Some ideas on Wow! sentences students may include in their work in a pretty poster.

BEFORE EXAMS AQA GCSE Spanish writing workshop which emphasises on the 90 word question, building up on basic vocab and structures. It is thought to be done in pairs and the timings are very restricted to make candidates stay on their toes and think of the quickest best possible answers. 1 hour lesson advised. It encourages candidates to create a checklist before starting their writing and remind themselves what to include. Credits: the two 90 words tasks that feature here are taken from Kerboodle.com .

GCSE Spanish General conversation, Role play and Photo Card practice (one hour lesson each). Start off with the General Conversation to optimise learning in this series of lessons. If you and your classes are enjoying these resources, please leave a comment. Any feedback is welcomed. For more activities visit www.123gcse.com and click on ‘Spanish Resources’. Credits: General conversation lesson song: Casi Creativo 'Tú dependes de mí’ Photo card Foundation: AQA Specimen paper

Revision for AQA GCSE Spanish 9-1 Theme 1 including: Vocabulary revision Preparation for Listening and Translation Grammar review opportunities Exam style listening activities with answers Translation activities (into English only) Audio tracks available on request by email (see ppt notes). Your feedback is much appreciated.

A series of Speaking lessons on the topic ‘Jobs and career ambitions’, including General Conversation, Role Play and Photo Card. These lessons are thought of as one hour lesson each, but may take longer depending on different classes. Feel free to use/adapt and let me know how it went with your classes with a review! Gracias :)

Revision for AQA GCSE Spanish 9-1 Theme 2 including: Vocabulary revision Preparation for Listening and Translation Grammar review opportunities Exam style listening activities with answers Translation activities (into English only) Audio tracks available on request by email (see ppt notes). Your feedback is much appreciated.

Lesson for an able year 11 class. It could take one or two lessons. Please feel free to use/adapt. The idea is that F Ss complete The 90 words task and the H candidates de 150 words. You may tell them about what to include (BURST, AVOCADO, and any other acronyms that work for your class). Please let me know if that was useful for you and your class :)

GCSE Spanish General conversation, Role play and Photo Card practice (one hour lesson each). Start off with the General Conversation to optimise learning in this series of lessons. Please be aware you will need the pdf file for the General Conversation lesson. Then go on with Role Play and Photo Card. If you and your classes are enjoying these resources, please leave a comment. Any feedback would be much appreciated. For more activities visit www.123gcse.com and click on ‘Spanish Resources’. Credits: Photos: Unsplashed

Lesson for an able year 10 class at the beginning of year 10 or revision of the topic for a Foundation Year 11 class. It includes a reading which helps modelling writing. Please feel free to use/adapt and let me know if your classes enjoyed it!

An hour lesson on role play for Foundation and Higher tier on the environment. For instructions, follow the notes section in each slide. Any feedback will be welcome!

11 Projects about history, geography, culture, politics and linguistics in the Hispanic world. Ideal for year 11 students who wish to continue their studies to A Level. Students complete the projects independently and in English. They are given the opportunity to explore so many aspects. Happy to hear how it went!

A very useful sheet to have in front of you if you are to carry out GCSE Speaking exams with your class! The script serves both Foundation and Higher, with teacher’s script and notes about timing and what to do (collect in notes, whether it is ok or not to rephrase questions, etc.). I hope you find it useful (I could certainly not get my exams going without this!). Any feedback is, as always, super welcome :)

A one hour lesson on a Spanish custom: El Gordo de la Navidad (National Christmas Lottery Draw). Ideal for year 9 or year 10 Spanish. Includes: Information about this special day in target language. A very famous commercial (link) to work on: vocabulary and modal verbs. Show several times to maximise comprehension. Comprehension questionnaire in Spanish with answers. Speaking activity (groups or pairs). Happy ending of lesson (Feliz Navidad by José Feliciano, link). Enjoy :)

These feedback sheets are really useful to me when marking my GCSE classes’ written work.

A whole lesson on General Conversation for Foundation Tier. It includes actitivities to help pupils create their own answers. Duration: 1 hour lesson

A Speaking GCSE Spanish resource to practise General Conversation about holidays. It can be delivered in two or one lesson, depending on group ability. Please feel free to use and/or adapt for your classes. I would be most grateful if you could let me know how it went with your class!

Jenga Translation game for year 9 or Foundation GCSE class. It can be adapted into Reading/Writing as well! Let me know how it worked for your classes. Gracias :)

A board game to revise the Present Perfect in Spanish (or pretérito perfecto compuesto) and practise Speaking and Listening. It is best to print out the board game in a A3 piece of paper. Minimum of 2 players per game, they will need a token each to keep in the boxes. You will need 1 coin (I use a 2p coin normally, tails advances 1 and heads 2 forward). You will need to print out a small deck of the ‘Verdadero/falso’ cards in card paper. Instructions: Youngest person (Speaker) starts, goes forward one or two boxes and picks a card. If the card says ‘Verdadero’, they will modify the information in the box (in Spanish) to make it true for them. The other players must decide whether the person is telling the truth or lying. If the other players catch the person lying, he or she will go back one box. If they do not catch the Speaker in a lie, he or she stays in the box. If your classes enjoy this game, please let me know!

This worksheet is suitable for GCSE classes that need a reminder of future tense structures. Could be used for very keen year 9 classes, too. The worksheet contains: Student copy with 9 activities. Teacher copy with answers, links to additional videos on Youtube and additional cultural notes. This worksheet will be updated with the video of Campanadas 2020-2021 once it is available. Could be use for the first day of the Spring term. Hope you find it useful.

Lovely hand-out that I am planning to give year 11 who will carry on with their Spanish for A Level. The aim is to keep them engaged and practising reading, listening and learning about mainly Spanish culture (I am truly sorry I did not include much Latin American culture, I am planning on developing that during the course in year 12). All activities are free of charge apart from number 5, and can easily be completed on a daily basis on their phones.