A comprehensive resource summarizing the negative impacts of tourism in Spain: environmental, social, cultural. The resource includes: A speaking/writing mat of the key issues using subjunctive constructions of possibility The environmental impact of development on the coast: reading & gap-fill about the hotel Algarrobico A reading comprehension on el turismo de borrachera in Mallorca: vocabulary hunt and questions Plenary translation into Spanish, recycling key vocabulary and subjunctive structures Answers included.

A standalone resource to help pupils to describe their family members with accurate adjectival agreement, a rang of interesting adjectives and some complex structures. The resource recaps key adjectives, the rules of adjectival agreement, a reading task, some useful constructions and a sentence builder. There is also some plenary translation on the PPT. Answers included.

Resources on the topic of food and drink in the future tense: ¿qué vas a comer mañana? There is a resource with grammar, translation and reading activities to recap the immediate future tense construction that will allow pupils to scaffold their answers to the question above. There is also a Quiz Quiz Trade game, for pupils to use to recap this grammar point and vocabulary. (Each pupil has a slip and they quiz each other on either the Spanish or English and then swap and find another person to quiz). There are also empty grids into Spanish and English for translation practice, as a plenary task or homework.

A translation worksheet on the topic of childhood using the imperfect tense and comparisons with the present. Six different translation exercises which recycle the same key language and introduce new linguistic items in a scaffolded way. The exercises are ramped in terms of difficulty and final activity is a plenary translation task into Spanish. Answers included.

A two-page resource to use in any introductory lesson on describing where pupils live. It contains key vocabulary, verbs and grammar and will scaffold pupils’ answers to this question. Both pages are uploaded to preview. This may also be useful for homework, independent study or cover.

Consider purchasing the full A Level Translation Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364 An exam style text on women in the labour market in Spain to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam. There is a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678

Consider purchasing the full A Level Translation Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364 An exam style text on ‘las personas transgénero’ in Spain to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam. There is a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678

A resource to help pupils to practise and master the regular past (preterite) tense in the topic of healthy living. There are translation exercises, a gap-fill task, a review of the regular conjugation patterns with practice and a translation puzzle. (Answers included)

Two different verb test for A Level pupils, with answers, covering: present indicative present subjunctive preterite imperfect future perfect imperfect subjunctive

A stand alone lesson to introduce the topic of holidays using some key past tense verbs. The resources (a PowerPoint and Worksheet) will guide pupils to be able to talk about their holidays in the past tense by the end of the lesson. The key verbs are introduced and pupils do activities to recognise and memorise these. These are then used in a reading so pupils can start to see how they work. Pupils are then introduced to the rules for -AR verb conjugation and have an opportunity to practise key verbs for the topic, with all subject pronouns. The plenary brings all of this together by asking pupils to write/ say a paragraph based on the visual information on a slide. They can then use this as a model for their own work. There is also a plenary reading comprehension task with a gap-fill activity and this can then be used by pupils to model their own answer on.

A standalone resource on the topic of shopping and free time to help pupils to succeed in a GCSE writing question. This resource is not exam board specific and is suitable for any question in which pupils respond to bullet points on a theme. The activities are scaffolded and include: tips for planning and writing, matching up connectives and opinions, complex structures translation and a scaffolded worksheet for pupils to write their own answers. There is a model answer too.

These four worksheets form a pupil work booklet and contain lots of activities that can be used as part of studying the topic of home, chores, and daily routine or for revision before exams. There is a comprehensive revision of key vocabulary, scaffolded translation both ways, useful A* writing constructions, reading comprehensions and a plenary (exam) writing task.

An exam-style writing task on the topic of school with four bullet points to cover. There is a plan for pupils to help them scaffold their answer, with relevant complex language to include, and a model answer to reflect after completion too. There is a free example here on holidays: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-scaffolded-writing-task-on-holidays-ir-de-vacaciones-with-plan-and-model-answer-12004130

This is an exam style text on ‘el año negro del turismo’ in Spain (2020) to translate into English followed by translations into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides up-to-date key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam. If you found this useful, consider taking a look at my full A Level Translation Bundle with 20 more exam practice translations here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364 There is also a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678

A 3-page standalone resource to support pupils to say what they like to do in different types of weather. The resource recaps some basic free time activities, some key opinion phrases and weather vocabulary. There are vocabulary activities, reading tasks, translation practice and a sentence builder. Format: Word document and PDF with answers.

A standalone worksheet on holidays in the past tense with key vocabulary, structures, reading practice, translation and lots of recycling of the same language. These activities provide models and scaffolds for pupils to talk and write about their own holidays. Format: Word doc and PDF with answers.

5 standalone worksheets to support pupils to talk about what they do at home in different rooms in the present, past and future tenses. Resource 1: Introduction and practice of rooms, key verbs and infinitive expressions with a sentence builder, reading and translation practice. Resource 2: Review of -ER verb conjugation rules in the present tense, adverbs of frequency and a reading comprehension. Resource 3: Review of the past tense conjugation rules, reading comprehension, a sentence builder and translation practice. Resource 4: More past tense practice, translation exercises, reading comprehensions and a writing task. Resource 5: Revision of the immediate future tense and a sentence builder to support to pupils to say what they will do at home tonight/tomorrow with translation practice and a reading comprehension. Format: Word and PDF documents with answers.

A standalone two-page resource to support KS3 pupils to describe the appearance of themselves and members of their family. It is scaffolded with vocabulary, reading and translation activities with a topic sentence builder. Format: Word document and PDF with answers.

A 6 page comprehensive topic booklet on ‘la vida sana’ to introduce this topic to pupils in a stand-alone lesson or lessons. It includes essential topic vocabulary, key structures, translation practice, reading practice, writing and more. Answers included.

A sentence builder and key vocabulary review for pupils to talk about their future plans in Spanish, with answers. These activities will allow pupils to build their vocabulary, writing skills and confidence and will scaffold their written and oral response to this question/ topic. It included vocabulary exercises, reading & gap-fill, translation both ways and writing task.