A variety of resources including revision booklets, entire lessons and worksheets suitable for GCSE and A level students of Spanish and French. There are several Italian, as well as English language/literature resources available too.
A variety of resources including revision booklets, entire lessons and worksheets suitable for GCSE and A level students of Spanish and French. There are several Italian, as well as English language/literature resources available too.
A booklet designed to help students practice their translation from Spanish into English.
Primarily designed for AQA where at Foundation and Higher, students translate a short passage from Spanish to English as part of the last question on the Reading exam.
This Booklet is for all three themes, covering:
• Relationships with family and friends
• Marriage
• Social media
• Technology
• Music
• Cinema and TV
• Food and eating out
• Sport
• Customs and festivals
• My home
• Local area
• Shopping
• Charity and voluntary work
• Healthy and unhealthy living
• The environment
• Poverty and homelessness
• Other social and global issues
• Travel
• Holidays and tourism
• My studies
• Life at school
• Education post-16
• Jobs and ambitions
• Work experience
Altogether there are 29 short paragraph translations for students to complete. There is an accompanying answer booklet too that has a breakdown of how students would get the 9 marks per question, following the format of the AQA mark scheme.
Suitable for in-class work, homework and revision, or cover.
Please visit my shop if you would like to purchase the booklets for Themes 1, 2, and 3 separately.
A booklet designed to help students practice their translation from French into English.
Primarily designed for AQA where at Foundation and Higher, students translate a short passage from French to English as part of the last question on the Reading exam.
This Booklet is just for Theme 1, covering:
• Relationships with family and friends
• Marriage
• Social media
• Technology
• Music
• Cinema and TV
• Food and eating out
• Sport
• Customs and festivals
Altogether there are 9 translations for students to complete. There is an accompanying answer booklet too that has a breakdown of how students would get the 9 marks per question, following the format of the AQA mark scheme.
Suitable for in-class work, homework and revision, or cover.
Please visit my shop to access booklets for Themes 2 and 3, or to buy the booklet containing all three themes in.
A resource adapted from the L’Auberge Espagnole study pack on RoutesIntoLanguages, made for AS and A level students studying the film as part of their course. This was used specifically for those doing the AQA exam board, however it can be used for any.
Includes extensive analysis and information on the film, as well as many different vocabulary and grammar tasks. All tasks have been created differently - some include essay writing, whereas others include matching photos to names and nationalities so can be used for any ability.
It’s a good idea to work through this booklet as you introduce the film to the students as the booklet itself does go from ‘avant d’avoir vu le film’ up to when students are revising and preparing for the exams.
Revision lesson on The Kite Runner for A level English Literature B including:
key themes and ideas surrounding TKR
how to write about a particular theme
AO1 appropriate terminology
methods - narrative form - in-depth analysis
methods - voices
leitmotifs in TKR - exploration and explanation
quotes on Old Afghanistan, New Afghanistan and America that can be used in evidence for describing settings
key quotes from chapters 8 and 9 on Amir’s guilt and analysis of narration
exploration of narrative sequence
chapter 3, 4, 7 and 22 in-depth analysis, as well as the epilogue
character analysis of Assef
*Some content comes from AskWillOnline Blog - The Kite Runner analysis
A complete PPT lesson la laïcité et Noël en France - secularity and Christmas in France.
Aimed at A level students as it encourages debates/use of spoken French for a large part in the classroom.
Includes grammar points and vocab points created as feedback from a previous essay homework set to students. These are, of course, transferable as they include common mistakes made by students when writing in French.
Encourages students to challenge how democracy and secularity works - the French state is supposed to be separate from the Church however all Bank Holidays are Catholic festivals.
Incorporates group work too.
An exam paper created to challenge/assess A/AS level Spanish students.
The exam is not made for any particular exam board and can be used to practice/test skills required for all exam boards, including:
Comprehension: reading the extract and answering questions relating to it (multiple choice).
Explaining the meaning of certain words based on context/finding synonyms.
Gap fill.
Correcting grammatically incorrect sentences.
Summary writing.
Extended writing task (blog).
Answers are included for every section EXCEPT Section B - the writing task. This is for the teacher to mark based on the quality of the student’s writing, but it could also be an opportunity for the students to peer assess.
A full topic vocabulary list from the ‘La Inmigración’ topic. Aimed at AQA A2 students.
Subtopics include:
1.1 Los beneficios y los aspectos negativos
1.2 La inmigración en el mundo hispánico
1.3 Los indocumentados – problemas
Includes Spanish and English.
This can be used as a revision activity, given to students to learn at the start of the topic, or cover the English or Spanish and get students to fill the gaps as an assessment.
A full topic vocabulary list from the ‘Los Valores Tradicionales y Modernos’ topic. Aimed at AQA AS students.
Subtopics include:
1.1 – Los cambios en la familia
1.2 Actitudes hacia el matrimonio y el divorcio
1.3 La influencia de la Iglesia Católica
Includes Spanish and English.
This can be used as a revision activity, given to students to learn at the start of the topic, or cover the English or Spanish and get students to fill the gaps as an assessment.
A full lesson (PPT) aimed at any level of GCSE Spanish (can be adapted). Includes a quiz which is the main point of the lesson - students must come up with their team name in Spanish relating to Halloween in some way. They write their answers down, then we go through them in class and cover any vocab the students are unsure of.
Then, the rest of the lesson is spent on cultural aspects of Halloween in Southern America. There is a reading comprehension task (true or false) that comes with answers.
A worksheet + answers aimed at A level students of French, suitable for any exam board
Includes two texts that provide an insight into drug/alcohol usage and problems in France whereby students must complete vocab charts (from English to French)
Can be used as the main activity for a lesson, as a starter, or as a homework activity to consolidate vocab knowledge. Could also be used as an end-of-topic vocab assessment
Tests comprehension abilities as well as how to read for gist
Students can complete this exercise with dictionaries to improve vocab, or without to practice exam technique and being in situations where they may not understand all vocab used in a text
A booklet designed to help A/AS level students of Spanish with their compulsory study of film/films. This is not designed with any particular exam board in mind, and can be applied to any particular film.
Sections include:
Fill-in fact-file section at the front to help students remember key facts
Things to consider when analysing any film
An introduction to Spanish film
Spanish Cinema and Censorship during the Franco Regime
Dubbing and Propaganda Newsreels
Genres under Franco
Genres popular in the Francoist period
Auteurism
Themes in Spanish films
A comprehensive list of film language and translation into Spanish - the booklet is for the majority in English as some concepts are difficult
Elements of mise-en-scène (with terms translated)
Performance (with terms translated)
Sound (with terms translated)
This resource also comes with a ‘how to analyse film’ sentence structure document which shows students how to word their analysis of films. This provides a lot of useful film vocabulary.
An entire lesson suitable for introducing (or revising) the passato prossimo. This can be aimed at GCSE students of any exam board, or A level if needed.
The PowerPoint includes:
starter activity, speaking in pairs about ‘come stai oggi?’, ‘com’e’ il tempo?’ and ‘com’e’ il tuo umore?’
when to use the pp
how it’s formed: essere or avere?
exceptions
gap-fill activity on essere or avere and its conjugations in the present tense
adverbs with past tenses
translation exercise
modal verbs in the past
A printable worksheet is included on the adverbs in the past - ‘hai mai… sei mai…?’. This should be done in pairs. Firstly students must conjugate the infinitive correctly, then ask the question to their peer who must respond accordingly.
A complete lesson PPT on the verb ‘piacere’ and i vestiti, suitable for GCSE Italian students.
The lesson includes:
conjugating ‘mi piace’
how to use quantifiers to say how much you like something
interview activity in pairs
colours and how to talk about clothes’ colours
writing task
A quiz useful for an end-of-year lesson, or for revision purposes. Focuses mainly on the AQA spec for year 10. There are 6 rounds, with 10 questions in each. 5 of these are topic based, and the other 5 are still topic-related, but more focused on grammar.
The topics are:
Life at school
Travel and tourism
Social issues - healthy living
Education post-16
Marriage/partnership
Technology in everyday life
Grammar topics include:
modal verbs
quantifiers
preterite and imperfect tense
weather expressions with ‘hacer’
possessive pronouns
recap on deber/tener que/hay
que + infinitive
es mejor/sería mejor/más
vale/más valdría
negative nunca
use of ‘lo’ and ‘lo que’
future tenses
complex two-verb structures (tener ganas de…)
using ‘gracias a’/‘sin’/‘con’
subjunctive in ‘es posible que’
Some of the questions require gap-fill, others are more like the exam comprehensions and others are choosing the correct letter. There are also short translations. Most of the questions are in Spanish but some are in English.
A worksheet for students of GCSE Italian, suitable for any exam board
Includes four activities that focus on comprehension, translation, and learning/consolidating topic-specific (as well as idiomatic) vocabulary
Can be used as an end-of-topic assessment, or as an activity in class
Two grammar activities aimed at Year 11/A level Spanish students to practice, consolidate or assess knowledge of grammar.
The first activity is where students have to conjugate the given verb into the appropriate tense to match with the rest of the sentence.
The second activity is where students have to complete the rest of a sentence with no more than 10 words, ensuring it’s grammatically correct and corresponds with the rest of the sentence too.
Tenses tested:
preterite
imperfect
imperfect subjunctive
past perfect
present subjunctive
imperative
conditional perfect
Can be adapted to suit any ability level.
A worksheet + answers aimed at A level students of French, suitable for any exam board
Includes two texts that provide an insight into the current problems the French economy and leisure sector is facing, whereby students must complete vocab charts (from English to French). There is also a translation activity, as well as grammar tasks where students must conjugate the vocabulary they have found in the text accordingly" rather than what it says currently.
Can be used as the main activity for a lesson, as a starter, or as a homework activity to consolidate vocab knowledge. Could also be used as an end-of-topic vocab assessment
Tests comprehension abilities as well as how to read for gist
Students can complete this exercise with dictionaries to improve vocab, or without to practice exam technique and being in situations where they may not understand all vocab used in a text
An exam/revision activities suitable for GCSE students of Italian, of any exam board
Includes six different activities that test verb conjugations, translation, writing composition and grammar
Comes with the answers as a separate document
Can be used as a revision activity, end-of-term exam, or as a homework task. The activities can also be separated and included as part of an in-class activity
A full lesson aimed at A/AS level students studying French. This falls under the ‘le patrimoine’ topic of the AQA spec.
The lesson focuses on le patrimoine culturel immatériel, specifically the practice of ‘la Corrida’ which has huge controversy surrounding its practice in the south of France.
It comes with a vocabulary section, gives information on the practice in France and the main activity is a writing task.
The lesson also comes with homework to complete for the next lesson.
Note: the learning objectives have been kept blank.
A resource created to help A level English Literature students plan their essays better, however it’s suitable for any year group or subject that requires having a structured essay plan.
Structured as follows:
Introduction
Point 1 (Example, evaluations/personal reaction)
Point 2
Point 3
Point 4
Conclusion