Mira Express 1 - Year 9 Spanish Overview
Module
Topics
Grammar
Term
1: ¡Vamos!
Greetings
Age and birthdays
Numbers up to 31
Rucksack
Alphabet
Classroom vocabulary
Spanish speaking countries
Questions
Punctuation
Pronunciation: -h, -j, -ll, -c, -ñ, -j, -z
Present tense: -IR verbs
Connectives: y, pero, también
Negatives
Definite and indefinite articles
Autumn
Term 1
2: En el
Instituto
School subjects
Days of the week
Opinions of teachers
Opinions of school subjects
Snacks
Money
Numbers up to 100
Present tense: -AR, -ER and –IR verbs
Adjective agreements
Verb: gustar
Connectives: porque
Negatives
Autumn
Term 2
3: Mi
Famila
Family members
Household pets
Colours
Physical descriptions
Hair and eyes
Irregular verb: tener – to have
Possessive adjectives
Adjective agreements (revision)
Irregular verb: ser – to be
Spring
Term 1
4:En Casa
European countries
Regions
Home descriptions
Rooms of the house
Activities at home
Bedroom furniture
Daily routine
Adjective agreements (revision)
Verb: estar – to be located: está
Present tense (revision)
Radical stem changing verbs
Prepositions
Reflexive verbs
Spring
Term 2
5: El
Tiempo
Libre
Hobbies
Time
Sports
Opinions of free time activities
Future activities
Irregular first person conjugations
Irregular verb: ir – to go
Immediate future tense
Summer
Term 1
6: En la
ciudad
Regions (revision and extension)
Places in town
Directions
Arranging to go out
Weather and seasons
Next weekend
Comparative
Adjective agreements (revision)
Verb: estar – to be located
Stem changing verb: querer – to want
Preterite weather phrases
Immediate future tense (revision)
Summer
Term 2
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 1: ¡Vamos!
Year 9 Spanish Scheme of Work – Mira Express 1
Module 1: Vamos
Half Term 1: September – October
Grammar
Controlled Assesssments –Writing
General teaching activities
Interrogatives
Punctuation
Present tense – basic verb endings
Present tense – IR verb conjugations
Definite and Indefinite Articles
Feminine and masculine
Plurals
Negatives
Connectives
Pronunciation and intonation
Profile– create a profile page giving key
information about themselves
● Intro/revision of vocab using
powerpoints/flashcards etc
● Practise using vocab with powerpoints,
internet games, worksheets, role plays
● Listening activities – from Mira Express 1
and Listos
● Reading activities – from Mira Express 1
and Listos, Boardworks and departmental
resources
● Role plays and interviews – could
video/record them to practise for GCSE
Controlled Assessments – Speaking
Roleplay – meet and greet plus discussion
about rucksack contents
Key Vocabulary
Literacy
Greetings
Hola, Buenos días, Buenas tardes/noches,
Adiós, Hasta luego
¿Cómo te llamas? Me llamo
¿Dónde vives? Vivo en
¿Qué tal? /¿ Cómo estás? Bien, fenomenal,
regular, fatal
¿Cuántos años tienes? Tengo 13 años
¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? ¡Feliz
cumpleaños!
Numbers 1-31
Months
enero , febrero , marzo, abril, mayo, junio,
julio, agosto, septiembre , octubre ,
noviembre, diciembre
¿Cuál es la fecha? Es el uno de agosto
Rucksack
(no) tengo, necesito - un bolígrafo/boli,
cuaderno, libro, monedero, diccionario, lápiz,
estuche, móvil, sacapuntas
una agenda, calculadora, goma, mochila,
regla
Classroom
¿Qué hay en la classe?
(no) hay, sí, no
el alumno, el profesor , el ordenado, el
proyector, la pizarra, la puerta, la ventana,
los libros, los rotuldores, las mesas, las sillas
Connectives
y, pero, también
Use of grammatical terms when teaching and
explaining grammar in relation to the English
equivalents
Paired reading aloud (departmental policy)
Comparison of Spanish and English punctuation
Alphabet
Use of dictionaries
Numeracy
Numbers up to 31 – sums to practise
Bingo
Birthdays
Authentic materials:
Photos from South America
Fact files on South American countries
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 1: ¡Vamos!
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
1: Hola
⮚ Discover prior learning in Spanish
⮚ Introduce themselves
⮚ Say where they live
⮚ Learn key interrogatives for
maintaining a dialogue
Revise:
❖ Previous Spanish terms
Grammar:
o Punctuation for questions
o Basic verb endings
o Pronunciation of key Spanish letters
– h, ll, v
✔ Identify vocabulary they already know in
Spanish
✔ Greet someone appropriately in Spanish
✔ Introduce themselves
✔ Focus on pronunciation
✔ Ask somebody what their name is
✔ Say how they are feeling
✔ Be able to accurately pronounce the letters h, ll
and v
✔ Carry out a short exchange in the TL
✔ Say where they live
✔ Accurately pronounce key letters in Spanish
Speed dating to introduce each other
Worksheets with suggested vocabulary they may already know
Quick fire question and answer to practise the spoken language
Listening exercises with people introducing themselves
Workbook A: p2
Workbook B: p2
Quiz on new language (buzzers)
Brainstorm vocabulary they may already know without prompts
Create a poster showing prior language knowledge
ICT:
Frases básicas - www.yjc.org.uk
Module 1 - www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/listos1
Languages Online AUS Greetings - www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/spanish/topic01/index.htm
Languages Online AUS My name is - www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/spanish/topic02/index.htm
Languages Online AUS Where you live
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/spanish/topic13/index.htm
Video, episode 4 - www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/
Languages Online AUS: How are you - www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/spanish/topic03/index.htm
Videos - www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/basic-greetings/682.html
www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/whats-your-name/683.html
Hangman - www.quia.com/hm/261368.html
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
2: ¿Cuántos
años tienes?
⮚ Numbers 1-15
⮚ Ask how old someone is
⮚ Verb tener
Revise:
❖ Interrogatives
❖ Pronunciation
Grammar:
o Pronunciation of key Spanish
letters : c, ñ
o Verb tener – to have
✔ Count up to 15 in Spanish
✔ Use the yo form of the verb tener
✔ Recognise the written words for numbers
✔ Recognise the yo and tú forms of tener
✔ Spell the numbers up to 15
✔ Conjugate the yo and tú forms of tener
✔ Fully conjugate the verb tener
Introduce numbers 1-15 using songs and repetitions
Games: bingo, splat, war of the words
Worksheets with basic maths and counting
Reading exercises practising new vocabulary
Workbook A: p2
Workbook B: p2
Role play practise using age
Look, cover, write to practise spelling vocabulary
ICT:
Wordshoot arcade games - www.classtools.net
Numbers - oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year7.html
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 1: ¡Vamos!
Números - www.yjc.org.uk
Module 1 - www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/listos1
Languages Online AUS:Age - www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/spanish/topic08/index.htm
Numbers 0-10 www.quia.com/jw/46981.html?AP_rand=414081532
Languages Online AUS: Numbers 1-20 www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/spanish/spanish.htm
Free GCSE revision - www.espanol-extra.co.uk/
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
3: ¡Feliz
cumpleaños
!
⮚ Months of the year
⮚ Seasons
⮚ Numbers up to 31
Revise:
❖ Numbers up to 15
Grammar:
o Pronunciation of key Spanish
letters : j,z
✔ Complete more complex sums using their
knowledge of numbers
✔ Extend introductions to say when their birthday is
✔ Say when their birthday is and ask someone else
when their birthday is
✔ Learn the numbers 1-31 and the months of the
year
✔ Talk about other people’s birthdays
Vocabulary test on numbers 1-15
Consolidations worksheet – word search
Survey of class members to find out birthdays
Learn to sing feliz cumpleaños
Begin writing the date as a class as part of lesson routine
Workbook A: p4
Workbook B: p4
Quiz around the class on introductions and birthdays
Create a chart/graph to show distribution of birthdays in the group
Carry out a survey of family members on age and birthdays create a chart
ICT:
Create charts to show the distribution of birthdays in the class
IWB wordshoot – months and numbers up to 15
Module 1 - www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/listos1
Numbers - oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year7.html
Video, episode 15 - www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca
Free GCSE revision - www.espanol-extra.co.uk/
Numbers 0-30 - www.quia.com/ba/59642.html, www.quia.com/hm/86075.html
Numbers 0-20www.quia.com/pop/130510.html
Spanish events - www.timeanddate.com/calendar/create.html
Months www.quia.com/pp/2088.html
Frases básicas - www.yjc.org.uk/
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
4 :
Hablamos
Español
⮚ South America
⮚ IR verb endings
Revise:
❖ Introductory information
Grammar:
o Cognates
o - IR verb endings
✔ Identify Spanish speaking countries around the
world
✔ Use cognates to understand unknown texts
✔ Understand spoken dialogues about different
countries
✔ Know the capital cities for each south American
country
✔ Fully conjugate –IR verbs based on the verb vivir
✔ Research a day in the life of a person from SA and
produce a poster comparing
South American fact files
Label and colour maps of South America
Word search of countries and their capitals
Workbook A: p5
Workbook B: p5
Extended fact file
South American fact files including key phrases in Spanish
South American fact file in TL
ICT:
Resource unit: ¿Dóndé vives ? - hwb.wales.gov.uk/Find%20it/Pages/Home.aspx
CIA World Factbook - www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 1: ¡Vamos!
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
5 : En Mi
Mochila
⮚ Pronunciation of the Spanish
Alphabet
⮚ Rucksack items
⮚ Connectives
Revise:
❖ Pronunciation of –h, -ll, -v, -c,- ñ, -
j, -z
Grammar:
o Indefinite articles
o Gender rules
o Negatives
o Plurals
✔ Recognise the Spanish alphabet and spell their
name
✔ List typical items in a rucksack
✔ Identify basic gender patterns for feminine and
masculine
✔ Link sentences together using connectives
✔ Correctly form plurals
✔ Recite the alphabet in Spanish
✔ Extended rules for genders
✔ Include some negatives
✔ Link sentences and compare using negatives
✔ Use the 3rd person singular of tener to say what
someone else has
✔ Fully conjugate the verb tener – to have
✔ Use a variety of verbs and connectives to talk
about what is in their rucksack
Alphabet song/video
Alphabet around the class against the clock
Spell pupils names and they have to stand up
Hangman
Spell out words from course so far for pupils to check in dictionaries
Worksheet - Colour code vocabulary according to gender
Starter worksheets – label rucksack vocabulary
Create alphabet posters of one letter and items beginning with that letter
Workbook A: p6
Workbook B: p6
Spell out and check new vocabulary in the dictionary
Word search - look up unknown vocabulary to be checked
Worksheet – colour code vocabulary according to gender – advanced
Create alphabet poems (see page 21)
R&A pack: p6 – Partitive article
Starter worksheets – label rucksack vocabulary adding genders from memory
Worksheet 1.1 – Using a dictionary
Create a poster writing about what is in their rucksack
ICT:
Classroom vocab – oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year7.html
Articles – oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year7/12752.html
Alphabet –
Gender and classroom vocab - www.quia.com/shared/search
Free GCSE revision - www.espanol-extra.co.uk/
Classroom objects - www.quia.com/mc/276241.html
Module 1 - www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/listos1
Alphabet - www.yjc.org.uk/
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
6: En Clase
⮚ Classroom equipment
⮚ Classroom instructions (page 5)
Revise:
❖ Indefinite articles
❖ Rucksack vocabulary
Grammar:
o Indefinite vs definite article
o Imperative
o Tú vs vosotros
✔ Know vocabulary for objects found in the
classroom
✔ Understand the difference between the definite
and indefinite article
✔ Switch freely between the definite and indefinite
articles
✔ Understand and apply irregular plural rules
✔ Recognise the difference between the tú and
vosotros forms of the imperative
✔ Be able to conjugate regular verbs using the
imperative
Worksheets to practise classroom equipment
Simon says to practise classroom instructions
Workbook A: p7
Workbook B: p7
Differentiated worksheets to practise plurals
R&A pack: p6 - Singular and plurals
Create a mini dictionary of classroom equipment and instructions
Worksheet with notes on forming the imperative
ICT:
Articles - oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year7/12752.html
Free GCSE revision - www.espanol-extra.co.uk/
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 1: ¡Vamos!
Year 9 Spanish Scheme of Work – Mira Express 1
Module 2: En el Instituto
Half Term 2: October – December
Grammar
Controlled Assesssments –Writing
General teaching activities
Present tense –AR, -ER and –IR verbs
Adjective agreements
Article for magazine – write an article about a
typical day in your school, including opinions
on school subjects and teachers
• Intro/revision of vocab using
powerpoints/flashcards etc
• Practise using vocab with powerpoints,
internet games, worksheets, role plays
• Listening activities – from Mira Express 1
and Listos
• Reading activities – from Mira Express 1
and Listos, Boardworks and departmental
resoucres
• Role plays and interviews – could
video/record them to practise for GCSE
Controlled Assessments – Speaking
Presentation – give a presentation on your
opinions on school and each of the subjects
you study
Key Vocabulary
Literacy
School Subjects
¿Qué (no) estudias?
(no) estudio, María estudia
ciencias, matemáticas, inglés, francés,
español, historia, música, tecnología,
informática, geografía, dibujo, educación
física, religión, teatro
Days of the week
lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes,
sábado, domingo, los lunes, los martes
En clase
hablo, leo, escucho, como, chicle
Infinitives: estudiar, vivir, hablar, escuchar
leer, cantar, pintar
Opinions
Me gusta, no me gusta, odio
Adjectives
severo, aburrido, divertido, bueno, útil,
simpático, antipático, importante,
interesante, fácil, difícil
Snacks
Bocadillo, plátano, hamburguesa, pizza,
Manzana, patatas fritas, agua mineral, zumo
de naranja, limonada, coca-cola
Number 1-100
Connectives
y, pero, también, porque
Use of grammatical terms when teaching and
explaining grammar in relation to the English
equivalents
Paired reading aloud (departmental policy)
Comparison of Spanish and English punctuation
Numeracy
Numbers up to 100
Using the euro for buying lunch
Authentic materials:
Look at Spanish school website online
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 2: En el Instituto
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
1: ¿Qué
estudias?
➢ List school subjects
➢ Know the days of the week
➢ Pronunciation of the letter –g
Revise:
❖ Negatives
❖ Cognates
Grammar:
o Present tense –AR verbs
o Punctuations – lower case letter for days
of the week
✓ To be able to say the core school subjects
✓ Know the days of the week
✓ Conjugate the 1
st
person singular form of –AR verbs
✓ Recognise the 2
nd
person singular form of –AR verbs
✓ To state what subjects they study at school
✓ Talk about on days of the week – los + days
✓ Conjugate the 1
st
, 2
nd
and 3
rd
person singular forms of –AR
verbs
✓ To explain what subjects are offered at their school
✓ Include adverbs to show frequency of lessons
✓ Fully conjugate –AR verbs
✓ To expand their answers by saying what they would like to
study in the future – me gustaría + infinitive
✓ Learn more obscure school subjects
Introduce days of the week using army chant
Write their timetable up in Spanish
Make verb flowers of the verb estudiar
Video – conjugations back
Worksheets – Practising the present tense
Cut and stick school subjects
Workbook A: p13
Workbook A: p13
Create a timetable in Spanish with pictures
Differentiated worksheets to practise present tense
conjugations
IWB – categorise subjects by gender
R&A pack: p7 – Regular –AR verbs
Devise an options form for next year’s GCSEs
Create their dream timetable
ICT:
Instituto - www.yjc.org.uk/
Days of the week - www.quia.com/jw/116339.html , www.quia.com/pp/14696.html
Languages Online AUS: www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/spanish/topic12/index.htm
Free GCSE revision - www.espanol-extra.co.uk/
School subjects - www.quia.com/jg/502041.html www.quia.com/jg/1782572.html
www.quia.com/hm/173549.html oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year7/12732.html
Module 3 - www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/listos1
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 2: En el Instituto
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
2:¿Qué
haces en
clase?
➢ Explain what activities you do in class
Revise:
❖ Conjugations of –AR verbs
❖ Negatives
Grammar:
o Present tense –AR, -ER and –IR verbs
o Subjects of verbs
o
✓ Say what they do in lessons
✓ Conjugate the 1
st
person singular form of –AR, -ER and -IR
verbs
✓ Recognise the 2
nd
person singular form of –AR, -ER and -IR
verbs
✓ Explain what they do not do in lessons
✓ Conjugate the 1
st
, 2
nd
and 3
rd
person singular forms of –AR, -
ER and -IR verbs
✓ Compare the positive and negative activities which take
place in lessons
✓ Fully conjugate –AR, -ER and –IR verbs in the present tense
✓ Talk about what other people do in lessons
✓ Learn some irregular verbs
Worksheet – subject pronouns
Create angel and devil posters of what you do in lessons
Video – conjugation back
WOWO practice of conjugations
Worksheets – focusing on 1
st
person singular conjugations
Workbook A: p14
Workbook A: p14
Worksheets – 1
st
and 2
nd
person singular conjugations
Worksheet – subjects of verbs
R&A pack: p7 – Regular –AR verbs
Running dictation to fill in conjugation information
Worksheets – full paradigm exercises
Act as mentor to peer teach partner/groups
Battleships to practise full conjugations
R&A pack: p16 – Regular –ER and -IR verbs
Create verb conjugation notes including key irregulars
ICT:
Languages online : grammar – www.languagesonline.org.uk
Present tense exercise - http://www.quia.com/shared/spanish/
www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners/arr1mod5index.htm
www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners/arr1mod4index.htm
oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year7/12752.html
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
3: Los
profesores
➢ Talk about your teachers
➢ Include qualifiers to give more detail
Revise:
❖ Gender rules
Grammar:
o Adjective agreements
o Accents
✓ Describe their teachers using positive and negative
adjectives
✓ Use qualifiers to add more detail
✓ Correctly agree their adjectives depending on gender
✓ Extend their reasons by saying what the teacher does
✓ Use a dictionary to be more adventurous with their
adjectives
✓ Correctly agree their adjectives depending on gender and
number
✓ Include multiple adjectives in descriptions
Guess who? Games of teachers
Worksheets to practise adjective agreements
Listening exercises to listen for gender agreements
Write words out using oOo to show stress and pronunciation
Complete mini-test on p31
Workbook A: p15
Workbook A: p15
Compare two teachers
Create a list of more obscure adjectives to describe their
teachers
R&A pack: p8 – Adejectives ending in ‘o’
Create a mini-dictionary/poster with a few example adjectives
for each letter of the alphabet
Introduce sería to talk about their ideal teacher
Write a poem about their opinions on teachers
ICT:
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 2: En el Instituto
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
4: Me gusta
el español
➢ Giving opinions on school subjects
➢ Extending sentences using porque
Revise:
❖ School subjects and genders
❖ Definite articles
❖ Adjective agreements
Grammar:
o Conjugation of gustar
o
✓ Revise school subjects and their genders
✓ State whether they like or dislike a school subject
✓ Explain why they like or dislike a subject
✓ Compare two school subjects
✓ Compare school subjects and say why they like or dislike
them, including opinions on teachers
IWB – categorise the school subjects by gender
A3 Graffiti wall with opinions of teachers and subjects
Video – Gusta
R&A pack: p8 – Adjectives ending in ‘o’
Workbook A: p16
R&A pack: p9 – Me gusta(n)
Workbook A: p16
Create board game using subjects, teachers and opinions
vocab
R&A pack: p10 – Adjectives ending ‘e’ or ‘l’
R&A pack: p11 – Extending sentences
ICT:
Module 2: Subjects + me gusta(n) - www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners
Opinions on subjects - oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year7/12732.html
Module 3: Opinions - www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/listos1
Gustar: http://www.yjc.org.uk/
Video: www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/whats-in-your-school-bag/2037.html
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
5: ¿Qué
comes?
➢ Specify snacks and lunchtime food
➢ Be able to count up to 100
➢ Understand euros
Revise:
❖ Numbers up to 15/31
Grammar:
o Revision of genders
✓ Identify eight common snacks found in canteens
✓ Apply gender rules when determining if feminine or
masculine
✓ Remember the numbers up to 31
✓ Understand the numbers up to 100
✓ Create dialogues for ordering food in the canteen
✓ Develop strategies for identifying new language
✓ Look up additional snacks in the dictionary
✓ Confidently count up to 100
✓ Identify a pattern for numbers up to 100
✓ Vary phrases by using the verbs merendar/almorzar
✓ Discuss what other people eat
Role plays ordering food in the canteen
Create a menu for the school canteen
Number: bingo/war of the words/crosswords/maths puzzles
Worksheet – Linguascope: los snacks
Workbook A: p17
Workbook A: p17
Draw and write about lunchboxes
Extend role plays by giving basic opinions on the food
Add additional vocabulary to the school canteen menu
Create a high class menu for the school canteen
Devise a food diary saying what they eat each day
ICT:
Numbers: www.quia.com/jg/65552.html, www.quia.com/cm/111764.html, www.quia.com/jg/65524.html,
oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year8/12685.html
Drinks: www.quia.com/hm/187199.html
Food – module 5: www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners
Ordering food - episodes 2&5: www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 3: Mi Familia
Year 9 Spanish Scheme of Work – Mira Express 1
Module 3: Mi Familia
Half Term Sring 1: January – March
Grammar
Controlled Assesssments –Writing
General teaching activities
Verb: tener – to have
Possessive adjectives
Adjective agreements (revision)
Plurals
Verb: ser – to be
Family tree – draw and describe their family
tree
• Intro/revision of vocab using
powerpoints/flashcards etc
• Practise using vocab with powerpoints,
internet games, worksheets, role plays
• Listening activities – from Mira Express 1
and Listos
• Reading activities – from Mira Express 1
and Listos, Boardworks and departmental
resoucres
• Role plays and interviews – could
video/record them to practise for GCSE
Controlled Assessments – Speaking
Interview – questions and answers about
your family and pets
Key Vocabulary
Literacy
Family
madre, padre, hermano/a, abuelo/a, hijo/a
único/a, tío/a, primo/a
Numbers 30-100
Pets
caballo, cobaya, conejo, gato, hámster,
pájaro, perro, pez, ratón, serpiente, tortuga
Colours
amarillo/a, blanco/a, negro/a, rojo/a, azul,
gris, marrón, naranja, rosa, verde
Physical descriptions
bonito/a, feo/a, pequeño/a, grande, bajo/a,
delgado/a, gordo/a, guapo/a
Charateristics
aburrido/a, antipático/a, divertido/a,
simpático/a, perezoso/a, tímido/a, inteligente
Hair and eyes
Ojos, pelo, azules, grises, marrones, verdes,
castaño, pelirrojo, rubio,
liso, largo, corto, rizado, ondulado
Use of grammatical terms when teaching and
explaining grammar in relation to the English
equivalents
Paired reading aloud (departmental policy)
Comparison of Spanish and English punctuation
Numeracy
Produce charts showing age distribution of
family members
Colour by number maths worksheet
Authentic materials:
Spanish Royal family tree
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 3: Mi Familia
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
1: ¿Tienes
hermanos?
➢ Develop strategies for working out new
vocabulary
➢ Immediate family members
Revise:
❖ Tengo – I have
❖ Numbers for age
Grammar:
o Verb – tener
o Possessive adjectives
✓ Develop strategies for identifying unknown vocabulary
✓ Know that tengo - I have
✓ Recognise tienes – you have for questions
✓ Use high number to give family members’ ages
✓ Change from indefinite article to possessive adjective for my
✓ Briefly describe their family members’ personality
✓ Conjugate the 1
st
, 2
nd
and 3
rd
persons of tener
✓ Fully conjugate the verb tener
✓ Use possessive adjectives for my/your/his/her
✓ Understand the Spanish Royal family tree
Cut and stick family tree of the Simpsons
Survey pupils and their families: name/age/qual of lang
Battleships practising tengo 1/2/3 +family member plurals
Worksheet – Linguascope family tree
Battleships practising tengo 1/2/3 and plural family members
Workbook A: p23
Workbook B: p23
Draw their own family tree
Battleships practising tener and family members
Reading comprehension – draw the family tree
R&A pack: p12 – Tener – to have
Draw extended family tree, using dictionary
R&A pack: p13 – Possessive adjectives
Create the Spanish royal family tree including photos
ICT:
Tener - www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/listos1/mod1_index.htm
Family - www.quia.com/rr/43528.html, www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/listos2/mod1_index.htm
www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners/arr1mod3index.htm,
Caminos 1, unit 3 on family - www.languagesonline.org.uk
Languages online AUS: www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/spanish/topic09/index.htm
Videos - www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/getting-to-know-people/2023.html,
www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/family-language-and-introductions/690.html,
www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/how-old-are-you/691.html, www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/my-
family/5591.html
La familia - www.yjc.org.uk/
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
2: ¿Tienes
animales?
➢ Household pets
➢ Colours
Revise:
❖ Singulars and plurals
Grammar:
o Adjective agreements - plurals
✓ Talk about the pets they do or do not have
✓ Know the colours
✓ Understand that adjectives need to agree with the noun
✓ Position adjectives correctly
✓ Agree adjectives depending on gender and number
✓ Explain how to agree adjectives
✓ Be able to identify mistakes with adjective agreements and
plurals
Colour by number pictures
Colour, cut and stick pets
Linguascope worksheet – pets
Card game – Happy families
Workbook A: p24
Workbook B: p24
Colour by number maths grid
Worksheet – Practising adjective agreements
Worksheet – Adjective agreements error correction
R&A pack: p14 – Position of adjectives
Create own adjective agreements error correction sentences
ICT:
Colours: oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year7/12748.html,
www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/pets/2027.html
Family and pets: oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year7/12707.html
Languages online AUS: www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/spanish/topic15/index.htm
www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/spanish/topic04/index.htm
Pets: www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners (module 3)
Animals: www.languagesonline.org.uk (Caminos 1 unidad 3)
Animales/colores: www.yjc.org.uk/
Free GCSE revision - www.espanol-extra.co.uk/
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 3: Mi Familia
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
3: ¿Cómo
eres?
➢ Physical descriptions
➢ Pronunciation of: Spanish names
➢ Personality characteristics
Revise:
❖ Adjective agreements
❖ Questioning
Grammar:
o Adjective agreements
o Verb : ser – to be
✓ Describe their physique
✓ Change o → a at the end of adjectives
✓ To use strategies to understand longer pieces of text
✓ Learn the 1
st
person singular of the verb ser
✓ Recognise the 2
nd
person singular of the verb ser
✓ Link ideas using connectives
✓ Describe a family member
✓ Use the 1
st
, 2
nd
and 3
rd
persons singular of the verb ser
✓ Devise questions to find out information about someone else
and their family
✓ Fully conjugate the irregular verb ser
Draw and label a copy of the powerpoint slide showing
physique
Workbook A: p25
Workbook B: p25
Video – Ser
Game - Guess who with photos of celebrities
Battleships – ser with adjective agreements
R&A pack: p.15 – Ser to be
ICT :
Descriptions: www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners/arr1mod3index.htm
Languages online AUS: www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/spanish/topic10/index.htm
Caminos 1, U4 descriptions: www.languagesonline.org.uk
Free GCSE revision - www.espanol-extra.co.uk/
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
4: Tengo los
ojos azules
➢ Hair and eye colour
➢ Hair styles
Revise:
❖ Adjective agreements
Grammar:
o Adjective agreements
o Verb: tener – to have
✓ Describe their hair and eye colour
✓ Revise colours
✓ Give more detail on their hair type
✓ Remember to agree adjectives
✓ Describe another member of their family
✓ Link together the physique and hair and eyes vocabulary
Wordsearch – physique and hair and eyes vocabulary
Reading comprehension – alien faces
Linguascope worksheet – las caras
Workbook A: p26
Workbook B: p26
Game – Guess who – hair and eyes
Reading relay – draw the faces
Worksheet – faces to draw and translate
Worksheet – colour corrections/spot the mistake
Create a detailed descirption of themselves and their family,
including a photo
ICT:
Descriptions mod. 3 www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners
oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year7/12740.html
Julio and Julia sing about their appearance:
www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/interview-with-colombian-singer-toto-la-momposina/2019.html
Apariencia: www.yjc.org.uk/
Podcast on adj. agreements : www.asisehace.net/agreements.htm
Languages online AUS: www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/spanish/topic10/index.htm
Free GCSE revision - www.espanol-extra.co.uk/
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 3: Mi Familia
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
5: ¿Cómo
es?
➢ Physique with hair and eyes
Revise:
❖ Physique
❖ Hair and eyes
Grammar:
o Verb: tener – to have
o Verb: ser – to be
✓ Give a more lengthy description of hair and eyes
✓ Understand longer descriptions on people
✓ Link together physique and hair and eyes vocabulary
✓ Develop strategies for working out unknown vocabulary
✓ Include additional information to describe people
✓ Compare different people
Create wanted posters
Workbook A: p27
Workbook B: p27
Worksheet – tener, colours and adjective agreements
Listening – el Ladron and accompanying worksheets
ICT:
Descriptions of others: oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year8/12683.html
Free GCSE revision - www.espanol-extra.co.uk/
Languages online AUS: www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/spanish/topic10/index.htm
Mira 1 Express Spanish – Module 4: En Casa
Year 9 Spanish Scheme of Work – Mira Express 1
Module 4: En Casa
Half Term Spring 2: February – March/April
Grammar
Controlled Assesssments –Writing
General teaching activities
Adjective agreements
Radical stem changing verbs
Prepositions
Reflexive verbs
House layout – draw and write about their
home layout
• Intro/revision of vocab using
powerpoints/flashcards etc
• Practise using vocab with powerpoints,
internet games, worksheets, role plays
• Listening activities – from Mira Express 1
and Listos
• Reading activities – from Mira Express 1
and Listos, Boardworks and departmental
resoucres
• Role plays and interviews – could
video/record them to practise for GCSE
Controlled Assessments – Speaking
Presentation – give a presentation on their
typical home life, including examples of daily
routine
Key Vocabulary
Literacy
European Countries
Escocia, Francia, España, Gales, Grecia,
Inglaterra, Irlanda, Italia, Portugal
Regions
Vivo, piso, casa, en la montaña, en el campo,
en la costa, pueblo, ciudad
House Descriptions
antiguo/a, moderno/a, bonito/a, feo/a,
nuevo/a, viejo/a, pequeño/a, cómodo/a,
grande
Rooms in a House
comedor, cuarto de baño, aseo, pasillo, salón,
cocina, dormitorio, garaje, jardín, terraza
Bedroom Furniture
Armario, equipo de música, ordenador,
alfombra, cama, estantería, lámpara, mesa,
puerta, silla, televisión, ventana, pósters
Prepositions
encima de, a la derecha/izquierda de, debajo
de, delante de, al lado de, detrás de, entre
Daily Routine
Por la mañana: me despierto, me levanto, me
ducho, me peino, me visto, desayuno, voy al
instituto
Por la tarde: hago mis deberes, ceno, veo la
televisión, me lavo los dientes, me acuesto
Use of grammatical terms when teaching and
explaining grammar in relation to the English
equivalents
Paired reading aloud (departmental policy)
Comparison of Spanish and English punctuation
Numeracy
Time – daily routine
Plurals and numbers for rooms and furniture
Authentic materials:
Spanish estate agents’ websites
Mira 1 Express Spanish – Module 4: En Casa
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
1: Vivimos
en Europa
➢ Countries in Europe
➢ Regions vocabulary
Revise:
❖ Saying where you live
Grammar:
o Using estar for location
o Imperfect – vivía
o Future – voy a vivir/viviré
✓ Learn European countries
✓ Discuss where they live, including regional information
✓ Extend and link answers giving extra detail about where
they live
✓ Talk about where other people live
✓ Talk about where they used to live in the past and
compare it with now
✓ Use three tenses to talk about past and future homes c
Label map of Europe and colour code countries pink and blue
Linguascope worksheets – areas and countries
Workbook A p33
Workbook B: p33
Label map of the world, looking up main countries in a dictionary
Connect 4 – regions and types of homes
Trapdoor speaking activity
Draw a regional diagram and label the different areas
ICT:
Countries: www.quia.com/hm/200908.html
Countries and capitals: www.quia.com/jg/822104.html
Languages online AUS: www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/spanish/topic14/index.htm
Where you live: www.yjc.org.uk
Region: www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners/town_helper.htm
Free GCSE revision - www.espanol-extra.co.uk/
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
2: ¿Cómo es
tu casa?
➢ Describe your house
➢ Rooms in the house
➢ Upstairs, downstairs, outside
Revise:
❖ Adjective agreements
Grammar:
o Adjective agreements
✓ Describe their house or flat, using adjectives
✓ Identify the rooms in a house
✓ Explain which rooms are on each floor of the house
✓ Guide someone around a floor plan of a house
✓ Compare their house to another house
✓ Compare their past and future homes
3D house cross-section leaflet labelling rooms
Snakes and ladders – rooms of the house
Worksheet – Which room of the house?
Workbook A p34
Workbook B: p34
3D house leaflet labelling rooms and furniture
Worksheet – rooms in the house and plurals practice
3D house leaflet with a paragraph describing each room
Reading comprehension gap fill
R&A pack: p17 – Ser or estar?
Create a fact sheet for an estate agent, including floor plans
ICT:
Spanish estate agents: http://sevendecasa.es/
Casa – rooms: www.yjc.org.uk
Languages online AUS: www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/spanish/topic13/index.htm
Module 3: www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners/
Free GCSE revision - www.espanol-extra.co.uk/
Videos – Flat and locations: www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/vox-pops-with-people-in-valencia/696.html
house/
www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/d-nde-vives/8528.html , www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/talking-about-
where-you-live/2031.html
Mira 1 Express Spanish – Module 4: En Casa
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
3: ¿Qué
haces?
➢ Activities in your room
Revise:
❖ Present tense conjugation
❖ Activities from in lessons
Grammar:
o Present tense
o Radical stem changing verbs
✓ Revise the present tense of –AR, -ER, and –IR verbs
✓ Explain what activities they do at home
✓ Be introduced to the concept of stem changing verbs
✓ Remember the irregular yo forms for jugar and dormir
✓ Include negative phrases for what they don’t do
✓ Understand the rule for changes from u→ ue
✓ Understand the rule for changes for o→ue
✓ Know additional stem changing verbs
Worksheet – Repaso del presente
Worksheets – Stem changing verbs
Charades to practise the vocabulary
Video – Conjugations Back
R&A pack: p16 – Present tense of regular -ER and –IR verbs
Workbook A p35
Workbook B: p35
R&A pack: p18 – Stem changing verbs
Charades with different subjects of the verb
Worksheet – Adverbs and present tense revision
Battleships to practise stem changing conjugations
Research additional stem changing verbs
ICT:
Present tense practice: www.quia.com/pa/34862.html ,www.trinity.edu/mstroud/grammar/index.html ,
www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/present_tense.php ,mld.ursinus.edu/~jarana/Ejercicios/self-check/presentI.html
Spanish grammar, present tense 2: www.languagesonline.org.uk/
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
4: En mi
dormitorio
➢ Bedroom furniture
➢ Location of furniture
Revise:
❖ Definite and indefinite articles
Grammar:
o Prepositions
o Estar
✓ List items of furniture found in the bedroom
✓ Apply gender rules for identifying bedroom furniture
✓ Learn basic prepositions to explain where something is
located
✓ Revise adjective and plural agreements
✓ Understand that de + el changes to ‘del’
✓ Use a variety of prepositions to explain where something
is located in relation to another object
✓ Use a variety of connectives and prepositions to create a
detailed description of their bedroom
✓ Use a dictionary to find other household furniture and
describe other rooms
Cut and stick bedroom furniture vocabulary
Reading comprehension/running dictation – draw the bedroom
according to the description
Workbook A p36
Workbook B: p36
Gap fill prepositions according to the picture
Create a paragraph for people to draw the room
Draw a furniture plan for different rooms of the house ready for a
move
ICT:
Casa – furniture and prepositions: www.yjc.org.uk
Free GCSE revision - www.espanol-extra.co.uk/
Mira 1 Express Spanish – Module 4: En Casa
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
5: Mi rutina
diaria
➢ Daily routine
➢ Time phrases
➢ Time – hour and half past
Revise:
❖ Adverbs
❖ Stem changing verbs
Grammar:
o Adverbs
o Reflexive verbs
✓ Explain their usual routine for the morning and evening
✓ Include a variety of adverbs to extend their work
✓ Be able to change from an infinitive to the ‘yo’ form for
regular verbs
✓ Include times on the hour
✓ Be able to change from an infinitive to the ‘yo’ form for
stem changing verbs
✓ Include times on the hour and half past
✓ Fully conjugate verbs in the reflexive tenses
✓ Include a variety of times
Video – reflex your verby
Vocabulary worksheets – daily routine
Workbook A p37
Workbook B: p37
Create a storyboard of their daily routine
Include times on the hour of their routines
Create and record a video diary of their daily routine
Include times on the hour and half past of their routine
Battleships to practise reflexive conjugations
Create and record a video diary of theirs and someone else’s daily
routine
Include times for their routines
ICT:
Reflexive verbs:
oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year8/12777.html
www.quia.com/rr/213865.html
www.asisehace.net/rutina_diaria_1.htm
Radical stem and reflexive: oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year7/12752.html
Daily routine vocabulary:
Caminos 2, unit 6, ex 5: atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/HotPotatoes/spanishindex.htm
Video clip about two Spanish students’ routines www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/talking-about-your-
daily-routine/2035.html
Free GCSE revision - www.espanol-extra.co.uk/
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 5: El Tiempo Libre
Year 9 Spanish Scheme of Work – Mira Express 1
Module 5: El Tiempo Libre
Half Term Summer 1: April – May
Grammar
Assessment Ideas – Writing
General teaching activities
Verb: salir – to go out
Verb: hacer – to do
Verb: ir – to go
Change of a+el → al
Negatives
Adjectives
Infinitive phrases
Present tense adverbs
Future tense adverbs
Immediate future tense
Diary entry – talk about different sporting
activities you do and when. Explain why you
like or dislike the activities
• Intro/revision of vocab using
powerpoints/flashcards etc
• Practise using vocab with powerpoints,
internet games, worksheets, role plays
• Listening activities – from Mira Express 1
and Listos
• Reading activities – from Mira Express 1
and Listos, Boardworks and departmental
resoucres
• Role plays and interviews – could
video/record them to practise for GCSE
Assessment Ideas – Speaking
Presentation – what you like to do in your
free time and why
Key Vocabulary
Literacy
Activities
Voy al cine/a la piscina/de compras
Salgo con mis amigos, hago mis deberes,
monto en bicicleta, escucho música, veo la
televisión, navego por internet, juego con mi
ordenador
Sports
hago/practico….. atletismo, ciclismo,
equitación, esquí, natación, patinaje
juego al… baloncesto, fútbol, hockey, tenis,
voleibol
Time
¿Qué hora es?, es la una, son las dos, y media,
y cuarto, menos cuarto, mediodía,
medianoche
Opinions
¿Qué te gusta hacer? me gusta (mucho), no
me gusta (nada), odio, me encanta +
infinitives
Reasons
Porque…es/son, aburrido, divertido, barato,
caro, bueno, fácil, interesante, sano
Future
¿Qué vas a hacer? Voy a hacer…
Adverbs - Present
todos los días, los lunes, una vez por semana,
dos veces a la semana, los fines de semana,
nunca
Adverbs – Future
mañana, la semana que viene, este fin de
semana, en las vacaciones
Use of grammatical terms when teaching and
explaining grammar in relation to the English
equivalents
Paired reading aloud (departmental policy)
Comparison of Spanish and English punctuation
Numeracy
Numbers revision up to 60
Telling the time
Authentic materials:
Research current and past sporting events –
World cup, Euro cup, summer/winter olympics
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 5: El Tiempo Libre
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
1: Mi tiempo
libre
➢ Hobbies vocabulary
➢ Present tense adverbs
Revise:
❖ Present tense conjugation
Grammar:
o Irregular 1st person
o Change of a+el → al
✓ Give examples of hobbies completed in their free time
✓ Remember how to conjugate regular verbs in the present
tense
✓ Include some present tense adverbs when talking about
hobbies
✓ Understand why some verbs have an irregular first person
✓ Include a variety of adverbs and connectives when talking
about free time
✓ Be able to fully conjugate present tense verbs, including
irregulars
✓ Be able to fully conjugate present tense verbs, including
irregular and stem changing verbs
Simon says with free time activitis
Game – calendar are you free?
Match up cards to practise hobbies
Workbook A: p43
Workbook B: p43
Worksheet – colour code vocabulary
R&A pack: p19 – Irregular verb s salir and hacer
Worksheet – The Present Tense
Listening exercises on así se hace
ICT:
Frequency - www.asisehace.net/frecuencia.htm
Tiempo libre - www.yjc.org.uk
Free time- oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year8/12699.html
Module 4 - www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
2: ¿Qué
hora es?
➢ Telling the time
➢ Morning, noon and night
Revise:
❖ Numbers 1-60
Grammar:
o Verb : ir – to go
✓ Tell the time using hours, quarter to/past and half past
✓ Tell the time fully in Spanish
✓ Remember the ‘yo’, ‘tú’ and ‘nosotros’ forms of the irregular
verb ir – to go
✓ Fully conjugate the verb ir – to go in the present tense
✓ Switch freely between saying ‘it is X o’clock’ and ‘at X o’clock’
✓ Link time to previous topics covered this year (school, daily
routine)
Create a poster showing how to tell the time in Spanish
Class pairs – times on the hour and half past
Video - time ballet
Workbook A: p44
Workbook B: p44
Class pairs – all times
R&A pack: p20 – Ir – to go
Differentiated time worksheets
Worksheets - Time with other topics
ICT:
La hora – www.yjc.org.uk/
Time – oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year7/12750.html
www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/listos1/mod3_index.htm time
Module 2 - www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners
Free GCSE revision - www.espanol-extra.co.uk/
Video – Episode 7 www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/
Verb ir - www.languagesonline.org.uk
IWB time games - www.quia.com/rr/46268.html , www.quia.com/cm/16827.html ,
www.quia.com/jg/461650.html , www.quia.com/pop/35668.html , www.quia.com/jg/274937.html
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 5: El Tiempo Libre
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
3: ¿Qué
deportes
haces?
➢ Sports
➢ Adverbs of frequency
➢ Practising pronunciation
Revise:
❖ Irregular 1st person
❖ Radical stem changing verbs
❖ Days of the week
Grammar:
o Verb : hacer – to do
o Verb : jugar – to play
o Pronunciation of ‘h’ and ‘qu’
✓ Give examples of different sports
✓ Identify which sports take jugar and which take practicar
✓ Recall days of the week from module 2
✓ Include negative examples
✓ Remember that jugar and practicar have irregular first
persons
✓ Explain the rules for stem changing verbs
✓ Give an opinion on a sport
✓ Justify their opinions
IWB – categorise sports by jugar and practicar
Survey who does which sports and when
Workbook A: p45
Workbook B: p45
Charades – sports and hobbies
Match up cards sorting by verbs
Running dictation on someone’s free time
Charades – sports and hobbies with verbs
Charades – sports and hobbies full conjugations
ICT:
Research sporting event – world cup/euro cup/olympics
Sports – oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year8/12699.html
Video (PPT with Qs) - www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/raul-gonzalez/2055.html www.yjc.org.uk/
Module 4 - www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
4: Me gusta
ir al cine
➢ Opinions on hobbies
➢ Justifying and extending opinions
Revise:
❖ Giving opinions
Grammar:
o Infinitives
o Infinitive phrases
✓ Say what sports you like and dislike
✓ Understand the construction ‘me gusta + infinitive’
✓ Extend opinions
✓ Justify opinions using adjectives
✓ Remember how to agree adjectives
✓ Compare opinions on different activities
✓ Use group talk phrases to speak with spontaneity
✓ Understand the conjugation rules for the verb gustar
Trapdoor speaking practice with opinions
Video – Gustar: to please and to like
Group talk extension of opinions and spontaneous speech
Workbook A: p46
Workbook B: p46
Worksheet – colour code vocabulary infinitives
R&A pack: p21 – Opinions with infinitives
Create an information fact sheet on the verb gustar
ICT:
Video clips - www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/favourite-pastimes/2059.html
www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/leisure-activities/709.html
Module 4 - www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners
Impersonal verbs -oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year7/12752.html
Listening exercise - oye.languageskills.co.uk/13227.html
Caminos unit 4 - www.languagesonline.org.uk
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 5: El Tiempo Libre
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
5: ¿Qué vas
a hacer?
➢ Future tense hobbies
➢ Future tense adverbs
Revise:
❖ Verb: ir – to go
Grammar:
o Immediate future tense
o Adverbs
✓ Be able to use the future tense with the ‘yo’ form
✓ Identify the future tense from adverbs
✓ Use a dictionary to find additional infinitives
✓ Use a variety of future tense triggers
✓ Talk about other people in the future tense
✓ Compare present tense activities with future tense activities
R&A pack module 5 prueba
Workbook A: p47 and prepárate 1 and 2 – p48-49
Workbook B: p47 and prepárate 1 and 2 – p48-49
Write a diary entry for the following week
Battleships with ir – to go and infinitives
R&A pack: p22 – Immediate future tense
Write a program for a future national/international sporting
event
ICT:
Grammar - www.yjc.org.uk
Listening - oye.languageskills.co.uk/13228.html
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 6: En la Ciudad
Year 9 Spanish Scheme of Work – Mira Express 1
Module 6: En la Ciudad
Half Term Summer term 2: June – July
Grammar
Assessment Ideas –Writing
General teaching activities
Adjective agreements
Comparative
Imperatives
Stem changing verbs
Definite and indefinite articles
Ser vs. estar
Immediate future
Preterite tense
Portfolio – write a description of your house
and the region where you live for a holiday
lettings company such as Air BnB
• Intro/revision of vocab using
powerpoints/flashcards etc
• Practise using vocab with powerpoints,
internet games, worksheets, role plays
• Listening activities – from Mira Express 1
and Listos
• Reading activities – from Mira Express 1
and Listos, Boardworks and departmental
resoucres
• Role plays and interviews – could
video/record them to practise for GCSE
Assessment Ideas –Speaking
Presentation – try to persuade people to
come and visit your town, explaining why
they should choose your town over
somewhere else
Key Vocabulary
Literacy
Regions
pueblo, ciudad, bonito/a, feo/a, histórico/a,
moderno/a, pequeño/a, tranquilo/a,
turístico/a, industrial, importante, grande
Comparatives
más XXX que…., menos XXX que
Town
Hay, castillo, centro comercial, cine, estadio,
hospital, mercado, museo, parque,
polideportivo, estación de trenes/autobuses,
piscina, playa, plaza (de toros), tienda
Directions
¿Dónde está? está, izquierda, derecho, sigue
todo recto, dobla, cruza, toma, primera,
segunda, tercera
Weather
¿Qué tiempo hace? Hace…buen/mal tiempo,
calor, frío, sol, viento. Hay…niebla, tormenta.
Llueve, nieva
Seasons
primavera, verano, otoño, invierno
Adverbs
normalmente, ahora, los fines de semana,
mañana,, este fin de semana, en las
vacaciones
Useful words
aquí, cuando, está, pero, a ver, ay, oye, pues
Use of grammatical terms when teaching and
explaining grammar in relation to the English
equivalents
Paired reading aloud (departmental policy)
Comparison of Spanish and English punctuation
Numeracy
Arranging a time to meet
Using die to practise verb conjugations
Authentic materials:
Website for Spanish towns and attractions
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 6: En la Ciudad
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
1: ¿Cómo es
tu ciudad?
➢ Regions descriptions
➢ Comparing areas
Revise:
❖ Adjective agreements
Grammar:
o Adjective agreements
o Comparatives
o Conditional - sería
✓ Explain in detail where you live
✓ Describe their town and region
✓ Remember rules for adjective agreements
✓ Link comparisons to extend opinions
✓ Use sería to describe their ideal town
✓ Use the superlative to say where the best and worst
places are
Complete region maps and label the different areas
Workbook A: p53
Workbook B: p53
R&A pack: p23 – Comparative
Adjective word posters
Give a descriptions of their ideal town, including examples of
superlatives
ICT:
Adjective posters – www.tagxedo.com
Video – episode 3 - www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca
Caminos 1, unit 6 - www.languagesonline.org.uk
Town descriptions - www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners/town_describe_helper.htm
oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year8/12689.html
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
2: ¿Qué
hay?
➢ Places in town
➢ Directions
Revise:
❖ Definite and indefinite articles
Grammar:
o Imperatives
o Definite and indefinite articles
o Verb: estar – to be (located)
o Conditonal – habría and sería
✓ Employ strategies to decipher unknown vocabulary
✓ Say what places there are in your town
✓ Give basic directions around town
✓ Compare your town with another town
✓ Guide someone around their local town
✓ Include negative opinions and comparisons
✓ Introduce habría to talk about what there would be in
their ideal town
✓ Combine habría and sería to give a full description of their
ideal town
Reading comprehension – Mi ciudad text
Leaflet on town sites
Speaking – guide each other around a town map to different sites
Workbook A: p54
Workbook B: p54
Leaflet on town sites including directions to places
R&A pack: p17 – Ser or estar?
R&A pack: p24 – Querer – to want
Brochure comparing the pro and cons or two regional areas
Use google maps to create a powerpoint around a French town
including maps and street view
ICT:
Videos - www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/treasure-hunt-around-a-town/2069.html
www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/whats-in-zujaira/2105.html
www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/talking-about-your-town/2067.html
En la ciudad - www.yjc.org.uk
Module 4 - www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners
Places in town - www.quia.com/jg/812205.html, www.quia.com/jg/811990.html
oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year8/12712.html
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 6: En la Ciudad
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
3: ¿Quieres
ir al cine?
➢ Questions
➢ Arranging to go out
➢ Times to meet
Revise:
❖ Time
❖ Interrogatives
❖ Days of the week
Grammar:
o Interrogatives
o Prepositions: a+el=al
o Radical stem changing verbs
✓ Arrange to go out with a friend
✓ Revise telling the time
✓ Organise a time and a place to meet
✓ Give excuses as to why you cannot make a certain time or
place
✓ Introduce variations - ¿te apatece/te gustaría?
✓ Give more spontaneous responses to suggestions of
activities
Role plays arranging to go out
Workbook A: p55
Animations online inviting people out
Extended role plays giving various options and excuses
Workbook B: p55
R&A pack: p24 – Querer – to want
Group talk to acknowledge suggestions of ideas
ICT:
Domo animate – domo.goanimate.com/ create comic strip cartoons inviting people out
SMS generator - www.classtools.net/SMS
Module 5: querer -- www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/spanish_beginners
oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year9/14034.html
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
4: ¿Qué
tiempo
hace?
➢ Weather
➢ Seasons
Revise:
❖ Verbs hacer and haber
Grammar:
o 3rd person singular of verbs
✓ Describe the weather in the present tense
✓ Describe the weather in the present and the immediate
futures tense
✓ Use key phrases to give examples of the weather in the
past preterite tense
✓ Switch freely between the past, present and future
✓ Include a range of adverbs to demonstrate tenses
Create weather forecasts using powerpoint
Cut and stick weather phrases in the past, present and future
Workbook A: p56
Workbook B: p56
Devise a weather report in the present and the future tense
R&A pack: p25 – Present and near future
Devise a weather report in the past, present and future tense,
including a variety of adverbs
ICT:
Video: episode 21 - www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca
Weather - oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year8/12696.html
El tiempo - www.yjc.org.uk/
Weather - www.quia.com/rr/40696.html, www.quia.com/jg/65501.html
Mira 1 Express Spanish –Module 6: En la Ciudad
Unit
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Activities and Resources
5: Este fin
de semana
➢ Future weekend plans
➢ Present combined with immediate
future
Revise:
❖ Verb: ir – to go
❖ Immediate future tense
Grammar:
o Immediate future tense
o Future tense triggers
✓ Explain what they are going to do this weekend
✓ Comparer what they are going to do with what they
normally do
✓ Include reasons and justifications for their choices
✓ Include a variety of connectives, adverbs, tenses and
negatives to show full range of language skills
Game – busy weekend diary
Workbook A: p57/p58 - prepárate/p61 - evaluación
Workbook B: p57/p58 – prepárate/p61 – evaluación
R&A pack: p25 – Present and near future
R&A pack p26 – End of year revision
Diary entry for the following week, showing normal plans and new
plans
ICT:
Fakebook - www.classtools.net/FB/home-page create a Fakebook page writing suggestions for plans
on their walls