Italian
Resources for Italian GCSE
The Italian GCSE Booklet course is designed to cover both AQA and Pearson Edexcel main Themes and Grammar.
Each booklet is available in two formats:
Student booklet (18£) – ideal for classroom use or independent learning.
Student booklet + teacher presentation (25£) – perfect for classroom teaching, with ready-to-use presentations to accompany each unit.
Each BOOKLET is organised into 5 UNITS, with each unit spanning 4–5 lessons — giving you roughly 10 WEEKS OF READY MADE TEACHING. This pacing isn't arbitrary: research shows vocabulary needs repeated exposure to be retained, so each unit gives students time to meet new language, build confidence recognising it, and only then produce it independently in speaking, writing, and translation tasks.
Structure of the course:
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GCSE Italian — Booklet 1: Me, My Family & Relationships
Unit 1: Describing Yourself — FREE Taster
Get a full, ready-to-teach unit — completely free.
What's inside:
📖 Vocabulary — 30 essential words + QR code straight to a Quizlet list
📗 Reading practice — 3 differentiated tasks + Vocab Checkpoint 1
🎧 Listening practice — 3 tasks (audio included) + Vocab Checkpoint 2
✍️ Grammar — Essere and Avere (present tense), fully explained and drilled
🗣️ Speaking practice — Photo description + Vocab Checkpoint 3
📝 Writing practice — 40-word description task
🔄 Translation practice
🤖 AI extension task — stretch and challenge, built in
🧠 Final Brain Dump — 2-minute vocab recall to lock it all in
✅ Full answers, including listening transcripts
Also included: the companion PowerPoint (with answers) — ready to teach straight from the slide.
Everything is spaced, recycled, and checkpointed so vocab actually sticks — not just a worksheet, a full lesson sequence.
👉 Like what you see? This is just Unit 1 of 5 — grab the complete Booklet 1 (PDF + companion slides) here https://www.cartacanta.co.uk/shop/p/booklet-1-my-personal-world-italian-gcse
Try the first Unit 1 Booklet 1 for free!
For the moment you can find Booklet 1 (5 units). Every half term, a brand new Italian GCSE booklet will be published.
October 2026: Booklet 2 is coming!
Booklet 1: GCSE Italian – Me, My Family & Relationships (Student Booklets)
10 weeks of ready-to-teach GCSE Italian, done for you.
Five fully-resourced units covering the Me, My Family & Relationships topic — just print and teach, or set for independent study.
What's inside:
Describing Yourself (free sample available)
Family & Relationships
Friends & Socialising
Marriage & Changing Family Structures
Role Models
Grammar covered: essere & avere, present tense of regular verbs, adjective agreement, possessive adjectives, the simple future.
Every unit is built the same way, so students always know what's coming:
Vocabulary — 30 key words + QR code to Quizlet
Reading practice (3 tasks) + Vocab Checkpoint 1
Listening practice (3 tasks) + Vocab Checkpoint 2
Grammar point + 3 practice tasks
Speaking practice
Writing practice
Translation practice
AI extension task
Final Brain Dump — 2-minute recall
Full answers, including listening transcripts
Everything's built on spaced retrieval and active recall — the same 30 words show up across reading, listening, speaking, writing and translation, so vocabulary actually sticks instead of being forgotten by unit 2.
Ready for the classroom or independent study — no extra prep needed.
Please note: this bundle is student booklets only and doesn't include the companion PowerPoints.
Try the free sample first → https://www.cartacanta.co.uk/shop/p/italian-gcse-booklet-1-unit-1-describingyourself
Booklet 1: GCSE Italian – Me, My Family & Relationships (Student Booklets + Companion Presentations)
10 weeks of ready-to-teach GCSE Italian — fully resourced, front of class and in students' hands.
Five complete units covering the Me, My Family & Relationships topic, with matching student booklets and companion PowerPoints for every lesson.
What's inside:
Describing Yourself (free sample available)
Family & Relationships
Friends & Socialising
Marriage & Changing Family Structures
Role Models
Grammar covered: essere & avere, present tense of regular verbs, adjective agreement, possessive adjectives, the simple future.
Every unit follows the same structure, front of class and on paper:
Vocabulary — 30 key words + QR code to Quizlet
Reading practice (3 tasks) + Vocab Checkpoint 1
Listening practice (3 tasks) + Vocab Checkpoint 2
Grammar point + 3 practice tasks
Speaking practice
Writing practice
Translation practice
AI extension task
Final Brain Dump — 2-minute recall
Full answers, including listening transcripts
Everything's built on spaced retrieval and active recall — the same 30 words recur across reading, listening, speaking, writing and translation, so vocabulary actually sticks.
This bundle includes the companion presentations — slides for every lesson, matched exactly to the booklet structure, so there's zero extra planning. Open the slides, run the lesson, hand out the booklet.
Ready to teach straight from the folder — no prep, no searching for resources at 9pm.
Try the free sample first → https://www.cartacanta.co.uk/shop/p/italian-gcse-booklet-1-unit-1-describingyourself
Resources for the Italian A Level
Every A Level resource covers one of the sub-themes and includes a student booklet plus a teacher presentation (6.5£).
For independent learners, theme bundles are also available, combining the three sub-themes that make up a complete theme (12£), with student booklets only for independent study. Each sub-theme includes:
Vocab list 30 words to learn + Quizlet list ready to use
Vocab translation task
Fill the gap Reading task with core vocabulary
2 A Level Reading Tasks
2 A Level Listening Tasks with audio linked on Soundcloud
Grammar Point: explanation & 2 tasks to practice
Speaking conversation - 6 questions to discuss the topic
Translation task
150 words writing task
AI Extension
Answers + Transcripts
L'Evoluzione della Famiglia Italiana — A Level Italian, Tema 1: I Cambiamenti della Società Italiana
A complete, ready-to-teach resource on the changing Italian family, from the traditional capofamiglia model to divorce, civil unions, and the fenomeno dei mammoni. Covers 3–4 lessons of content.
Includes:
Student booklet (PDF) — 30-word essential vocabulary with gap-fill practice, two authentic-style readings with comprehension questions, two audio listenings with full transcripts, an imperfetto grammar focus with two exercises, a 6-question speaking round, a translation task, and a 150-word extended writing challenge, +AI extension for extra independent practice outside of lesson.
Teacher presentation (PowerPoint) — slide-by-slide delivery with built-in answer keys, so no extra prep needed
Full answer key throughout, including model answers for speaking and writing
L'Istruzione in Italia
A Level Italian — Tema 1: I Cambiamenti della Società Italiana
A complete, ready-to-teach resource on the Italian education system — from the structure of scuola dell'infanzia through liceo, to exam pressure, la bocciatura, and the fuga dei cervelli and NEET phenomena facing young Italians today. Covers 3–4 lessons of content.
Includes:
Student booklet (PDF) — 30-word essential vocabulary with gap-fill practice, two authentic-style readings with comprehension questions, two audio listenings with full transcripts, a congiuntivo presente grammar focus with two exercises, a 6-question speaking round, a translation task, and a 150-word extended writing challenge — plus an AI extension task for independent practice outside of lessons.
Teacher presentation (PowerPoint) — slide-by-slide delivery with built-in answer keys, so no extra prep needed.
Full answer key throughout, including model answers for speaking and writing.
Il Mondo del Lavoro
A Level Italian — Tema 1: I Cambiamenti della Società Italiana
A complete, ready-to-teach resource on the Italian world of work — from the dream of the posto fisso to precarious contracts, the gender pay gap, and the rise of smart working. Covers 3–4 lessons of content.
Includes:
Student booklet (PDF) — 30-word essential vocabulary with gap-fill practice, two authentic-style readings with comprehension questions, two audio listenings with full transcripts, a condizionale presente grammar focus with two exercises, a 6-question speaking round, a translation task, and a 150-word extended writing challenge — plus an AI extension task for independent practice outside of lessons.
Teacher presentation (PowerPoint) — slide-by-slide delivery with built-in answer keys, so no extra prep needed.
Full answer key throughout, including model answers for speaking and writing.