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Lesson in the Present Tense for Christmas - activities can be split across multiple lessons and adapted for all levels in KS3.

Updated for 2024-25

Lesson 5/5 out of Languages on a Plate’s second beginner module 1.2: Passions and Pastimes, which is centred around building on the basics for Spanish beginners (ideal for Year 7).

This lesson reinforces students’ knowledge of regular Present Tense verb conjugation and teaches them vocabulary related to Spanish Christmas traditions.

Learning intention: to express how you normally celebrate Christmas

Learning outcomes:

• Recap regular verbs in the Present Tense
• Introduction to Christmas related vocabulary and traditions
• Write how you normally celebrate Christmas

*Lesson order (slides):
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1. Starter - put the correct word in the spaces (present verbs, adjectives and nouns)
2. Objectives
3. Introduction to Christmas vocabulary (nouns)
4. Vocabulary match up, verbs related to the nouns in the previous set of nouns
5. Game - fastest finger first (teacher-led)
6. Recap of Present Tense
7. Recap of boot/stem-changing verbs
8. Verb conjugation wheel game
9. Grammar conjugation
10. Game - battleships
11. Reading - true v false + vocabulary search/reinforcement
12. Objectives
13. Listening - 3 people and their Christmas opinions
14. Writing - sentence starters for what people do on some of the key Christmas dates
15. Audiovisual - reinforce Christmas listening, introduce to new vocabulary
16. Plenary - answer how you celebrate Christmas

We also have a Quizlet vocabulary list for the content of the lesson in our Spanish Steps 1 Folder.