¿Cómo eres físicamente? - Spanish Beginners

Updated for September 2024-25

Lesson 8/10 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 physical descriptions (eyes, hair, tall/short, pretty/ugly) in Spanish so students can describe themselves and their friends/family. The lesson builds on the knowledge from the first seven lessons in the module, which taught them how to describe who is in their family and adjective agreements

Learning intention: to describe your physical appearance and your family members’ appearance

Learning outcomes:

• Learn the vocabulary for hair and eyes
• Recognise physical descriptions of different people (hair, eyes, height/weight)
• Write a short text describing your, or someone else’s, physical appearance

Lesson includes:

(Slide order)

1. Starter - match up words (colours, ser, tener, opinions)
2. Objectives
3. Vocabulary - introduction to eye colour and hair colour
4. Game - fastest finger first (teacher-led)
5. Vocabulary - introduction to hairstyles
6. Objectives
7. Reading - match the descriptions with the pictures
8. Listening - listen to descriptions of people’s hair and eyes
9. Reading/Drawing - create a “se busca” poster for someone you’re looking for
10. Above and beyond vocabulary - weight/height/beard/moustache/freckles, etc.
11. Game - money-maker translation game
12. Writing - write a description of the people in the images
13. Writing - write a physical description of yourself
14. Objectives
15. Grammar - match up conjugated verbs
16. Grammar - put the correct verb/adjective/noun in the space
17. Translation - double translation
18. Reading: find the appropriate vocabulary based on the context
19. YouTube audiovisual vocabulary search
20. Plenary - write a physical description of your family

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