La Ropa. Writing Tasks

Writing Worksheet on fashion and clothes.

Learning Objectives:
1. To understand adjective agreement when describing items of clothing.
2. To practice using comparatives in Spanish.
3. To learn the grammar rules that apply to the verb "COSTAR" (To be worth/cost).
4. To challenge students to use both a future tense (Near Future) and a past tense (Imperfect).

List of activities:
1. Describing clothing items. Students to write a brief description based on a visual clue and a list of adjectives in English.
2. Translation (in line with the new GCSE specification). Students to practice with the comparative structure (SER+MÁS/MENOS+ADJ+QUE).
3. Prizing in Spanish ("cuesta - cuestan"), followed by questions that require students to use the superlative structure (i.e. "el/la más caro/a es").
4. Prize comparison (COSTAR + QUE).
5. Wearing different outfits for different occasions. Students to extend their descriptions in order to address several scenarios.
6. EXTENSIONS (brief grammar explanations included):
a) The Near Future in Spanish. Students to write a paragraph on the space provided on what they are going to wear next week-end.
b) The Imperfect. Students to write a paragraph on the space provided on what they wore or used to wear when they were younger.