Spanish Teaching Resources. Adjectives Describing School Subjects & Teachers & Battleships Game.

This colourful and fun PowerPoint presentation teaches adjectives to describe school subjects and teachers.

Vocabulary:
Es aburrido/a.
Es bueno/a.
Es divertido/a.
Es difícil.
Es fácil.
Es útil.
Es inteligente.
Es interesante.
Es relajante.
Es simpático/a.

The first slides have the phrase and a picture. Use this to elicit the pronunciation, the English and to drill.

It includes a beat the teacher game and a ¿Qué es?slide to check learning.

Beat the teacher is played by the teacher pointing to a picture and saying a word. If it is the correct word the students all repeat it. If its the wrong word the students must stay absolutely silent. If they do, they win 1 point. If not, the teacher gets 1 point. Most points wins!

Battleships Instructions
The students love this competitive and fun game!

Vocabulary:

El inglés es aburrido y
Los profesores son buenos y
La informática es útil y
La música es fácil y
El español es divertido y
El profesor es inteligente y

el instituto es bueno.
la geografía es difícil.
las matemáticas son aburridas.
la tecnología es relajante.
los alumnos son simpáticos.

I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions.
The students then focus on pronunciation and decide the two easiest and two most difficult words to pronounce.
I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game.
The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen.
I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the Spanish version and then try to play the game saying the Spanish phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the Spanish version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the Spanish version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the Spanish version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures!
During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes.

Enjoy!


Enjoy!