A variety of resources including revision booklets, entire lessons and worksheets suitable for GCSE and A level students of Spanish and French. There are several Italian, as well as English language/literature resources available too.
A variety of resources including revision booklets, entire lessons and worksheets suitable for GCSE and A level students of Spanish and French. There are several Italian, as well as English language/literature resources available too.
A PowerPoint lesson, plus two booklets that would be perfect for an A level revision lesson (pre speaking exam). This can also be used for any revision workshops held during the holidays. Aimed at students of A level French doing the AQA exam.
The PowerPoint provides a comprehensive lesson, full of grammar activities (created specifically based on what aspects tend to be tricky for students in the exam); breakdowns and explanations of each paper plus specific top-tips, advice and tasks; shows how to plan the essay, plus structure and language tips, and also includes information and advice on the speaking exam.
This also comes with 2 booklets. One of which is for essay guidance, showing students how to plan, write the essays, and gives a comprehensive checklist on what to check over once they have finished the essay. It also provides very useful top tips, and vocabulary they could use to boost their expression in French.
The second booklet is on the speaking exam. It provides guidance on the ‘card’ part, and demonstrates what to do for the IRP, providing a list of suggested titles. There is a large collation of vocabulary to use in the speaking exam, too.
A quiz useful for an end-of-year lesson, or for revision purposes. Focuses mainly on the AQA spec for year 10. There are 6 rounds, with 10 questions in each. 5 of these are topic based, and the other 5 are still topic-related, but more focused on grammar.
The topics are:
Me, my family and friends
Life at school
Education post-16
Healthy/unhealthy living
Free-time activities
Travel and tourism
Grammar topics include:
qui, que, dont
en + present participle
devoir/pouvoir/il faut/vouloir to school rules context
quantity words inc. with plurals
ce qui/ce que… c’est… sentence pattern
future tense
si clauses
il vaut mieux/il vaudrait mieux
negative ne…jamais
adverbs
il est possible que + subjunctive
avant de/après avoir etc/pendant que/depuis/venir de
weather expressions with faire
Some of the questions require gap-fill, others are more like the exam comprehensions and others are choosing the correct letter. There are also short translations.
A quiz useful for an end-of-year lesson, or for revision purposes. Focuses mainly on the AQA spec for year 10. There are 6 rounds, with 10 questions in each. 5 of these are topic based, and the other 5 are still topic-related, but more focused on grammar.
The topics are:
Life at school
Travel and tourism
Social issues - healthy living
Education post-16
Marriage/partnership
Technology in everyday life
Grammar topics include:
modal verbs
quantifiers
preterite and imperfect tense
weather expressions with ‘hacer’
possessive pronouns
recap on deber/tener que/hay
que + infinitive
es mejor/sería mejor/más
vale/más valdría
negative nunca
use of ‘lo’ and ‘lo que’
future tenses
complex two-verb structures (tener ganas de…)
using ‘gracias a’/‘sin’/‘con’
subjunctive in ‘es posible que’
Some of the questions require gap-fill, others are more like the exam comprehensions and others are choosing the correct letter. There are also short translations. Most of the questions are in Spanish but some are in English.
A bundle that includes:
AS level revision booklet - a compilation of all topics from the AQA spec
A2 level revision booklet - a compilation of all topics from the AQA spec
A translation workbook - the translations here come with answers and are in an exam-style format
A bundle that includes
AS level French revision booklet - a compilation of all topics from the AQA spec
A translation and grammar workbook with many exercises (with answers)
An A level specific translation workbook - the translations here come with answers and are in an exam-style format
Please see each individual resource for more information.
Bundle includes 4 worksheets on various different grammar topics that are key to revise for the GCSE exam (suitable for any exam board).
There are a range of speaking, writing, comprehension, gap-fill, translation and listening activities included.
Topics include:
my life/city/what’s around me
prepositions
possessive pronouns
months/days/seasons
verbs and irregular verbs
A complete lesson PPT on the verb ‘piacere’ and i vestiti, suitable for GCSE Italian students.
The lesson includes:
conjugating ‘mi piace’
how to use quantifiers to say how much you like something
interview activity in pairs
colours and how to talk about clothes’ colours
writing task
Two sheets to be used together for a speaking/writing/listening exercise on food and drink.
The first sheet is a comprehensive list of all common/popular foods, plus includes typical kitchen vocabulary.
The second sheet is a list of 12 questions. Students must ask each other these, using the first vocabulary sheet. They must then write down what the other person has said, using full sentences.
An entire lesson suitable for introducing (or revising) the passato prossimo. This can be aimed at GCSE students of any exam board, or A level if needed.
The PowerPoint includes:
starter activity, speaking in pairs about ‘come stai oggi?’, ‘com’e’ il tempo?’ and ‘com’e’ il tuo umore?’
when to use the pp
how it’s formed: essere or avere?
exceptions
gap-fill activity on essere or avere and its conjugations in the present tense
adverbs with past tenses
translation exercise
modal verbs in the past
A printable worksheet is included on the adverbs in the past - ‘hai mai… sei mai…?’. This should be done in pairs. Firstly students must conjugate the infinitive correctly, then ask the question to their peer who must respond accordingly.
A game useful for GCSE students that enables them to practice their comprehension, understanding of grammar, speaking abilities, and, if necessary, dictionary skills. The resource is particularly useful for revising prepositions and present tense verbs.
Students should get into pairs and label themselves 1 or 2. Student 1 reads aloud and describes their scene, which student 2 then draws. Then this is swapped around.
If vocabulary is limited for students, get them to look up the ‘key words’ listed at the top of the page.
Activity aimed at GCSE Italian students of any exam board.
A worksheet useful for revising/consolidating the topic of seasons/days/months and the grammar aspect of prepositions. This activity comes with 2 gap fill exercises on simple prepositions and prepositions + articles, a vocabulary section which shows the prepositions in practice and then a translation task whereby prepositions must be used correctly.
A useful worksheet for GCSE Italian students in revising verbs. This is suitable for any exam board.
The resource includes:
Examples on how to conjugate IRE, ARE, ERE verbs plus grids for students to conjugate verbs similarly.
Partially completed irregular verb grids to fill in - these are commonly featured verbs in exams.
A worksheet for GCSE students of Italian, from any exam board. The activity focuses on months, seasons and days vocabulary where there is a comprehension exercise. There is also a gap-fill exercise on possessive pronouns.
A comprehensive activity on ‘tempo libero’ suitable for GCSE students covering the topic, for any exam board.
The activity includes:
full-page list of activities in Italian (with conjugated verbs) with an English translation
comprehension activity
writing activity - put into practice what you have learnt
A full lesson aimed at A/AS level students studying French. This falls under the ‘le patrimoine’ topic of the AQA spec.
The lesson focuses on le patrimoine culturel immatériel, specifically the practice of ‘la Corrida’ which has huge controversy surrounding its practice in the south of France.
It comes with a vocabulary section, gives information on the practice in France and the main activity is a writing task.
The lesson also comes with homework to complete for the next lesson.
Note: the learning objectives have been kept blank.
A document useful for helping A/AS level students write the main body to essays on various topics. This is suitable for any exam board.
This can be used in conjunction with the ‘essay introduction’ sentence starters resource free on my page.
A full lesson designed for A/AS level French students on ‘la cybersurveillance’.
Includes themes such as:
La liberté d’expression
La cybersurveillance
La sécurité numérique
Activities include individual work, whole-class debates and pair work.
Includes a homework task to be completed for the next lesson.
There is a grammar aspect taught on the various ways one can pose questions in French - particularly useful for asking the examiner a question in the oral exam.
Suitable for any exam board.
A document useful for helping A/AS level students write their introductions to essays on various topics. This is suitable for any exam board.
Sections on how/what to write include:
opening sentence
introducing the context
introducing the problem/question/what you will be discussing
introducing the plan of your essay - how you will tackle the question
It also comes with a ‘useful vocabulary’ section.
A booklet designed to help A/AS level students of Spanish with their compulsory study of film/films. This is not designed with any particular exam board in mind, and can be applied to any particular film.
Sections include:
Fill-in fact-file section at the front to help students remember key facts
Things to consider when analysing any film
An introduction to Spanish film
Spanish Cinema and Censorship during the Franco Regime
Dubbing and Propaganda Newsreels
Genres under Franco
Genres popular in the Francoist period
Auteurism
Themes in Spanish films
A comprehensive list of film language and translation into Spanish - the booklet is for the majority in English as some concepts are difficult
Elements of mise-en-scène (with terms translated)
Performance (with terms translated)
Sound (with terms translated)
This resource also comes with a ‘how to analyse film’ sentence structure document which shows students how to word their analysis of films. This provides a lot of useful film vocabulary.
A document aimed at A/AS level Spanish students to help them write about the films they have been studying.
Includes Spanish and English versions of how to structure sentences, how to analyse content, and enables them to learn vocabulary necessary for discussing the films.
Suitable for any exam board and any film - easily applicable to any.