¿Cómo es tu familia? - Spanish Beginners

**Updated for September 2024-25. **

Lesson 5/10 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 family members in Spanish and focuses on the verbs “tener” and “llamarse” in the 3rd person so they can say their family members’ names and ages. The lesson builds on the knowledge from the first four lessons in the module, which taught them how to say and spell their name, answer how they are and say how old they are.

Learning intention: to describe who is in your family in Spanish

Learning outcomes:

• Learn the vocabulary for family members and the numbers 30 - 100
• Conjugate the verbs “tener” and “llamarse” into the “yo” form and the 3rd person forms
• Write a short text describing who is in your family (age and name)

Lesson includes:

(Slide order)

1. Starter - match the questions with the answers
2. Objectives
3. Vocabulary introduction to family members
4. Reading comprehension and add new above and beyond vocabulary
5. Reading - match the family member description to the family member (e.g. "my dad’s sister = aunt)
6. Vocabulary - numbers 40 - 100 (teacher-led how to say the numbers)
7. Reading - correct the sums in the word form
8. Game - battleships translation
9. Objectives
10. Reading comprehension
11. Long reading comprehension with family tree to annotate names and ages
12. Grammar - match the pronouns to the family members (e.g. abuelos = ellos)
13. Grammar - recap of the verb “tener”
14. Grammar - verb “llamarse” - show difference of reflexive verbs
15. Listening - listen out for name, age, birthday, number of siblings and information about family members
16. Translation
17. Objectives
18. Reading - put the missing words in the spaces
19. YouTube - audiovisual reinforcement
20. Plenary - write about your family and their names + ages

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