicleta, de Walter Salles
9. Las 13 Rosas, de Martinez-Lázaro
I hope you find it useful and you enjoy it! ¡Buena suerte con los exámenes!
Escrito por Jose I Ermina Irazábal, enero de 2024
This is a play for Spanish students to practise talking about themselves, talking about professions and ordering food and drink. It comes with links to two videos and there are listening, speaking and reading activities too.
This is a pantomime in Spanish language suitable for Spanish students of years 7, 8, 9s, GCSE , A level and adult learners. It is a satire about the Christmas celebrations in the year 2023 and a humorous reflection of the main events happening in the year that finishes .Feliz Navidad!
In the pantomime, lots of sense of humour is used for students to practise talking about festivals and cultural aspects associated with Christmas in Spain and also the past tense using the preterite. The pantomime makes reference to events that happened in the year 2023 in a lighthearted way.
The pantomime comes with interactive vocabulary exercises that can be played in an interactive and fun way in Wordwall and there are also some comprehension questions. The resource has suggested answers too. Have fun and learn along the way!
Esta es una sátira sobre la celebración moderna de las navidades en el año 2023 y una reflexión de los eventos acontecidos en el Reino Unido durante el año que termina en clave de humor. Feliz Navidad!
-This is a sample with one free podcast, “¿Qué pasa podcast?” is a series of 22 podcasts with accompanying transcripts, grammar and exam-like activities for Edexcel GCSE Spanish Higher Tier lessons. The actual resource can be purchased on https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12830855 and it contains an entertaining story linked to 22 podcasts and worksheets with activities, such as “Sentence Builders” and Edexcel exam-like exercises. The study guide can be used for self-study as it has the answers at the end or by non specialist teachers.
-“¿Qué pasa, podcast? Soy rapero y YouTubero”, is a comprehensive practical study guide for Edexcel GCSE Spanish that will help your students to succeed in their exams. It uses humour and a fresh engaging story, written in the first person from the point of view of a 15 year old boy called Alex. Alex lives in England but he is bilingual in English and in Spanish. He spends every summer at his grandparent´s house in San Sebastian, Northern Spain. There, he learns about Spanish culture, food and festivals, before coming back to school in England. You can try this resource viewing a sample with the first two podcasts via this link
-The podcasts have been written to facilitate practice and learning of the Edexcel Spanish GCSE syllabus. The resource is divided into 22 podcasts with follow-up exam practice questions, plus there is a final worksheet on characterisation, which acts as a bridge to the A level syllabus.
-The students can listen to the podcasts conveniently while they are on the go and they can listen to them while reading the transcripts and before doing the GCSE exam-like questions.
-Each podcast includes at least one GCSE Spanish topic and overall the resource covers all the main GCSE Edexcel topics. To help students learn vocabulary relevant to the GCSE topics, the podcasts include words from the Edexcel vocabulary list.
In addition, each podcast has one or more grammar teaching points. A table with a list of both the GCSE topics and the grammar points used in this booklet can be found on pages 6 and 7. Each podcast has around 150 words. The resource can be used in different ways: to complement your teaching, as a revision booklet, for independent study, to set homework or for cover lessons.
This resource can be differentiated. For lower level students, we suggest that you use the texts as reading exercises, whilst higher level students, can listen to the podcast first and attempt to answer the questions before reading the text. The music used in the podcasts has been written by my 15 year old son, whose artistic name is Lil Reddy, you can check out his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLuRXSjGyHPXtVhLdp7X3KQ
This is a free sample-"¿Qué pasa podcast?" is a series of 22 podcasts with accompanying transcripts, grammar and exam-like activities for AQA GCSE Spanish Higher Tier lessons. This resource contains an entertaining story linked to 22 podcasts and worksheets with activities, such as “Sentence Builders” and AQA exam-like exercises. The study guide can be used for self-study as it has the answers at the end or by non specialist teachers.
-“¿Qué pasa, podcast? Soy rapero y YouTubero”, is a comprehensive practical study guide for AQA GCSE Spanish that will help your students to succeed in their exams. It uses humour and a fresh engaging story, written in the first person from the point of view of a 15 year old boy called Alex. Alex lives in England but he is bilingual in English and in Spanish. He spends every summer at his grandparent´s house in San Sebastian, Northern Spain. There, he learns about Spanish culture, food and festivals, before coming back to school in England.
-The podcasts have been written to facilitate practice and learning of the AQA Spanish GCSE syllabus. The resource is divided into 22 podcasts with follow-up exam practice questions, plus there is a final worksheet on characterisation, which acts as a bridge to the A level syllabus.
-The students can listen to the podcasts conveniently while they are on the go and they can listen to them while reading the transcripts and before doing the GCSE exam-like questions.
-Each podcast includes at least one GCSE Spanish topic and overall the resource covers all the main GCSE AQA topics. To help students learn vocabulary relevant to the GCSE topics, the podcasts include words from the AQA vocabulary list.
In addition, each podcast has one or more grammar teaching points. A table with a list of both the GCSE topics and the grammar points used in this booklet can be found on pages 6 and 7. Each podcast has around 150 words. The resource can be used in different ways: to complement your teaching, as a revision booklet, for independent study, to set homework or for cover lessons.
This resource can be differentiated. For lower level students, we suggest that you use the texts as reading exercises, whilst higher level students, can listen to the podcast first and attempt to answer the questions before reading the text. The music used in the podcasts has been written by my 15 year old son, whose artistic name is Lil Reddy, you can check out his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLuRXSjGyHPXtVhLdp7X3KQ
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-"¿Qué pasa podcast?" is a series of 22 podcasts with accompanying transcripts, grammar and exam-like activities for AQA GCSE Spanish Higher Tier lessons. This resource contains an entertaining story linked to 22 podcasts and worksheets with activities, such as “Sentence Builders” and AQA exam-like exercises. The study guide can be used for self-study as it has the answers at the end or by non specialist teachers.
-“¿Qué pasa, podcast? Soy rapero y YouTubero”, is a comprehensive practical study guide for AQA GCSE Spanish that will help your students to succeed in their exams. It uses humour and a fresh engaging story, written in the first person from the point of view of a 15 year old boy called Alex. Alex lives in England but he is bilingual in English and in Spanish. He spends every summer at his grandparent´s house in San Sebastian, Northern Spain. There, he learns about Spanish culture, food and festivals, before coming back to school in England. You can try this resource viewing a sample with the first two podcasts via this link https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12830895
-The podcasts have been written to facilitate practice and learning of the AQA Spanish GCSE syllabus. The resource is divided into 22 podcasts with follow-up exam practice questions, plus there is a final worksheet on characterisation, which acts as a bridge to the A level syllabus.
-The students can listen to the podcasts conveniently while they are on the go and they can listen to them while reading the transcripts and before doing the GCSE exam-like questions.
-Each podcast includes at least one GCSE Spanish topic and overall the resource covers all the main GCSE AQA topics. To help students learn vocabulary relevant to the GCSE topics, the podcasts include words from the AQA vocabulary list.
In addition, each podcast has one or more grammar teaching points. A table with a list of both the GCSE topics and the grammar points used in this booklet can be found on pages 6 and 7. Each podcast has around 150 words. The resource can be used in different ways: to complement your teaching, as a revision booklet, for independent study, to set homework or for cover lessons.
This resource can be differentiated. For lower level students, we suggest that you use the texts as reading exercises, whilst higher level students, can listen to the podcast first and attempt to answer the questions before reading the text. The music used in the podcasts has been written by my 15 year old son, whose artistic name is Lil Reddy, you can check out his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLuRXSjGyHPXtVhLdp7X3KQ