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.
Lesson includes a PPT which covers the following topics:
la homosexualidad bajo el regimen
la opresion social y la tirania
la sociedad perfecta de Franco - el machismo
la Izquierda
reforma de la ley de vagos y maleantes
Includes a second PPT in English which I used to give context before teaching this in Spanish. It includes:
Spanish Civil War background information
Orwell’s Participation in the War
Sexual freedom: Republican view vs Nationalist view
Also includes a ‘mock’ IRP script prepared by myself to show students what kind of information should be included in their IRP about the topic of la vida bajo el regimen de Franco
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 Spanish mock exam paper designed to assess students’ use of grammar in particular areas.
The paper can be used for any exam board and is most suited to Year 12 and 13 students as some topics are complex. The topics assessed are as follows:
In Activity 1 (pictured)
The use of estar/ser
The use of different tenses in different circumstances
The use of estar/haber
Pronouns
In Activity 2
The use of tenses and conjugations
In Activity 3
Using the imperative: afirmativo and negativo
In Activity 4
Using the passive
A mark scheme is included in a separate document.
A full topic vocabulary list from the ‘Los Movimientos Populares’ topic. Aimed at AQA A level (A2) students.
Subtopics include:
6.1 La efectividad de las manifestaciones y las huelgas
6.2 El poder de los sindicatos
6.3 Ejemplos de protestas sociales
Includes Spanish and English.
This can be used as a revision activity, given to students to learn at the start of the topic, or cover the English or Spanish and get students to fill the gaps as an assessment.
A complete lesson on the present tense in Spanish, suitable for KS3 and KS4 as it’s easily adaptable. This includes a full lesson presentation, plus two exercises. It covers the uses of the present tense as well as the conjugations of regular past verbs. It shows how to conjugate all AR, ER and IR verbs.
A revision quiz aimed at students having just studied the AQA GCSE unit 3 quiz. Accessible to Foundation and Higher students. Quiz is cultural, grammatical and tests vocabulary also.
There are a variety of different rounds testing different skills, both interpersonal and subject-based.
A booklet designed to help students practice their translation from French into English.
Primarily designed for AQA where at Foundation and Higher, students translate a short passage from French to English as part of the last question on the Reading exam.
This Booklet is just for Theme 1, covering:
• Relationships with family and friends
• Marriage
• Social media
• Technology
• Music
• Cinema and TV
• Food and eating out
• Sport
• Customs and festivals
Altogether there are 9 translations for students to complete. There is an accompanying answer booklet too that has a breakdown of how students would get the 9 marks per question, following the format of the AQA mark scheme.
Suitable for in-class work, homework and revision, or cover.
Please visit my shop to access booklets for Themes 2 and 3, or to buy the booklet containing all three themes in.
A resource aimed at A level students doing AQA English Lit. B spec.
Includes a critical overview of the text, as well as four essays, with the purpose of broadening their reading. Students should also pick arguments created by these critics that they feel strongly about, and can feel free to use them in their own writing (as well as methods and context).
This resource can be used in lesson as an activity, or for revision purposes, or as wider-reading homework.
The title of the essays are as follows:
“In this essay, Caballero-Robb interprets Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner as a work that intertwines the private and public realms of experience.”
“In the following review, O’Brien discusses the author’s use of voice, and how the two main characters reflect the character of Afghanistan itself.”
“In the following essay, Noor reviews The Kite Runner as a novel about sin and redemption, but contends that it fails to give a complete picture of the Afghan conflict.”
“In the following excerpt, Hosseini discusses how being a physician gives him a compassionate insight to humanity and makes him a better writer.”
A resource useful for any year group studying poetry in order for them to maximise their potential in analysing the poetry. This resource in particular was used for A level students studying Tragedy and the poetry of Keats, therefore three of the categories include ‘Connections to Keats’, ‘Connections to Romanticism’ and ‘Connections to Tragedy’. This, however, can be changed and adapted to suit whoever the author is, or whatever the genre is. Other categories include:
Characters
Themes
Methods
Settings
Possible meanings/messages
Critical views of the poem
A resource adapted from the L’Auberge Espagnole study pack on RoutesIntoLanguages, made for AS and A level students studying the film as part of their course. This was used specifically for those doing the AQA exam board, however it can be used for any.
Includes extensive analysis and information on the film, as well as many different vocabulary and grammar tasks. All tasks have been created differently - some include essay writing, whereas others include matching photos to names and nationalities so can be used for any ability.
It’s a good idea to work through this booklet as you introduce the film to the students as the booklet itself does go from ‘avant d’avoir vu le film’ up to when students are revising and preparing for the exams.
A complete PPT able to last several lessons for beginners Italian. This can work as an introduction lesson or revision lesson. It includes:
alphabet and phonetics
accents and pronunciation of double letters
adjective agreements
personal pronouns
nationalities
introducing oneself
articles
forming sentences
quantities
HW of a personal description set
An exam paper created to challenge/assess A/AS level Spanish students.
The exam is not made for any particular exam board and can be used to practice/test skills required for all exam boards, including:
Comprehension: reading the extract and answering questions relating to it (multiple choice).
Explaining the meaning of certain words based on context/finding synonyms.
Gap fill.
Correcting grammatically incorrect sentences.
Summary writing.
Extended writing task (blog).
Answers are included for every section EXCEPT Section B - the writing task. This is for the teacher to mark based on the quality of the student’s writing, but it could also be an opportunity for the students to peer assess.
A full lesson (PPT) aimed at any level of GCSE Spanish (can be adapted). Includes a quiz which is the main point of the lesson - students must come up with their team name in Spanish relating to Halloween in some way. They write their answers down, then we go through them in class and cover any vocab the students are unsure of.
Then, the rest of the lesson is spent on cultural aspects of Halloween in Southern America. There is a reading comprehension task (true or false) that comes with answers.
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.
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 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
A lesson with 5 resources included aimed at students doing the AS/A level AQA Spanish paper 2 - Introduction/Revision
Includes a presentation which can be used to first introduce the text, or to revise it. The PPT includes:
information on the author/context and his intentions when writing the play
main themes
structure of the play
techniques/effects used
importance of language used
historical context (timelines)
comments on idioms used and their historical significance
historical notes
character summaries
an introduction to the text worksheet
further literary reading
The worksheets/activities included are:
read/annotate and highlight the sheet entitled ‘personajes’ and answer questions listed on them
‘una introduccion’ sheet includes translation, timeline and comprehension questions
comprehension on the literary criticism sheet provided
a sheet of questions for students to answer in exam style
A worksheet for students of GCSE Italian, suitable for any exam board
Includes four activities that focus on comprehension, translation, and learning/consolidating topic-specific (as well as idiomatic) vocabulary
Can be used as an end-of-topic assessment, or as an activity in class
Two grammar activities aimed at Year 11/A level Spanish students to practice, consolidate or assess knowledge of grammar.
The first activity is where students have to conjugate the given verb into the appropriate tense to match with the rest of the sentence.
The second activity is where students have to complete the rest of a sentence with no more than 10 words, ensuring it’s grammatically correct and corresponds with the rest of the sentence too.
Tenses tested:
preterite
imperfect
imperfect subjunctive
past perfect
present subjunctive
imperative
conditional perfect
Can be adapted to suit any ability level.
A worksheet + answers aimed at A level students of French, suitable for any exam board
Includes two texts that provide an insight into the current problems the French economy and leisure sector is facing, whereby students must complete vocab charts (from English to French). There is also a translation activity, as well as grammar tasks where students must conjugate the vocabulary they have found in the text accordingly" rather than what it says currently.
Can be used as the main activity for a lesson, as a starter, or as a homework activity to consolidate vocab knowledge. Could also be used as an end-of-topic vocab assessment
Tests comprehension abilities as well as how to read for gist
Students can complete this exercise with dictionaries to improve vocab, or without to practice exam technique and being in situations where they may not understand all vocab used in a text