Spanish

Year 7

Half Term 1

Personal Information

  • Introduction to classroom language and numbers.

    Alphabet and high frequency phrases.

    Age and birthdays.

    Family and describing people.

  • The ideas pupils will understand and the words they will be able to use.

    Phonics

    The Verbs Tener and Ser

    Possessive adjectives

    Adjectival agreement

    Adjectival position

    Plural nouns + articles Masculine + Feminine nouns + articles

    Word types: nouns/verbs/adjectives

  • Questions and answers in Spanish.

    Languagenut assignments set every week for homework.

    Testing the weekly words.

Half Term 2

Personal Information

  • Pets - Introduction and colours.

    Hair and eye colour for family and friends.

    Physical and personality descriptions of family and friends.

  • The ideas pupils will understand and the words they will be able to use.

    Phonics

    Adjectives

    Recap of tener and ser verbs Adjectival agreement

    Irregular adjectival agreement

    Adjectival position

    Word types: nouns/verbs/adjectives

    High frequency verbs

  • Questions and answers in Spanish.

    Languagenut assignments set every week for homework.

    Testing the weekly words.

Half Term 3

School Life

  • Talking about your school subjects and giving opinions.

    Giving reasons for opinions and making comparisons.

    Describing teachers in your school.

    Classroom and school activities.

  • The ideas pupils will understand and the words they will be able to use:

    Vocabulary for subjects.

    Adjectives to describe people.

    Key verbs for activities.

    Present tense - AR verbs.

    Subject pronouns.

    Comparatives / Superlatives with adjectives.

    Verbs of opinion and reasons.

  • Questions and answers in Spanish.

    Languagenut assignments set every week for homework.

    Testing the weekly words.

Half Term 4

School Life

  • Telling the time in Spanish.

    Describing the school day.

    Comparing school life in Spain and UK.

    School facilities and describing your school.

  • The ideas pupils will understand and the words they will be able to use:

    Revision of numbers.

    Vocabulary for school life eg uniform, breaks, lunch.

    Vocabulary to describe school photos.

    Simple negatives.

    Present tense verbs ar,er, ir infinitives.

    Verbs of opinion and reasons.

  • Questions and answers in Spanish. Practice the photocard task for the hinge and end of unit assessments.

    Languagenut assignments set every week for homework.

    Testing the weekly words.

Half Term 5

Out and About

  • Introduction to food items.

    Giving opinions on food and reasons.

    Shopping at the market.

  • The ideas pupils will understand and the words they will be able to use:

    Vocabulary for food and drink.

    Adjectives.

    Partitive article (some).

    Verbs of opinion and reasons.

    Question words and how to form questions.

  • Questions and answers in Spanish. Practicing dialogues from the lesson.

    Languagenut assignments set every week for homework.

    Testing the weekly words.

Half Term 6

Out and About

  • Ordering food.

    Shopping for clothes.

    Asking for and giving directions as a tourist in Spain.

  • The ideas pupils will understand and the words they will be able to use:

    Recall of vocabulary for food and drink.

    Question words and how to form questions.

    Recall of adjectival agreement.

    Using intensifiers (too, very).

  • Questions and answers in Spanish. Practicing dialogues from the lesson.

    Languagenut assignments set every week for homework.

    Testing the weekly words.