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
Three lessons based on ‘qué haces cuando llueve’ viva 1.
The lessons cover all skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking) through the use of sentence builders and the vocabulary used is the one from the book.
An A level taster lesson (60 minutes but can be delivered in less if you skip the speaking) for GCSE students covering the importance of flamenco in Spanish society nowadays and how Rosalia has had an impact on the Flamenco genre in today’s world.
Contents:
Warm up- Spanish stereotypes
Quiz on flamenco - qué sabes del flamenco
Speaking activity (mainly opinions)
Card sorting activity (positive/ negative views on flamenco)
Rosalia- a reading comprehension. The article has been adapted from different newspaper articles
Malamente- speaking task
Speaking card mock activity (plenary)
Q&A
One lesson to teach subjunctive to Year 11 Spanish (top set)
Includes:
a list of subjunctive triggers
how to form present subjunctive
activities to check understanding
a quick game/speaking activity (based on the topic of jobs but adaptable to any other topic)
a translation activity
3 lessons to guide students through the essay.
L1: Essay structure and planning
L2: Mark scheme and essay language
L3: Essay writing and peer marking
It includes some quick activities on key quotes and key grammar.
Set of lessons (at least 2 without watching the movie) to study the movie Encanto (available on Disney+). Powerpoint and student booklet. You can use the resources before / while / after watching the movie or not watch the movie at all!
Contents:
Exploration of Colombian culture
Characters (gifts, physical descriptions and family tree)
Songs (La familia Madrigal + no se habla de Bruno)
A review of the movie
+2 optional mini projects
Easily adaptable to any year group but designed for year 7 / year 8 students of Spanish.
Skills:speaking, reading, writing and listening
Vocabulary: family, physical descriptions, adjectives, possesion
6 lessons to teach the festivals / birthday topic.
Cómo celebras tu cumple (present tense focus)
Cuál es tu fiesta favorita (focus on festivals)
cómo celebraste/ qué hiciste (past tense focus)
prefieres festivales en Inglaterra o Espana
A series of lessons (4) and resources to use with Year 11 students before their writing paper (mixed ability). Great for last minute revision.
Key irregular verbs -drilling
Opinions and reasons
Time expressions / weather
Model answers
Series of lessons on La Tomatina.
L1- introduction to the festival (basic vocabulary) and rules
L2- what do people do at La Tomatina festival -revision of present tense
L3- what did you do at the festival? revision of past tense
L4- GCSE listening practice on the topic of La tomatina
L5- did you have a good time? consolidation of opinions in the past tense
+Extra activity, murder mystery
Whole unit of work ‘El mundo laboral’
L1- introduction to the topic /context/ glossary of important terms/ reading comprehension/ translation
L2 and 3 -la precariedad laboral y los mileuristas /context /reading/ listening /translation
L4 -grammar focus, preterite tense and all its irregulars
L5- La generación nini /speaking
L6 - tipos de contrato /recap lesson/ listening and translation
L7 - Contratos basura /speaking focus
L8- grammar focus passive voice
L9- El día de la mujer trabajadora
L10- Mujeres que hacen malabarismos /reading /listening/ translation
L11 -Mini IRP assessment preparation lesson
Skill based lessons aimed at covering last minute revision on the topic of free time with past paper questions and GCSE tasks.
L1- vocab / grammar/ reading and listening
L2- vocab (food focus) / grammar /reading and listening
Intro lesson to topic 3, El impacto turístico en España.
Context
(listening activity /summary)
Time line: students sort out cards to complete a time line with key dates and events in the history of turism in Spain.
Brief speaking activity