Me gusta – AT
Students learnt about likes and dislikes with frequently used vocabulary items such as fruit and animals. Students learnt how to make phrases negative in Spanish. In this task, students were required to create a poster showing their likes and dislikes …
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Expressing preferences about food – AT
Students learnt about types of food and how to state preferences for food they like and dislike. Students had previously learnt phrases such as me gusta la___ and were taught the plural form me gustan las/los____ and how to add the verb comer/beber to …
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Around the town – AT
Students learnt about places around the town starting with cognates (escuela, parque, supermercado, zoo, piscina, cine, teatro, biblioteca). Students were given familiar vocabulary with a graphic organiser to write sentences like ‘Yo voy a …’. Opportunities …
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House of my dreams – AT
Students learnt the names of the rooms of the house and participated in various activities such as songs, videos, reading books and examining features of houses. Students used scaffolded examples to draw the house of their dreams, including rooms and …
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My week – AT
Students learnt vocabulary and phrases related to daily routines and leisure activities. Students revised how to tell the time and days of the week. Using scaffolded examples, students created their own sentences to provide specific details about their …
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What do you want to do? – AT
Following on from the daily routine/leisure activities task, students built upon phrases from songs, videos and games related to this theme. New phrases were introduced and practised through the bilingual song ‘Me gusta cantar’ and students learnt the …
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La tienda española – AT
Students brainstormed different types of shops and translated items that might be for sale in each shop using Spanish word lists and dictionaries. They also watched a video about Spanish interrogatives and practised greetings and the intonation used when …
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¿Cuántos hay? – AT
Students learnt how to talk about the classroom environment and name and count classroom items. They learnt how to pluralise, make noun/adjective agreements and set questions and answers to enable them to participate in a game. Students practiced the …
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About me – AT (Spanish 5-6)
Students had previously learnt language structures and vocabulary for self-introduction and talking about themselves. In this diagnostic task, students were asked to demonstrate their prior knowledge by creating a personal profile to convey relevant information, …
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Mi familia – AT (Spanish 5-6)
Students learnt vocabulary and structures related to describing their family, including names, ages, and personal and physical characteristics. Students brainstormed adjectives to describe family members and common, shared leisure activities. They were …
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Animales de Venezuela – AT (Spanish 5-6)
Students built on their understanding of animals, describing their characteristics, habitat, what they eat and what they can do. Students used sentence constructions with present tense verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, plural forms, …
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Español mind map and reflection– AT
In this unit, students discussed the Spanish-speaking world, some of the differences between Spanish and English and the benefits of language learning. Students learnt about displaying this knowledge and understanding through mind maps and Venn diagrams. In …
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Yo puedo – AT
Students completed a series of exercises to reinforce their understanding of a language function (verb plus infinitive) and to use new vocabulary in relation to leisure activities. These exercises included creating simple sentences to describe what activities …
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Spanish naming traditions – AT
Students learnt about Spanish naming traditions and customs and participated in activities and tasks based on this theme. Students compared their own naming customs to that of Spanish-speaking countries and examined adjustment of language for various …
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Video blog - about me – AT
Students learnt how to share personal information and construct sentences, applying rules for grammar including gender of nouns and some verb conjugation. In this task, students were asked to prepare a short video blog to introduce themselves and their …
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Reflection on learning Spanish – AT
Students had been learning Spanish for approximately one term. In this task, students were asked to answer a range of questions about learning Spanish. Students were asked to consider cultural and linguistic similarities and differences as well as explain …
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Letter to pen friend – AT
Students learnt how to write about themselves and about their daily routine in Spanish, and answer questions relating to their personal world. Students completed various activities including games, oral dialogues, and reading and listening tasks related …
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La historia de mi vida – AT
Students learnt how to share information about themselves in Spanish, including personal details, their family, friends, likes and dislikes and leisure activities. In this task, students were asked to create the ‘Story of my Life’, including references …
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Spanish interaction – AT
Students learnt how to talk about themselves and respond to a variety of questions relating to their personal world. Students practiced answering questions and preempting follow-up questions. In this task, students were asked to participate in a one-on-one …
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Mi barrio y los pueblos antiguos de Latinoamérica – AT
Students learnt about Indigenous South and Central American groups and conducted research into one group of interest to them. The following task, in three parts, was set: Part 1: Investigate how an Indigenous South or Central American group lived and …
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