Save hours and hours and hours of preparation with this Scheme of work for La casa de Bernarda Alba. (10-16 lessons + student booklets).
Very user friendly, you can use the lessons to teach yourself if you have never taught the book before.
Scheme of work overview:
L1 Federico García Lorca An introduction on the life of Lorca and his main works.
L2 Historical context. Pre-civil war Spain Understand the importance of the historical context for the play
L3 Act 1 Analysis of Act 1
L4 Act 2 Analysis of Act 2
L5 Act 3 Analysis of act 3
L6 Character analysis 1 Analysis and comprehension of the main characters
L7 Character analysis 2 Analysis and comprehension of the main characters
L8 Themes Analysis of the main themes in the play
L9 Technique Analyse and learn about the main techniques used by the writer
L10 Essay writing workshop: Explore the structure of the essay (introduction, development and conclusion)
L11 Essay writing workshop: Explore the language used in the essay and the mark scheme (A level)
L12 Essay workshop: Writing practice
L13 Essay consolidation: Quote revision
L13 Essay consolidation: Revision lesson
Extra Explore sessions: Trivial pursuit
Extra Explore sessions: Monopoly
Extra Explore sessions: Tinder profiles for characters
Extra Explore sessions: Quote game
An A level taster lesson (60 minutes but can be delivered in less if you skip the speaking) for GCSE students covering the importance of flamenco in Spanish society nowadays and how Rosalia has had an impact on the Flamenco genre in today’s world.
Contents:
Warm up- Spanish stereotypes
Quiz on flamenco - qué sabes del flamenco
Speaking activity (mainly opinions)
Card sorting activity (positive/ negative views on flamenco)
Rosalia- a reading comprehension. The article has been adapted from different newspaper articles
Malamente- speaking task
Speaking card mock activity (plenary)
Q&A
Set of lessons (at least 2 without watching the movie) to study the movie Encanto (available on Disney+). Powerpoint and student booklet. You can use the resources before / while / after watching the movie or not watch the movie at all!
Contents:
Exploration of Colombian culture
Characters (gifts, physical descriptions and family tree)
Songs (La familia Madrigal + no se habla de Bruno)
A review of the movie
+2 optional mini projects
Easily adaptable to any year group but designed for year 7 / year 8 students of Spanish.
Skills:speaking, reading, writing and listening
Vocabulary: family, physical descriptions, adjectives, possesion
Two lessons focused on context before studying ‘El laberinto del fauno’. These have been planned to be taught before watching the movie and they give a good insight into the context before, during and after the Civil War in Spain. (32 slides). It includes a booklet for students.
L1 focuses on the period before and during the war
-La segunda república
-Las dos Españas
-El comienzo y final de la guerra
-La posguerra bajo Franco
L2 covers key elements during postwar Spain that are going to be featured in the movie.
-La resistencia republicana
-El racionamiento durante la posguerra
-La ideología franquista hacia la mujer
2 lessons based on Viva (higher and foundation) module 8, unit 3 -vivir a tope. All skills.
Lesson 1
listening
reading
speaking
dictation game
lesson 2
tense practise
reading comprehension
gcse writing task (differenciated)
A first lesson to teach with Year 12 / Year 13 students of Spanish.
It includes various activities, ice breakers, speaking activities and information about the course (Edexcel)
An introductory lesson to study the social and historical context of the play, with reading and listening comprehension activities and a student friendly booklet to work independently.
4 lessons on environment aimed at a mixed ability group based on Viva GCSE (actúa localmente, piensa globalmente)
ideal for remote learning (all slides contain a to do list with instructions for each task), listening tasks included (with link and code to the book) and quizzlet and flippity games to practice vocabulary
based on chapter 8 from viva, only focused on environment
grammar covers revision for all tenses + conditional lesson
A lesson to teach KS3 students about Spanish celebrations during Easter.
Since it’s a cultural lesson, it has been planned to use a mixed between English and the target language.
Brief summary:
Differences between Spain and UK
Easter celebrations - a dictionary of key terms
The dance of the death- Verges (paralel translation)
Quiz/ competition
Speaking activity - share your opinion
Save WEEKS of work with this resource!
A whole unit of work (11 lessons + assessment) to teach Unidad 1: Los cambios en la estructura familiar. I follow Edexcell exam board.
Readings have been adapted from Spanish newspaper articles so it includes plenty of authentic resources and updated (2023) facts.
Overview:
First lesson, expectations and ice breakers (adaptable)
L1 Tipos de familia. Introduction to different family models.
Skills: note taking (listening) and reading. Includes further reading articles.
L2 Tipos de familia 2 (new family models)
How to complete the fact file (la hoja de datos).
Skills: reading and grammar (stem changing verbs
L3 present subjunctive
Skills: Grammar
L4 Traditional family vs modern family
Skills: note taking (listening) and speaking (debate)
L5 Gay marriage
Skills; Note taking, reading and grammar (apocopation)
L6 The role of grandparents
Skills: note taking (listening) reading and grammar (reflexive verbs)
L7 The influence of the church, brief history
Skills: reading
L8 the influence of the church in family models
Skills: listening, reading, translation
L9 domestic violence
Skills: note taking (listening) reading and speaking
L10 Speaking questions preparation
3 lessons to introduce unit 7: el impacto positivo de la inmigración.
L1- España como destino migratorio -reasons why they choose Spain
L2- principales nacionalidades -main nationalities/ groups of immigrants arriving
L3- son bien recibidos? -are inmmigrants welcome in Spain?
One (or two) lesson focussed on the theme of fantasy versus reality in ‘El laberinto del fauno’. (22 slides)
Structure of the lesson:
Key words to use in essay.
Brief summary of the theme.
Comparison between fairytale structure and the film.
Fantasy and reality in the main characters (Ofelia, Carmen, Mercedes and Capitán Vidal).
Important quotes about fantasy and reality.
Essay question.