¿Te gusta hacer deporte? - Spanish Beginners

Updated for 2024-25

Lesson 2/5 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 (perfect for Year 7), and follows on from Module 1.1 All About Me, and more specifically, the first lesson in the series, “¿Qué haces en tu tiempo libre?”, which focused on hobbies and regular Present Tense conjugation.

This lesson reinforces students’ knowledge of regular present tense verb conjugation and verbs of opinion in Spanish, and teaches them vocabulary related to sports, plus the verbs “hacer” and “jugar” in the Present.

Learning intention: to express what sports you do and whether you like them

Learning outcomes:

• Re-cap and expand on knowledge of verbs of opinion
• Learn the stem-changing verb “jugar” and irregular verb “hacer” in the Present
• Express what sports you like and why

1. Starter - translate the verbs of opinion in relation to hobbies
2. Objectives
3. Introduction to vocabulary related to sports (infinitive and “yo” forms)
4. Game - class versus teacher (teacher-led)
5. Recap of verbs of opinion
6. Explicit grammar knowledge of verbs like “gustar”
7. Grammar - put the correct form of “gustar” in the spaces
8. Reading - find the core information about people’s hobbies in Spanish (q. in Spanish)
9. Pre-listening advice
10. Listening - positives and negatives in relation to sports (+ reinforcement of days of the week vocabulary)
11. Reading - read the transcript and pick out core vocabulary
12. Grammar - translate the “gustar” verbs
13. Objectives
14. Recap of the Present
15. Explicit introduction to “jugar” and “hacer” in the Present (and touching on the concept of boot/stem-changing verbs + “go” verbs)
16. Grammar - choose the correct form of “jugar” and “hacer” based on the subject
17. Reading - true or false + find vocabulary
18. Objectives
19. Vocabulary - introduction to sports-related adjectives (14 words)
20. Recap of how adjectives work in Spanish
21. Audiovisual - reinforce listening skills
22. Speaking - drop down choice about preferences
23. Plenary - write a response to the question “¿te gusta hacer deporte?”
24. Objectives
25. Game - extra - picture reveal

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