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
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)
Three to five lessons on the theme of the Euros 24, aimed at years 7,8 and 9.
Ppt + student booklet
L1 Language covered includes colours and countries. Skills covered are listening and speaking (optional reading), using sentence builders as support. The sentence builder covers basic opinions and reasons. Please go through the slides to choose the activities that best fit your classes. There are comments and further instructions on the notes section.
L2, Language covered includes numbers (places), agreement/disagreement and opinions. Skills covered are reading, speaking and writing.
L3, Language covered includes hair, eye colour descriptions, basic personal information and animals. Skills covered are reading comprehension, translation, listening and writing. For the final project, students design a mascot and write a description in Spanish using the sentence builder.
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
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
Introductory lesson to Pan’s Labyrinth, focussed on Del Toro’s life, works and style. Includes a booklet for students.
Contents:
-Del Toro’s biography (reading comprehension)
-Del Toro’s most important films and what they have in common (time line of main movies and plots)
-Del Toro’s directing style (listening activity)
-Del Toro’s use of monters (listening activity)
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
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.
Two writing mats to help students master opinions and reasons in Spanish. It includes:
Basic opinions and ways to spice them up + someone else’s opinions + opinions in different tenses.
Basic adjectives to give reasons in Spanish (all topics) + more complex reasons + comparative structures + idioms + reasons in different tenses.
2 lessons based on module 4, temas del momento.
Lesson 1
perfect tense -first contact
reading
grammar point -perfect tense, handout with use and formation
never have I ever game + create your own
Lesson 2
perfect tense consolidation/formation
perfect tense practise
game 1 -find the intruder
game 2 -verb race
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
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- study of the song and gap fill activity exploring where can the influence of flamenco be seen
Speaking card mock activity (plenary)
A monopoly board game to revise El Laberinto del Fauno.
The resource includes instructions and everything students need to play the game (board and cards), you just need to print and laminate the slides.
A great fun way to revise the book! Enjoy :)