A cultural lesson to teach about Carnaval in Spanish.
Lesson plan:
Spanish words to describe ‘carnaval’
Understanding the origins of carnival (in English)-comprehension activity
El carnaval -quick speaking ‘qué hay en el video’.
El carnaval de Tenerife -reading comprehension in Spanish.
Creative project
4 lessons on environment aimed at a mixed ability group based on Viva GCSE (actúa localmente, piensa globalmente)
ideal for remote learning (all slides contain a to do list with instructions for each task), listening tasks included (with link and code to the book) and quizzlet and flippity games to practice vocabulary
based on chapter 8 from viva, only focused on environment
grammar covers revision for all tenses + conditional lesson
A Christmas lesson with a range of activities to be used at different levels from year 6 to year 8 students of Spanish. Great lesson for the end of term.
Contents:
Christmas vocabulary + Games
GCSE speaking style -qué hay en la foto
Morat -dulce navidad (gap filling and dictionary race
Christmas activities/ crafts ideas
2 lessons based on Viva foundation, punto de partida 1, module 2 (School and subjects)
Lesson 1:
Gender/subjects recap
Opinions (grammar)
Listening
Sentence builder
Vocab test
Lesson 2:
Adjectives to describe teachers
Listening
Debate about teachers
Jenga game
A lesson on the life, biography and works of Lorca in preparation to study La casa de Bernarda Alba.
All the activities are based on a text and students will work on reading, listening, grammar, comprehension skills and a summary question while they learn about the Spanish writer.
It can be set as homework or as a project by using the booklet.
Start the year right by using only target language in your first lesson! Easily adaptable -rules and expectations, introduction, book sorting + icebreaker plus some ideas to establish a good rapport with your class from day 1, all in Spanish. Ideal for KS3 groups.
Although this is not a lesson, the resources can be used for a lesson, or as part of a lesson to prepare students for task 1 (edexcel).
It includes 2 games to practice questions from all themes, using speaking questions from past papers and resources to share with students to work on fluency, complexity, spontaneity and interaction.
Introductory lesson to topic 2 -el mundo laboral (EDexcell)
Lesson contents:
Key vocabulary and concepts for the topic (glossary activity)
Content and introduction /listening question -summary
Reading
Translation
This is a great resource to help your students prepare for the writing assessment. It includes a selection of key verbs for each theme, basic verbs in different tenses, time expressions, connectives, idiom, slang and more complex structures they can use and even learn by heart to use and adapt to their writing.
Two booklets for Year 11s to practise/prepare for their writing assessment on their own with plenty of advice, different sentences to introduce and finish off their writing, advice on how to tackle translation and a practise paper to apply all the strategies discussed.
One (or two) lesson focussed on the theme of fantasy versus reality in ‘El laberinto del fauno’. (22 slides)
Structure of the lesson:
Key words to use in essay.
Brief summary of the theme.
Comparison between fairytale structure and the film.
Fantasy and reality in the main characters (Ofelia, Carmen, Mercedes and Capitán Vidal).
Important quotes about fantasy and reality.
Essay question.
One Christmas lesson to learn ‘Siempre es navidad junto a ti’ by Spanish artist, Edurne.
Lesson contents:
Christmas vocab
Reading comprehension on artist (easy)
What’s in the videoclip
Gap fill
Bad translation
Singing competition
Blooket
Start the year right by using lots of target language in your first lesson! Easily adaptable -rules and expectations, introduction, book sorting + icebreaker plus some ideas to establish a good rapport with your class from day 1, all in Spanish. Aimed at GCSE classes. It includes differenciation for bottom and top sets.
A bundle of 5 lessons/activities/ideas for the first week for a year 7 tutor group with games, icebreakers and activities to get to know your tutor group and create a good rapport since day one :)
One lesson to teach students to analyse the theme of obedience and disobedience in ‘El laberinto del fauno’. (13 slides)
Structure of the lesson:
Introductory discussion
Gapfill
Pair dictation activity analysing obedient and disobedient characters (speaking)
Model essay and mark scheme