¿Cuál es tu color favorito? - Spanish Beginners

Updated for September 2024-25

Lesson 7/10 out of Languages on a Plate’s beginner module: All About Me, which is centred around teaching the basics for Spanish beginners (perfect for Year 7).

This lesson introduces students to colours in Spanish and to verbs of opinion so students can give their opinion on colours. The lesson builds on the knowledge from the first six lessons in the module, which taught them how to describe who is in their family ad to describe themselves (personality).

Learning intention: to learn colours and core verbs of opinion in Spanish

Learning outcomes:

• Learn the vocabulary for colours
• Learn the vocabulary for opinions
• Write a short text saying what your favourite colour is

Lesson includes:

(Slide order)

1. Starter - put the words in the spaces based on context (adjectives and ser conjugations)
2. Objectives
3. Vocabulary introduction - colours
4. Game - class vs teacher colour vocabulary (teacher-led)
5. Game - confusion (colours v words)
6. Objectives
7. Reading - comprehension to pick out set phrase for saying your favourite colour
8. Vocabulary introduction - verbs of opinion
9. Grammar - agreeing/disagreeing opinions with someone
10. Listening - listen to people’s opinions on colours
11. Reading about people’s opinions on colours
12. Objectives
13. YouTube audiovisual reinforcement
14. Writing - write people’s opinions of colours based on the images
15. Plenary - write what your favourite colour is

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