This essay is written as a model to help students structure the ideas. Each paragraph is highlighted in a different colour to help the student identify the Point, Evidence, Evaluation. It can be used in class or as a revision exercise. The essay answers the question of La Solidaridad en Volver. Written by a native Spanish teacher.

This is a full essay answering a past paper question : Analiza como reacciona Raimunda a los eventos de la película. It will help students to get a good look at how to plan and structure an essay and help them to gain further vocabulary.

Written in Spanish by native Spanish. This is an essay question answered by the teacher " Describe y evalue la relacion de madre e hija en la película. Como es de importante para los personajes?"

This is a worksheet to introduce the summary of the film Volver in Spanish. It can also be used by the teacher as starters for each relevant part of the plot or as a whole for revision for students. The hand out is in Spanish and mainly used in the present tense. The student will have to fill in the correct word for each sentence. It has plenty of ways to exploit this resource further as there is interesting vocabulary and structures. Great help for your students to have a clear understanding of the plot in a simplified language. The answers are provided as well.

This is a document of several pages ideal to give to students at the final stage before A-level exams to help them revise the main ideas (characters, themes, quotes, plan for an essay, example of essay) All is written in Spanish.

This is an exercise to help students gain a better knowledge of the plot though a classic fill in the gap exercise. The resource contains several chapters that go along with the relevant scenes of the movie. Students will deal with short sentences mainly in the present tense. Teachers can exploit the handout further by analysing key grammar structures or vocabulary of the movie. Excellent as a starter too or as a revision tool.

This is an essay with intro and further ideas for a student to develop. The student has to write it using the points given (in Spanish already) and must find examples and give a personal evaluation .

Here is a set of 4 exercises to explore the role of Irene and Raimunda in two of the most relevant scenes of the plot. It helps the student discuss the scene and gain further understanding as the full transcript is included. Teacher can also exploit the transcript to revise some grammar like the past tense.

This is a handout created to guide students to clearly understand the summary of the story if Volver. It is divided in different chapters chronologically and with key sentences about each scene. The student will have to fill in the gap with the correct word. This resource it can be exploited in endless manners by the teacher ( as starters or as key sentences for grammar analysis ). Mainly in the present tense it will be invaluable to weak students who will find it super useful as a starting point before practising further essay skills. An answer sheet is included. I have used it at the beginning of year 12 and also as a recap test for year 13 students.

This is an essay written by a teacher which helps the student in preparation to deliver a good essay. Student can underline and see how the structure work. It can be used as an activity where the student has to do a mind map with the main ideas, examples and personal analysis. The teacher can edit the document as a fill in the gap activity too.

2 short exercises to help students in preparation for an essay on the reasons why Raimunda acts in the way she does. One exercise as a starter to translate and a second exercise to match up.

This is a bank of adjectives to describe each female character of the story. There are a few model sentences to help student describe them and a few question to start a class discussion.