Presentation on direcciones; introducing simple and more detailed ways for giving directions (mainly based in Listos). Includes Speaking, reading, and writing exercises) + worksheet.
Reading comprehension based on a letter where a town is described. I use it not only to provide the students with a model, but also to introduce informal letter writing. It works with KS3, KS4 and IB Ab Initio students.
A simple text that can be used to introduce the vocabulary to a high ability group, homework or a class exercise with any group in KS3 and KS4 low ability.
Exercises based on a magazine article about Madrid. It is ideal for IB Ab Initio students as well as GCSE. It consolidates vocabulary used for town description, free time activities and adjectives of personality and it is great as a cultural resource. Answers included.
These worksheets will help the students consolidate their vocabulary for food, quantities and containers and expressions to use when shopping for food. It works with Y9, KS4 and IB Ab Initio.
Simple worksheet to practise prepositions of place such as 'encima, al lado, en, etc'. As an extension, I ask the students to write a few more sentences based on the pictures.
I have created this speaking/ writing mat based on module 9 in the Edexcel GCSE Spanish text book. My students have used it to create sentences to answer to the following questions:
¿Cuáles dirías que son los problemas medioambientales más importantes en tu ciudad y por qué?
¿Qué piensas que deberíamos hacer para proteger el medio ambiente?
A reading comprehension exercise through which students can identify a good deal of key KS3 and GCSE vocabulary. It also works as a template- model for them to learn to write their own.
I put together the lyrics for this song for my Y1 class. It contains the main weather expressions to the tune of 'Frere Jacques'. Also attached to the ppt are two videos from Sesame Street which they really enjoyed.
A reading comprehension exercise based on the situation of immigration in Spain in 2019 with a graph, an article sourced from ABC newspaper and exercises (one speaking, two reading).
Pair work: Listening, speaking, reading and writing exercises to be completed in pairs (or individually if you prefer) based around the fact that the Spanish who emigrated due to the recession started coming back in 2018.
One of the most popular current songs among Spanish teens, great for the preterite tense. It includes a good few pre-listening activities to make sure the students make the most out of it semantically, syntactically and grammatically. I hope your students enjoy it too!
Listening activity which actually reflects the real situation nowadays in Spain (2018-2019). Students watch a video (whole class or individually) and answer the questions (multiple choice, short answer, etc.) This activity is ideally followed by the reading comprehension activity that goes with it (uploaded separately). I use it to introduce the topic.
Up-to-date set of resources for the students to explore and learn about the current situation of immigration in Spain. The exercises cover all four linguistic skills with individual as well as pair/ group work.