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GCSE and A-Level Spanish teacher trying to share as much as I can. Trying to combine form and function.
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Propaganda posters during the SCW
Something for my year 13s who will be analysing lots of simbolism and messages in SCW posters from the 30s.
Volver: Director's Technique (Soundtrack/Camera)
An eight page resource focused on themes in Volver, the carefully constructed soundtrak by Alberto Iglesias and shot selection for key parts of the film.
Page 1: Identifying the main themes in the film
Page 2: Authentic reading resource
Page 3: Questions
Page 4: Analysing the soundtrack and music of the film
Page 5: Analysing camera shots for key sequences.
Page 6: Essay writing skills and what/how/why
Page 7: Student directed task hunting for additional shots/sound effects.
Page 8: Example essay question and answers + practice question
Thanks Josh S for proofreading!
Volver: Infinitive structures
This is a resource to check how well students have understood the plot and the characters in the book. I recommend that firstly students match up the infinitive structures which are already conjugated in the 3rd person, afterwards use different coloured highlighters to categorise the infinitive verbs by the character which they correspond with.
This is an ideal task as a follow up to the character analysis two-page sheet, if a student for example says that Raimunda is fuerte you may ask them ‘how do we know?’ and they have to write a sentence explaining why they think Raimunda is fuerte giving examples from the text, this infinitive structure and verb sheet could form the basis of one of those exemplary points.
Volver quote cards (premium version)
Updated Volver quote cards x60
Now with more uncommon quotes which exemplify themes by secondary characters and also a picture of who said each quote on each card.
La Casa de Bernarda Alba: Timeline
A timeline activity in which students sort events by act and then further by order. There is one fake event and teacher answers are provided.
Volver: 12 retrieval starters
Varied tasks for lesson starters or homework to retrieve information about key scenes, quotes and essay writing point practice. Ideal for any candidates doing the WJEC exam who are in A2 and retaking the AS Unit 2.
Timer at the top is 4 minutes but you can allow as much time as you need.
Answers to the quotes section is in the notes of each slide.
Volver: Timeline
A starter activity to check how well students have understood the plot. It does make make you realise as well how many small plot lines are running at the same time. Answers given as well in teacher copy.
Volver grammar starters x8
Choose a verb and change it according to 25 prompts.
Edit: The grammar item is named in brackets.
Volver: Character analysis and development
Two pages per character. One page on development, relationships, goals and motivations and a second one containing 17 contrasting adjectives to develop descriptions of characters. I’ve included this free in the Volver bundle I have for sale.
Volver (Know your quote premium version)
Quotes from the film Volver on a flick PowerPoint. Students can win points if they can answer who said the quote, to whom, in what context and what theme or essay link it relates to.
Volver: Relative Pronouns
From a structured match-up to free practice students will be able to use relative pronouns que and quien.
La Casa de Bernarda Alba: Infinitive structures and verbs
This is a resource to check how well students have understood the plot and the characters in the book. I recommend that firstly students match up the infinitive structures which are already conjugated in the 3rd person, afterwards use different coloured highlighters to categorise the infinitive verbs by the character which they correspond with.
This is an ideal task as a follow up to the character analysis two-page sheet, if a student for example says that Adela is rebelde you may ask them ‘how do we know?’ and they have to write a sentence explaining why they think Adela is rebelde giving examples from the text, this infinitive structure and verb sheet could form the basis of one of those exemplary points.
La Casa de Bernarda Alba Quote Cards
Students can translate them, discuss who said them in which context and to whom.
The colour coded set are coded by character, the other set are all one colour so no clues are given away. Last page are misc and unsorted.
Irregular preterites Spanish (Tener, ser, estar, ir and hacer). Workbook, PPT and answers
Learners complete the conjugation tables on the front of their booklet with support from the Powerpoint and teacher input.
Learners then complete the booklet, section by section, changing the verbs in context from the present into the preterite. As a challenge learners may translate these sentences.
A homework task is set at the end which requires students to translate from English to Spanish.
GCSE Spanish Speaking Toolkit
After a big success last year I am sharing my GCSE Speaking Toolkit.
This Powerpoint contains an introduction to the WJEC Unit 1 speaking exam, working memory and six functional chunks along with usability conditions, worked examples, translations, valid alternatives and what the chunk seeks to achieve (references to the past, present, future, subjunctive, easy idioms etc).
I made this due to post-mock analysis revealing a lack of complex structures and now introduce it early in the GCSE.
This year I have added some AI suggestions which students may add to the original six.
La Casa de Bernarda Alba: Character analysis and development
Two pages per character. One page on development, relationships, goals and motivations and a second one containing 17 contrasting adjectives to develop descriptions of characters.
I’ve included this free in the LCDBA bundle I have for sale
Spanish KS4 subjunctive opinions
Hopefully this formats okay although I suspect the font (New Atten Round) is protected. If it looks awful then let me know and I’ll re-upload with print screens of each slide pasted over the slides themselves.
I have been teaching es bueno que sea (where bueno can be substituted for any adjective) for a few years now and it has been successful so decided it was time to take it a small step further.
Bundle
Volver: Essentials
A bundle of resources covering some of the important aspects of Volver in relation to the essay students will have to write. I have some free resources uploaded as well pertaining to the director himself, they would work well with this.
Printable quote cards with quotes covering all themes.
Grammar tasks including specific grammar items taken from the WJEC spec.
A flick quote PowerPoint with quotes linked to themes (ideal starter or filler)
Retrieval starters which are ideal for homework.
A themes based reading with subsequent locate and retrieve task and essay writing practice.
A three page resource on the use of music during key sequences and its desired effect as well as camera shot selection.
A free character analysis resource to track development over time and character effect in moving the plot forward. Includes a contrasting adjective worksheet for every character to be used in conjunction with the infinitive structures worksheet to begin writing evidence points relating to character traits.
Infinitive structures worksheet to be used in conjunction with the character analysis sheet, students can use the verbs to begin building points that evidence their selection of a certain adjective. e.g Sabemos que Raimunda es fuerte porque + infinitive structure
Event ordering activity to better understand the plot and sub-plot lines.
Basics booklet with all resources apart from the grammar worksheets in one lovely booklet with a very cool custom cover by my lovely year 12 student APD!
Quote index booklet for easy addition of quotes into essays with character tiles for recognition of character and all categorised by theme.
La Casa de Bernarda Alba (Quotes cards and theme index)
Theme index with categorised quotes, I went through the whole book and categorised everything relevant.
Also attached are quote cards which are not sorted by character or theme, these can be used for a multitude of activities.
Update: New look to the cards (2019)