Sentence starters both in Spanish and English for students to practise and improve their essay writing skills.
Essay Writing Booster: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12949559
This resource was created to support independent writing at GCSE.
Exam-style question task on the top (80-90 words).
Writing structure strip on the left - it includes some key phrases in Spanish.
GCSE Writing Structure Strip - My town: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12663443 (INCLUDES SAMPLE ANSWER)
GCSE Writing Structure Strip - School: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12667383 (INCLUDES SAMPLE ANSWER)
This knowledge organiser covers the theme of Social media and Technology.
Both foundation and higher vocabulary (higher appears highlighted in yellow).
Worked example (short paragraph) using vocabulary from the page.
You can find other topics here:
Future aspirations, Study and Work - FREE download here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-knowledge-organiser-work-12367700
Local Area, Holiday and Travel: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-knowledge-organiser-holiday-12368640
Writing skills: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-knowledge-organiser-writing-skills-12368458
These slides can be used with low ability GCSE groups.
There is an initial translation activity followed by an exercise to find mistakes and they both lead to a writing task (GCSE style).
This lesson can be used with years 9-11 when covering the topic of work.
It teaches them to recognise the main features in a common Spanish cover letter.
Looking for different ways to help students, I saw on Twitter the idea of a ladder reflecting elements needed for grades.
It starts with an easy present tense sentence and finishes with a sentence which includes an indirect object pronoun.
This resource can be used at the start of a lesson, to test how much students know on a particular subject or can be given as homework for students to work independently.
Full booklet here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-vocabulary-and-grammar-training-identity-and-culture-12066070
Link to full booklet: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-spanish-speaking-booster-booklet-12330437
I created this booklet to allow students to practise their speaking skills, in particular the picture-based task, with a cultural focus. The pictures used are all famous paintings found in the Museo del Prado in Spain.
This page from the booklet uses Las Meninas by Velázquez.
Valentine’s Day ideas to practise self-love.
It has four different activities (two are reading based, one is speaking and the last one is a writing) and it includes answers.
Summary of the Civil War - mind map style
Other resources on Spain’s Civil War:
Reasons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12439531
Context: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-la-guerra-civil-contexto-12291468
Consequences: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12439531
The first two pages of this resource can be downloaded for FREE here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-song-resistir-2020-version-12288602
The song Resistiré has turned into an anthem in Spain. I created this resource for students to start by listening to the song and then some basics about the subjunctive mood.
There are 7 questions in total and all answers are included.
KS4 (Year 9 - Year 11 low ability) lesson to practise vocabulary on free time activities.
To make it a bit more current, I included pictures of Greta Thunberg doing different activities in her free time and this is how the vocabulary is introduced.
All answers included.
Two exam-style reading comprehension questions. Both questions are in the target language and use the same wording that they will find on the Edexcel paper.
The text is an extract from Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal. Answers are also provided.
Short extract of the beginning of Fortunata y Jacinta, by Benito Pérez Galdós,
GCSE exam-style reading comprehension followed by an exercise focused on vocabulary and gap-fill activity about Manila shawls.
All answers provided on the last page.
First page of the Spanish version of Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone is used in this resource to get students to practise different reading strategies: prediction, anticipation, skimming, scanning and decoding.
This worksheet was created for my Year 10 and Year 11 students to practise further their vocabulary on the topic of family, friends and relationships.
It includes a list of useful vocabulary (adjectives and verbs) which they can get to use in translation exercises.
It can give students some ideas of what to write on this particular topic, as well as providing them with a bit more confidence in their writing skills.
Answers to both translation exercises are included.
Looking for different ways to help students, I saw on Twitter the idea of a ladder reflecting elements needed for grades.
It starts with an easy present tense sentence and finishes with a sentence which includes an indirect object pronoun.
This resource can be used at the start of a lesson, to test how much students know on a particular subject or can be given as homework for students to work independently.
Full booklet on Theme 1 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-vocabulary-and-grammar-training-identity-and-culture-12066070