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Spanish A Level: El laberinto del fauno: las técnicas del director (Pan's Labyrinth: techniques)
This resource contains a series of reading and writing activities to support Spanish A Level students studying El laberinto del fauno. It focuses on the different techniques used by del Toro, specifically the use of allegory, the elements of the fairy tale, the use of colour and the different kinds of shots and camera angles.
It also provides the students with several essay questions, independent learning and research opportunities, as well as a checklist to self-assess their essays.
There is a free sample of this activity on this link:
Las relaciones de pareja: Mi pareja ideal (Future relationships - My ideal partner) (UPDATED)
A set of lessons to prepare students to write about their ideal partner and their future plans. It revises key vocabulary and adjectives and it includes a long, challenging reading activity. Grammar wise it revises the conditional, the immediate future and adverbs with “-mente”. A short translation and a photo card at the end of the notebook file revise the topic, while two further photo cards are included as a separate file.
Update: I have now included a PowerPoint version of the main file, converted from the original Notebook file. I recommend whenever possible to use the original version, as the file conversion has changed the layout of some slides and some features work less effectively on Power
Point.
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New Spanish GCSE speaking and writing resources (updated)
This bundle includes some resources I have prepared to prepare my students for the new Spanish GCSE exams (based on the AQA specification):
- Practice writing paper (end of year 9). At both foundation and higher tiers, it covers Theme 1 (and it includes feedback sheets and mark schemes.
- Practice writing paper (end of year 10). At both foundation and higher tiers, it covers Theme 2 and it includes feedback sheets based on the writing mark schemes.
- Theme 3 writing paper (NEW). Covering the topics in Theme 3, at both foundation and higher level.
- Speaking test booklet, with a summary of the specification, copies of the mark schemes, sample photo cards and role plays, and questions for the general conversation, covering fully all three themes.
- Three booklets (one for each theme) with photo cards, covering fully all themes and sub themes.
- Three booklets with at least 15 role plays each covering the Theme 1 and Theme 2 and Theme 3.
A Level Spanish speaking game: Trivial Pursuit
This resource is a version of the popular board-game Trivial Pursuit based around the themes and sub-themes of the new Spanish A Level course (AQA specifications).
I have assigned a category to each colour:
Aspects of Hispanic society (red)
Artistic culture in the Hispanic world (yellow)
Multiculturalism in Hispanic society (purple)
Aspects of political life (blue)
Grammar (orange)
Translation (green)
The resource includes a printable board (better printed in colour and enlarged to A3) and 24 question cards (with one question for each category, so a total of 192 questions). Additionally, there is a file with six counters and six “score cards”, with a “pie” for the students to colour the different sections as they achieve them.
This resource can be used as a whole class activity if displayed on the board, but it can also be printed (in colour!) for students to work in groups of up to six.
New Spanish A Level Paper 2 (Writing) Support booklet : Ocho apellidos vascos.
A twelve page booklet to prepare Spanish A Level students for paper 2 of the new specification (2018 examination), specifically focused on Emilio Gutiérrez-Lázaro's film Ocho apellidos vascos.
The booklet includes:
- a summary of the requirements of the paper
- the assessment objectives and mark scheme
- two initial activities to "get the students thinking" (20 questions about key aspects of the film, and lines from the film for the students to discuss)
- the four essay questions from the AQA sample materials
- a further 15 essay questions (some of them adapted from past exam questions from the outgoing specification).
- four pages of useful language to write an essay
-a self-assessment check-list for the students to use to reflect on their own work.
Please note that both Word and PDF versions of the booklet are included, as sometimes the Word version of files uploaded to TES appear distorted in previews.
Spanish grammar - verb conjugations: Ser and Estar
This worksheet includes an explanation of how to use ser and estar, one of the biggest headaches for Spanish learners, with several examples and two activities.
It is a free sample of a much more comprehensive premium resource, my Spanish GCSE grammar booklet, which can be found on this link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-grammar-booklet-cuaderno-the-gram-tica-11939611
I have included a screen shot of the contents page of the grammar booklet.
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El laberinto del fauno: guía del estudiante (Pan's Labyrinth: student's support bundle).
This bundle contains a series of resources to help Spanish A Level students prepare key aspects of Pan’s Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno):
introducción (introductory activities)
los personajes (characters)
la alegoria (the use of allegory)
el uso del color (the use of colour)
los elementos del cuento de hadas (elementos of fairy tales)
planos y ángulos de cámara (shots and camera angles)
contexto histórico (historical background), including sections on the Spanish Civil War, Fascism and the “maquis”.
The theme of obedience in the film.
The treatment of masculinity and femininity in Pan’s Labyrinth.
The topic of violence in Pan’s Labyrinth.
El éxito de El laberinto del fauno (the success of Pan’s Labyrinth)
The monsters in Pan’s Labyrinth
Paper 2 booklet (essay-writing support booklet)
Each section contains a series of reading, writing and translation activities to study it, a multitude of essay questions (with more questions in Writing Support Booklet) and independent research opportunities.
PLEASE NOTE: THE RESOURCES CONTAINED IN THIS BUNDLE CAN BE FOUND AS A SINGLE BOOKLET ON THE FOLLOWING LINK:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-a-level-el-laberinto-del-fauno-gu-a-de-estudio-pan-s-labyrinth-support-guide-12002448
Spanish GCSE Speaking Game: Trivial Pursuit
This resource is a version of the popular board-game Trivial Pursuit based around the topics and themes of the new GCSE course.
The different topics have been divided into the following six categories:
Familia y relaciones (red)
Tiempo libre y tecnología (yellow)
Mi ciudad y mi región (purple)
Problemas sociales y globales (blue)
Vacaciones, turismo y festivales (orange)
Educación y trabajo (green)
The resource includes a printable board (better printed in colour and enlarged to A3) and 24 question cards (with one question for each category, so a total of 192 questions). Additionally, there is a file with six counters and six “score cards”, with a “pie” for the students to colour the different sections as they achieve them.
This resource can be used as a whole class activity if displayed on the board, but it can also be printed (in colour!) for students to work in groups of up to six.
El laberinto del fauno: temas principales - Pan's labyrinth: themes (obedience, violence, gender).
A series of reading, writing and translation activities to explore the main themes of Pan’s Labyrinth: obedience, the treatment of masculinity and femininity, and the use of violence.
The resource is 20 pages long and it includes short written questions, translation activities, gap-fills, true, false and not mentioned activities and several essay questions.
PLEASE NOTE: this resource is part of a much more comprehensive and more detailed resource, the Pan’s Labyrinth Student Support Guide that can be found on this link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-a-level-el-laberinto-del-fauno-gu-a-de-estudio-pan-s-labyrinth-student-support-guide-12002448
The guide is over 70 pages long, and a free sample can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/el-laberinto-del-fauno-planos-y-ngulos-de-c-mara-pan-s-labyrinth-shots-and-camera-work-12002490
New Spanish GCSE: Identity and culture. 150-Word Questions Booklet (Higher writing)
A booklet with eight 150-word questions to revise the theme of Identity and culture of the new Spanish GCSE exam.
There are two questions for each of the topics in Theme one (Me, my family and friends, Technology in everyday life, Free-time activities and Customs and festivals in Spanish-speaking countries).
Each of the questions contains two bullet points that the students are expected to cover; the bullet points are written to resemble the ones found in the 2018 paper and those in the sample questions provided by AQA. At least one of the bullet points in each question prompts the students to refer to either the past or the future, and several questions ask the students to write their “recommendations”.
Finally, the booklet also contains a copy of the mark scheme for the 150 word question and an overview of the themes and topics.
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Theme two - Local, regional and global areas of interest (Local area, holidays, social issues, Photo cards, Role Plays)
A (huge) set of resources covering several topics of theme 2 in the new Spanish GCSE:
Holidays
Home and local area
Social issues
Photo Cards
Role Plays
Spanish to English translations
New Spanish A Level overview and AS (A Level year 1) Scheme Of Learning.
An overview of the two years of the new Spanish A Level course and a lesson-by-lesson Scheme of learning for the new Spanish AS / A Level Year 1 (based on the AQA specification).
The overviews include a summary of what topics, grammar points and exam skills should be covered during each half term of the two year course, as well as guidance on the kind of Key Marked Pieces (assessment tasks) that should be completed each half term in order to provide the students with practice of all aspects of Papers 1, 2 and 3.
Additionally, I have included a lesson-by-lesson Scheme Of Learning for Year 1 (AS). Based on the Hodder book / online resources, and working on the basis that students get four hours of teaching a week (Teacher 1 and Teacher 2) and one hour of independent learning (ILC session).
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New Spanish GCSE: Theme 1 (Identity and culture) exam support bundle - UPDATED
A set of resources to help your students revise Theme 1 (Identity and culture) and prepare for the new GCSE exam. It includes:
- speaking exam resources (role plays, photo cards and general conversation)
- writing exam resources (a foundation and a higher practice paper, as well as a feedback sheets for each paper)
- writing resources: a booklet containing eight 90-word questions covering all topics of the theme Identity and culture
- reading resources: a booklet with Spanish to English translations.
New French GCSE writing and speaking exams: Good and Better WILFs
Two Smartboard Notebook presentation that contain personalised Good and Better WILFs for each of the questions in the new AQA Frech GCSE writing and speaking exams (at both foundation and higher tier).
Each slide contains three sets of WILFs, attached to a grade (grades 3, 4 and 5 in foundation, 4/5, 6 and 7+ in higher) and they are named after a French city (Bordeaux, Nice and Paris). Finally, each WILF contains a description of what good progress and good progress for students attempting that WILF would be.
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Spanish A Level: Paper 2 (writing) and Grammar Bundle (Volver and La casa de Bernarda Alba)
A bundle containing three resources to support students preparing for Paper 2 of the new Spanish A level exam:
- Spanish A Level Grammar booklet (118 pages).
- Paper 2 booklet: Volver.
- Paper 2 booklet: La casa de Bernarda Alba.
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New Spanish GCSE - Writing exam practice: 90-word questions. Perfect for home learning.
A collection of twenty-four 90-word questions covering the whole of the new Spanish GCSE course.
Each of the three booklets (one per theme) contains eight questions, with four bullet points each, encouraging the students to refer to present, past and future events, as well as to include opinions.
New Spanish A Level: Equal Rights. Huelga feminista en España (reading and speaking).
A speaking activity (discussion card) and a reading activity about the feminist strike in Spain on the 8th of March (2018). The speaking card includes a photograph of the huge demonstration in Madrid, some facts about the strike and three questions to encourage the students to discuss the topic, and the reading activity is an adapted version of a newspaper article followed by three activities: find synonyms, translation and 90 word summary.
It falls under the topic equal rights, but it can also be used to illustrate to discuss protests and strikes, as part of the “Los movimientos populares” sub theme.
New Spanish A Level - Cyberspace: Fact File. Paper 3 (Speaking exam) support.
A three-page file with a lot actual information about Spanish culture and society, focusing on the topic Cyberspace, part of the theme Aspects of Hispanic culture of the new Spanish A Level. It provides students with facts and statistics, which should be very helpful in preparation for Paper 3 (the speaking exam).
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Spanish GCSE revision resources
A set of resources to revise for the Spanish listening and reading GCSE papers.
Cuestionarios en español (Spanish quizzes)
A set of five end of term quizzes for Spanish students of different abilities / levels.