This Spanish Reading Comprehension resource focuses on Spanish Festivals (fiestas españolas). It includes four Spanish reading texts, each covering a different Spanish festival, along with reading comprehension activities.
The titles of the Spanish reading texts are:
Los Sanfermines, una fiesta vasca
La Tomatina
Las Fallas
Moros y Cristianos
The reading texts are written for upper-intermediate / advanced level Spanish students. Each Spanish text is designed to include high-quality vocabulary so that students are then able to speak and write about this topic with relevant, advanced vocabulary.
What does the resource include?
Four Spanish reading texts
Comprehension exercises for each reading text
Translation exercises
A writing question
Speaking exercise (Photo stimulus card)
Answers for the comprehension, vocabulary and translation exercises
The resource is available to download in both A4 size and Letter size.
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Looking for a fun activity for students studying Réquiem por un campesino español by Ramón J. Sender? This Escape Room is engaging while at the same time provides useful information about this Spanish novel.
The Escape Room on Requiem por un campesino espanol can be done either individually or in teams of however many students you like. There is no preparation needed for this activity, other than printing it out for students to complete. Simply give them the first activity and once they crack the code, they can move onto the next activity, and so on until they crack all five codes. The first person or team to do so wins.
This Escape Room Activity does require students to have read the novel beforehand.
If are looking for a resource that delves deeper into the themes and background of Réquiem por un campesino español, click here to access my PowerPoint Presentation (in Spanish).
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If you are looking for fun Spanish resources on Christmas, this engaging Spanish Reading Comprehension resource focuses on Christmas, New Year and Reyes (Navidad, Año Nuevo y los Reyes Magos). It includes five reading texts, each covering a different aspect of the topic.
The titles of the reading texts are:
¿Cómo celebras Navidad? (How do you celebrate Christmas?)
La chocolatada
Cómo asegurar que tengas el mejor año nuevo (How to ensure you have the best New Year)
Los Reyes Magos traen regalos (The Wise Men bring presents)
María y José: la primera Navidad (Mary and Joseph: the first Christmas)
The reading texts are written for intermediate / upper-intermediate level Spanish students. Each text is designed to include high-quality vocabulary so that students are then able to speak and write about this topic with relevant, advanced vocabulary.
What does the resource include?
Five reading texts
Comprehension and vocabulary exercises for each reading text
Translation exercises
Two writing questions
Crossword puzzle
Speaking exercise (Photo card)
Vocabulary sheet for memorization
Answers for the comprehension, vocabulary and translation exercises
The resource is available to download in both A4 size and Letter size.
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This Spanish Reading Comprehension resource focuses on gender inequality (la desigualdad y el género). It includes three reading texts, each covering a different aspect of the topic, along with relevant activities.
The titles of the reading texts are:
La pandemia aumenta la desigualdad de género (The pandemic is increasing gender inequality)
¿Es sexista el idioma español? (Is the Spanish language sexist?)
El lado oscuro del machismo (The dark side of chauvinism)
The reading texts are written for intermediate/upper-intermediate level Spanish students. Each text is designed to include high-quality vocabulary so that students are then able to speak and write about this topic with relevant, advanced vocabulary.
What does the resource include?
Three reading texts
Comprehension and vocabulary exercises for each reading text
Translation exercises
Two writing questions
Speaking exercise (Photo card)
Vocabulary sheet for memorization
Answers for the comprehension, vocabulary and translation exercises
The resource is available to download in both A4 size and Letter size.
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This PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of Carnaval and Semana Santa in Spain.
Describing the traditions of Carnival, Easter and Semana Santa in Spanish, this PowerPoint includes 10 slides with relevant images to help students grasp the cultural background to the celebrations.
The final slide provides a brief research activity to help students discover curious local traditions that will increase their cultural understanding.
For more resources on Spanish festivals, check out these Reading Comprehension activities on Fiestas españolas.
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This bundle consists of two resources that can be used together: a PowerPoint Presentation and a Summary on the topic of the Spanish Monarch.
Both resources cover the Catholic Kings, the Habsburg and Bourbon dynasties, the transition to democracy and a constitutional monarchy, and the present-day royal family. They include themes relating to the monarchy and the Catholic Church, the popularity of the royal family and the scandals surrounding it.
The PowerPoint Presentation consists of 19 slides, beautifully designed, with in-depth content and relevant images.
The Summary is a four-page resource formatted in black and white for easy download and printing. It is written in bullet-point formatting with highlights, making it easy to read and engage with.
This bundle will give Spanish A Level, Advanced Higher and other advanced learners a solid understanding of the themes and events of the Spanish Monarchy, and is a fantastic platform for further research or reading on this topic.
This PowerPoint Presentation covers the main events of the Spanish Civil War, the political ideologies of the Republicans and the Nationalists, the types of atrocities that took place and the aftermath of the war.
This PowerPoint Presentation consists of 30 slides, beautifully designed, with in-depth content and relevant images.
This resource will give Spanish learners a solid understanding of the themes and events of the Spanish Civil War, and is a fantastic platform for further research or reading on this topic.
For more background, there is also a Summary of the Spanish Civil War that would accompany this resource perfectly. It is written in bullet-point form to help students easily grasp the main points.
Additionally, there is a Spanish Civil War Activities resource Spanish-English glossary on the Spanish Civil War. These resources can also be purchased as part of a bundle.
This PowerPoint is also available in Spanish.
For resources relating to the post-Civil War era, there is a PowerPoint Presentation and accompanying Summary on the Franco Dictatorship.
This Spanish Reading Comprehension resource focuses on home, town and city (casa, pueblo y ciudad). It includes five reading texts, each covering a different aspect of the topic, along with engaging activities.
The titles of the reading texts are:
¿Cómo es vivir en Madrid? (What is it like to live in Madrid?)
La vida rural en España (Rural life in Spain)
¿Cómo es tu ciudad? (What is your city like?)
¿Cómo sería tu casa de sueño? (What would your dream house be like?)
Las ventajas de vivir en una ciudad grande (The advantages of living in a big city)
The reading texts are written for intermediate/upper-intermediate level Spanish students. Each text is designed to include high-quality vocabulary so that students are then able to speak and write about this topic with relevant, advanced vocabulary.
What does the resource include?
Five reading texts
Comprehension and vocabulary exercises for each reading text
Translation exercises
Two writing questions
Speaking exercise (Photo card)
Vocabulary sheet for memorization
Answers for the comprehension, vocabulary and translation exercises
The resource is available to download in both A4 size and Letter size.
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A fantastic resource on the topic of Social Media designed for Spanish advanced learners. This Spanish-English glossary is a compilation of key vocabulary that is topic-specific. It covers vocabulary relating to the benefits and disadvantages of social media as well as some background vocabulary.
The vocabulary is both essential and advanced and is an excellent platform for enabling students to understand what they read on the subject and to speak and write about it with vocabulary that impresses. It is ideal for pre-reading, revision and used in conjunction with regular study.
This glossary is designed as a compact **two-page resource **in black and white, easily downloaded and printed, and beautifully formatted.
Other glossaries available:
There are also Spanish-English glossaries available on the topics of Immigration, Family and Relationships, and the Spanish Civil War.
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A fun resource designed to consolidate vocabulary to describe family and friends. It covers some family members, physical descriptions, and character and personality. It includes a vocab sheet, a long translation, plus extra vocab activities. This resource could be used for homework, revision or independent study.
Christmas and New-Year themed Snakes and Ladders game. This game practices translation, the past tense and expressing opinions, all on the topic of Christmas, New Year and Reyes.
This resource is formatted to be printed out on A3 paper. Instructions are included, but you will need dice and counters to play the game.
Juego de serpientes y escaleras sobre el tema Navidad, Año Nuevo y los Reyes Magos. Este juego practica la traducción, el pretérito y expresar opiniones, todo sobre el tema de Navidades.
Este recurso es para imprimir en papel A3. Las instrucciones son incluidas, pero necesitarás un dado y fichas para jugar.
This Study Guide for Laura Esquivel’s Como agua para chocolate helps students to understand the book for themselves, observing important themes and forming opinions about characters and events.
What is the aim of the resource?
For each of the twelve chapters in the book, there is a Spanish-English vocabulary grid, a research task, comprehension questions and analysis questions.
The research tasks are designed to help students understand the context of the story (Mexican history, Mexican cuisine, and Mexican culture).
The comprehension questions are designed to be answered in English. The purpose of these is to make sure students understand what is happening all the way through each chapter and, most importantly, to ensure they don’t miss anything important.
The analysis questions are designed to be answered in Spain, in a group discussion. The purpose of these is to help students express their reactions to the development of the characters and the events. They also draw students’ attention to emerging themes and literary techniques.
What does the resource include?
Vocabulary grid for each chapter
Research task for each chapter
Comprehension questions for each chapter
Analysis questions for each chapter
Overview of themes
Answers for comprehension questions (Please note that there are no answers for the research tasks or the analysis questions as these would vary.)
The resource is available to download in both A4 size and Letter size.
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A fantastic resource on the topic of the Relationships designed for Spanish advanced learners. This Spanish-English glossary is a compilation of key vocabulary that is topic-specific. It covers** vocabulary relating to marriage and divorce, families, feminism, women in the workplace and young people at home**.
The vocabulary is both **essential and advanced **and is an excellent platform for enabling students to understand what they read on the subject and to speak and write about it with vocabulary that impresses. It is ideal for pre-reading, revision and used in conjunction with regular study.
This glossary is designed as a compact two-page resource in black and white, easily downloaded and printed, and beautifully formatted.
Other glossaries available:
There are also Spanish-English glossaries available on the topics of Social Media, Immigration, and the Spanish Civil War.
More resources on family and relationships:
La familia, el amor y las amistades: Reading & Vocab Practice
La desigualdad y el género: Reading & Vocab Practice
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A fun resource designed to consolidate vocabulary on mobile technology. It uses the imperfect and present tenses to compare life before mobile technology to nowadays. There is also an optional brief grammar exercise on direct object pronouns. It includes a vocab sheet, a long translation, plus extra vocab and grammar activities. This resource could be used for homework, revision or independent study.
This is the second resource in a series. Find my first resource entitled Relationships with Family and Friends Translation: GCSE Spanish Theme 1: Topic 1.
A fun resource designed to consolidate vocabulary on sport and practise the preterite tense. It includes a vocab sheet, a long translation, plus extra vocab and preterite tense activities. This resource could be used for homework, revision or independent study.
This is the fourth resource in a series.
Find my first resource entitled [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/relationships-with-family-and-friends-translation-gcse-spanish-theme-1-topic-1-12340886]
The second resource in the series is entitled https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/technology-in-everyday-lives-translation-gcse-spanish-theme-1-topic-2-12343610
The third resource in the series is entitled https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/music-cinema-and-tv-translation-gcse-spanish-theme-1-topic-3-12345483
A fun resource designed to consolidate vocabulary on food, eating out and cooking. It uses the future tense (going to) to describe various people’s dinner plans. There is also an optional brief grammar exercise on “ponerse a”. It includes a vocab sheet, a long translation, plus extra vocab and grammar activities. This resource could be used for homework, revision or independent study.
This resource accompanies students through the journalistic classic Relato de un náufrago (Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
The resource has a separate section for each of the fourteen chapters of the book, as well as a section for the introduction.
For each chapter, there is a Preparation part, which includes a grid of useful vocabulary and a research task, which encourages students to use the internet to find out something that will help them understand the context of the story.
Following this, there is an Understanding part, which consists of simple comprehension questions in English, to be answered in English. These follow the course of the text, so students can answer the questions as they read. This will help them to take in the story and understand the main points. There are also some translation exercises in this part, encouraging students to translate key elements of the text that are essential for them to understand.
Next, there is an Analysis part, which includes a few analytical questions in Spanish, to be answered in Spanish, to help students reflect on what is going on.
Finally, there are vocabulary exercises throughout the resource, helping students to memorize helpful words.
The answers are included for the comprehension questions, translation exercises and vocabulary exercises.
Encourage kindness, politeness and courtesy in your Spanish classroom with this colorful and inspiring wall poster. It could be used alongside classroom rules or expectations.
This poster is available with both a white and color background, so you can choose whichever one suits your classroom decor needs.
Can be printed onto A3, A4 or can be adapted to other sizes.
Other Spanish wall posters available:
Spanish Artists Classroom Wall Poster
Como Agua Para Chocolate Poster
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Give your students some cultural knowledge of Spain with this colorful and informative wall poster on Spanish artists and painters. The perfect way to decorate your classroom to deepen your students’ cultural awareness.
This poster is** available with both a white and color background**, so you can choose whichever one suits your classroom decor needs.
The Spanish artists included in this poster are El Greco, Diego Velázquez, Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Murillo, Francisco Goya, Joaquín Sorolla, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Salvador Dalí.
Can be printed onto A3, A4 or can be adapted to other sizes.
Other Spanish wall posters available:
5 ways to show kindness to your Spanish teacher
Como agua para chocolate: personajes principales
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This** Spanish-English Glossary** of Réquiem por un campesino español helps students to understand the text as they read it.
The Glossary first lists the words in the order that they appear in the text (without repeating them). This means it can be used with any edition. It then lists the words** in alphabetical order** for when students are dipping in and out of the book.
This Glossary is 19 pages in all. It provides a translation that is relevant to the text. Intermediate-level words are omitted as they are likely to be known already to students. Some words that do not have a straightforward translation are omitted from the glossary, but every attempt has been made to provide a translation where possible.
This resource will bring relief to students who find it very frustrating to look up unknown words in a dictionary. The Glossary will massively reduce the amount of time it takes to look up words and will help students stay motivated.
For more resources on this Spanish novel, have a look at my in-depth PowerPoint Presentation and my fun Escape Room Activity.
For an understanding of the context of the Spanish Civil War and the events leading up to it, my Summary of the Spanish Civil War will help students enormously.