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Y8 / Y9 French - Writing Assessment and Preparation
Before you consider buying this resource, check the bundle with 2 additonal extra resources: /teaching-resource/y8-y9-french-family-and-friends-physique-and-personality-13121712
This resource is intended to help students prepare for a writing practice or writing assessment. This could be used mainly with Y8 and Y9 students but can be adapted or stretch for new GCSE students if necessary.
This resource contains:
Starter based on previous vocabulary on family members, personality and key verbs.
3 stages reading comprehension that can be divided in:
Scan read activity for students to annotate information about the text.
Activity based on reading more deeply to find phrases and key vocabulary in the text.
Parallel translation using 2 texts (French & English) with missing information that students will have to work out to have matching texts.
Student-fronted task based on a writing task / writing assessment: this could could be more or less scaffolded. If needed, students can use the handouts with the three texts they have been working with to model their own text.
Handouts and presentation included.

Y8/Y9 French - Les pièces et les meubles
Second part of the lesson ‘‘La maison et les pièces’’ with a revision on the previous content and more thorough activities to practice descriptions of the house.
This lesson includes:
Starter with vocabulary from previous lesson ‘‘La maison et les pièces’’-
Objectives in TL for students to translate.
Sentence builder that can be used as another activity for students to complete rather with an extension of descriptions of the house.
Miniwhiteboard activity to translate:
French to English
English to French
French to French (New GCSE skill.)
Guessing vocabulary task to learn and practice some vocabulary about forniture.
Listening task (listen to the descriptions and choose the right description for each room.)
Reading activity.
Writing activity with model to use.
Handouts, audio files and answers provided.
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Y8/Y9 French: La maison, les pièces et les meubles
This bundle contains the lessons, audio files, handouts for the following individual resources:
Y8/Y9 French - Les pièces et les meubles.
Y8/Y9 French - La maisons et les pièces.
See individual resources for more information and detailed description.

Y8 / Y9 Spanish (Los Deportes)
This is a lesson that could work well with students of Y8 or Y9 Spanish.
Skills that could be practised with this lesson: Listening, Reading, Writing, Dictation and Translation.
Breakdown of the lesson:
Objectives to translate and introduce the topic of Family.
Cultural approach with two videos about ‘La Pelota Vasca’ to introduce the topic of sports.
Starter with key words and phrases on the present tense to talk about sports.
Sentence Builder that students need to complete themselves that includes vocabulary about:
Sports
Adverbs of time (when)
A few reasons
Miniwhiteboard taskS with choice for practice:
Translation from Spanish to English
Translation from English to Spanish
Dictation from Spanish to Spanish (transcribing) (new skill for GCSE 2024)
Reading comprehension based on 2 texts (one of them used previously as a listening exercise).
1 listening task** (with audios included)**

A - Level Spanish - 4 in 1 #7 Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
Text based in Ernesto Guevara and it is link to the topic of monarquÃas y dictaduras / movimientos sociales.
This resource includes different activities. The main ones are:
Reading Exam Skill Gap Fill
4 Sections on Synonyms based on the same text.
Translation Spanish to English.
Additional task (you could use the text with your students as a listening.
Audio attached with the resource.
Answers provided.

Y8 / Y9 French - La journée scolaire
Complete lesson on the topic of school day.
This lesson includes the whole presentation with all answers provided and audio files for the listening. I created this lesson to be online friendly so handout is not provided this time and you will have to make your own.
Match up task with the key verbs to talk/write about routines.
Objectives in TL for students to translate into English.
Reading task (3 levels of reading):True / False + Put the routines in order following the text + Find the words of phrases in the text.
Listening task (audio files and transcript included).
Translation task (this could be tweaked and be used as a comprehension task, used online so students can drag the emojis or simply draw as they understand/process the texts.)
Independent writing task for students to write about their school day / routine and recycle the topic of school, subjects, etc.

Y8 / Y9 Spanish - La apariencia fÃsica
Complete lesson on the topic of physical appearance.
This lesson includes the whole presentation with all answers provided and audio files for the listening. I created this lesson to be online friendly so handout is not and task involved dragging answers through the slides rather than write but this only takes a minute to tweak and adapt.
Match up task with the key verbs to talk/write about physical appearance.
Helpsheet with basic verbs and key vocabulary about physical appearance.
Objectives in TL for students to translate into English.
Family tree to revise the family members.
Reading task with 4 texts for students to find as much information as possible (this could be done more or less student-centred depeding on the class.)
Listening task (audio files and transcript included).
Independent writing task for students to write about their physical appearance and do some basic descriptions on family members (this could be more or less scaffolded with the help of the texts used previously in the lesson.)

A Level Spanish: Essay & Exams Skills #2 - MonarquÃas y dictaduras
This resource is aimed to help AS/A Level students with their exams skills but it is also based on other exam skills such as: synonym search, reading gap fills, listening exercise based on true/false/not mentioned, etc.
This resource includes:
PPTX presentation to go along
Handout
Transcription for the listening exercise
Handout with answers
Possible essay questions based on the topic students have been working with.
This resource is based on the topic of MonarquÃas y dictaduras - Students then can use the transcription they have been working with as a model to write their own essay based on the topic.

GCSE Spanish - Describing Teachers (Lesson + Handouts)
This lesson could be use in KS3 or KS4 with your students and it is really well differentiated all the way throught. In included exams skills for photo-card practice and it included all the skills to be practiced in the lesson.
This included:
Presentation
Handouts for most of the activities.
There is no listening clip for slide 12 (if you require it, let me know and I will send it to you via email.)
Please make sure you give me feedback, it really means a lot.
Enjoy and make them enjoy!

GCSE Spanish - Theme 1 (Spanish to English translations) (All topics)
This file contains different translations for students to practice (see title). It includes different phrases in target language and a second translation of a bigger text.
Foundation and Higher options. Beware that the slide at the beginning includes hyperlinks to the the different topics.
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Answers included
Me, my family and friends
Technology in everyday life
Free time activities
Custom and Festivals

GCSE Spanish: Mi casa y mi barrio (4 skills revision)
This resource might take 1 or 2 lessons depending on the ability of your group and the amount of time you want to spend on each activity. This lesson is meant to be a revision lesson but activities can be adapted or tweaked.
This includes:
-Starter on rooms in the house.
-Listening activity with 5 audio files (included.)
-Speaking activity to drill expressions on houses/rooms.
-Matching activity to revise ways of describing an area/city.
-Guessing game to revise places in town and retrieval on the topic of jobs.
-Reading activity on city/area.
-Plenary to review: Jobs, area, home, rooms in the house, places in town, etc.
Handout included.

A - Level Spanish: La Semana Santa por España
This lesson belongs to the topic ‘‘La Identidad Regional en España’’. This lesson contains a similar sequence of exercises with more videos and a a listening exercise based on ‘‘Las Turbas’’ in Cuenca. This lesson is similar to this one:
/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-la-semana-santa-12503979
(You can purchase both as a bundle.)
This lesson includes:
Geography revision as a starter.
Reading match up activity based on 6 different religious celebrations across Spain.
Listening activity in which students can identify the different celebrations and exploit their listening and visual skills.
Gap fill listening exercise based on ‘‘Las Turbas’’ and a reading exercise with the same text that includes:
-Finding phrases
-Comprehension questions
-Synonyms / Match the definition with the word
*** Listening activity (with video attached). The listening activity can be done in different ways but it includes:**
-Comprehension exercise
-Listening for specific information
-Gap fill.
Reading exercise to analyse the transcript from the previous listening exercise.
Translation exercise included
Activity to exploit speaking or writing skills comparing different religious celebrations based on previous activities from the lesson.
(Video and Handout included.)

A - Level Spanish - Translation practice #3: Los juguetes se ponen "en huelga".
This resource includes a 3 pages document with a text adapted from real news for students to practice their translation skills.
Exercises included:
1 - Finding the Spanish equivalent of the words given (using the text).
2 - Translation into English based on the text previously used.
3 - Exercises to work on synonyms.
4 - Translation into Spanish with similar sentences based on the topic Sex & Gender Equality.

A - Level Spanish - Translation practice #2: Los jóvenes e Instagram
This resource includes a 3 pages document with a text adapted from real news for students to practice their translation skills.
Exercises included:
1 - Finding the Spanish equivalent of the words given (using the text).
2 - Translation into English based on the text previously used.
3 - Exercises to work on synonyms.
4 - Translation into Spanish with similar sentences based on the topic of Cyberspace with emphasis on Instagram and Mental Health issues.

A - Level Spanish - 4 in 1 #1 La PolÃtica: Listening & Reading Gap Fill, Synonyms and Translation
This resource includes different activities. The main ones are:
Reading Exam Skill Gap Fill
4 Sections on Synonyms based on the same text.
Translation Spanish to English.
Additional task (you could use the text with your students as a listening. Audio attached with the resource.
Short text about politics for AS & A - Level students to practice their vocabulary and exam skills.
Answers provided.
I really appreciate feedback so I would be happy to hear what you think and if you would like more resources like this.

A - Level Spanish - 4 in 1 #2 Las Redes: Listening & Reading Gap Fill, Synonyms and Translation
This resource includes different activities. The main ones are:
Reading Exam Skill Gap Fill
4 Sections on Synonyms based on the same text.
Translation Spanish to English.
Additional task (you could use the text with your students as a listening. Audio attached with the resource.
Short text about Social media and its use in society for AS & A - Level students to practice their vocabulary and exam skills.
Answers provided.
I really appreciate feedback so I would be happy to hear what you think and if you would like more resources like this.

A - Level Spanish - Translation practice #4: Los MENAS (Inmigración).
This resource includes a 3 pages document with a text adapted from real news for students to practice their translation skills.
Exercises included:
1 - Finding the Spanish equivalent of the words given (using the text).
2 - Translation into English based on the text previously used.
3 - Exercises to work on synonyms.
4 - Translation into Spanish with similar sentences based on the topic of Cohabitation/Integration & Racism/Immigration.
Answers provided.

GSCE Spanish - Retrieval grid (Theme 2)
Ideal as a starter or revision activity.
All topics from Theme 2 GCSE Spanish. Get students to revise on different aspects before or after the lesson.

A - Level Spanish - Retrieval grid (El ciberespacio)
This is a sample of a retrieval starter that I have used to do some recap on the basic grammar points with an emphasis on vocabulary and synonyms. It includes some practice of comparatives and definite and indefinite articles and extension activites to work on translation and writing skills.
If you would like the key answers for this, let me know and I will edit the file.

Spanish - Character description (worksheet)
This is a sample that could be use as homework or as cover work. This one does not include audio file like other worksheets and it is very simple. Just include a few activities for students to learn vocabulary and then a reading comprehension and analysis exercise of a text where adjectives of personality are used.