These resources are based on a letter from a penpal in Spanish, suitable for year 10.
There's only one pdf, but it contains 14 pages (=14 different activites), mostly based on the text of the letter, with a few based on key vocab from the letter.
This is something I remember from my TEFL days: getting students to form correct questions based on specific bits of information from a sentence (or even a whole text).
The examples below are based on 8 simple daily routine statements in Spanish in the present tense. (Each statement is used twice.) :
1. Me levanto {a las seis}........................................ ¿A qué hora te levantas? 2. {Me levanto} a las seis........................................ ¿Qué haces a las seis? 3. Me ducho {en el cuarto de baño}.........................¿Dónde te duchas? 4. {Me ducho} en el cuarto de baño.........................¿Qué haces en el cuarto de baño? 5. Después de ducharme, {me visto}...................... ¿Qué haces después de ducharte? 6. {Después de ducharme}, me visto...................... ¿Cuándo te vistes? 7. Me visto {en mi dormitorio}..................................¿Dónde te vistes? 8. {Me visto} en mi dormitorio..................................¿Qué haces en tu dormitorio? 9. {Mi madre} prepara el desayuno......................... ¿Quién prepara el desayuno? 10. Mi madre {prepara el desayuno}......................... ¿Qué hace tu madre? 11. Desayuno {con mi madre} en la cocina...............¿Con quién desayunas? 12. Desayuno con mi madre {en la cocina}...............¿Dónde desayunas? 13. Voy al colegio {en bicicleta}................................ ¿Cómo vas al colegio? 14. Voy {al colegio} en bicicleta................................ ¿Adónde vas en bicicleta? 15. {Vuelvo a casa} a las tres....................................¿Qué haces a las tres? 16. Vuelvo a casa {a las tres}....................................¿A qué hora vuelves a casa?
The idea is that students must try to formulate a correct question using the initial statement as a starting point, where the information being solicited by the question is the information highlighted in the statement -- in the examples above, the highlighted information is in {curly brackets}.
This means that it is possible for 1 statement to generate several questions. e.g. the simple statement...
Lots of Spanish resources, suitable for good GCSE groups but
also for AS, based on a fairly short text about sweatshops.
The pdfs were printed from TaskMagic3 (Mix&Gap and TextMatch)
using http://www.dopdf.com , and combined as 2 pdfs with lots of pages using http://foxyutils.com/mergepdf/ - the "text" pdf contains 11 worksheets and the "vocab" pdf contains 5.
I've
also attached the Mix&Gap file (mtx3, based on the text, with
access to about 20 interactive exercises) and the TextMatch file (mdl3,
based on the vocab items, with access to over 20 interactive games and
exercises) - both of these require TaskMagic3.
These resources are based on a short story practising ¿Qué tal?, with lots of high frequency expressions.
It really is the shortest of stories, using expressions from the first few lessons of Spanish:
Fred está en el patio del colegio cuando ve a su amigo Barney.
“Hola Barney,” dice Fred. “¿Qué tal?”
“Muy mal,” dice Barney, y se va.
Luego Fred ve a su amiga Wilma. “Hola Wilma,” dice Fred. “¿Qué tal?”
“¿Yo?” dice Wilma, “Regular.” Y se va.
Luego ve a su amigo Greg. “Hola Greg,” dice Fred. “¿Qué tal?”
“Bien, gracias,” dice Greg. “¿Y tú, Fred?”
“¡Muy bien!” dice Fred, y se va muy contento.
There are 10 worksheets based on the text itself and 6 based on the
vocab. These were printed from TaskMagic3 (Mix&Gap and TextMatch)
using http://www.dopdf.com , and combined as 2 pdfs with lots of pages using http://foxyutils.com/mergepdf/
See the resources below based on a short text about the humble T-Shirt.
12
x pdf files: 9 based on the text (8 tiles; 15 tiles; 24 tiles; 1in3;
gapfill; contextgaps; promptgaps; findspanish;
longgaps) and 3 based on the vocab (matching; write; dominoes).
See the resources below based on a short text about Antonio's experience at Buñol's "tomatina" festival.
13 x pdf files: 11 based on the text (8 tiles; 15 tiles; 24 tiles;
1in3; gapfill; spaceinsert; anagrams; contextgaps; grammargaps;
findspanish; longgaps) and 2 based on the vocab (matching;
dominoes).
See the resources below based on a short text about the Grimm brothers and Cinderella.
14 x pdf files: 11 based on the text (8 tiles; 15 tiles; 24 tiles; 1in3; gapfill; spaceinsert; anagrams; contextgaps; grammargaps; findspanish; longgaps) and 3 based on the vocab (matching; write; dominoes).
Also look out for links to the following below... 1 x TaskMagic3 Mix&Gap file (mtx3) 1 x TaskMagic3 TextMatch file (mdl3) These both require TaskMagic3. The Mix&Gap one provides access to 19 interactive exercises based on the text, WITH AUDIO. The
TextMatch file contains 20 or so interactive games and exercises - it
is automatically generated based on the matching expressions used for
the Find it! exercise of the Mix&Gap file.
See the resources below based on a short text about Murphy's Law in Spanish (la ley de Murphy).
14 x pdf files: 11
based on the text (8 tiles; 15 tiles; 24 tiles; 1in3; gapfill;
spaceinsert; anagrams; contextgaps; grammargaps; findspanish; longgaps) and 3 based on the vocab (matching; write; dominoes).
Also... 1 x TaskMagic3 Mix&Gap file (mtx3 - this is quite big as it has embedded audio) 1 x TaskMagic3 TextMatch file (mdl3) These both require TaskMagic3. The Mix&Gap one provides access to 19 interactive exercises based on the text, WITH AUDIO. The
TextMatch file contains 20 or so interactive games and exercises - it
is automatically generated based on the matching expressions used for
the Find it! exercise of the Mix&Gap file.
Lots of pdf files below based on a news article on the British parliament's vote on 5th February 2013 on whether or not to allow same-sex marriage in England and Wales.
The pdfs are all printed from one TaskMagic3 Mix&Gap file, which is also included (mtx3 file below).
