Mindmaps about Raimunda, Sole, Irene and Agustina. With many ideas to write critical analysis of the characters.
Model Essays on Volver here:
Raimunda: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12765075
Director’s techniques: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12946490
Model essay focused on Raimunda. It comes with annotations in English to allow students to better understand the structure and language used. Two and a half pages.
Model essay focused on the director’s technique. It comes with annotations in English to allow students to better understand the structure and language used. Three pages.
Tes paid licence
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12765075
Document to help students with the structure and the language.
First page focuses on what needs to be there (in terms of the structure), and the second one focuses on the language with very simple questions (match up and fill in the gaps).
Conditional tense practice with the topic of ‘mi ciudad’. Students practise this tense and write what they would improve in their town.
Could be used as homework.
Whole lesson on the context of Spain’s transition to democracy, explaining both the roles of the King Juan Carlos I and Adolfo Suárez, but focusing on Suárez.
Authentic materials have been used for listening tasks and adapted for reading comprehension questions.
There is a speaking at the end taken from the Edexcel exam in 2018.
ANSWERS are provided**
This resource explores the strong sense of manliness in reggaeton lyrics.
It analyses both negatives and positives and it’s very current.
Skills practised: reading, writing and translation. If done in class, speaking will definitely be practised with some open questions at the end.
Page 1: Exam-style question task and strip on the left providing students with ideas and vocabulary to help them structure their writing and achieve top marks.
Page 2: Sample essay using all the suggested vocabulary and structures.
GCSE Writing Structure Strip - Internet. FREE download here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12443692
GCSE Writing Structure Strip - My town: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12663443
GCSE Writing Structure Strip - School: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12667383
GCSE Writing Structure Strip - Ambitions: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12668914
Page 1: Exam-style question task and strip on the left providing students with ideas and vocabulary to help them achieve top marks.
Page 2: Sample essay using all the suggested vocabulary and structures.
GCSE Writing Structure Strip - Internet. FREE download here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12443692
GCSE Writing Structure Strip - My town: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12663443
GCSE Writing Structure Strip - Ambitions: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12668914
In this mindmap students can revise everything about the character of Raimunda.
There are plenty of ideas to describe and analyse this character.
Volver - Character Analysis: Agustina: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12600917
Volver - Character Analysis: Irene: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12608178
Volver - Character Analysis: Sole: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12670913
It can be used with students in Years 9, 10 or 11, depending on their level.
If used with Year 11 students, Foundation classes would benefit more as it may be too easy for Higher groups (although good revision for them).
There are six questions and it focuses on the use of adjectives when giving opinions or describing.
As part of Theme 1 (La evolución de la sociedad española) in the Edexcel scheme of work, I created this two-hour lesson to discuss the role of grandparents.
Plenty of authentic materials: a reading, a listening (created from a podcast seen in RTVE) and a translation (from El País).
This worksheet includes:
10 short paragraphs about why learning another language is important
5 follow-up exercises with instructions in Spanish to test students’ reading skills and one exercise to allow students to write their own opinion about why learning a language is important, using the vocabulary seen.
Full PPT lesson providing information about the Edexcel GCSE Speaking exam, focusing on task 3 (the conversation).
It includes:
Three examples of the one minute presentation (the actual recording from former students in 2018 and the transcript). Topics used: theme 3 (school) and theme 4 (work).
An activity to focus on key language and structures in the three presentations.
An example of the follow-up questions in the conversation (the actual recording from a former student in 2018).
Assessment criteria for the conversation part of the speaking for students to understand and be able to use it.