French & Spanish resources for KS3, GCSE & A Level. Questions, issues or feedback? Get in touch via email: secondarymfl@gmail.com. I hope you find my resources useful and please leave a review if you can!
French & Spanish resources for KS3, GCSE & A Level. Questions, issues or feedback? Get in touch via email: secondarymfl@gmail.com. I hope you find my resources useful and please leave a review if you can!
Three standalone worksheets to introduce the topic of ‘mi rutina diaria’ to a KS3 group. The first resource introduces and provides practice with some key ‘daily routine’ verbs and recaps adverbs of time. The second resource introduces further vocabulary and verbs with more practice. The third resource introduces other verb forms including he, she and they
Format: Word document and PDF with answers.
5sets of resources to allow GCSE pupils to talk confidently about their family and relationships in French.
Resource 1: introduces key verbs to talk about family relationships, structures, reflexive verbs and recaps adverbs of time with translation activities.
Resource 2: recaps key verbs and practices conjugation of -ER verbs in present, past and future. There is then a GCSE style reading task and a final activity on reflexive verb formation.
Resource 3: a sentence builder to help pupils to describe members of their family.
Resource 4: a worksheet of practice exercises on family member descriptions.
Resource 5: a worksheet with three grammar gap fill activities which require pupils to write the correct form of a verb/adjective based on the context of the passage.
Answers included.
A 46 page booklet containing everything your pupils need to achieve highly in the AQA Writing Exam (Higher Tier): questions, model answers, exam tips & complex structures practice.
This is perfect for classwork or homework as it includes model answers and structures translation & practice, covering all three themes. Preview the format and quality with this sample on ‘el ocio’ here: /teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-aqa-higher-tier-writing-booklet-sample-free-time-and-hobbies-questions-and-model-answers-12199923
Contents. This 46 page booklet includes:
35+ example writing questions covering all themes and areas of the specification
A 90 word question, a 150 word question and a translation question for each sub-topic
For each question, there is a bespoke Grade 9 model answer
Top tips for the exam
Pupil-friendly markschemes
A verb summary sheet: the rules for present, preterite & future verbs with key irregulars
A definitive list of complex structures which pupils should be trying to incorporate into their own work - this is available separately here: /teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-writing-booster-complex-language-revision-booklet-and-translation-practice-11851661
If you found this useful for your groups, I would be so grateful if you can leave a review and if you have any comments or feedback please get in touch secondarymfl@gmail.com.
Save 82% with this bundle of 19 resources on different aspects of Spanish culture for A Level AQA (Artisitic Culture in the Spanish World) or Edexcel (la cultura artística y política en el mundo hispanohablante). It includes the following resources:
Navidad en España
Semana santa en España
Translations on ‘la quinceañera’
Revision sheet on los festivales y las costumbres
Translations on ‘la semana santa’
Translations on ‘la tomatina’ and gender violence
La gastronomía y costumbres en España
A resource on bullfighting traditions in Spain
Translations on la tauromaquía
Los gustos musicales en España
Music trends in Spain
Music tastes and festivals in Spain
Rosalía y el flamenco urbano
Translations on el flamenco y el patrimonio musical
Translations on el tango
Young people and traditional music
A revision sheet on music in the hispanic world
A worksheet on la salsa
La alhambra y patrimonio cultural
A standalone worksheet for KS3 / beginners on the topic of ‘donde vivo yo’. The activities are scaffolded and introduce types of house, common adjectives, the verb ‘vivir’ and also ‘está’, compass directions and more.
The are translation activities, reading gap-fill and a final paragraph to translate into Spanish using all the language from the lesson.
Answers included.
A resource to help pupils increase their usage of complex subjunctive phrases in their spoken and written work. The resources introduce 20 key and recyclable subjunctive triggers, have some formation practice and also subjunctive sentences from all A Level topics which are easily transferable to any sub-theme. These resources scaffold pupils’ use of the subjunctive and will allow them to use examples confidently in their own work.
Full answers are included.
Resources on the topic of TV & Opinions for GCSE/KS3. It includes:
A worksheet with key vocabulary, a language mat and translation practice
A reading worksheet with 8 texts, a comprehension question and vocabulary search.
Another reading comprehension task with multiple choice answers.
A work sheet with a gap-fill task, adjectival agreement practice with opinions and a plenary paragraph to translate into French.
A GCSE reading comprehension on TV - ‘who says what?’
Answers included.
A set of four standalone resources on the topic of free time and hobbies - mes passe-temps.
Resource 1: Introduction to hobbies: vocabulary, writing/speaking mat & translation to embed vocabulary
Resource 2: Reading: a GCSE style reading comprehension with key vocabulary search and reformulation translation tasks.
Resource 3: Grammar practice, reading and further translation practice
Resource 4: A GCSE style reading comprehension - a multiple-choice style question recycling vocabulary in the previous resources.
Format: Word document and PDF with answers.
9 resources on the topic of hobbies and free time covering the past, present future tenses. Each resource contains scaffolded vocabulary, reading and translation activities. There are also sentence builders and grammar practice with the present, past and future tenses. The final resources are GCSE-style writing tasks on the topic of hobbies requiring all three tenses.
This bundle of resources includes:
Resource 1: Present tense 1 - ‘Tengo muchos pasatiempos’
Resource 2: Present tense 2 - ‘¿Qué haces en tus ratos libres?’
Resource 3: Immediate future tense 1 - ‘¿Qué vas a hacer el sábado?’
Resource 4: Immediate future tense 2 - 'Qué vas a hacer?
Resource 5: Past tense 1 - '¿Qué hiciste el fin de semana pasado?
Resource 6: Past tense 2 - ‘El domingo pasado entrené con mis amigos’
Resource 7: Past tense 3 - ‘El fin de semana pasado asistí a una fiesta’
Resource 8: 3-tenses writing
Resource 9: 3-tenses writing
Format: Word and PDF documents with answers.
Save 84% with this bundle of 20 resource packs, worth over £55, to help pupils to revise and prepare thoroughly for their Spanish GCSE.
This bundle includes some of my most popular resources, including:
Reading exam practice booklet with answers.
Translation exam practice booklet with answer.
A booklet of Grade 8/9 phrases for the writing exam with translation practice and answers.
2x Verb booklets practice with answers, targeting all key tenses.
A bank of key ideas to revise each topic for the speaking exam.
A pack of grammar gap-fill tasks, targeting verbs and adjectives with answers.
A resource to review, revise and master adjectival agreement.
A resource to review and perfect understanding and forming questions.
A speaking practice game for pupils to encourage spontaneous speaking.
A resource to master using GUSTAR and ‘gustar verbs’
A revision mat with key grade 8/9 constructions
Complete writing preparation for AQA higher tier, but with questions and model answers adaptable to all boards.
A shorter writing booket for Edexcel IGCSE but with translation tasks adaptable to any specification.
A translation game on the topic of school to boost spontaneous speaking skills.
A subjunctive structures writing mat
And more…!
Thirteen standalone worksheets for Spanish GCSE on the topic of ‘mi familia’ all with answers.
Resource 1: Introducing myself and talking about who I live with and where I live
Resource 2: Members of my family and what I like to do with them (infinitive expressions)
Resource 3: Describing members of my family: hair, eyes, physical description
Resource 4: A reading comprehension activity (language search and multiple choice questions) recycling vocabulary in resources 1-3
Resource 5: A worksheet on adjectival agreement: retrieval of key adjectives, a reminder of the agreement rules & lots of practice
Resource 6: Pets - adjective agreement review with pets description and question words/ reading comprehension
Resource 7: Describing the character of my family member and using ‘me llevo bien’
Resource 8: Present tense regular verbs review & talking about activities family members do with adverbs of frequency
Resource 9: GCSE style reading comprehension in Spanish - who says what?
Resource 10: Immediate future worksheet - what are you going to do with your family this weekend?
Resource 11: Preterite tense & activities with family members.
Resource 12: Two grammar gap-fill tasks on family to practise verbs and adjectival agreement.
Resource 13: A writing task on family with structures, scaffolding and translation.
A translation worksheet on the topic of the environment (present tense). 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 standalone lesson on the topic of “primary school” using the imperfect tense. Some knowledge of the imperfect tense is required prior to this lesson.
The starter is matching up key imperfect verbs from the board to their English equivalents on the handout. Pupils could then use there verbs to write sentences about their primary school. There is then a selection of different and interesting adjectives that pupils can use to talk about their schools. There is a reading comprehension & a gap-fill. The final activity is translation into Spanish using the imperfect tense and recycling all the vocabulary from this lesson.
The resources are a model for pupils to then produce their own written/oral answer to: ¿Cómo era tu escuela primaria?
An A Level text on the topic of racism, integration and gypsies in Spain. There is an A Level style text with questions, gap-fill and vocabulary task and also a translation plenary. Suggested answers include. The text is also rich in cultural references the pupils can use in their speaking exam.
Save 63% with this bundle of 20 A Level translation resources costing £40 individually. Each resource contains translation exam practice, into both English & Spanish, on A Level topics for pupils to work on in class or as part of independent study, all with suggested answers.
Preview the quality of these resources with these free examples:
Paternity Leave in Spain: /teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678
Social media: /teaching-resource/spanish-a-level-redes-sociales-translations-on-social-media-use-in-spain-and-answers-12355624
Las telenovelas: /teaching-resource/spanish-a-level-las-telenovelas-translations-on-the-role-of-soaps-in-latin-america-and-answers-12355759
The topics in this bundle include:
Music & customs: Flamenco
Work: Los ‘ninis’
Work: employment and “teleworking”
Immigration: Illegal immigration to Spain
Immigration: Undocumented immigrants
Family & Society: Transrights in Spain
Family & Society: A homophobic attack in Barcelona
Work: Women in the work place
Work: the gender pay gap
Family & Media: The impact of the Internet on family
Hispanic festivals: the quinceañera
Hispanic festivals: Semana Santa
Hispanic festivals: the Tomatina & gender violence
Hispanic traditions: bullfighting
Immigration: Immigration in Spain
Immigration: Racism and xenophobia
History: The Spanish monarchy
Music & customs: el tango
Media: the influence of the Internet in Spain
Tourism: The impact of mass tourism in Spain
For exam practice, cover lessons or revision. A Reading Exam Practice booklet with 16 texts and questions on various topics with all questions, instruction & answers in Spanish for GCSE and IGCSE.
The questions cover a range of different topics and are aimed at stretching pupils at the top. These will help them develop exam technique and widen their knowledge of synonyms, synonymous phrases and hopefully train them to avoid ‘distractors’.
There is a sample here to download here to see the suitability of the texts:
/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-work-and-volunteering-reading-comprehension-12080682
A range of resources for any lesson on ¿Cómo eres?
There is a scaffolded worksheet with answers, a writing mat for pupils to complete independently to recap core vocabulary, a double-sided translation activity for pupils to practice lots of translation into and out of Spanish. There is also a translation into English task and a plenary writing task in Spanish.
There is also a Quiz Quiz Trade activity ready to print and use in the lesson.
Three speaking board games for preparing for GCSE/IGCSE speaking exams. One has 34 speaking questions and is of medium challenge, the second has 40 questions and has more challenging questions (targeting grades 7,8.9). The third has 60 + questions in range of tenses and are more challenging to push grade 8/9 pupils.
Pupils roll a dice and move around the board answering as they land on the questions. If they can give two sentences in response to the question to their partner, they can stay on the square they have moved to.
A standalone whole lesson (or more) resource on the university system in Spain and preparing young people for the world of work. It is rich in cultural references for the speaking exam (AO4).
The language is challenging but the activities are scaffolded:
Vocabulary match up
Reading & gap-fill
Reading & vocabulary ‘hunt’
Reading & comprehension questions
Translation into English
An example oral card on this topic
Translation into Spanish
Answers included.
Save 75% with this bundle of 13 resources on the topic of Holidays. There are enough standalone resources here on which to base a whole unit, including the following:
Holiday preferences in the present tense
Holidays in the past tense + full review of forming the perfect tense
Challenging GCSE reading comprehension and translations on the topic of holidays in present & past tenses
The future tense - formation practice, reading and translation on my future holiday plans.
Holidays in the future tense - two worksheets with reading, grammar and translation
Useful ‘faire’ expressions for holidays in the present, past and future tenses
The importance of holidays
A ‘longer’ writing question on holidays requiring knowledge of the past, present and future tenses with a model answer and grade 8/9 structures support
A bumper topic knowledge organsiser/ language mat on this topic with targeted translation practice.
A resource on the impact of tourism - its environmental impact and the benefits.
A reading comprehension on holidays and weather.
Worksheets on ‘mes dernières vacances’
A worksheet on ‘mes vacances idéales’